Happy 100th, bloody mary: Paris marks cocktail’s birthday

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[mylife]

PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented at the iconic watering hole in 1921.

The centenary events this week bring a welcome respite from winter gloom and worries about the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

The bar is carefully checking COVID-19 health passes as foreign visitors gather to sample the drink closely associated with Harry’s Bar, whose patrons over the past century have included writers Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

According to the history of Harry’s, bartender Fernand Petiot invented the cocktail, and the recipe was first published in a book called “Harry’s ABC of Cocktails” in 1921. The bar serves an estimated 12,000 bloody marys a year.

“It’s a classic drink,” bartender Dante Agnelli said while demonstrating the mixology behind the drink, ingredient by ingredient: salt and pepper, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, vodka and tomato juice.

“You make it directly in the glass,” Agnelli said as he stood at the counter where Petiot first performed the now well-established ritual 100 years ago, at the dawn of what became known as the roaring 1920s.

Harry’s Bar plans to host a celebration on Thursday night despite concerns about the spread of omicron variant of the coronavirus in Europe and a surge in new virus infections across France.

[mylife]

I could murder one right now :)

[Red Badger]

Bloody V8!...................

[z3n]

Sacre Bleu! brûlure d’estomac

[mylife]

I use zing zang, but its all good...

[joshua c]

do they mention the origin of the name?

[mylife]

ever tried Snap-e-Tom?

[mylife]

dunno, I only read what I posted.

[Red Badger]

Yes!....................

[Army Air Corps]

What, you don’t use Snappy Peppy?

[Red Badger]

zing zang?................

[mylife]

Love it!!

[mylife]

no sir..

[mylife]

[Red Badger]

Never heard of it. Will have to check Publix. They sell weird brands.................

[mylife]

Mejeir has it

[monkeyshine]

I've found this to be the best mix out there.

[Red Badger]

We only have Publix, Winn-Dixie, Walmart and Piggly-Wiggly.................

[mylife]

walmart has it

[FirstFlaBn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmBi0oQbVlk

“Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You”
(John Prine)

Oh I get drunk most every night
Seems like all we do is fight
The more I drink the less I feel blue
Sometimes I feel like an awful fool
Spendin’ my life on an old bar stool
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

If this date were to be our last
I’d never sit down this glass
It’d take all the booze in the world to forget you
You’ve left my heart a vacant lot
I’ll fill it with another shot
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Looks like I had my fill
Guess I better pay my bill
When I started out I only meant to have a few
Someone just said that you left town
I better get a double round
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you
Yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you