Did We Just Discover the First Bloody Mary? Is This 1939 Cocktail the Bloody Mary’s Missing Link?

[@heatherallum]

Ok. So I don't have cocktail books for reference. But when grocery stores in Northern Ontario started selling Clamato juice and conversations about cocktails among adults ensued. Myself, being close to 19 payed attention. The consensus was then that Bloody Mary was a basic cocktail made with tomato juice and vodka. Bloody Caesars were made from Clamato juice and all the fixings of rim, celery, Tabasco etc...That was for us the late 70s. Although Motts Clamato was 1966. Thanks for your Cocktails after Dark. I love all the research included.

[@lipecau]

I love how we're getting some findings from channels like yours. Reminds me of the time Alex (French Guy Cooking) found out mayonnaise was one of the french mother sauces by Escoffier, or when recently Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell found out that “Your blood vessels stretch a staggering 100,000 kilometers, enough to wrap around Earth twice!" is not true at all. Congrats on the find! Also, I do agree with the other comment, limon verde is most likely lime.

[@mixdawg]

The book: Cocktails of the Ritz by Colin Peter Field has some Bloody Mary cocktail history in it

[@Default78334]

I suspect that the "limon verde" in the instructions actually means "lime" instead of "lemon", but Latin American Spanishes get very complicated in how the lemon/lime distinction is made.

[@ILuvRum]

"Limon Verde" does leave that impression, Verde being green, in Spanish. Also in my travels, in Mexico the local limes are almost always referred to as "Limones" Not sure about Cuba.

[@Default78334]

@@ILuvRum Yeah, in Spain lime is "lima" and lemon is "limon", but in Mexico, limes are "limon" and lemons are "limon amarillo". Not sure about Cuba myself much less if it has changed since the 30's.

[@JJinVenice]

Wikipedia now references the Floradita book. "In a 1939 publication by El Floridita called Floridita Cocktails a recipe called "Mary Rose" lists the main ingredients of a modern Bloody Mary.[9] This booklet may be one of the earliest publications depicting the name Mary, while using the same ingredients in today's Bloody Mary.[10]"

[@CocktailsAfterDark]

Yeah - this video went ‘live’ on our cooking channel back in 2021, so sometime in the last 3 years it was updated. There is so much hidden info out there, in some obscure places that we’ll probably never know the true history.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

YAY, Cocktails After Dark!

[@Docdug]

How about rimming the glass with celery salt & Tajin? Personally I think the coupé glass lends a definite elegance to the cocktail. I’ll give it a whirl. I’ll even sub out my normal Clamato juice…

[@dnoanoa]

I prefer them by the pitcher, myself...with friends, of course. And I can't remember the last time I opened a can like that!

[@infoscholar5221]

I've spent years behind the bar, long story. - I went from a bartender girlfriend, to Bailey's Bartender guide, to finally, in grad school, just asking, "How do you want that?"

[@angellahanson8343]

Making history while making history 😁 Congrats!

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Fun fact: in the 20th century an odd belief arose that Henry VIII of England's sister Mary, Queen Consort of France, was named "Mary Rose" because Henry had owned a ship of that name. (This is not at all true; the ship the Mary Rose was named for the Virgin Mary and the Tudor rose.) Bloody Mary is a 17th century nickname given to Henry VIII's daughter Mary I of England - an ironic name, for although she did persecute Protestants she was quite literally the least bloody of all the Tudors. Shows what being on the wrong side of the religious wars could do to one's reputation. So pick your queen!

[@curtk8715]

Now I want some v8 or tomato juice,,,, or a red beer. Love a dash of lemon pepper. I know I have a few cans of v8 in the fridge will see if they are expired.

[@maudglazbrooke1287]

Horseradish, these drinks are all rescued by horseradish

[@janetschmitt6760]

If you juiced a fresh tomato, it would add much to the flavor.

[@CantankerousDave]

For maybe two weeks of the year.

[@quarlow1215]

So the story goes, a very drunken Brit soldier stumbles into a bar. He'd been drink beer all night and just wanted something that wasn't warm and pissy. He'd heard of a drink they made while he was overseas called the "Mary Rose" so he tried to order one. He says to the bar keep "give me one of those mary things". To which the bar tender says "not sure what you mean mate, if ya wasn't slurrin' so bad I might be holden ta wat yous wants sir". So the the soldier try's again, "you know, a Mary sumthin' or other. A Mary brother...a mary..... Aah just give me one of those Bloody Mary drinks and quite muckin' about" "hic". And that's how we got the "Bloody Mary". It's the truth, I was there. 😂😂😂

[@subhumann]

cheers! 🥂

[@notsonominal]

I'm crazy and I'm wrong. Thanks for sharing!

[@jondhuse1549]

A rose by any other name...

[@RonJohn63]

Geographically, the Caribbean is part of North America.

[@CocktailsAfterDark]

The consistency of your comments is commendable - you made the exact same comment when this video was first published on the cooking channel 3 years ago.

[@RonJohn63]

@@CocktailsAfterDark your memory is a heck of a lot better than mine. 😀

[@kellybryson7754]

😂😂​@@CocktailsAfterDark

[@MrMicmac65]

That yellow RCAF hat looks amazing. Anyone know where I could get one?

[@CocktailsAfterDark]

redcanoebrands.com Not affiliated, not sponsored, no kickbacks, etc - but I know the owner of Red Canoe, we both get our aircraft serviced at the same mechanic.

[@davetarpley3740]

The popularity of vodka in cocktails these days is a sure sign of social collapse. At any rate, I refuse to drink that stuff. A Bloody Maria, on the other hand is delicious. I do seriously wonder if anyone can name a great cocktail that isn't better with the vodka swapped out for another liquor.

[@sylvrstone]

[@Vexation4632]

You 'may' be crazy, but I don't think you're wrong. Then you mentioned clamato. Yes you are crazy...lol

[@piperjon]

1:42 I'm going to say North America even though it's not North America??? Cuba most certainly is part of North America.