Bloody Mary Mix

[buzbunni]

Ok, I gots 2 recipe questions, but I'll start with this one first:

Anybody out there willing to give up their favorite Bloody Mary Mix recipe?

I attend a camping trip every Oct. with some old friends of mine. I am charged with making the Bloody Mary's, and would like to find a great mix to add to the other critical items included in the beverage (have those figured out btw )

Have made the mix once or twice myself and turned out an "ok" product, but looking for something with a little more pizazz...if ya know what I mean.

Anyhoo...

Pleasantly spicy is a good thing of course.

Thanks in advance for any tips.

-buz

[toughguy]

Zing Zang makes the best mix out there IMO. Add ice, vodka and all the fixins and you're set.

[McGurk]

Good finely-ground horseradish can add A LOT of pep to an otherwise boring off-the-shelf mix. Some off the best doctored-up Bloody Mary's I've had had horseradish in them.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Here is what I do..

dash of worcestershire

dash of lemon pepper

dash of celery salt

sprinkle of hot sauce(franks)

shot of pickle juice

Vodka

1/2 and 1/2 blend of Clamato and Major Peters Mix..

[picksbigwagon]

54 ounce can of tomato juice

1 cup worchestershire sauce

2 tablespoons prepared horse radish

2 tablespoons black pepper

and here is the kicker

2 tablespoons Pickapeppa sauce

now that is off the top of my head, not exactly sure if it was two or one tablespoon of the last three ingredients.....

[buzbunni]

Thanks for the recipes guys.

Don't like the premade stuff cause it generally has way to much sugar in it, but thanks for the tips.

Looks like I have some sampling to do

[Gordie]

I like to use the Tomato jucie that is pulled off the salsa that I make its already got the kick and all that it might need is a dap of worchestershire sauce and a bit of tabassco.

Another thing that I used to do is mix a bit of lowerys with the regular kosher salt for the rim of the glass.

If kick is what your after you can also finely chop hot peppers and put them in a sauce pan with a cup of water and bring to a boil then let simmer 15 min. strain the jucie or hot water and add as needed to the mix. Your basically making extract of hot pepper.

You can also do different strains this way. Example: habenro hot water, jalapeno jucie, well you get the idea just keep a bit on hand and they can spice them up too.

[Eric Wettschreck]

When my wife harvests the garden and makes salsa in the fall is when she whips up the bloody mix also. She skims the top juicy stuff offa the salsa pot while it's cooking and cans that.

Mix with vodka, toss in your groceries (I like olives) and voila, you have one heckuva bloody mary.

Wait for it.

[hitthebricks]

I'll second the Zing Zang mix, the best I have had

HTB

[alleyes]

I also took the Zing Zang tip from here, now the search is over! It's the real deal.

[picksbigwagon]

I was watching a show on cable the other day called Drinking Made Easy, they were in vegas and the bar, not casino bar, but back street bar, made their own bacon-infused vodka, GOOD LORD PAY ATTENTION, yes I said bacon infused vodka, they took three strips of cooked bacon and carefully put them in a bottle of vodka, next day it was infused and ready for their bloody mary's. I will be attempting this in a couple for our annual fall hunting get together.

[CAMAN]

I present to you, The Happy Meal! Courtesy of No Name Saloon, Prescott, Wisconsin.

[Whoaru99]

I was watching a show on cable the other day called Drinking Made Easy, they were in vegas and the bar, not casino bar, but back street bar, made their own bacon-infused vodka, GOOD LORD PAY ATTENTION, yes I said bacon infused vodka, they took three strips of cooked bacon and carefully put them in a bottle of vodka, next day it was infused and ready for their bloody mary's. I will be attempting this in a couple for our annual fall hunting get together.

Haven't tried bacon infused but I do make my own pepper infused vodka.

Usually make 1 liter and into that I put two or three whole cayenne with the top and bottom cut off (they sink better that way), then something on the order (from memory) of 1/4 or 1/2 tsp of whole black peppercorns. Then leave it sit for about a week then I take out all the pepper. To me, it seems to get bitter if I leave black pepper and cayenne in too long.

Works great in Bloody Mary and Caesar, or if you like peppery, iced shots out of the bottle in the freezer.

[outdoors247]

Another good premixed mix is Spooky. The company is out of Eagan, MN. Their new horseradish bloody mary mix is awesome. They also have a good and hot one.

[ThunderLund78]

If you mix one that's too Boozy or too thin and flavorless, A-1 Steak Sauce is the cure-all. A good thing to have in your arsenal if you have to rescue a Bloody Mary.