Spicy Mateys

When Aaron and I were at The Cub Room, he ordered a Bloody Mary. I tried a sip... and I liked it... except for the alcohol. What can I say? I'm not much of a drinker.

I wanted to make our own at home so I could leave the alcohol out of mine... and experiment with what sort of additions I could have sticking out of the glasses!

After looking online and doing some tweaking, this was the recipe we came up with.

3 cups of tomato juice

3 tablespoons lemon juice

3 tablespoons lime juice

1/3 cup pickle juice

2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon hot sauce

2 tablespoons horseradish

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon celery salt

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon pepper

(if you are having it spiked - 1 oz vodka)

For garnish, we rimmed the glasses with bacon salt and added sticks of bacon and stirrers speared with olives.

I would also like to point out that I don't like the name "Bloody Mary", (invented and first called that in 1921). A drink with the word "blood" in it grosses me out. I have opted to call these "Spicy Mateys".