{"id":28910,"date":"2015-10-01T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28910"},"modified":"2016-12-01T17:32:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T22:32:49","slug":"zesty-bloody-marys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=28910","title":{"rendered":"Zesty Bloody Marys"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in this post, we hosted a small brunch<\/a> a few Sundays ago, and our drink of choice was a zesty bloody Mary.\u00a0 We always like to welcome our guests with a “drink of the day”, and the Barefoot Contessa’s bloody Mary seemed like the perfect choice for a crisp fall week-end morning.\u00a0 The beverage was a perfect companion to the rest of our menu.\u00a0 I mixed a large pitcher full of bloody Marys the night before so the flavors had a chance to blend, and I did not add alcohol to it.\u00a0 That made it easy for anyone who didn’t want alcohol to still enjoy a virgin version of the drink.\u00a0 I just added a shot glass of vodka to each drink when I served them up.\u00a0 In addition to the fact that this is a very tasty beverage, the big plus is that the prep can be done the day or night before so there’s one less thing to do when you are busy with last minute tasks.<\/h3>\n

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Before I go on, we mentioned in yesterday’s post that we won’t be publishing a blog every day.\u00a0 However, we will try to put something on Instagram regularly.\u00a0 You can sign up to follow us here<\/a>.\u00a0 And FYI – Jordan put a photo of her new house on Instagram yesterday.<\/h3>\n

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ZESTY BLOODY MARYS<\/h3>\n

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3 large celery stalks, plus additional stalks for serving
\n3 teaspoons prepared horseradish
\n2 teaspoons grated yellow onion
\n\u00bd cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
\n1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
\n1 teaspoon celery salt
\n\u00bd teaspoon kosher salt
\n\u00bd teaspoon Tabasco, or to taste
\n1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice
\n2 cups vodka (can be added by shots to individual drinks)<\/h3>\n

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Cut the celery in large dice, including the leaves, and puree in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the horseradish, onion, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, kosher salt, and Tabasco and puree it again. Pour the tomato juice into a 2\u00bd-quart container, stir in the celery and seasonings mixture, then add the vodka and chill. (Vodka can be added later.) Place a few ice cubes in each glass, pour in the Bloody Mary mixture, and garnish.\u00a0 (I used olives and sweet pickles.)<\/h3>\n

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This has been a fun week here on the blog.\u00a0 I’m excited because Jordan got\u00a0home from her exotic vacation on Sunday.\u00a0 She will tell you all about it.\u00a0 Meanwhile, we will see you here tomorrow for the Saturday Selections.\u00a0 Thanks so much for making this all possible.<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in this post, we hosted a small brunch a few Sundays ago, and our drink of choice was a zesty bloody Mary.\u00a0 We always like to welcome our guests with a “drink of the day”, and the Barefoot Contessa’s bloody Mary seemed like the perfect choice for a crisp fall week-end morning.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[31,26,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28910"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28910"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29046,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28910\/revisions\/29046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}