LIGHTS OUT BLOODY MARY BAR

yields 4 PEOPLE

ingredients

• 4 cup tomato juice or a veggie blend
• 1 TBL Tabasco sauce
• ½ cup lemon juice
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• Black pepper
• 1 cup vodka
• ¼ cup flaky sea salt
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning

ADD-INS

• Lemon wedges
• celery sticks
• cucumber sticks
• bell pepper sticks
• dill pickle spears
• green beans
• horseradish
• carrot sticks
• Ice

instructions

1 In a large pitcher or old glass juice jar, mix together the tomato juice, Tabasco, lemon juice, Bragg’s, and a couple dashes of black pepper. Stir that around and taste. You can add the vodka now to make sure no one gets out of hand and drinks all your , or you can just put the bottle out and let people add it to their drinks themselves. Your call, but be honest with yourself if you know your friends can’t hold their booze. 2 Set up the plate for making salted rims: On a small rimmed plate, mix together the salt, celery seed, and Old Bay seasoning. Take the rim of one of your glasses and stick it in there so it leaves a circle. This will show all the rookies at the party what the hell they’re supposed to do. 3 To set up the bar, put out as few or as many of the add-ins as you want out. Have a bunch of glasses and ice ready and let people do the damn thing.

Old Bay is a supercommon spice blend that’s added to like crab cakes, etc. If you can’t find it by the spices at your store, just add paprika instead and move the on with your life.

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