A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and other spices and flavorings which can include Worcestershire sauce, hot sauces, garlic, herbs, horseradish, celery, olives, salt, black pepper, lemon juice, lime juice and celery salt. The French bartender Fernand Petiot claimed to have invented the Bloody Mary in 1921, but it is difficult to corroborate this claim, never-the-less, France claims the drink as its own. As reported by the AP:
The Bloody Mary celebration event is a welcome respite from not only the winter but from the looming shadow of omicron
PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic watering hole in 1921.
Bartender Antoine prepares a Bloody Mary cocktail at Harry’s Bar in Paris, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic bar in 1921. The centenary events this week come as a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron virus variant. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
The centenary events this week bring a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron coronavirus variant.
Bartender Antoine prepares a Bloody Mary cocktail at Harry’s Bar in Paris, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic bar in 1921. The centenary events this week come as a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron virus variant. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
The bar is carefully checking COVID-19 health passes as visitors from Australia, Egypt and beyond gather to sample the famed drink at Harry’s, whose patrons over the past century have included writers Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Franz-Arthur MacElhone, great-grandson of Harry MacElhone, holds a book at Harry’s Bar in Paris, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic bar in 1921. The centenary events this week come as a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron virus variant. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
Franz-Arthur MacElhone, great-grandson of bar founder Harry MacElhone, recounted different legends around the reason for the drink’s name. According to Harry’s Bar history, bartender Fernand Petiot invented the drink, and the recipe was first published in a book called “Harry’s ABC of Cocktails” in 1921.
Franz-Arthur MacElhone, great-grandson of Harry MacElhone, points to an article at Harry’s Bar in Paris, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Bloody Mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented in the iconic bar in 1921. The centenary events this week come as a welcome respite from winter gloom and spreading worries about the omicron virus variant. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
Bartender Dante Agnelli demonstrated the technique for making the drink, ingredient by ingredient: Salt and pepper, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and vodka, tomato juice.
