TRADITIONAL FOODS of Sri Lanka (1997)

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:14 AM -0500 2/14/03, James A. Landau wrote:
>  > BLOODY MARY--Doesn't anyone remember when I posted the earliest citation
>  >for this?
>
>Probably before I joined the list.  Sorry 'bout that, Chief.
>
>The 1957 Steinbeck citation in French does make 1947 a suspiciously late.date
>for an English original
>
>       - Jim Landau (who doesn't care for tomato juice, w/ or w/o vodka)

I recommend substituting V8 and gin respectively, and adding lots of
tabasco (or equivalent), Worcestershire, and celery salt.  The result
is, I think, quite palatable, though unconscionably high in sodium.

larry