The Drink That Eats Like a Meal

When I still lived in Chicago IL, there was a strong restaurant tradition of holding the Sunday Brunch. The headliner of "traditional" brunch drinks was the Bloody Mary; but you never had one like this before! Some restaurants had a "Bloody Mary Bar" where the diner could mix his or her own exotic drink with non-traditional Bloody Mary ingredients.

I made one of these as my entire brunch this morning here on English soil.

Brunch Style Bloody Mary

To make one pint-sized Bloody Mary "Food Drink"

1-3 shots Vodka

3g chopped fresh spring onion tops

3g sliced fresh Chestnut Mushroom

4g julienned Kabanosi or other smoked sausage

2g diced celery

6 cheese cubes diner's choice of variety

celery salt, black pepper, Habanero Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce to taste

Fill glass with tomato juice after adding all of the above; stir and add ice if desired. Virgin-Mary drinkers can leave out the vodka and still enjoy this nutritious "meal in a glass."