“I Could Have Had a V-8” Pickled Bloody Mary

Sylvia Bare of Apex, NC, concocted this spin on a bloody mary cocktail using Mt. Olive pickles and pickle juice in a unique and tasty way. It was the winning drink in this year’s recipe contest. Try it yourself and you will see why.

Ingredients

• 1 16-oz can of V-8

• Two decorative glasses

• 1/2 cup dill pickle juice

• 1/2 teaspoon of Tabasco sauce

• 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

• Dash of olive juice 

• 2 celery stalks

• 6 olives

• 4 Ribboned dill pickle slices

• 4 big hunks of cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Dip rims of glasses into dill pickle juice 1/4-inch.

2. Dip wet rims into green sugar crystals

3. Mix a 16-oz can of Spice V-8 Vegetable Juice 1/2 cup dill pickle juice, 1/teaspoon of tabasco sauce, 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, and a dash of olive juice in a shaker mixer. Pour into the two glasses.

4. Cut dill pickle lengthwise into flat ribbons.  

5. On a skewer, alternate stacking pickle ribbon, hunk of cheddar cheese, and olives, then top with another pickle ribbon.  Poke a skewer into the stalk of celery, and stir well.  Add Ice. Serve!

Servings: 2 Servings.

 Sylvia Bare of Apex, NC, concocted this spin on a bloody mary cocktail using Mt. Olive pickles and pickle juice in a unique and tasty way. It was the winning drink in this year’s recipe contest. Try it yourself and you will see why.