Weekend-Engagement (168) - Abstraction

Look, this is a Bloody Mary. Are we? Do you like it that way? Well it turns out that it is my favorite drink and I always ask for it, even if I end up drinking something else later. But it also turns out that not everyone knows how to prepare a good Bloody Mary.

Of course, if they don't make it so yellow, it's useless. Don't you have imagination? Let me finish, please.

The point is that here in Cuba there is a version of the famous Bloody Mary called Cubanito, and it only differs from the original drink, in that it is prepared with white rum.

But look, the entire recipe is tomato and lemon juice, tabasco, a little Worcestershire sauce (about 4 drops I imagine), celery salt and pepper. Mix everything in a glass with ice and… andando.

If it's the Cubanito version, you put Rum and if it's the real one, vodka.

I suggest you that you involve in the process and assure that these ingredients are good, cause they will be responsible for your drunkenness, headache, hangover hell... or your happiness, todo fresa.

As for the decorations, I have found a variety of them. In some places put a slice of lemon, a stalk of celery (if any) or a green thing with stem and leaves... whatever. I hope they won't be so creative as to create a version with flowers. Cubans sometimes overdo it. I have also seen with small skewer with pickled cucumber and onion, cheese squares, and even anchovies.

Certainly the drink is very much appreciated by this athletic body of mine. I haven't drunk and I'm already half drunk. Serious... What I like is that it looks like food.

Oh, I don't know. I am now trying to figure out why I like it so much, and I have realized that even beer I prefer with a little salt, lemon and Kermato or Clamato (this seems to me to be the same but is not said in the same way).

Spanish speakers, listen to me, Clam es almeja y ato por lo de tomato, ya sabes lo que es.

Of course, it is that mixture of tomato juice with spices and clams that emerged -they say- in Mexicali, Baja California, what I like. And if it has a little bit of spicy, better. Nothing, what I was telling you, is that it looks like food.

And speaking of the origin of things, I remember that the first Bloody Mary I asked for as a result of a conversation with a group of friends. It was very funny because they said it had invented because of the menstrual cycle of the Virgin Mary. But... what madness is that, I asked laughing. And they keeping insist in so.

I had to google and in the end I ended up more confused because nobody really agreed on the Internet and we were a little drunk.

Anyway, I asked for a toast to all the Marias of Havana, the virgins, the single, the married, those who menstruate and those who no longer do.

Sorry, I already forgot. Now I'm going to remove the gag for you to scream and throw that yellow drink on me if you want.

I had to tell this to someone, and you told me you didn't have time for me. That's why I had to take drastic measures. Please, don't judge me.

Why don't we make love, before I remove the gag?

PS. Do you still see the yellow color in the Bloody Mary? 🤣