1 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to food Stuff. I'm Annie Reef and 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: I'm Lauren Vogelbaum. Today we're trying out a new segment, 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: hopefully recurring, called Cocktail Hour. Cocktail Hour, this one might 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: be a little bit less than an hour's true. Maybe 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: we probably shouldn't actually say that, because that means we'll 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: start talking and we just will never stop. It'll be 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: like a three hour long episode. Although, as you have 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: pointed out to me, I am an editor and I 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: can edit things. You edit things all the time, in fact, yeah, 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: and somehow my brain I just never I never think 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: to do it. We're going to start with the Blood 12 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 1: and Mary. Yeah, as you might start your morning with. 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: That is the cocktail you're starting Cocktail Hour with. We 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: thought that it would be fun to do because it 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: is so unlike so many other cocktails. That's true. It's 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: very polarizing as well. I find do you I do 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: people not like Bloody Mary's? Oh my gosh, yes, really, 18 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: I've never met these people. I can introduce you to some. 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: I could probably walk out the door and take a 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: pull right now. I mean I suppose so. But it's 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: just it's a it's a breakfast salad. That. Why Why 22 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't you give Why wouldn't it sound so healthy? That's 23 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: like a positive spin. I guess of the cocktails, Bloody 24 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Mary is up there in health content. I'm sure um 25 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: ish once you add those to anything, honestly, it's no 26 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: longer it doesn't count. Um. But speaking of hey, um, 27 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: drink responsibly and uh, don't do it if you're underage 28 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: or shouldn't. Obligatory disclaimer out of the way. Done. So, 29 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: Bloody Mary, what is it? That's a great question. In general, 30 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: bartenders really like Bloody Mary's because they're so easy to customize. Really, 31 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: the only ingredient you absolutely have to use is tomato juice. 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: And this is key because if you use a good 33 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: quality tomato juice, you're gonna have a good quality body Mary. 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: But if you don't, it's gonna be watery and gross. 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: Trust me on this, I've had one, not fun, terrible. 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: Once you've got the tomato juice part down, though, um, 37 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: you can add basically anything you want in there, and 38 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: people do. But there there is a classic kind of yes, 39 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: ingredients sets yes. It was gesturing at the table towards 40 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: like a list that doesn't exist. Okay, here we go. Yes, 41 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: that classic list is vodka most just your sauce. I 42 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: have a funny story about worce just your sauce that 43 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: I want to add in here. Okay, if I say 44 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: this coat, I want to know if you know where 45 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: it's from. All right, wors just your sauce. I hate 46 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: what's just your sauce? No, okay, I always say that, 47 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: ever wishes your sauce comes up, I say that it's 48 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: from a Scooby Doo eisode. If anybody got that, phonus 49 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: points to you anyway, moving on, Usually people will like 50 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: to add lemon or lime juice, salt or celery salt, pepper, 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: and a celery stick for garnish. Uh and some people 52 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: A lot of people probably like to spice it up 53 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: with hot sauce or horseshadish or both. I certainly do. UM. 54 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: Variations include the Bloody Caesar, in which clam juice is 55 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: added along with the tomato juice. Apparently big in Canada. 56 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: Apparently any Canadians out there can confirm that for us. UM, 57 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: then there's the Bloody Bull, but you add beef broth 58 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: to the tomato juice. I've never done this, but I 59 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: want that right now. Yeah, that sounds like it's a 60 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: very hearty bloody Mary. We're moving into breakfast soup territory. 61 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: That's that's great. Um. The Bloody Maria uses tequila as 62 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: the base spirit um rather than vodka. That's my personal 63 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: favorite thing to do, because vodka is not my favorite. Um. 64 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: Apparently some Bloody Maria's use pineapple or orange juice, like 65 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: instead of the tomato juice. I think they use it 66 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: along with Okay, I've never had that personally, I guess 67 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: I guess it would be. I'm giving a side eye 68 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: to the orange part. But the pineapple sounds good. If 69 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: I could eat pineapple, which I cannot. It doesn't sound 70 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: very good. It sounds delicious. I will try it in 71 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: your stead. I'll tell you how it is excellent. Thank you, 72 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: thank you Annie. Uh. And no list of bloody Mary 73 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: types would be complete without the so called legendary bloody Mary's. 74 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: Sure basically a meal. Yeah, they could include things like burgers, bacon, 75 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: grilled cheese, sandwiches. Uh, like skewered with these heavy toothpicks 76 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: that are garnished, garnish, garnish and like heavy scare quotes garnish. 77 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: Sure you've you've probably seen these around. Yes, there's least 78 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: place in Atlanta where they have one that has like 79 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: tater tots and steak and eggs and bacon. I think 80 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna go on a field trip and maybe check 81 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: that one out. Yeah, totally. The place is called the 82 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Nook if you're ever in town. Um there's one in 83 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: Chicago that has a wagou beef and soft shell crab 84 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: as topping options. That sounds very fancy. Indeed, and we 85 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: can't leave out Wisconsin restaurant Syllableman's and they take on 86 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: it is a jug topped with a pound of fried chicken, cheeseburger, sliders, sausages, 87 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: and jalapeno poppers. See, I'm in for the hall opinion poppers. 88 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: I feel like nothing else. I feel like the pound 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: of fried chicken is I mean, actually, the thing that 90 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: made me grimace the most was just the idea of 91 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: a jug of bloody mary. Is I never that's not 92 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: that's a lot of bloody mary. Yeah, that is. I 93 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: do believe this was a special, a fundraiser type bloody marry. 94 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: I don't think they make this all the time. And 95 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: I will say, when I was in Wisconsin, bloody mary 96 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: seem to be a popular drink. Third and every time 97 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: I ordered one, it came with a beer. It Okay, 98 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: that's sure, cool, it was cool, Yeah, it was nice, 99 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: all right. Um it's it's also despite the fact that 100 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: you kind of need to use good quality tomato juice, 101 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: it's actually one of the cocktails that that experts recommend 102 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: low if not like bottom shelf liquor for um. And 103 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: now I'm a firm believer in getting what you pay 104 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: for the next day, which we will talk about later, 105 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: because bloody Marys, of course, are are touted as this 106 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: amazing hangover here. Um. But but it's true that you 107 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: will not notice the rough burn of low quality liquor 108 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: and a bloody mary because basically, the burn of alcohol 109 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: happens because it triggers one of the pain channels in 110 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: the human nervous system. Um. The stuff in hot peppers 111 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: that makes them spicy capt sace and triggers the same 112 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: pain channel horse red which you might have in their 113 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: triggers a slightly different one. But point being that with 114 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: all that going on, you're just not going to notice 115 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: the burn of cheap alcohol. So and there's actually a 116 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: reason for that that will come back to in a minute. Yeah, 117 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: so let's look at the history of the bloody marry 118 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: and this is so fun. Um yes, First, first off, 119 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: I want to point out that like, spicy tomato concoctions 120 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: are as old as tomatoes as we know them. Central 121 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: Americans were growing tomatl and using them in sauces with 122 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: with spicy chili peppers like Ahi long before Europeans showed 123 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: up round about the fifteen hundreds and started sending tomatoes 124 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: back over to Spain and Italy and from there to 125 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: the rest of Europe. Just just saying we didn't make 126 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: this up, and actually we don't know who made this up. No, 127 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: there are a couple of versions of how the cocktail 128 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: we know as the bloody mare came to be. And 129 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: depending on which one you're talking about, you could be 130 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: talking of about gunfire, bloody queens from the past. There's 131 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: some there's some great tall tales involved in in this 132 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: and in a lot of cocktail culture. Like like basically 133 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: it's that thing where similar ideas tend to pop up 134 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: in different places because people are really great at coming 135 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: up with good ideas, especially where food and drink are concerned. Um. 136 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: But but yeah, okay, so so getting getting into this one, yes, 137 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: this one being one of the most popular versions of 138 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: how the Bloody Mary originated. And it originated from a 139 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: place you might not expect or I didn't anyway, Paris, 140 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 1: Paris in the twenties. Yes, the United States in the 141 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: midst Prohibition, which, in case you didn't know, was a 142 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: ban on the making, distributing, importing, transport and sale of 143 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: alcohol in the US that lasted from Bartenders of the 144 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: serious type are fleeing the United States and droves so 145 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: they continue honing their craft, and a lot of them 146 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: resettled in Paris, and with them they were bringing their 147 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: American made canned juices, which were very popular in American 148 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: cocktails at the time to cover up the terrible taste 149 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: and burn of Prohibition era liquor because it was all 150 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: like white whiskey and bathtub gin exactly. And at the 151 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: same time, a decent amount of Russians were resettling in 152 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: Paris to escape the prospect of marks and linen and 153 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: the Russian Revolution. And guess what they brought with them? 154 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: What did they bring with them? Vodka? Yes, uh, And 155 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: vodka wasn't widespread out of outside of places like Russia, 156 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: Scandinavian poland um. But it wasn't as rare as people 157 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: make it sound. Just wasn't a super popular liquor two use. 158 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: It might not have been like a like a home thing. Yeah, 159 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: especially in the United States until well, I'm certainly not 160 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: during Prohibition. But but but like, I think the first major 161 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: vodka distribution like home distribution happened in the nineteen forties. 162 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: So a lot of bars didn't have it before them, 163 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: a lot of houses didn't have it before then. There 164 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: was less call for it in bars, yes, because no 165 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: one knew what to order with it. Yeah, all right, 166 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: So so so the end result of all of this 167 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: is that bars in Paris had this vodka and a 168 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: bunch of other stuff to use, like canned tomato juice. Yeah, 169 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: they had a bunch of shiny new ingredients to experiment with, 170 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: and they now had Russian and American clan tele to impress. 171 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: So one of these French cocktail experimenters, Ferdinand Lauren, wrote 172 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: down and it threw me off. It should have helped 173 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: me out. No, it's just because I wasn't expecting it. 174 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: By the name of Ferdinand Pieto of Harry's New York Bar, 175 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: which is apparently still open and despite the name, was 176 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: located in Paris, um and he mixed some American tomato 177 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: juice with Russian vodka about half and half to get 178 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,719 Speaker 1: a cocktail that he liked. But by the way, his 179 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: nickname was Pete. Yes, very very important, because I'm not 180 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: going to keep saying his full name, although I do 181 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: love so he created this supposedly created this tomato juice 182 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: vodka cocktail over in Paris, right But upon the passing 183 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: of the twenty one Amendment, which ended prohibition, uh, he 184 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: headed over to the US. And we'll tell you all 185 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: about that after a short break from our sponsor. Okay, 186 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: and we're back now prohibition is over. Pieto or Pete 187 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: left Paris for the US as the head bartender at St. 188 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: Reach just his hotel's King Cole Room, which is a 189 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: job offered to him in part because Americans had brought 190 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: back this tomato vodka drink to the US. And one 191 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: day saragh Oblogsky, Oh these pronunciations, Laura, you're the best. 192 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: Who was a Russian businessman and prince? Yeah? Russian prince. Yeah. 193 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: I like how business man is first. You're the one 194 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: who wrote it. I know, clearly in my head, that's 195 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: the more that's more important. He ordered the tomato cocktail, 196 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: but with a caveat. He wanted something with a bit 197 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: more flourish and salt, pepper, Worcester sauce and lemon juice, 198 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: later shaken with the basse tomato juice vodka mixture, and 199 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: the bloody Mary as most of us know it today 200 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 1: was served. When asked about his cocktail invention by The 201 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: New Yorker in nineteen sixty four, Pieto claimed that actor 202 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: George Jessel gave him the inspiration when he mentioned a 203 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: drink of tomato juice and vodka in an interview, but 204 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: Pietro added that extra zing to make the more common 205 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: iteration of the bloody marry we know today. Uh, and 206 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: this is probably maybe when the name came about. But 207 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: there's a lot of contention about that. Yeah, yeah, it's 208 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: it's it's not contention. I think it's it's friendly. You're right, 209 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: but well, yes, yes, well we'll get we'll get onto 210 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: that in a minute. But first let's let's let's stick 211 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: with the story of this cocktail at this place in time. 212 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: Despite being the purported home or one of the purported 213 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: homes of this famous cocktail. The St Rechi's Hotels. Yes, uh, 214 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: it doesn't list the Bloody Marry on their website. And 215 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: that's because the then hotels owner, Vincent astor I, thought 216 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: the name Bloody Mary was too vulgar, so he went 217 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: with the red Snapper instead. Uh. And today the King 218 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: Cole Bar serves about and fifty red Snappers. And months 219 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: some people thought that the name and change meant that 220 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: the base liquor changed, uh, probably to jin, since it 221 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: was more common in the US at the time. You 222 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: know that batsub jin. But this wasn't true. It was 223 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: always vodka. Oh, actually it's not vodka today. No, that's 224 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: where the confusion comes from. I think modern day iterations 225 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: of the red Snapper are made with jin, but it 226 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: was it was made with vodka at the time. And 227 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: now we have in our timeline a quote from a 228 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: famous American author. Yes, if you had to guess who 229 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: wrote in a nine letter that his introduction of the 230 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: Bloody Mary to Hong Kong quote did more than any 231 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: other single factor except the Japanese army to precipitate the 232 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: fall of that crown colony. If you said arm as 233 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: hitting way Ding, congratulations, you get nothing, but because we're 234 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: a podcast and we can't give you stuff, no except 235 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: for joy and information. Yeah, I don't leave that note 236 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: to self, Lauren, don't tell the audience that we have 237 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: nothing to give them. It was also around this time 238 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: that written recipes of Bloody Mary's started popping up. David 239 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: Embury included it in his nineteen fifty two update of 240 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: the Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. He described it as 241 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: combining in one potion, the poison and the antidote. He 242 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: also called it quote the meat loaf of the cocktail world. 243 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: I apologize I said meat loaf weird, but apparently this 244 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: meant it was super customizable. I'm not sure what that's about. 245 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: That's I don't know. I'm not sure what. I'm not 246 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: sure what meat loaf meant to people in ninety two. 247 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: That's the future episode. Yeah, oh yeah, oh man, I 248 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: would love to man. I already crave meat loaf like 249 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: every other day. Is that a weird craving? It's a 250 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: nostalgia thing. I'm sure it feels like a strange grave 251 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: to me, but I'm not going to judge you. Thank you. 252 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: You can't control your craving. I appreciate that. In the 253 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties, the first Bloody Mary Mix hit American shelves. 254 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: UM Mr and Mrs t s Bloody Mary Mix, named 255 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: for its creators, Herb and June Taylor. Another brand name 256 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: that's based on an actual human name. Persons about to 257 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: ask if that was still around. It sounds familiar. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 258 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: I think I think it's still sold sold in stores. Um. So, 259 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: speaking of names, what about that name thing? It gets 260 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: kind of messy trying to figure out where the name 261 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: came from. Yeah, and and a lot of the information 262 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: that we have about this comes from interviews that were 263 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: done decades later, and uh, a lot of those interviews. 264 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: At the end, the author would be like, the human 265 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: memory is a funny thing. It can get fuzzy and 266 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: we don't really know. Uh. Nineteen seventy two interview with 267 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: Cleveland Press, Pieto, the guy from Paris who's supposedly maybe 268 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: helped the inventor of it UM said the name was 269 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: suggested by patron and American entertainer Roy Barton, who wanted 270 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: to name the drake after his favorite waitress Mary. At 271 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: Chicago nightclub Bucket of Blood, which apparently was a dive bar, 272 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: had some bar fights, mops, blood stuff like that can't 273 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: really be verified, but fun story. The first written instance 274 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: of the name bloody Mary didn't occur until nineteen thirty 275 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: nine in an article written by Walter Winchell in the 276 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: Chicago Tribune. And the earliest published recipe of a bloody 277 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: Mary didn't come about until in Stork Club Bar Book 278 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: written by Lucius Bibic. And this is where this is 279 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: why some people don't think Pieto truly invented the bloody 280 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: Mary is because there's no written there's no record, there's 281 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: not even at the bar that worked out. Yeah, and Paris. 282 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: And also there was a recipe. To complicate things further, 283 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: there was a recipe for the red Snapper that was 284 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: listed five years earlier in the Cocktail Guide and Ladies 285 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: Companion by Crosby Gage. For another popular version of how 286 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: the name bloody Mary came to be, and this is 287 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: probably my favorite version. Um, let's go back to actor, 288 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 1: comedian and quote Toastmaster General of the United States, Mr 289 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: George Jessel, Yes, the guy we mentioned earlier who supposedly 290 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: inspired Pieto to create the bloody Mary. Uh. In his autobiography, 291 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: Jessel asserted he invented the Bloody mary in and in 292 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: his version of the story, he and his friends would 293 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: get drunk and stay drunk well until the next morning. 294 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: And one of these mornings, the bartender took pity on 295 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: the hungover George Jessel and pulled out a dusty bottle 296 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: of vodka, suggesting Jesse will give it a whirl, and 297 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: the bartender was like, was like, no one has ever 298 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: drank this strange thing before. Perhaps it has medicinal qualities. 299 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: Try it. I'm not sure why. My version of the 300 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: bartenders British. I think they were in like Palm Beach 301 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: or something they were, but I love it. He could 302 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: have been a transplant. Yeah you don't know, yeah you. 303 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: George gave this vodka a whiff, and he was assaulted 304 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: by what he described the smell of bad a rotten 305 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: potatoes um. But apparently the state of affairs was bad 306 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: enough that he figured he had nothing left to lose 307 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: and he asked for Worcester sauce, lemon and tomato juice 308 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: to cover the smell, and according to Jessel, it worked. 309 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: Wonders on the hangover sobering bit that he was going for, 310 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: and it was also at this pivotal moment um that 311 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: that the naming possibly occurred right because, according to Jessel, 312 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: as he was tasting this new cocktail, local sociolite Mary 313 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: Brown Warburton walked into the bar, still wearing an elegant 314 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: white dress from the night before. Gessel, being a gentleman, 315 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: offered her taste of the cocktail, and Mary promptly spilled 316 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,239 Speaker 1: it onto her white dress and then said, ha ha ha, 317 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: you should call me Bloody Mary now. Um. But the 318 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: story does not stop there. This is where gunfire comes in. 319 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: But first let's stop for another break, for a word 320 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: from our sponsor, and we're back. Okay, gun fire, what's up? 321 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: Here's where it gets crazy. Jessel claims he was at 322 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: a bar with Mary Brown Warburton's ex boyfriend, Ted Healy 323 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: about a year after this apparent naming occurred. Uh Ted 324 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: was a little drunk, supposedly no one to be drunk, 325 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: and also supposedly had picked up a copy of the 326 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: Chicago Tribune with the article about George Jessel and the 327 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: invention of the Bloody Mary, and coincidentally or maybe not, 328 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: the author, Walter Winchell, was a friend of Jessel's. It 329 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: mentioned how Jessel had named the drink after Mary, who 330 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: died have been dating at the time, Yes, and furious 331 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: and suspecting George had made a move on his then girl, 332 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: Ted pulled out a pistol and took a shot at Jessel, 333 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: the bullet going right past Gessel's ere Jessel managed to 334 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: escape the altercation, but was deaf for a week. And 335 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: how can a story this good not be true? Oh? Man, 336 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: I like to believe it's true, but I just I 337 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: just have trouble. It seems like quite a stretch. And 338 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: in fact, pre autobiography slash younger George Jessel did not 339 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: seem nearly as confident. He said, quote, if I wasn't 340 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: the first ever, I was the happiest ever, that's a 341 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: good line. Yes, And his invention story was a much 342 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: less dramatic version, and that he basically wanted to get 343 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: a serving of vegetables in with his Smirnov vodka. I've 344 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: been known to say similar things about fruit and mimosas. 345 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: I certainly haven't been calling the drink of breakfast salad 346 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: this entire You and George Jessel might have something. Yeah, 347 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: I think that this guy was was. He was a 348 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: very famous actor and comedian and a very charming sounding 349 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: human person. I totally want to go get a Bloody 350 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: Mary with this dude. Um he was. He was the 351 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 1: writer of the Jazz Singers, you know, the first talking 352 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: motion picture, the first talkie, except he apparently couldn't I 353 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: couldn't be in it because he was arguing with the 354 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers too hard at the time. He was probably true, 355 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: he was probably not sober um but but but there 356 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: There are other stories about the naming of the Bloody Mary. Yes. 357 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: Another popular origin story for the name Bloody Mary dates 358 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: back to the fifteen fifties and has to do with 359 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: England's notorious Queen Mary the First. Okay, Bloody Mary, you know, 360 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: the queen that tried to turn England back to Roman 361 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: Catholicism and in five years burned round about three people 362 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: at the stake Bloody Mary one. Yeah. Supposedly, the tomato 363 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: juice represents the blood and the vodka is symbolic of 364 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: the fire she used to execute folks because vodka birds, 365 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: get it. I don't. I don't really see the parallel necessarily. Uh, 366 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: most people, most people in the industry think, but this 367 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: is a total myth. Yeah, they don't see the parallel either. Apparently, 368 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: drink historians think that probably some of all of these 369 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: are true, except not the Queen Mary. The first thing, 370 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: and before either of these fellows made claims, like we 371 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: said at the top of the podcast, um, they were 372 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: written instances of a virgin take frequently called the tomato 373 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: juice cocktail. Oh yeah, long before this, yeah, going all 374 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: the way back to yes, the London Gazette described a 375 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: drink served in Manhattan very similar to a non alcoholic 376 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 1: bloody Mary, prefacing it with quote for the benefit of 377 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: those who may be possessed of suicidal intentions, I give 378 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: the recipe. Victorians were so intense that they were they 379 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,239 Speaker 1: did not buzz their out. Okay, yeah, so so so 380 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 1: what is what is this recipe? It consisted of seven 381 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: small oysters why seven, I don't know, tabasca sauce, Mexican 382 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: chili sauce, salt, lemon, horse fadish, pepper, green pepper sauce, 383 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: African pepper, catchup and fill to the top with tomato juice. 384 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: This was called the oyster cocktail and it was served 385 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: warm because detail I did not know. Yeah. Also, my 386 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: personal huh moment of this episode was that Tobas Tabasco 387 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: was totally already a popular brand in the eighteen nineties. Um, 388 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 1: it's actually been in production since eighteen sixty eight. Like 389 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: the personal hu moment, should add that would be a thing, 390 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: pizza bonus moment, Pizza bonus. I'm sure that there's a 391 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: bloody Mary that's served with a with pizza. I'm sure 392 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: if you've ever had one, right right in, let us know. Um. 393 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: But so, this oyster cocktail would later evolve into the 394 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: tomato juice cocktail, which actually helped popular popularized tomato juice 395 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: in the United States because it wasn't super big until 396 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: people started putting Tabasco in it. And a fella out 397 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: of Chicago, which is a town that seems to have 398 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: a lot to do with bloody Mary named Ernest Byfield 399 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: tasted one of these tomato cocktails in nineteen seventeen after 400 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: French chef Louis Well I'd probably be Louis. Louis supposedly 401 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: started a trend when his Indiana resort ran out of 402 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: orange juice and he served tomato juice to the guests instead. 403 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: All right, um by Byfield was credited in a nineteen 404 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: thirty four edition of Time magazine with putting tomato juice 405 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: on the American Consumers Map, writing that the quote rise 406 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: in tomato juice sales had been the most spectacular of 407 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: any food during the depression, And it did experience a 408 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: pretty insane increase in sales from not even warranting being 409 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: counted before to five million cases sold for about eight 410 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: point five million. And don't forget that was even bigger 411 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: books at the time in ninety three, which purportedly is 412 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: why American bartenders brought can tomato juice with them as 413 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: they high tailed it out of Prohibition era United States 414 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: to France. Yes, if the bloody berry was in fact 415 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: invented in France, Yeah. Ernest Bifield went on to open 416 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: The Pump Room, which he hailed as the most famous 417 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: restaurant in America. That's it's nice to think nice things 418 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: about yourself. Yeah, I guess it was popular. It attracted 419 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elizabeth's tailor, the 420 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: big movers and shakers at the time. Yeah, I think 421 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not entirely sure what a mover and shaker is. 422 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: You know, it's more of a gesture than that you're 423 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: moving and you're shaking. It's like it's like a little 424 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: like it's like a little shoulder oh, shoulder shimmy. So 425 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 1: anybody could be a mover and shaker. No, no, it's 426 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, m m if different, different 427 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: show if I ever more in depth later I ever 428 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: get that that etymology show off the ground then Okay, 429 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: first episode Movers and Shakers. The pump room is thought 430 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,959 Speaker 1: to be where the celery stick garnish originated. Supposedly, one 431 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: of these movers and shakers asked for a celery stick 432 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 1: to start his or her drink after the restaurant ran 433 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: out of swizzle sticks. And this brings us to our 434 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: hangover segment of the show. I got really excited about 435 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: this part because because okay, so you know, like like, 436 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: what's what's George jessel right, is this the best thing 437 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: to Cara hangover? That's a great question. I think we'd 438 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 1: all like to know that. Okay, So the thing is 439 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: is that hangovers are pretty great. I mean, scientifically speaking, 440 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: they're they're they're not good when you have them. Um. 441 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: The metal term for a hangover is vestalgia uh, supposedly 442 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: from the Norwegian word for uneasiness. Following debauchery, which is 443 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: a great word um and the Greek word for pain, 444 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: and a hangover is basically dehydration plus nutrient deficiency. That's 445 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: because alcohol suppresses the creation of a hormone that helps 446 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: control water absorption throughout your body, and without it, your 447 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: kidneys send water straight to your bladder like do not 448 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: pass go, do not hydrate the cells and organs in 449 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: your body. A single drink of alcohol will make your 450 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: body expel three to four times that much water through 451 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: your nation, and eventually your body will try to keep 452 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: certain organs going despite this by by stealing water from 453 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: other organs like your brain. Um. Great plan body. A 454 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: loss of water from the brain causes it to shrink 455 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: enough to pull on the membranes that connected to your skull, 456 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: which is why you get a headache during a hangover. 457 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: But that's not all. Along with water, your body is 458 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: also expelling salts and potassium, which plays havoc with your 459 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: nervous system and results in feeling nauseated and sort of 460 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: like achy like tired. Achy. Yeah, and alcohol breaks down 461 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: um glycogen in the liver, which is a source of energy. 462 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: You wind up expelling glucose through your through your urine, 463 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: which is why you feel kind of like weak and 464 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: tired and clumsy. Um. Plus, buses contain a few things, 465 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: a few chemical compounds that your body just really doesn't 466 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: deal with will and your liver has to work over 467 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: time to break them down and get them out just 468 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: when you've deprived your liver of the water and nutrients 469 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: and energy source that it needs to do. Stuff. This 470 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: this is why you feel like crap when you have 471 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: a hangover. Um, And I'm sorry. I'm sorry to report 472 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: that there's really no way to cure a hangover except 473 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: for like eating nutritious foods like proteins and fruits and vegetables, um, 474 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: and hydrating and letting time pass. But drinking more booze 475 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: will stop you from noticing that you feel so crappy 476 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: because it comes your pain signals. Okay, but it'll make 477 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: the hangover even worse when you finally do sober up, 478 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: because you're taxing your body all over again. Well, the 479 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: sprinkles are also cursed. Um. All all that being said, 480 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: I mean in terms of like, like like bloody Mary's 481 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: in particular, tomatoes are high and potassium and they're salty, 482 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: and you need to replenish your salts um and the 483 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: spicy stuff and a bloody Mary will further distract your 484 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: nervous system from the pain that it's reporting. Okay, I've 485 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: been told that it's better like the bloody Mary, a 486 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: virgin bloody mary. Yes, it is good. Yes, Putting putting 487 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: vodka in it or whatever other liquor you use really 488 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: isn't gonna help you out. Um. I mean, like, like honestly, y'all, Like, 489 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: if you want to cure a hangover, like the best 490 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: way to cure it is to prevent it. And so 491 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: like before you go to bed, drink lots of water, 492 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: and like maybe eat a banana and drink responsibly, don't 493 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: don't overdo it. Yeah, but I don't know, I mean 494 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: virgin bloody marry. That does sound like a lovely plan 495 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: for people with far more willpower than either Annie or myself, 496 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: apparently based on the faces that we're each making. Well. 497 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: So with that, that wraps up our first edition of 498 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: Cocktail Hour Hour. 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