So as it turns out, in the summer of 1988, I went to bartend at the Pine Trails Inn in Hazlehurst, Wisconsin.
This little bar was owned by a friend of my mom's, and the previous bartender had been stealing out of the till.
Pine Trails Inn had a weekly Sunday bloody mary special. People used to come from miles around for the bloody Marys.
I used to make the drinks for them, so I know the secret recipe that made them come from miles around.
Since the bar closed in the fall of 1988 I'm pretty sure I'm safe to release the secret recipe.
It calls for stock bloody Mary mix, probably the Cuttars, and a shot or two of vodka, and then a quarter teaspoon of creamy horseradish sauce, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce in a Tumblr. Salt or season the rim, add a stick of celery, add some olives on a stick.
And there you have it the secret of the Pine Trails Inn Sunday bloody mary special.
This also might have something to do with my son being born, since I met his mother there. That, however, is an entirely different story.
Regards,
Dan Stafford