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"It really makes your Bloody Mary pop," Crenshaw said.
"It has so much more flavor than regular vodka. It takes a
regular Bloody Mary and turns it into an amazing Bloody
Mary."
On a recent aernoon, a steady stream of visitors popped
in to concoct individual Bloody Mary creations that all
looked pretty amazing. Ross started by setting the stage for
a festive table with a centerpiece fashioned from a branch
snipped from one of the dogwood trees in her yard. She
added greenery to a decorative container, then hung heart-
shaped ornaments. Cute napkins and inexpensive stemmed
glasses made the table ready for Crenshaw to set out a
variety of vodkas and toppings, flavored salts for the glass
rims, and a few of everyone's favorite tomato-based mixes.
Crenshaw, who says she learned to cook only aer
she and her husband Paul were married 18 years ago,
loves to discover unique items whenever she travels, but
the makings for an impressive Bloody Mary are readily
available locally. Crenshaw oen makes her own flavored
salts, but lots of commercial varieties are available as well.
So, do Bloody Mary cocktails really say Valentine's Day?
"I like them anytime," Crenshaw said. "If you do a bar
like this, people just seem to love it."
"If you want to have a different type of Valentine's Day
party," Ross added, "You could always invite friends for
a Bloody Mary, and then they could still go out to dinner
aer."
