Classic Spicy Bloody Mary

For the drink:

½ lemon

4 oz. tomato juice

2 oz. vodka

1 T horseradish

2 dashes of tabasco sauce

2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

1 T pickle juice

Pinch of ground black pepper

Pinch of celery salt

Ice

For the accoutrements:

Pitted olives

Pickled okra, gherkins, green beans and / or pearl onions

Celery stalk

Lemon wedge

Squeeze the half  lemon into a cocktail shaker and then drop it in. Add the rest of the drink ingredients and shake thoroughly. Fill a glass with ice and strain the mixture into it. Spear some olives and your favorite pickled additions onto a long toothpick and place on top of the glass. Insert a celery stalk as a stirrer, and place a wedge of lemon on the rim.

Cheers!