Red Snapper or Bloody Mary

A cocktail for breakfast know as the Bloody Mary is not an invention of the 1950s but actually was created in 1925 during prohibition at Harry's American bar in Paris by barman ( Ferdinand "Pete" Petiot). It was called by it's name and using vodka because it readily available in Europe. Fear of offending people in America the name was changed to the Red Snapper and Americans didn't care for the drink because the lack of American vodka but gin was always plentiful to use for it, so what's not to hate? Give it a try at your next Mad men party.

John Apodaca
john@daddyosmartinis.com

Bloody Mary / Red Snapper


2 oz of vodka ( Kettle one or Grey Goose)
6 oz of fresh tomato juice
2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
1 dash of Tabasco Pepper sauce

Stir all ingredients together and in an iced highball glass
and sprinkle celery salt on top. Garnish with a celery stalk.

Adam and Eve

The battle of the sexes didn't start in the nineteen sixties but goes all the way back to the beginning of  time in the Garden of Eden when Eve was deceived into eating the forbidden fruit by the serpent then giving some of it to her husband Adam.  What happens, God finds out and is upset with them because they disobeyed him, then he questions them man and Adam said, it was the woman you gave me, Eve points to the serpents fault. What happens they're all in trouble thus the battle began and it's never ended. Here's a cocktail dedicated to Adam and Eve and to the never ending struggle between men and women.

Cheers,

John Apodaca

john@daddyosmartinis.com 

Adam and Eve   

1 part Forbidden Fruit

1 part Cognac

1 part gin

Shake with ice and serve in a cocktail glass. This drink can be sweetened by adding lemon or lime juice.

The Classic Stork Club New York

This is John Apodaca from Daddy-O's Martinis. One of the most famous clubs of all time that the former Walter Winchell said to be "New Yorks, New Yorkiest place on W. 58th street" was the old Stork Club.  It was a symbol of café society where movie stars, celebrities, the wealthy, showgirls and aristocrats all mixed here. 


It was opened in 1929 by Sherman Billingsley an ex-bootlegger from Oklahoma on 132 West 58th street but was closed down by Prohibition agents in 1931. He moved the club to E. 51st for three years then moved it to 3 E. 53rd street and it remained there until it closed in October 1965. Some of the famous who frequented the club over the years were Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, the Kennedy's, Frank Sinatra, Betty Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and many others. Not only was the stork club a great place to be but there was the exclusive Cub Room where it was carefully guarded by the nicknamed door man St. Peter who watched over the "gates of heaven". There was many movies and references to the Stork Club over the years and even a signature cocktail, invented by legendary barman Nathanial Cook that I've had a number of times and can confirm it's a winner.


The Stork Club Cocktail


1 1/2 oz of top shelf gin
1/2 oz of triple sec
1/4 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
1 oz of fresh squeezed orange juice
1 dash of Angostura bitters
Orange peel for garnish


Shake all ingredients for one minute and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.