Mornings are often pretty hectic around here. Week day or weekend, my days start early - usually by 0530 I am up and around. Monday through Friday, I recieve my morning chores done rapidly in order to get out of the door to operate by 0715. Saturday has it's own routine of household items to accomplish after morning chores are carried out, but Sundays. Sundays are lazier. We make time to possess a leisurely family breakfast and linger over coffee as well as an old movie on Turner Classic Movies, or perhaps a favorite cooking show like Gordon Ramsay's F-Word on BBC America. And often, individuals Sunday morning breakfasts begin with a Clam Digger or two. A Clam Digger is really a variant from the Sunday brunch favorite Bloody Mary, flavored along with some clam juice and dosed unapologetically with sufficient vodka to produce a mild drink that energizes the appetite and hang a casually relaxing mood. Who provides a damn whether it's 0930? I have been up for nearly four hrs - and besides, the sun's rays has ended the yardarm somewhere on the planet anyway.
I like certain ingredients within my Clam Diggers for that extra flavors which give a certain way of measuring complexity towards the overall taste profile. I favor V8 juice to plain tomato juice, for instance, and even though the recipe as I have written it below only requires in regards to a teaspoon of horseradish, It's my job to put nearly a tablespoon within my own drink since i such as the flavor and kick of Root. Oh, and that i also needs to mention that you could leave the vodka out if you are skeevy about morning alcohol.
8 oz V8 Vegetable Juice
4 oz clam juice
1 rounded teaspoon of prepared grated horseradish (or even more to taste)
A few shakes of Worcestershire Sauce (about 1/2 teaspoon)
A few dashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce (to taste)
A little bit of coarsely-ground pepper
Leafy celery stalk for garnish
Combine all ingredients but celery stalk inside a tall 16-ounce glass and stir well garnish with celery before serving.
