Serves: 1 Gin 1 ½ oz Tomato juice 3 oz Lemon juice 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce ½ tsp Tabasco sauce few drops to taste Salt and freshly ground black pepper Lemon slice or celery stalk garnish Preparation: Shake the liquid ingredients together along with a few large ice cubes. Strain into an old-fashioned glass, balloon wine glass, or highball glass. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and garnish with lemon slice or celery stalk. Add Worcestershire sauce if desired. Variation: To make Bloody Maria substitute tequila for vodka. To make Danish Maria substitute aquavit for vodka. To make Bloody Mary substitute vodka for gin. To make Virgin Mary omit the vodka. When: Any time How: Short On the base of: Gin