horseradish bloody mary's

Yesterday was one of those days where everything just kept going awry. First I forgot to set an alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night to go check on my oven-dried tomatoes, so by the time I did get up in the middle of the night, I was left with blackened tomato chips. Gross.

Then I had to go get new brake pads put on the Subie, and unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, I needed to wait for it rather than going home. Three hours of estimated labor quickly turned into 4.5. By that time, it was 12:30 on my day off and I just felt defeated. This feeling would be perpetuated by a series of events, including forgetting to put the xantham gum in my cookie batter so that the dough immediately spread out across the cookie sheet and quickly turned into a burnt, inedible mess. Then my soup didn't come out right and I burned my tongue badly while taste-testing. I was just feeling like nothing I did was turning out right. Like Midas, except everything I touched turned to crap.

I needed to remind myself of something I'd done right. And so, voila, I remembered that my horseradish vodka project was actually decent. The smell is a bit off-putting to say the least, smelling disconcertingly like nail polish remover, but the taste is quite good. I wouldn't drink it neat, but it is the perfect addition to a Bloody Mary made with our favorite,  McClures spicy bloody mary mix. So good!