Good Evening. Alas, I did not win the Dallas News cocktail contest with my spicy hot Textini. With Tabasco Sauce and a jalapeņo-stuffed olive as ingredients, I guess it was beyond the pale for the Nexium-addicted horse-racing crowd from up North. I didn't even place in the top ten. At least I can assume that I know the reason why. The winner is: THE TALL TEXAN I have to admit that it sounds delicious. It is a take-off on the traditional Bloody Mary, as mine was on the Martini. I personally would have used V-8 Juice instead of Tomato Juice. And one could add any amount of hot sauce that one wished to the final concoction. It's a pretty drink, I have to admit. You use a tall glass, like for a Bloody Mary. Here's the recipe: Put ingredients in a cocktail shaker: 1 ounce Tito's Vodka [made in Texas, apparently -- RS] 1 tablespoon Stubb's Smokey Mesquite Bar-B-Q Sauce 6 ounces tomato juice (Texas brand, if available) Shake to mix; pour in a glass over ice cubes. Garnish with cilantro leaves and a lemon slice. I'm going to have to get some vodka and Stubb's sauce and try this. Have a pleasant week! R. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rob Solarion Northeast Texas Crossover Dreamtime Is Coming Again! Where Will You Be? PLANET X NIBIRU : SLOW-MOTION DOOMSDAY http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/cosmictree.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slowmotiondoomsday http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=19745 "Now hear from me what thou must do when the time draws nigh. I therefore inform thee what is for thy greatest good. The time for the Purification of the Worlds has now arrived. The period dreadful for the Universe, both moving and fixed, has come." The Hindu Mahabharata "The future is behind us. The past is what's ahead." The Serpent Princess, NIGHTFALL "And they do not know the future mystery, or understand ancient matters. And they do not know what is going to happen to them. And they will not save their souls from the future mystery." The Dead Sea Scrolls, Prophecy Of The Essenes ______________________________________________________________________________ .