I sit here with a bloody good Bloody Mary, BN's girlfriend bought me many things inc: a bottle of Smirnoff black Vodka.nb: she's Transylvanian....
BN made 6 the other night using 2/3rds of the bottle, undrinkable but, I was able to turn it into an extremely acceptable 'Nick's bloody mary & potato pottage (trade mark pending).
An aficionado of the finer points of cocktails he's not, a very tasty soup even,..... for 'the soup maker of Bergen-Belsen...
Ps: Omar Khayyam is no substitute for a dry sherry.