Bloody Mary Party Soup

2 1/2 c Minced onion

2 c Minced celery

1 1/4 c Peeled, seeded and minced

Cucumber 8 lg Cloves fresh garlic, minced

2 tb Butter or margarine

4 cn 46 oz. ea. tomato juice

1 1/2 c Lemon juice

3 tb Sugar

1/2 ts Tabasco sauce

1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce

1 Bottle (fifth) Vodka

1/2 c Green onion, sliced

Saute onion, celery, cucumber and garlic in butter until soft. Add tomato juice, lemon juice, sugar, Tabasco and Worcestershire; simmer 7 to 8 minutes. Chill. Place vodka bottle in No. 10 can filled with water; freeze until ice is solid. Remove can but keep vodka surrounded in ice and wrapped in a towel. To serve: portion soup into serving bowl. Garnish with green onion. Add 1 oz. jigger of vodka per serving of soup at table.