2 1/2 ounces vodka

6 ounces V-8 juice

1 teaspoon horseradish

1/2 teaspoon lime juice

4 dashes Tabasco sauce

4 dashes Worcestershire

A pinch of black pepper

A pinch of celery salt

Garnish

Same procedure — you do the Hokie Pokie and you shake yourself around, that’s what it’s all about. Darn good drink except don’t forget to clean up your spills or the cat might get drunk. Wait a minute, I don’t have a cat!

1 1/2 ounces vodka

4 ounces tomato juice

Juice of 1/2 lime

1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

6 dashes Tabasco sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

Lime wedge for garnish

This is the simplest recipe in my research — perhaps too simple. Just add the ingredients, except for the lime wedge, pour into a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain the liquid into a salt-rimmed glass filled with ice.

Nonstick cooking spray

5 slices bacon

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon chili powder

1 pear, peeled, cored and sliced

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 of an 8-ounce tub of cream cheese (warm to room temperature)

1/4 cup chopped green onions

1 12-inch pizza crust

1/3 cup chopped pecans

1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

1/4 cup fresh basil

Black pepper

1 can refrigerated pizza crust

2 tablespoons butter, softened

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces)

1 cup pizza sauce

1 3/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (7 ounces)

1/2 package (3.5-ounce size) sliced pepperoni (25 to 30 slices)

Nonstick cooking spray

Heat oven to 400. Grease a large, dark or nonstick cookie sheet with cooking spray. Unroll dough on cookie sheet. Press out dough so it forms a 15- by 10-inch rectangle.

Spread butter over dough; sprinkle Parmesan cheese evenly over butter. Bake 7 minutes; remove from oven.