Bloody Mary Party Soup

Ingredients

2 1/2 c onion
2 c celery
8 garlic
2 tb butter
1 1/2 c lemon juice
3 tb sugar
1/2 ts tabasco sauce
1/2 ts worcestershire sauce
1 bottle
1/2 c green onion

Instructions

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.