I whipped these up surf side this weekend and to most everyone’s surprise they weren’t half bad. My friend had pulled in a cooler full of red snapper and the limit is two per person, it was decided that an impromptu beach cookout was needed. Read more . My girlfriend, always the latecomer to these things, and an out of stater, brought clams. The provenance of which wasn’t to certain. This is the gulf we’re an oyster people, as so, clams are typically shunned and relegated to ingredients in other dishes instead of a featured course. But because I’m typically the designated cook, and the only non beer exclusive drinker, it fell to me to improvise with what I had at the ready. Luckily I had a lot of lime, butter, and cilantro which I brought for the fish, a bottle of good gin, and a stolen can of tomato juice ( which I normally cant stomach ) on hand. A Bloody Margaret is a Bloody Mary that has substituted gin for vodka.