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Dittos3 · 11-13-2009, 11:20 PM

But I still have my Bombay Safire. How am I to make my next martini?

propforward · 11-13-2009, 11:51 PM

It's OK, I have some dry vermouth you can have. I'm having red wine tonight, so I don't need the vermouth.

BonnieBlack · 11-14-2009, 12:42 AM

I don't use the vermouth anymore. I had a spritzer for a while that I could use to mist some vermouth on the inside of my martini glass, but it wore out so now I just skip it. Just ice cold gin, just marvelous.

I have just taken to telling the bartender "no vermouth please". It avoids hurt feelings. Seems I can't emphasize the word "dry" enough, they tend to pour the stuff in.

Now if I can just get them to get the gin off the ice quickly before it all gets watered down. I had some bugger present the gin still in the shaker at the table the other night so he could pour it in front of me. My wife had this worried look like I was about to act inappropriately, but I retained my manners and drank my watery martini politely.

Now I'm all thirsty, think I'll make one now

Thatch · 11-14-2009, 01:08 AM

It's a Lebowski evening tonight for me.

BonnieBlack · 11-14-2009, 01:14 AM

So, I was at Mayo last week so the surgeons could remove some bits that they felt were no longer contributing to my overall health. When I came out of anesthesia and started to get my wits back about me I asked what the time was. The nurse said it was shortly after 5PM. So, naturally I requested a martini.

No go of course. But the nurse, at the fabled Mayo Clinic no less, informed me that gin kills more brain cells than other kinds of alcohol. I couldn't imagine how this could be true, but rather than engage on that front I explained the buffalo herd theory:

The wolves pick off the weakest of the herd, leaving the herd as a whole stronger as a group. Likewise, the gin kills off the weakest of my brain cells, leaving my brain as a whole better for it.

I'm afraid she did not believe me any more than I believed her.

KingBear · 11-14-2009, 09:33 PM

Help is on the way, I'll even bring olives.

HiDesert · 11-15-2009, 02:17 AM

Do you know why I prefer whisky? Because (among other reasons) no sane man ever put fruit in whisky.

MassiveAttack · 11-15-2009, 08:57 AM

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Do you know why I prefer whisky? Because (among other reasons) no sane man ever put fruit in whisky.

Manhattan (cherry) and the classic New Orleans cocktail, Sazerac (lemon twist) are entirely acceptable and reasonable macho exceptions.

When I drink martinis, I only use onions (Gibson).

And while I'm here, nothing pisses me off more than this 'martini' craze where 453 fruity ingredients are still referred to as a "martini." Whenever I see a "martini list" I can feel my balls shriveling up. What would Dean Martin have to say about all of these pomegranate and chocolate 'martinis?' I mean, presuming that he wasn't singing their praises as long as they were getting his date drunk?

propforward · 11-15-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

nothing pisses me off more than this 'martini' craze where 453 fruity ingredients are still referred to as a "martini."

agreed

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as long as they were getting his date drunk?

I think your man would concentrate on this bit, and simply stock with the proper drink himself.

Dittos3 · 11-15-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by KingBear

Help is on the way, I'll even bring olives.

I prefer a lemon twist. That is the historic garnish for a gin martini. Besides, I hate olives. But by all means, you enjoy it how you wish.

Did you know: gin was the crack cocaine of 17th century England? People sold their belongings - sold their bodies! - just to get the intoxicating elixer.