Martini

[trof]

"The Perfect Martini, as an idea, has infinite possibilities. For me, the Dry Martini remains an American symbol of elusive perfection, a kind of pagan Holy Grail. The dedicated Martini drinker views this deceptively simple cocktail as a true if fleeting, salvation, ... As in religion, one may not have actually witnessed the Conception of the Perfect Martini, but one accepts on faith that it exists, and that it takes away the sins of the earth."

Kanpai.
:toast:

[auntAgonist]

1. never had one

[trof]

2. You will not like the first one.

The second one will be a bit better.
By the third, you're hooked.
It's a (rapidly) acquired taste.

[kenny blankenship]

5. You will love it

rinse the inside of a frozen martini glass with a half ounce of Noilly-Prat Dry Vermouth. (The Vermouth should be cold and come from the fridge, not the shelf!) Toss vermouth out--you don't want to drain every last drop just toss it quickly into the sink. Pour your limit for a drink--2, 21/2 or 3 ounces of good gin, which like the glass has been kept in the freezer for hours. The drink lives or dies on the quality of the gin so don't skimp. Get Bombay Sapphire or Tanqeray No.10 or Citadelle. Put the gin back in the freezer and the vermouth back in the fridge. Wipe the rim of the glass with a lemon rind twist and drop it in the glass. (If you wanted to you could do this step between dosing the glass with Vermouth and pouring in the gin.)
Drink.
Repeat.

[trof]

8. Very good, except...

Skip the lemon peel and drop in two anchovie stuffed olives.
NO TOOTHPICK!
The olives are the treat AFTER you finish the drink.

[trof]

19. Especially the gin-in-the-freezer.

Only Way.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. ...and buy absolutely the best gin you can afford

I tried them in college (while chronically broke) and probably used something Paramount Gin -- which is also de-greasing agent -- and thought it was terrible. Tried it a few years later with top-shelf gin and changed my opinion on the first sip.

[shanti]

32. me neither

gin is nasty. however, i'll take a rum or brandy drink anyday.

[xmas74]

3. I adore martinis!

I can't help it-they are about the only thing that I drink.
And I go back and forth between gin and vodka. It just depends on my mood.

[trof]

4. I'm having number one as we speak.

(so to speak)
I think I'll have another and then I'll turn myself in.
It's been about 6 months since my last one.
;-)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. Dang it!

I'm in an extended stay hotel and don't have the fixings for a Martini, and that sounds awfully good right now. I'll have to settle for a Manhattan.

[lady lib]

6. I like appletinis. Do they count or are they too wimpy?

[trof]

9. Definitely T.W.

[El Fuego]

7. Richard Nixon said:

"Personally, I don't think that marijuana is any more dangerous than my favorite psychoactive drug, the martini."

[trof]

10. Dick was right.

Waaaayyyy RIGHT.
;-)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

24. Proving the old adage...

"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

[trof]

11. A Martini is GIN.

There is no sucha thing as a vodka Martini.
It's just cold vodka.
And there's a place for that.
It's just not a Martini.

[democracyindanger]

13. There are two places for it

1) A James Bond movie
2) My belly

[cestpaspossible]

26. What about Gin and Vodka?

Bombay and Stoli... is that a martini?

[trof]

12. There's a peculiar thing about drinking Martinis.

I find I enjoy talking to myself.
Like now.
I am my best audience and I hang on my every word.
I am truly self sufficient.
nirvana

[Beausoir]

14. Eat the olives LAST???

I've never been able to hold out that long.

I do love a nice glass of cold vodka with a spritz of vermouth.

Wasn't it Churchill who said "pour the gin into the glass while glancing at a bottle of vermouth" ?

[trof]

15. If Winnie said that, he was correct. Recipe:

I asked an experienced bartender how much vermouth he used when a "very dry" Martini was ordered.

He circled his thumb and forefinger.
"Zip."

That's how I like 'em.

[Beausoir]

17. There really is nothing worse...

than talking about the perfect martini and not having the fixins to make one.

I have heard it told that THE perfect martini was once served at The Blue Blazer Lounge in Bismark, ND. My beloved uncle's eulogy was about said martini. Really.

[trof]

18. Aw man? I'd love to read it.

[trof]

16. The rush is over.

Sipping a sedate Scotch & soda now.
What an instant booze-buzz the 'Tinis were.

Silver Bullets
See-Throughs
Fightin' Whiskey

whew

sayonara
;-)

[KG]

20. so, basically, a martini is a shot of frozen gin?

[trof]

21. Roger.

That's basically IT.

[KG]

25. and folk wax poetic about that?

:eyes:

[kenny blankenship]

28. technically, by the book, as my sunday school teacher informed me,

a standard martini is two and half oz of gin to one and half of vermouth stirred together in a shaker with ice, strained and served with olives. A dry martini approaches a shot of very cold gin.

But most martini drinkers have their preferred variation. They wax poetic about that I guess.

[jmowreader]

29. An ounce and a half of vermouth?

Yeah, a Sunday school teacher would tell you that. Put ya right off martinis for life, that would.

Colonel Burns in Berlin once taught me all about The Perfect Martini at a Field Station ball. He was tight with the Harnack House bartender, who let him mix his own martinis because "no one can do this but me." (At this point in time, his wife was looking for a hand truck to tie him to so she could get him home.)

"Okay, Jim, get a water glass. Make sure it's a clean one. A martini glass isn't big enough." Check.

"Now put three olives in the bottom of it." Check.

"Next, fill the glass with cold gin. Make sure you keep your gin in the refrigerator, freezing it ruins it. And fuck that martini stirring shit, that's for wimps like James Bond. He ain't no fuckin' spy. Ever seen him do any actual collection? No, he's just a pussyhound." Check.

"Now, this is the important part. Pick up the glass, lovingly stare at the gin for a bit, then whisper the word 'Vermouth.'"

"And now it's ready to drink!"

"Oh yeah. Never, never, never drink martinis at home. Always drink martinis in a bar. The martini is all about Atmosphere. You've got to have the right Atmosphere or a martini won't taste right--and your house doesn't have the right Atmosphere."

[kenny blankenship]

31. I didn't write it, don't follow it, I'm just quoting it

for the person who asked if a martini is no more than cold gin. Those are standard ratios for the martini recipe, to each his own. My own manual for juniper poisoning is described above (post #5).

[cestpaspossible]

27. I love to drink Martinis, Two at the very most

Three, I'm under the table, Four, I'm under the host - Dorothy Parker

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Wow, Dorothy Parker!

You made me laugh out loud, raucously, for more than 5 seconds! What a great quote! This is one for my little almost-blank book...whew...


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