[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Yes, please.
Add Vodka (or Gin)
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Who’s the barbarian again?!
[QUOTE=Chefguy]
Who’s the barbarian again?!
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Hard to say. I drink Gin Martinis.
How 'bout you?
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Hard to say. I drink Gin Martinis.
How 'bout you?
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“Gin martini” is redundant, isn’t it? (insert smiley of your choice here).
[QUOTE=Chefguy]
“Gin martini” is redundant, isn’t it? (insert smiley of your choice here).
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Is this a trick question? :dubious:
Don’t Bruise The Gin!
Savages.
We should become a porn site. Think of the possibilities!
Squid pancakes.
[QUOTE=Kuboydal]
Squid pancakes.
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Hentai Breakfastfoods?
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank]
Hentai Breakfastfoods?
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Ahhhh, the diet of squirms.
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Vanquished. .. ignorance has limped back to Salem, Massachusetts (where it originated here in the States) and has retired to sleeping late, taking walks in the park, and spending evenings in bar rooms.
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Are you talking about your ex?
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank]
Don’t Bruise The Gin!
Savages.
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I used to say the same thing, but if you really (really) appreciate a good Martini, I suggest you try my method. Without a doubt the best Martini you’ll ever taste.
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I used to say the same thing, but if you really (really) appreciate a good Martini, I suggest you try my method. Without a doubt the best Martini you’ll ever taste.
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I did, it isn’t.
I did a whole string of tests and found that shaking your gin does, in fact, make a significant change in the drink for the worse. Your method for including vermouth is my standard though. Ahh, that was a good night.
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Yes, please.
How to make Winston’s Perfect Martini.
Chill your glass (you damned barbarian)
Ice in shaker
Dry Vermouth in shaker with ice
Shake vigorously
Strain vermouth out of shaker
Add Vodka (or Gin)
Shake vigorously
Add three olives to chilled glass (transfer olives quickly from brine to glass)
One more quick shake
Pour your perfect Martini
…
Repeat
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How much dry Vermouth? I always make mine on the wetter side…
[QUOTE=flight]
I did, it isn’t.
I did a whole string of tests and found that shaking your gin does, in fact, make a significant change in the drink for the worse. Your method for including vermouth is my standard though. Ahh, that was a good night.
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You shook it too long.
[QUOTE=Kythereia]
How much dry Vermouth? I always make mine on the wetter side…
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I usually do hal to 3/4 oz. It doesn’t matter much, because the objective is to have vermouth-flavored ice cubes to receive the gin. You pour the vermouth in, roll it around, then strain it out.
hendricks gin (from the freezer)
mezzetis drunken olives plus a little brine to taste
(they’re pickled in vermouth, saving a step)
stir with skewer
Drink
It WILL taste different if you shake the ‘crap’ out of it. Not BAD, just different.
Now, did you use Scientician methods, and serve the martini’s blindly to a panel?
If not, where do I get in line to get on the panel, as of course you’ll do this, now that it’s been suggested.
as a fan of Gin, I have yet to have a gin martini. Twice I’ve ordered one, and gotten a Vodka drink. No bad (ok, bad, I like my drinks a bit more subtle these days), but I want to try a dang martini.
You’ve reached an important level in your training when you come to think Sapphire Blue is ‘just ok.’
Believe me, you don’t need a double blind test. (For one thing, you’re not curing cancer. For another, a stirred martini is much sharper, the infused volatile oils that separate gin from vodka haven’t been arieated out.)
[QUOTE=blondebear]
I’ve changed my mind. Screw hummus, I call dibs on the hossenfeffer.
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It’s HASENFEFFER, O thou ignoramus! :smack: And here I thought we were in the clear.
Hey, look at my band! cousinjake.com! Much wisdom to be found… :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
I usually do hal to 3/4 oz. It doesn’t matter much, because the objective is to have vermouth-flavored ice cubes to receive the gin. You pour the vermouth in, roll it around, then strain it out.
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Dry is the answer! Actually, “What is Dry?”, Alex. I’ll take Martinis for 400.
If you’re using crap gin, you may as well put Kiwi shoe polish on your ice cubes. 