Just last week or so, I was visiting my grandmother and made her a Marini, to her specs and under her direction. I gave it a taste and then had one myself, then another. Ever get drunk with your grandmother?

Anyway, now I sure do like em. Having one right now, and is you face supposed to be numb?

Her mix is two shots of Vodka and three capfulls of Vermouth with some crushed ice and several olives plus some olive juice. Ahhhh...

Thoughts, suggestions.....

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Originally posted by daniel77:
Ever get drunk with your grandmother?

Most certainly however she prefers G&Ts or bloody Maries.

Brett

The Martini is the only cocktail I drink. I prefer 3 oz of either Gordons or Beefeaters and 1/2 cap full of vermouth with a hot pickled green bean or okra for garnish. I prefer mine up. I keep the shaker and glasses in the freezer. I had two last night.

The best way I was ever taught to make one......
Fill shaker with ice. Dump in some vermouth and shake a couple of times. Dump vermouth down the drain, you are only trying to coat the ice. Pour in however much vodka/gin you wish and slowly turn the shaker back and forth. Do not shake violently. Continue turning/shaking until the outside of the shaker becomes frosty and you can hardly stand to hold onto the thing. Pour into an up style martini glass and serve preferably with 3 olives as I don't find two to be enough.
If you got it cold enough there should be small ice crystals on the surface of the liquor just after you pour it into the glass.

The golden martini rule: One martini, two at the most, three, you are under the table, four, you are under the host!

Happy Hoidays All! James Bond would be proud!

I thought the rule was Martinis are like breasts= 1 Is not enough and 3 is too many

Its called a Dirty Martini when you put the olive juice in it- gives it a little salt

Here is mine:

Grey Goose Martini, stright up, VERY, VERY, VERY dry, shaken, with olives.

If there is a hint of vermuth taste, I send it back.

Yes, I have gotten tanked with my beloved, late grandmother. She was my "Gram" and was a beautiful woman.

She liked Whiskey, straight up....

Gotta loves those old gals...

Here's a twist! Pardon the pun. Substitute some Sake for the vermouth. You have a Saketini. Garnish with a cucumber slice.
I do like "dirty" martinis. Jalapeno or garlic stuffed olives are great.

Enjoy!

I've never had a martini so bear with me on a probably dumb question. If the vermouth is so sparingly used why not just stait vodka or gin with an olive? Is the vermouth a necasary evil. I want to try one in the next fiew days and will use the above entries as a rule.

Danged heathens. Use Hendricks, and leave the grain alcohol to Russkies...

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
I've never had a martini so bear with me on a probably dumb question. If the vermouth is so sparingly used why not just stait vodka or gin with an olive? Is the vermouth a necasary evil. I want to try one in the next fiew days and will use the above entries as a rule.

Your life has been sheltered a bit, my friend. If you like gin or vodka, you'll love Martinis!

It's kinda like drinking gin out of a paper bag but without offending the host.

Vodka?? I thought we were talking about martinis. GIN is the main ingrediet in a martini -- come on Daniel, you know better! But if grandma likes chilled vodka coctails, that is her right!

Rusty,
Saketini ?? I am going to try that tonight ! ya think my hair might fall of ? ha ha,dirty martinis are also my favorite.

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Originally posted by Rusty:
Here's a twist! Pardon the pun. Substitute some Sake for the vermouth. You have a Saketini. Garnish with a cucumber slice.
I do like "dirty" martinis. Jalapeno or garlic stuffed olives are great.

Enjoy!

I take no responsibility for you loosing what little hair you have left!

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
I've never had a martini so bear with me on a probably dumb question. If the vermouth is so sparingly used why not just stait vodka or gin with an olive? Is the vermouth a necasary evil. I want to try one in the next fiew days and will use the above entries as a rule.

Cuz only alcoholics drink straight gin or vodka. Rule in our house is to put half a capful in the shaker, swirl it around and dump it out.

We also don't use ice in the shaker. Much easier to keep the vodka in the freezer and it doesn't water down the martini.

For whatever reason, I'm finding it very difficult to find vermouth olives or onions any more. We're down to our last half bottle of each, which won't last long with double olives or onions. A couple years ago I found some vermouth cranberries which were perfect for the odd occasion when I'd make my wife a Crantini. Only had the one bottle and have never found them since.

I'm with you on the gin, Whitworth. Tanqueray makes up into a nice martooni.

Pardon the short term hijack....

As I just learned how to make a proper Gin & Tonic. It's all in the lime skin. Before you add a lime wedge; bend and squeeze the skin--you'll see some drops come out of the pores. Thinly slice a few shavings into the glass.

The order goes as such..

Ice, squeezed lime and shavings, gin & tonic in a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio to taste.

Got to hand it to those Brits who concocted this to ward off malaria. How civilized!

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I'm with you on the gin, Whitworth. Tanqueray makes up into a nice martooni.

Amen to that, Bill!

OK I just tried my first martini.....yuk!

I will stick to Jameson or Jim or Jack or...

I felt the same way when I tried my first one 8-9 years ago. It was a bombay saphire martini, and I couldn't finish it and was buzzed as hell from the half of it I did drink. I didn't like any sort of liquor in pure form at that time. Tastes change, and I do occasionally enjoy various indulgences strait, or on the rocks.

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Originally posted by daniel77:
I felt the same way when I tried my first one 8-9 years ago. It was a bombay saphire martini, and I couldn't finish it and was buzzed as hell from the half of it I did drink. I didn't like any sort of liquor in pure form at that time. Tastes change, and I do occasionally enjoy various indulgences strait, or on the rocks.

Good to know, because I will be bringing a good bottle of scotch on our hog hunt, Daniel!

Gin martini with the Vermouth sitting on the bar near the pitcher. It's up to you if you take the cap off the Vermouth or not. But then I'm a fan of Canadian Whisky covering one cube of ice in a short tumbler.