Quest for a perfect martini
Oct. 15th, 2008 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cdaveSweet martini: 3/4 pars gin, 1/8 part dry vermouth, 1/8 part sweet vermouth.
Medium martini: 4/5 part gin. 1/5 part vermouth
Dry martini: 5/6 parts gin 1/6 part vermouth
Glass martini: Swirl vermouth and ice in a glass. Discard. Add gin.
Breath martini: Drink a shot of vermouth. Breath into a glass. Add gin.
Los Alamos martini: Place a bottle of vermouth on top of an atomic bomb test. Place a glass of gin downwind.
Churchill martini: Pour a glass of gin, while glancing angrily across the room at a sealed bottle of vermouth.
Ideal martini: A glass of gin drunk whilst looking at a picture of vermouth.
Inspired by comments on demiurgent's post.
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Ooh! IDEA! Homoeopathic Vermouth.
We could do double blind experiments to discover what the difference between no vermouth, and probably no vermouth is.
Of course we'd need a large sample base :)
Medium martini: 4/5 part gin. 1/5 part vermouth
Dry martini: 5/6 parts gin 1/6 part vermouth
Glass martini: Swirl vermouth and ice in a glass. Discard. Add gin.
Breath martini: Drink a shot of vermouth. Breath into a glass. Add gin.
Los Alamos martini: Place a bottle of vermouth on top of an atomic bomb test. Place a glass of gin downwind.
Churchill martini: Pour a glass of gin, while glancing angrily across the room at a sealed bottle of vermouth.
Ideal martini: A glass of gin drunk whilst looking at a picture of vermouth.
Inspired by comments on demiurgent's post.
{edit}
Ooh! IDEA! Homoeopathic Vermouth.
We could do double blind experiments to discover what the difference between no vermouth, and probably no vermouth is.
Of course we'd need a large sample base :)
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Date: 2008-10-15 03:41 pm (UTC)I was just talking to a girl online last night and we happened to discover that we're both occasional Martinians:
She favours a "Gin & It" (or a Gin & French, depending on the vermouth) of 2parts Gin: 1 part vermouth.
I favour a "Monty", i.e. the gin-to-vermouth ratio is 15:1, which is the local numerical superiority that General Mongomery (something of a cautious old woman, tactically) liked to have before advancing on Rommel. However, in homage to the Desert Rats it's a "Dusty Monty" - I add a few drops of the olive-brine to the mix.