I post this from the kitchen laptop (yeah, that’s right, old G4 laptops don’t die in my house – they become the kitchen laptop). I feel moved to record a couple of martini recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For all of my martinis, the procedure is very similar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Fill a traditional martini glass with ice. If using vermouth, place a splash of vermouth in the ice filled glass. If not using vermouth, use water. Fancy Martini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what I order when people are watching me order a mixed drink. I like it because it brings the highly specific language of Starbucks back where it belongs – the bar. To cause the bartender to make this for you, specify “a Ketel One Martini, extra dirty, extra dry, with olives”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n * Three (3) measures Ketel One Vodka James Bond Style<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what I wound up with in Delhi, when my waiter looked at me wide eyed and said “very good sir, the James Bond Style.” I know that this is not as described in the Ian Fleming books.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n * Three (3) measures Bombay gin (duh) The Seven Olive Martini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Figure it out. I love olives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My Current Favorite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n * Two (2) measures Ketel One vodka I post this from the kitchen laptop (yeah, that’s right, old G4 laptops don’t die in my house – they become the kitchen laptop). I feel moved to record a couple of martini recipes. For all of my martinis, the procedure is very similar: *…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1797,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
* Fill a shaker with ice.
* Measure the spirits and any other liquid ingredients into the shaker.
* Shake, vigorously enough to break up the ice a bit and to oxygenate and mix the spirits. Dance, if it pleases you.<\/em>
* Swirl and discard the vermouth \/ ice from the glass. This leaves the ideal amount of vermouth coating the glass.
* If garnishing with olives, add them to the glass before pouring.
* Strain the contents of the shaker into the glass.
* If garnishing with anything other than olives, add them now. I have no idea why you would garnish with anything except olives<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
* One spoonful of olive brine (in the shaker) it’s worth noting that if you see the bartender pick up a plastic squeeze bottle of olive brine, you should step in and say “woah, not that dirty,” before they make you a drink best described as ‘the salt lick.’<\/em>
* At least three olives for garnish
* Vermouth as described above<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Everything else as described above – vermouth in the glass, no extra brine, and so on.
* Best served above a hubbub of at least four languages – and within sight of a cover band who learned the words to their songs phonetically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* One (1) measure Bombay gin
* One spoonful of olive brine in the shaker
* One spoonful of vermouth in the shaker, in addition to what’s in the glass
* Three olives as garnish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"