for all you dry martini lovers out there, let me pass on this story of urban folklore that was passed on to me by an old army warrant officer. it appears that one of the army officers assigned to the manhattan project was a test site director and avid martini drink. it so happens at one of the test blasts he placed a case of vermouth above the detonator. after the test blast and the "atomizing" of the vermouth he proclaimed to all that now there would be sufficient vermouth in the atmosphere for all the dry martinis of the the world. one great story. enjoy!
Best Martini s
I am tired of seeing threads only about things I don't drink(sorry beer and scotch fans). I like Martini's and maybe others out there do also. I prefer mine with Bombay Saphire gin and Noilly Prat French Dry Vermouth. Start with a boston shaker 2/3 full of ice cubes, then add room temp. gin (I usually use 2 jiggers of gin but I have large glasses) and then add a quick mist of chilled vermouth after the gin is comfortable with the ice and proceed to shake the hell out of it. Then strain into a chilled cocktail glass(I prefer Riedel crystal) with NO garnish, I once heard a saying "garnish is a speed bump on the road to bliss". Any other martini fans out there? what do you prefer?