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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Bad News for Martini Drinkers
The Wall Street Journal ^
| January 9, 2009
| Eric Felten
Posted on 01/10/2009 2:17:28 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Desdemona
I will assume you mean Bombay Sapphire.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:06:40 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
To: clinkclink
No, the QM went to the Dry Martini Refuge in the Sky at the age of 101.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:06:45 PM PST
by
Publius
To: clinkclink
You might not have if they had been proper Bombay Safire martinis as the Queen Mother prefers. Is she still alive? Bombay on the rocks with a twist of lemon ... use to be my drink of choice. The Queen mother died a few years ago ... she was, I believe, a centurion.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:06:55 PM PST
by
BluH2o
To: 1rudeboy
Okay, I’ll go ahead and say it ... gin is nasty. Vodka rules. Vodka martinis, very dirty in terms of olive brine, are awesome.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:06:56 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: 1rudeboy
“Vodka martini drinkers find an interior decorating thread,”
Got a link? ;oD
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:09:45 PM PST
by
maggief
To: All
And then there’s the “McGee” made with Plymouth Gin. It’s sort of a martini.
http://plymouthgin.com/
Fill an old fashioned glass to the two-thirds line with cracked ice. Slosh dry sherry into glass. Swiftly, with strainer across top of glass, dump the sherry.
Fill to the ice level with Plymouth Gin (imported). Rub lemon peel around inside of rim, pinch some floating beads of citrus oil on the surface of the drink.
Throw away the peel.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:12:05 PM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: 1rudeboy
Bond routinely drank Smirnoff in the movies. He drank Gordon’s in the books.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:12:19 PM PST
by
Sudetenland
(Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
To: BobbyT
Whiskey sours are great.
To truely appreciate a good martini, one has to alternate a good gin with a cheap, crappy gin. Why? You develop a taste for the botanicals that are used to in the gin. The correct amount of vermouth (at least an eyedrops worth, less than a tablespoon-depends on the gin) also brings out these flavors. I wish people would understand that.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:12:23 PM PST
by
PrincessB
("I am an expert on my own opinion." - Dave Ramsey)
To: OA5599
Yes, Manhattans are nice as well, though I really do prefer my Bourbon all by its lonesome.
My favorite cocktail is probably a Rusty Nail though—blended Scotch and Drambuie.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:12:32 PM PST
by
Betis70
To: Desdemona
I was wondering if you’d make this thread.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:13:46 PM PST
by
PrincessB
("I am an expert on my own opinion." - Dave Ramsey)
To: MHGinTN
Sapphire - if that's all that's available. I like the original or Tanquerray (sp?) better.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:16:18 PM PST
by
Desdemona
(Tolerance of grave evil is NOT a Christian virtue (I choose virtue. Values change too often).)
To: PrincessB
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:17:14 PM PST
by
Desdemona
(Tolerance of grave evil is NOT a Christian virtue (I choose virtue. Values change too often).)
To: Tribune7
I do believe that one is brandy.
To: Desdemona
There’s Bombay (the original), then Tanqueray, then there’s everything else.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:20:52 PM PST
by
Sudetenland
(Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
To: Desdemona
One method I've used in the past is asking the bartender whether he or she drinks martinis, and if the answer is 'yes' watching like a hawk. Once a bartender is located, they are treated like a national treasure.
Same holds true for Bloody Marys, now that I think about it . . . .
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:21:29 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: abb
>>Slosh dry sherry into glass. Swiftly, with strainer across top of glass, dump the sherry.
Oh the humanity! I enjoy a dry fino (dry sherry), slightly chilled. In fact I have a bottle of Tio Pepe chilling right now.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:22:05 PM PST
by
Betis70
To: Sudetenland
Theres Bombay (the original), then Tanqueray, then theres everything else. Amen. Somebody brought Plymouth over for Christmas (I think) last year and even my dad wouldn't drink it. Blech
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:22:46 PM PST
by
Desdemona
(Tolerance of grave evil is NOT a Christian virtue (I choose virtue. Values change too often).)
To: Desdemona
How is Hendricks? I see that next to my Tullamore Dew at the liquor store and often wonder if it would make a good martini or G&T.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:24:35 PM PST
by
Betis70
To: 1rudeboy
My wife only drinks "dirty" vodka martinis laced with olive juice...can't stand them myself...prefer my vodka as a gimlet. According to my wife, Minnesota made Shakers vodka is by far the best.
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:24:46 PM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: BluH2o
The Queen mother died a few years ago ... she was, I believe, a centurion. The Queen Mum was a Roman soldier?
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posted on
01/10/2009 3:26:10 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")
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