is that your summer drink Cookie?
My c*cktail of cousce for the summer is Absolute Mandarin with club soda and lime....light, refreshing and clean!
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
Cookie - do you ever use bitters with the tonic?
I know I'm in the minority but I've always felt that tonic and vermouth make gin and vodka taste better. I don't believe in "extra dry" martinis. Martinis were invented to be wet!
Of course SOME people prefer their martinis dirty...FILTHY even.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
PJ - I do not use olives, so mine are clean. My friend dumps a tablespoon or more of the olive juice in his. How rude to the gin????
The person I'm referring to who likes his martinis filthy charms the bartender into dumping as much olive juice as possible into the gin. It goes way beyond being rude to the gin: it's virtually dragging the gin into the gutter!
But, then again, it wouldn't be the first time THIS PERSON has dragged someone into the gutter.
olives.... ick.... dry martini with a twist, please..
gin or vodka with tonic keeps Cookie content...
haven't tried bitters with the tonic, brdlwyr... interesting twist ...
VODKA!!!!!!! Filthy *VODKA* martinis, dammit.
THAT PERSON would never do that to gin. (it tastes vile.)
"Gin," said Eliza Doolittle at Ascot, "was like mother's milk to me."
Amen. I'm having a G&T at my desk as we speak.
Damrak. Mmm. If you haven't had it, try it. It's mind-blowing.
Hello all..I'm back and feeling much better.
I'm on my way home. There's a chilled glass just waiting to be filled with Cosmopolitan waiting for me.
Thank you all for the nice wishes.
Jailyard -- where is your office -- pour a drink for K
Princeton - nice to see you smile again!
I had a woman at my bar who wanted her dirty martini filthy, I poured about an ounce of olive brine in there, and it wasn't enough for her.
Male or female, CK...when they like it filthy, they can't get enough.
(I'm referring to a taste for OLIVE juice, of course.)
There cannot possibly be a martini too filthy for...um...THAT PERSON.
THAT PERSON since childhood has been fond of drinking the brine directly from the olive jar.
...they go to 13th and A? :)
You need to go out more, bway. (With me, apparently...)
I learn so much from this thread. I want to thank you guys.
I think there's a screenplay in here somewhere, if anyone writes it, I demand to be a producer. :)
Stick with Jailyard, CK. He'll teach you everything you've always wanted to know.
And then some.
I detect flattery.
Keep it comin'.
Keep it comin'.
I think that's what he's talking about.
You are a naughty little pickle, aren't you?
I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the metaphor. hehe.
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