Post #17599 by kahukini on Tue, Dec 31, 2002 3:18 AM

Given that I was 13 when the soviet union fell and that I had my first cocktail in 2000 (incredibly late I agree), I do not feel embarrased to ask this apparently naive question of the more distinguished members of this forum...
Please inform me... if while going out in the eighties, vodka was... disparaged in any way in particular because it was russian... now "russian" is proudly identified on the bottle of Stoli.. perhaps it was then as well. but Vodka has always been identified with russia... while it was our mortal enemy, what did that mean for martinis... how did you feel sipping a vodka martini in a club in the eighties ... or could you? Do you feel that its lack of popularity had to do with the cold war?

I look forward to your memories!