Post #76099 by woofmutt on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 8:44 AM

In my heart I believe that a Martini is made with gin. But my head knows that English is a steam roller of a language and it'll squash the meaning out of many words before the sun sets on today. Good for it. Personally I loathe the suffix "tini", yet I'll use it for a jokey drink name and because it easilly explains that drink to a guest: If it ends in "tini" they know it's a cold, strained drink served in a Martini glass.

Yes, I hate having to say "gin Martini" when ordering at a bar. But I smile and say it anyway and wonder if all Martinis come with ice chips in them...

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After much Martini recipe testing (fondly remembered) I found I like a Martini with a little more vermouth that everyone else in the world seems to want.* So far the gin of my dreams has been Greenalls. Unfortunately the Washington State booze stores stopped carrying it a year or so ago. (And they had a clearance sale that I missed!) Now I have to wait until I journey out of state in hopes of finding it.

*I saw an ad in a 60's magazine for "Martini Stones", a small jar of olive pit sized ceramic "stones". One was supposed to fill the jar with vermouth and the porous ceramic of the "stones" would absorb the vermouth. Drop one in your Martini and it'd supposedly release just the right amount of vermouth for the perfect dry Martini.