The Olive & The Martini

[bayoutider]

Guy walks into a bar and orders a martini. Bartender puts the drink in front of him but before he drinks it he carefully removes the olive and places it in a jar. Again and again the guy orders a martini and over and over he places the olive in the jar. When the jar was full the guy puts the jar of olives in his pocket and staggers out of the bar.

Another guy who watched all this spoke to the Bartender, "I have never seen anything like that."

"Oh that guy comes in every few weeks when his wife sends him out for a jar of olives."

 

[bayoutider]

I don't know how many martini lovers we have here but what is your favorite garnish for your drink?

My favorite is probably an onion stuffed green olive.

I have tried many other olives but the onion stuffed is at the top of my list. Blue cheese stuffed is very good but really clouds the drink. I'm not a big fan of anchovy stuffed olives, almond stuffed olives or jalapeno stuffed olives. A plain pimento stuffed olive likely ranks number two and I really do like to sometimes put a cocktail onion in my martini. No twist of lemon for me, I want a snack.

 

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

Ive never even tried a martini. I guess im not so fistikated enuff :biggrin: I want too, but always think its gonna sound wierd ordering it from the bartender. Maybe I should make em at home first or something. How do you make em? Do you use vodka or gin? Seems like ive heard both.

 

[bayoutider]

Ive never even tried a martini. I guess im not so fistikated enuff :biggrin: I want too, but always think its gonna sound wierd ordering it from the bartender. Maybe I should make em at home first or something. How do you make em? Do you use vodka or gin? Seems like ive heard both.

I prefer a Vodka Martini but gin is ok. At home I put my glass in the freezer to get it extremely cold. In the cold glass I place a couple of olives on a toothpick in the glass. I mix my martini about 6 parts vodka to 1 part sweet vermouth. Give this a stir then pour into the glass. That's about all there is to it.

I'm not a heavy drinker so 2 gives me a good buzz. Four and someone better take my keys from me The Martini seems to be making a big comeback and I see more and more people ordering them. Of course there are all those foo foo martini's like sour apple, chocolate or watermellon. I like mine made the old way.

Vodka - Belvedere is my favorite
Gin - Portland is my favorite. It's the official gin of the British Navy
I tell people I don't drink much but I'm drinking better.

 

[TideBeliever]

I am a member of, and frequently visit several fraternal organizations ie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, VFW and American Legion. I can never remember seeing a man order a Martini at any of them (except when ordering for his lady). Of course, most of their patrons are either beer or hard liquer drinkers.

I have noticed that ladies that ordered them got either green olives with pimento or white onions. Probably the only options available. However, most of the ladies there are wine or vodka drinkers.

The garnishes bayoutider enjoys must be home brewed.

 

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

ever use any of that pepper vodka in a martini?

From another post of Bayou's

Since you mentioned Vodka and Peppers I have done this and liked it. Put 2 tablespoons of slightly cracked black peppercorns in a full bottle of vodka and place it in a cool dark place for two weeks. Give the bottle a little shake every few days then strain the vodka through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth. Rinse the bottle and return the liquid into it. Very good as a shooter with smoked fish, caviar and sour cream and steak tartar. It helps to be drunk to eat some of those things.

 

[bayoutider]

I am a member of, and frequently visit several fraternal organizations ie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, VFW and American Legion. I can never remember seeing a man order a Martini at any of them (except when ordering for his lady). Of course, most of their patrons are either beer or hard liquer drinkers.

I have noticed that ladies that ordered them got either green olives with pimento or white onions. Probably the only options available. However, most of the ladies there are wine or vodka drinkers.

I guess we patronize different watering holes

The garnishes bayoutider enjoys must be home brewed.

I find all the garnishes right there in the olive section of the grocery store. I did use to make the blue cheese stuffed but now I find them already made. I have also seen green olives in sweet vermouth in liquor stores.

 

[ROTYDE]

Grey goose or tanqueray, Glaric stuff olive back in the day...Shaken not stirred...

 

[TideBeliever]

I guess we patronize different watering holes

I don't doubt that at all. Drink prices at fraternal organizations are typically $2.50-$2.85 for Bacardi and $3.25-$3.50 for Crown Royal.

I'm not a cheapskate, but would rather spend the big bucks dining at a good restaurant. Drinking at fraternal organizations allows me to do the former more often. :smile:

 

[bayoutider]

ever use any of that pepper vodka in a martini?

From another post of Bayou's

No pepper martini for me thanks

I do like it as a shooter served ice cold. I like several of the flavored vodkas except the vanilla which I find too sweet. I don't care for southern comfort either it's like drinking pancake syrup.

 

[It's On A Slab]

No pepper martini for me thanks

I do like it as a shooter served ice cold. I like several of the flavored vodkas except the vanilla which I find too sweet. I don't care for southern comfort either it's like drinking pancake syrup.

I was at a local pub in No. Minn. (right on the Canadian border) last Sept. I ordered a draft beer, and they brought it out with a green olive in it. He said it was the way the locals drank their beer. I thought of it as a Minnesota Martini.

 

[gerry dorsey]

do me a favor and look down that the floor wherever you may be...

i would rather lick that floor than drink a martini.

 

[bayoutider]

I was at a local pub in No. Minn. (right on the Canadian border) last Sept. I ordered a draft beer, and they brought it out with a green olive in it. He said it was the way the locals drank their beer. I thought of it as a Minnesota Martini.

Probably something one of the locals brought back from Auburn.

 

[bayoutider]

do me a favor and look down that the floor wherever you may be...

i would rather lick that floor than drink a martini.

Look around long enough and you can find someone who doesn't even like to drink water.

 

[TideRollsInVa]

do me a favor and look down that the floor wherever you may be...

i would rather lick that floor than drink a martini.

I do like a Dirty Martini, beats licking any floor.

 

[JackF]

Here's how I make' em:

Get yourself some gin....you can buy better, but the new Tanqueray Rangpur intrigued me, so I gave it a try. Some vermouth, olives and martini glass.
Chill glass:

Pour just a little vermouth in with the ice in a shaker

Shake the vermouth well to coat the ice....pour off vermouth

Fill Shaker 2/3 way with gin....especially if you want to drink 3 martinis or so.

Give it a good shake...at least for 30-45 seconds

Pour over olives into chilled glass

Make sure you get it all...those tiny ice chips are tasty too!

Final product...sheer beauty to behold.

 

[bayoutider]

When are we having happy hour at your house?

 

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

so this drink is basicaly straight gin with just a hint of vermouth?

 

[ROTYDE]

so this drink is basicaly straight gin with just a hint of vermouth?

That's about it. The dryer the Martini the less vermouth if Im not mistaken. Years ago on M.A.S.H Hawkeye use to tell Rosie to fix him a barren desert of a martini, she would just show him the bottle....LOLDT_drug:

 

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

I do like a Dirty Martini, beats licking any floor.

What makes a martini dirty? I need to know every thing there is to know about a martini, so that I dont look like an idiot when i order one.