RASPBERRY MINT MARTINI - It's Happy Hour with Mint!

The Raspberry Mint Martini is such a refreshing martini - the muddled mint balances nicely with the fruit and gives your mouth a little zing. The sour mix takes the sugar level down nicely and adds a little zip too - so you end up with a zippy zing of a martini!

By the way, another little tip - if you favor Chambord, the French black raspberry liqueur, be aware this is a high quality product and uses no preservatives so it's shelf life is around six months. You can substitute Creme de Cassis for the Chambord, but remember that Creme de Cassis is made from black currants, not raspberries. I have used both DeKuyper's Razzmatazz and Raspberry Di Amore at times - both somewhat less syrupy than Chambord, but also not as rich in raspberry flavor. Bols has a raspberry liqueur too, though I've not tried it as yet.

Updated 7-2018
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A MARTINI NANO STORY - Five Dead Soldiers

This is the first of my little illustrated martini nano stories. Just a little literary moment of cocktail fantasy for a change of pace! Enjoy, if you like it let me know with a comment.

Cheers!
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RETRO COCKTAILS - The Box Car Martini

The Box Car is a classic cocktail that's been around since at least the days of prohibition. I did a little searching for it's history and came up with nothing on-line, but I do know that gin gained it's popularity during prohibition because it was easy and very quick to brew. Of course, the easier and quicker it was made, the harsher the alcohol and this was the impetus for the explosion of mixed drinks or "cocktails" that evolved during this period - they had to disguise the almost grain alcohol level of the booze they had brewed up that morning in the bathtub, lol!

But some absolutely great cocktails emerged from these times and among them was the Box Car. The gin, triple sec, lemon juice and grenadine are all original ingredients BUT the original recipes call for egg whites whereas mine calls for pasteurized egg whites (you can buy egg whites pasteurized in cartons at higher end grocers, even some liquor stores carry it.) The reason for this, of course, is the modern day fear of salmonella in raw egg. Using pasteurized egg whites solves this issue.

The egg white is an essential ingredient - it adds the frothiness and a mellowness to this cocktail. You can always adjust the sweet/sour balance to your own tastes but don't leave out the egg white! Enjoy this classic flapper favored martini and party like it's 1933 (the year prohibition was lifted!)

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St. Patrick's Day Martini - Irish Chocolate Cocktail!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Here's a lovely chocolate mint martini with the added creaminess of Bailey's. A perfect way to end your meal of corned beef and cabbage!

May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head.
be always strong.
May you be in heaven
a half hour before
the devil knows you're dead.
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!

Please drink responsibly and keep the luck of the Irish alive for you and everyone else out there today!

LEMON MARTINI - LEMON AID FOR THE SOUL!

For everyone who's been handed some lemons in their life lately - here's the Lemon DROP Martini.

LEMON DROP RECIPE

It takes the sour out of the harsh realities of life and puts a little sweet into your soul. The ultimate cocktail expression of "positive thinking" and "attitude of gratitude" - if life has handed you lemons make a lemon aid martini! A tart, refreshing and totally satisfying martini for those times when you need a little pick-me-up.

Updated 9-2021

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FRIDAY the 13th MARTINI - A little Black Licorice Cocktail

It's FRIDAY THE 13TH! OMG! Stay inside, lock your doors, stay away from ladders, black cats, gigolos and really bitchy women and mix yourself a pitcher of these great Licorice Flavored
FRIDAY THE 13TH MARTINIS!

Let me know if you survive the day.

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MARTINI FUN DAY - Quotes, Stories, Facts & Gifts

MARTINI FUN DAY!

MARTINI QUOTES
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini? ~ Robert Benchley

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time? ~ Gerald R. Ford (38th US President)

One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough. ~ James Thurber

Happiness is finding two olives in your martini when you're hungry. ~ Johnny Carson

A MOST EXPENSIVE MARTINI
You can actually enjoy a $10,000 Martini at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City - the garnish? A beautiful, REAL radiant cut Diamond!

ARE THERE BUGS IN YOUR OLIVE?
In the book "The Bug in the Martini Olive" by Patricia Holt there is a novel idea of creative spydom when the olive in a martini is really a covert listening device - check out Chapter Three "The Bug in the Martini Olive" excerpt.

JAMES BOND - SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED - VESPER or MARTINI?
The famous James Bond phrase "shaken, not stirred" was not a reference to a classic gin martini (which is not shaken as that bruises the gin) it was most likely used for a vodka martini. Bond drank both versions throughout the book and movie series, but the first drink he ordered "shaken" was actually a cocktail that is now called a Vesper:

"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?" ~ James Bond in Casino Royale, 1953.

So, James Bond, is not a heathen and defiler of the classic Gin Martini, he is simply a man of eclectic martini tastes! The name Vesper, by the way comes from a female agent in the same movie:

"When I'm ... er ... concentrating.' he explained, 'I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."~ James Bond in Casino Royale, 1953.

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