1: A martini, vodka, or gin?
2: Shaken or stirred?
3: Strained or on ice?
4: Olives?
5: Ever before 5 PM?
My answers:
1: A martini, vodka, or gin? Gin, unless there is another flavor involved then vodka - never water down good Gin.
2: Shaken or stirred? Shaken.
3: Strained or on ice? Strained or as they describe it here, strait-up.
4: Olives? Yes, please.
5: Ever before 5 PM? I haven't, maybe I should try that.
In Wales and in Ireland, bartenders had no idea how to make a martini. They kept wanting to water down good Gin with tonic - what a waste.
Please share your answers in the comments.
1. Gin.
ReplyDelete2. Stirred.
3. Strained.
4. A twist of lime.
5. Maybe just this once.
Good taste
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? Very occasionally - gin with tonic, ice and a slice of lemon.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? No need for either
3: Strained or on ice? I don't know what that means.
4: Olives? Not in drinks. Yuck!
5: Ever before 5 PM? Yes but rarely.
P.S. I would rather have a beer any day.
That is a Gin and Tonic,
DeleteOh good heavens! I never knew that. Maybe it is because I am so dumb.
DeleteSorry, I didn't mean that, I actually found that bartenders in Ireland and Wales didn't know what a martini was. They did in France.
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? Depends on the type of martini. I like specialties.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? Stirred
3: Strained or on ice? Strained
4: Olives? Depends.
5: Ever before 5 PM? It’s always after 5 somewhere.
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
Delete1. I have had one martini in my life. It was gin.
ReplyDelete2. I was high. I have no idea.
3. I didn't know martinis came 'on ice'
4. Olives are horrible.
5. Only Larry Tate and Darren Stevens drink martinis before five.
Only once, you have led a sheltered life.
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? I enjoy Ketel One vodka or a gin called Monkey 47.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? I like shaken.
3: Strained or on ice? Definitely straight up.
4: Olives? I like an olive and at times I like a lemon twist.
5: Ever before 5 PM? I think I have, yes.
I will look for Monkey 47
DeleteI have never had a martini in my life.
ReplyDeleteActually, since the 1990s, I do not drink any alcohol at all. Now about the only thing I drink is water or seltzer water. Pretty boring but that is what I like.
Stay healthy, I drink a lot of water these days.
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? I don't drink martinis very often, but when I do, it's gin.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? Shaken.
3: Strained or on ice? Strained.
4: Olives? Oh, yes please!
5: Ever before 5 PM? No, I'd most likely be asleep by 6!
The older we get, the earlier these things lead to sleep
Delete1. A martini? Honey, no! Nasty critters. When I used to drink, it was sweet mixed drinks mostly rum based. The kind with umbrellas that would make a girl (okay semi-elderly) woman ask a very distinguished waiter-like person if I, I mean she could touch his beard. He let me, I mean her, do it. Husband and kids giggled.
ReplyDelete2. NA
3. NA
4. Olives? NO! My sister was drinking something at our niece's wedding that looked totally disgusting so I naturally had to ask what it was. She answered a dirty martini and made me take a sip. I swallowed because I didn't want to cause a scene by spitting it out all over her. Choking was bad enough. She might as well had put a straw in a jar of olives and drank from there.
5. When I used to drink, a mimosa at brunch was always kind of nice.
We had dinner with a friend in Chicago recently, his martini was not dirty enough, he asked for extra liquid from the olive jar. To each their own. It must have been a nice beard.
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? I rarely drink a martini and when I do it's usually vodka
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? shaken
3: Strained or on ice? strained
4: Olives? Yes please, the more the better
5: Ever before 5 PM? No
Olives, we all need a little fruit in out diet.
DeleteSharon, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere! 😄
Delete1. Vodka (my wife is allergic to gin).
ReplyDelete2. Either way
3. Strained
4. Yes, three please.
5. Since retirement, yes.
I need to learn to order a drink when we go out to lunch.
Delete1: A martini, vodka, or gin? Vodka.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? Oh, I'm North Idaho gal. I'm well verse in shaken or stirred.
3: Strained or on ice? Depends.
4: Olives? Oh I'm an olive fan.
5: Ever before 5 PM? I'll be honest. Yes.
No shortage of ice there in the winter
Delete1: Gin. Only gin. Good gin no rubbish. No vodka; do not dare to question this.
ReplyDelete2: Shaken or stirred? Stirred, never shaken; again do not dare to question this.
3: Strained
4: Olives? I know Auntie Mame says olives take up too much room in such as small glass, the answer is a big glass and 2-3 olives.
5: Ever before 5 PM? Grandfather had his at eight bells, which is 4PM.
And I keep a glass or two in the freezer
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