Unpopular opinions you hold

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

easy. people don't like martinis. they like looking cool with that funky glass in their hand.

Originally Posted by Auldjaded

Speaking for myself, there is little on earth as wonderful as a fresh ice cold martini, glistening in a cocktail glass...it's the first sip that is marvelous: the piney smell of the gin, the salty tast of the olive brine, and the ahhhhhh fine relaxing feeling of the alcohol hitting the bloodstream...it is one of life's pleasures... If you don't like a martini, perhaps you need to give it a few more chances...

yeah. you like a martini. you're not 'people'

i think it's the fault of the bars and bartenders for giving a drink that is made of different ingredients the same name because it comes in the same kind of glass.

if it is made of apple liquor, vodka and vermouth....and it comes in a tumbler, what do you call it? apple martinis are only called that because of the glass.

[Phil]

star wars is a series of childrens' films.

tow words that never seem to go together - SPORTS PERSONALITY.

emo's are just misunderstood.

[tissy_uk]

not too keen on martinis, now gin, thats another matter
G&T anyone?

Originally Posted by tissy_uk

not too keen on martinis, now gin, thats another matter
G&T anyone?

Martinis are only gin. People who call anything else a martini are... well, let's say they are "mistaken".

[Auldjaded]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Martinis are only gin. People who call anything else a martini are... well, let's say they are "mistaken".

...rkzenrage...you take your martini your way, I'll take my martini...with some vermouth, and olives. And by the way, stirred, not shaken.

Originally Posted by Auldjaded

...rkzenrage...you take your martini your way, I'll take my martini...with some vermouth, and olives. And by the way, stirred, not shaken.

Shaking them "bruises" the vermouth.
Though, I used to have a method where I would spritz the cold glass with vermouth and place it back in the freezer.
I would make an ice slick of vermouth that would slowly melt into the gin and olives/juice.
Then you could shake-spin the crap out of the gin and get it so cold ice crystals would form. In Sapphire, this, with the ice sheet on the glass, this was a beautiful drink.

I also made one with homemade cranberry liqueur (made from only gin, sugar, cranberries, time and much straining). Blood-red and very tasty.

Edit: and I only use, cold, Spanish giant queen olives or Texas Pete's hot pickled okra (to DIE for).
Bruising means you don't get the separation of flavors, the gin and vermouth separate on the palate. Bruised, the drink is cloudy, not only in color but in flavor as well... I would not drink a bruised martini unless it was the only thing to drink. It tasted like strange water.

The only time I have ever place the gin and vermouth in the same container before the glass was mixing in a pitcher and placing in a freezer or fridge. Usually I had a spritzer, like what hair dressers use on your hair, filled with vermouth and some juice of olive or Pete's hot okra juice to spray in my glass before placing it in a freezer.

[Auldjaded]

OK, I'm with you on the Spanish Olives, and I'll try the vermouth ice slick with the spritzer trick...and I'd like to try the hot pickled okra, but I don't think it's available here in W Pa...at least I have not seen it. I have tried jalapeños, and that's a nice variation.

[tissy_uk]

By the way, whats the altar of Roddenberry??

[duck_duck]

Originally Posted by tissy_uk

By the way, whats the altar of Roddenberry??

Gene Roddenberry was the creator of star trek.

[tissy_uk]

Originally Posted by duck_duck

Gene Roddenberry was the creator of star trek.

Thankyou. At least when i say i don't like star trek i can say i know who created it, you have lessened my ignorance

[Weird Harold]

I'm not a martini aficionado, but it reminds me of another unpopular opinion of mine. Bottled water tastes like crap. Every time I taste it, I wonder why is everyone drinking this? It tastes like plastic.

[Griff]

Don Imus was fired for the ugly true things he said about Clinton and Bush not the ugly false things he said about the Rutgers' women.

[BigV]

Why aren't they ordered: "I'll have a glass of gin, please."?

Not what I meant... martinis are gin drinks. There are no vodka martinis or damn apple liqueur martinis.

[Auldjaded]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Not what I meant... martinis are gin drinks. There are no vodka martinis or damn apple liqueur martinis.

Just saw this...and completely agree...the only martinis are GIN martinis...vodka is just so...bland...and apple? Chocotinis? Why not drop in a scoop of ice cream? Dear god that sounds more like desert than a cocktail. Besides, I just don't think apples and olives can coexist in the same glass, ditto chocolate and olives.