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I would like one.

"The martini...the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." -H. L. Mencken

"I like to have a martini
two at the very most.
Three, I'm under the table.
Four, I'm under my host".

-Dorothy Parker

Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume: Gin

Served: Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish: Olive or lemon peel
Standard drinkware: Cocktail Glass (Martini)
IBA specified ingredients:
55 ml (1.85 ounces) gin
15 ml (0.5 ounce) dry vermouth

Preparation: Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled martini cocktail glass. Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink, or garnish with olive.

"Martini...the elixir of quietude." -E.B. White

"Martinis should always be stirred, not shaken, so that the molecules lie sensuously one on top of the other." -W. Somerset Maugham

"A man must defend his home, his wife, his children and his Martini." -Jackie Gleason

Such an innocent looking yet very dangerous elixir.

mmmmmmm....elixir

3 measures of Gordon's Gin
1 measure of vodka
1/2 measure Kina Lillet
lemon peel for garnish

"`Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.'

- Douglas Adams

Tanqueray Rangpur makes a good Martini, if you are in the mood for a twist rather than olives.

Schlegel wrote:Tanqueray Rangpur makes a good Martini, if you are in the mood for a twist rather than olives.

I often am (in the mood for a twist rather than olives), so I'll take that on board. Thank you.