I think it just means adding some of the juice from the olives to the martini. To get the right vermouth to gin ratio, well, that's best determined empirically. Mix some together, if you need more of one or the other, just add more, if you add too much, add more of the other, etc.Math Is Hard said:
You're KILIING ME! All I have here is cheap paint remover grade vodka, nothing I can use to make a good dirty martini.Math Is Hard said:
Oooh, we should get together sometime and go drinking! The other people I know who drink martinis get all snobby about the ice...they want ice cubes made from filtered water and round ice, not cubes, so they don't get those flecks.Math Is Hard said:
I do like the gin martinis, and had one tonight...yep, dirty with 3 olives...to celebrate with you! I also like various drinks similar to martinis and served in a martini glass (I just love the glasses...I recently bought a few more at Pier 1...I love all the different shapes and colors. It's no fun to have them all look the same. When I've accumulated enough glasses, I'm going to have a party and serve all the drinks in martini glasses. Even soda will get served in martini glasses! 
Is it made with that Godiva chocolate liqueur? That stuff is wonderful! (I wasn't sure about chocolate liqueur the first time someone introduced me to it, but it's definitely very good). I can imagine that going well with vodka. Ooooooooh...I bet it would be really tasty to do a cocktail (or martini...whatever)...with chocolate liqueur, some vodka, and some of that noyeaux (sp?)...it's a walnut liqueur. Is there a hazelnut liqueur? That would be even better I think.Math Is Hard said:
We have to get together and experiment with different mixtures one of these days. We'll set up a martini lab.Moonbear said:
The hard part will be keeping sober enough to record the data!I predict the last martini will taste the best.Math Is Hard said:We have to get together and experiment with different mixtures one of these days. We'll set up a martini lab.
Maybe on the next PF turbo-charged RV trip, we can set up the martini bar. Have you tried a dirty martini with the garlic jalapeno olives yet? :!)Math Is Hard said:We have to get together and experiment with different mixtures one of these days. We'll set up a martini lab.
French Martini recipeMath Is Hard said:
Yep, I eat them by the jar.
But, let's see, I'm at Disney for 5 nights, so that would only require drinking 3 or 4 from that list every night to get through them all, right? 
Math Is Hard said:Thanks, Lisa! Here try my new invention. It's a virgin M&Ms martini. I ran out of vodka so basically it's just a martini glass with some M&Ms in it.
I like that! Actually, that sounds like a good idea for a candy dish when entertaining. Almost...gulp...Martha Stewart-ish. I really need to find time and an excuse to have a party so I can do stuff like that (the excuse is the easy part...I've been known to come up with "we haven't had a party in a while" parties...the time is the hard part).Wow, thanks!Math Is Hard said:Thanks, Lisa! Here try my new invention. It's a virgin M&Ms martini. I ran out of vodka so basically it's just a martini glass with some M&Ms in it.
Anyway, I guess it's worth to give it a try.
Math Is Hard said:Thanks, Lisa! Here try my new invention. It's a virgin M&Ms martini. I ran out of vodka so basically it's just a martini glass with some M&Ms in it.