wff_ng_7 wrote:
> "Myraide" > wrote:
> > over about a cup of ice in martini shaker:
> >
> > four oz of prime citrus vodka, like absolut or grey goose
> > one to two oz cointreau
> > *POM* pomegranate juice, to fill shaker
> >
> > makes two martinis, pour into chilled martini glasses and add:
> >
> > squeeze of lime or lemon
> > pomegranate fruit for bottom of glass (optional decor)
> >
> > this is the best martini i have ever had! myraide
>
> Great use of pomegranate juice! I'll have to try this... or something like
> it. I just couldn't stomach drinking the stuff straight, in spite of all the
> advertisements I've seen for it. I love pomegranates and anticipate their
> arrival each fall, and have a couple in my fruit bowl right now. But the
> juice... yuck... at least straight. I read in a book recently that the juice
> is made from pressing the entire fruit, rind and all, which is probably the
> reason the juice tastes much different than the kernels.
>
> As to the purists having a problem with using the word "martini"... I guess
> I'm one of them too, but I realize language evolves. Call it a "martini" if
> you will, but I like the suggestion of calling it a "myraide".

heh...yeah, that gave me a giggle! my name is actually mairead
(pronounced murr-RAID)....so, maybe i will call this drink a
*myraidini*! do you think oprah and rachel ray would mind? well, i wont
tell them.... myraide
ps. i have never even tried a real martini cos my mom was allergic to
gin (or juniper berries) so i have never wanted to try any.

>
> I like "martinis" and "manhattans"... but some purists might have a problem
> with my recipe... I make them "perfect", if anyone remembers that term as
> applied to these drinks. Half sweet vermouth, half dry vermouth. And I make
> them shaken, not stirred (also "incorrect"). I use one of those old
> fashioned Rochow Swirl Mixers to mix them. And if for two, in two 1930s
> cocktail glasses that hold 2 ounces. Or if just for me, in a pewter martini
> "glass" that holds 4 ounces.
>
> If you are making a real "martini", you've just got to use orange bitters.
> Fee Brothers (www.feebrothers.com) makes it, along with several other
> interesting bitters. I like their Old Fashion Bitters better than Angostura
> Bitters. I've never tried Peychaud Bitters for comparison.
>
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