Myraide wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>On Mon 28 Nov 2005 07:36:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Myraide?
>>
>>
>>>Peter Aitken wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Myraide" > wrote in message
legroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No matter how good, this is NOT A MARTINI! Putting some weird
>>>>concoction in a martini glass does not make it a martini. A martini is
>>>>gin and vermouth.
>>>
>>>
>>>uh oh....... i better ask oprah and rachel ray about this, then......
>>> myraide
>>
>>Well, someone needs to set them straight. It might as well be you. :-)
>
>
> what would this drink be called then? i mean there are all different
> kinds of wine, why can't there be different kinds of martinis? myraide
>
There's a perfectly good word for a drink like this; a "COCKTAIL".

"Martini" has (or had...) a specific meaning.