Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Goomba38 > wrote:

>> I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
>> could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
>> it comes in a "martini" glass.

>I salute you!

True enough, but I seem to be very picky about drinks being in the
proper glass. I have some Stuart (cut) crystal tumblers that are ideal
for Scotch and anything else just looks wrong in them. Other tumblers
which are etched with a few fine lines but otherwise plain (no idea
where they're from, but they're 50-ish years old) seem to be
perfect for vodka/rocks or a short highball (if that's not an
oxymoron).

It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.

Unless it's port, of course.

Steve