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To be pedantic, a martini is comprised of gin, vermouth, and the water from the ice. If you try making one without ice (e.g. with a freezer) it's too strong
by namdnay 7y ago
To be pedantic, a martini is comprised of gin, vermouth, and the water from the ice. If you try making one without ice (e.g. with a freezer) it's too strong
- easytiger 7y agoA lot of places in America serve room temperature non melted martinis. Pretty horrible.
- namdnay 7y agoMost places in France think that when you order a Martini you want a glass of vermouth, not a cocktail. And if you give them the ingredients they will say "ah like a vodka martini but with gin?" ...
- chkuendig 7y agoThat's mostly because "Martini" is the prevalent brand of vermouth in central Europe. It's super confusing... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_%26_Rossi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_%26_Rossi
- oarabbus_ 7y agoBut France is Western Europe, not central. Is it the prevalent brand there too? >Usually the countries considered to be Central European are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland; in the broader sense Romania and Serbia too, occasionally also Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- 0xffff2 7y agoI think that Martini was overwhelmingly the most prevalent brand of vermouth the world over. That's certainly the case in the US.
- mcguire 7y agoVermouth is from Italy, which is more Central European than Belgium, the Netherlands, or Luxembourg.
- oarabbus_ 7y agoI've never heard people refer to Italy as "central Europe", personally.
- easytiger 7y agoYea. Made that mistake before. Got vermouth with a slice of lemon
- tptacek 7y agoFor more nerdy detail on this than you ever realized you wanted, see: http://cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=1527.html http://cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=1527.html