Wycked Drinks ... The Final Meltdown

Finally - The Martinis

Ever hear the saying, You can't fix Stupid? I gotta say there are times in my real job as a tele-com tech that the people I meet  really fit that to a T ! 

Stupid things like: 

Yes sir , you really do have to plug in that DSL modem in order for it to work. 

Yes, I know  the instructions said it was wireless, but if you read the first page, you will see the little photo diagram that shows you how to plug it in.  

After a day of meeting people like them and hearing  other incredibly stupid lines from  other customers, I really look forward to a cocktail after getting home. So let's concentrate real hard (not) and come up with a few Twysted  drinks that anyone can make and enjoy.                                                                                                                                                 

Tequila Martini

This is our martini shaker. This particular one is nicer since it has leather covering the base to give you a better grip when shaking it. 
Fill one of these with ice and add: 

• 6 shots of Blanco Tequila 
• The juice from 1 lime
  
• 2 shots of seltzer water

Hold the shaker at the top and bottom and shake vigorously for about one minute. Remove the small top from the cover and pour into two chilled martini glasses.  Add a slice of lime to the rim, float a little Gran Marnier on the surface and your on your way to Tequila Heaven! 

Just a word of caution. If you're at someone else's party and you drink too may of these  you may end up yakking in your buddies car on the way home!

Mango Martini

Same Shaker, different drink.   Fill with ice, add six shots of your favorite Vodka, two shots of Mango juice and shake for one minute. Pour into two chilled, sugar rimmed martini glasses and add one slice of prepared mango on a skewer. 

You can buy cans of cut mango at Smart and Final. the mango in them has been cooked during the canning process pretty heavily so it is really mushy. Not exactly fit for putting in the drink. But the juice in these cans is perfect ! Put the juice from the can in a blender or food processor along with about 1/2 the mango slices, add 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup sugar and puree. Strain the juice to remove most of the pulp. You can make quite a few drinks with all that juice. The mango slices that go in the drink are cut from a whole, ripe mango. Put the slices in a container and cover them with Vodka. Sprinkle them with a little sugar and leave overnight in the fridge. They really soak up the vodka and will give a bit of a jolt all by themselves.

Chocolate Martini

I make my chocolate martinis with equal parts of :

• Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur
• Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• Stoli Vanilla Vodka

I  grate a dark chocolate bar to rim the martini glass with and use a squeeze bottle of dark chocolate to lace the inside of the glass. A small saucer works well to put the grated chocolate in for rimming.  A saucer also works well to spread some liquid chocolate in when wetting the rim prior to dipping into the grated chocolate. Just before pouring, lace the glass with the squeeze chocolate, be sure not to put too much in there as it will all just puddle on the bottom if you do. 

Now for the  Twyst.  To really give the drink a holiday flash, add 1/4 tsp of cinnamon before you shake it. Then after you pour it, sprinkle a small pinch of grated chocolate on the top of the drink right in the center.

 Voila` !! You now have the best dessert in town!

 Martini's Straight Up !

 The easiest and most Wycked  Twyst  of all is the Straight Up. It's made by pouring vast quantities of Vodka in your shaker, passing a cap-full of Vermouth over the top, ( even though I personally never really use Vermouth) and after it's poured, add a large stuffed olive. Simple yet deadly. Just like drinking out of the bottle but loads more civilized. Plus you get some veggie this way. Is an Olive a vegetable? Whatever.

This concludes my  series on Party Specials. 

Hey Katrina  ...... is there any more Tequila left ?