2 martinis

[Arno Baltin]

Hi everyone!

Of course, the Spirit!
Here in Estonia (in its Eastern part) we have an old recipe which 
includes the Spirit.
It is Spirit and Ether 1:1. A great door opener and ice breaker.

With best,

Arno

Harrison Owen wrote:
> Well done! But you left out a most important part!! True it is 4:1 (gin to
> vermouth), AND you got to have a double measure of Spirit.
>
> Harrison
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> Baltin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:45 PM
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> Subject: 2 martinis
>
> Hello!
>
> The topic of principles, law and origins of OST comes up quite 
> frequently on this LIST. Sometimes the conversations head up high into 
> the sky. As my butterfly wings can't carry my bumblebee body that high, 
> tried to find the answers a bit lower. Most times during these 
> conversations "two martinis" are mentioned. So I was wondering may be 
> there is the key to be found. Jeremy Narby has an idea, that lot of 
> native people medicine  formulas are given to them by the plants. It 
> needs some special state of mind of course to be able to receive them.
> So I opened Wikipedia to find out what the martini is about. And of 
> course as an European I have been totally blind about the meaning of the 
> "martini".
> At first it is a totally American invention. "H.L Mencken once called 
> the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet"."^ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_%28cocktail%29#cite_note-1>
> So what kind of formula is offered to us by martini?
> It starts with the 4/1: "a standard modern martini is an approximate 
> four to one ratio". So here is the origin of 4 principles and 1 law.
> "It is served in glass" - here comes the circle (when one looks at the 
> glass from upside down). And "it is garnished with a green olive" (the 
> facilitator). This is probably the essence. The rest comes almost by 
> itself - "it is a cocktail - mix of different ingredients" (participants).
> I wouldn't believe it is that simple.
>
> With best,
>
> Arno Baltin
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