2 martinis
Harrison Owen
hhowen at verizon.net
Tue Sep 29 12:15:39 PDT 2009
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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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Arno
Baltin
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:45 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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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