tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post1408849797738275103..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Of Mad Men and the Three Martini LunchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-8796981307664994912007-06-26T23:51:00.000-04:002007-06-26T23:51:00.000-04:00My mother, an ex Navy officer herself, would much ...<I>My mother, an ex Navy officer herself, would much agree with your dismissal of the shaken martini, she says such a drink is for a person of questionable morals.</I><BR/><BR/>LOL!!!John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-51900749884201423402007-06-26T17:47:00.000-04:002007-06-26T17:47:00.000-04:00Well, I for one thought this was a great post. It...Well, I for one thought this was a great post. It brought back many memories of my grandparents and it helps me understand some of my parents' drinking habits. My mother would love your recipe for a martini, with one exception. She would say that you are a fanatic when it comes to the vermouth. Her idea of a martini is simply to have a bottle of vermouth near the glass. Perhaps, if one wanted to go all out, in her martini world, one would pour a little vermouth on a spoon and hold it over the drink, so that the vapors might blend. My mother, an ex Navy officer herself, would much agree with your dismissal of the shaken martini, she says such a drink is for a person of questionable morals. For every holiday we celebrate together, I give my mom the 1.75L bottle of Tanqueray. I am her favorite son. And though I am a person who probably has on average four or five servings of alcohol a day, it amazes me when I hear my grandfather speak of his drinking habits in the 50's. You are right to wonder how they got any work done. But they were a tougher lot, on the whole. I remember way back when reading Christopher Humphrey's book on the Inklings and discovering that most of the Inkling's meetings at the Eagle and the Child were held in the mornings. They then went to work, having often had a good number of drinks during their session. My opinion is that because they did not have TVs (Lewis even hated radio) their mental faculties could endure such strain.Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.com