james Bond

[Shadow Man]

Has anybody actually ever had a Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred?

[dyli795]

no

[pussnboots]

No but my step niece drives the speed boat in the opening sequence of The World is not Enough,

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/intervi ew_sarah_donohue_opening_sequence_2.php3?s=art icles&t=

[Shadow Man]

Very impressed pussnboots, I like a girl in to watersports.

[bigmamma]

Wow pussinboots , a woman boat racer does that scene !!!
Related to you , how exciting :-) x

[NiceCupOfTea]

Wowed with pussmboots revelation there!

Don't shake a martini (gin of course) as it becomes horrifically cheap. Please.

Plus, it's so much easier to stir the creation as you don't need the full on shakey cocktail thingy, or 'Nescafe Jar' as we call it in our house.

[jno]

tastes change. Gin was long regarded as horrifically downmarket - 'drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence'. Look at Hogarth's engravings comparing degraded gin drinkers with the healthy and happy drinkers of traditional British beer. As for vodka, I believe it was still pretty exotic in the 50s when Fleming was writing, just the thing for a spy with sophisticated tastes. It didn't become the default drink of businessmen at lunch until the 60s.

[stewey]

Wow!.....Who cares about trendy opinions? Whether it's shaken, stirred, bounced, or twirled; if it tastes good drink it and celebrate it with another one.

[Champagne]

Yes. An acquaintance made one for me on a holiday in Brisbane. She loved them, especially with the token olive. I thought it was foul. I think it stripped my stomach lining away.

I hadn't realised it contained gin. I hate gin.