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yelenots | 00:48 Sun 19th Feb 2012 | ChatterBank
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I used to like a 'Sweet Martini and Lemonade' can you still buy this in a
pub or would i look like a fool asking for it :-)
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thank you yelenots as i'm going to treat myself to a bottle of vermouth the morro : )
00:55 Sun 19th Feb 2012
you may look a fool - babycham or cherry b would probably get the same response
sweet martini NO!! but dry martini, now you're on a winner : )
thank you yelenots as i'm going to treat myself to a bottle of vermouth the morro : )
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:-) so you can still get Dry Martini? just read your joke 'shooty' - very good!
do you mean cherry brandy?
glad you enjoyed : )

and dry martini was once a home favourite of mine. thanks to you, i shall be treating myself to a drop or to tomorrow : )
*TWO* i did say i was a little tipsy tonight : )
I like sweet martini with soda. I remember my first alcoholic drink was a babycham it cost 1shilling and 3 pence. What do they cost now.. Okay I am talking 50+ years ago!
Dubonnet also....
Brandy and Babycham. Whatever happened to that? And for a change: whisky and Lucozade! Your drink has more style than those.
Sweet Martini and Lemonade sounds sophisticated and retro. Go for it, you may be the first in a generation and start a new trend.
And whatever happened to the other numbers of Pimm's? There used to be several, each number had a different spirit base.
And as for that liqueur which had a coffee bean put in the glass, whereupon you set fire to it....Sambuca, wasn't it?
I used to drink 'sweet & dry'. i.e. one measure of sweet Martini with an equal measure of dry Martini. It's abso-bloomin'-lootolly-luvelly!!!
A very elderly lady introduced me to Gin and French when I came to London, at a party my wife took me to. She had it made slightly differently to the standard, with Gin, Noilly Prat and Cinzano- very nice drink but uttlery slaying in large quantities.
Im a very well educated sophisticated Canadian. Have u brits ever tried a pickle chaser? Its fantastic
Hottiedoc, I had to get a Canadian to translate 'pickle' ! You mean what we call a 'gherkin' or 'pickled cucumber' . To us 'pickle' covers all kinds of pickled (preserved in vinegar) vegetable, mixture of vegetables, chutney etc.
But no, we haven't got round to drinking whisky followed by the 'juice' from a bottle of pickled cucumbers. Does your 'pickle' have dill in it? That would certainly add some flavour.

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