Why is it that anything in a Martini glass is now called a martini? I was offered a Bloody Mary martini the other day. The Statesman had a so-called recipe for a Smoked Salmon Martini. Come on, a martini is vodka and vermouth, shaken or stirred-period. If you want Gin it is a Gin Martini-period. The glass does not make the drink. If you put milk in a coffee mug, it does not become Milkee. The way things are going, soon we will have the Moooootini, yes, milk in a martini glass. That way some fancy bar can charge you eight bucks for a glass of milk.
How about dirtini?
�Today's special. So fresh, the bean garnish is still growing in the finest Idaho farm ground. Shoveled into your martini glass directly from the hole in the basement. Ask your server.�
What we are talking about here is lazy bartenders. It used to be that care was taken in naming a drink. The Kamikaze is basically a sweetened martini. Today it would be called a limetini, which would undoubtedly confuse the Gimlet drinkers.
I know this is an uphill battle, but the consumer is getting the short end of this deal. Owners are loving that people are paying huge prices for a cheap drink in a fancy glass. Drinker wise up, bartender quit taking the easy way out and go back to creating AND naming your drinks.