Comments on: The Four Gospels: The Martini http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/04/08/the-four-gospels-the-martini/ A site about Pegus, and other ramblings on the cocktail life. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jsallison http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/04/08/the-four-gospels-the-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-4872 jsallison Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:23:51 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2484#comment-4872 Vermouth is what gin-swilling drunkards use to convince others that they're not gin-swilling drunkards, they're cocktailians. -said the unapologetic gin-swilling drunkard. Vermouth is what gin-swilling drunkards use to convince others that they’re not gin-swilling drunkards, they’re cocktailians. -said the unapologetic gin-swilling drunkard.

]]> By: Doug http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/04/08/the-four-gospels-the-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Doug Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:18 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2484#comment-2362 Kim, I'm glad people seem to be enjoying this series. I like your thought about the Martini existing as much as a concept as a drink. Like the texts of real religions, there is often a (seeming) disconnect between the literal and the meaning. As for the books of vodka and of tequila, I don't see them as being "Gospels". Aside from the fact that more than four would screw up the gag, each is missing something to make it work. I think I'll do a post on these lost "Gnostic Gospels" after I've done the Gospel of Brandy. Kim,

I’m glad people seem to be enjoying this series.
I like your thought about the Martini existing as much as a concept as a drink. Like the texts of real religions, there is often a (seeming) disconnect between the literal and the meaning.
As for the books of vodka and of tequila, I don’t see them as being “Gospels”. Aside from the fact that more than four would screw up the gag, each is missing something to make it work.
I think I’ll do a post on these lost “Gnostic Gospels” after I’ve done the Gospel of Brandy.

]]> By: Kim http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/04/08/the-four-gospels-the-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Kim Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:05:11 +0000 http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/?p=2484#comment-2360 I really enjoyed the Gospel from the Book of Gin. In fact, I'm quite taken by your premise that there are key drinks that anchor each of the major spirits. I can only wonder about the lost Book of Vodka... For all its simplicity the Martini seems to stand for choice. Even the dive bars will ask how you'd like it. Although I can only imagine it ending in disappointment. With so many different ways to make it, would it be fair say, that the Martini, more than any other drink, lives as a concept or a symbol rather than just a recipe? I really enjoyed the Gospel from the Book of Gin. In fact, I’m quite taken by your premise that there are key drinks that anchor each of the major spirits. I can only wonder about the lost Book of Vodka…

For all its simplicity the Martini seems to stand for choice. Even the dive bars will ask how you’d like it. Although I can only imagine it ending in disappointment. With so many different ways to make it, would it be fair say, that the Martini, more than any other drink, lives as a concept or a symbol rather than just a recipe?

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