Shaken has little bits of ice and is slightly aerated.
Do you expect Bond to test how effectively his martini breaks down hydrogen peroxide?
Anon orders a martini
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Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Apeman42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, I expect him to die!
Gerblat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Superb
binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Great games, by the way.
Actionschnils@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I once heard the “shaken, not stirred” line is from the books. So in the books, he is more Bad Ass than gentleman and doesnt give a fuck about society rules. To drink a Martini Shaken was so obviously wrong, the reader knew once more knew, this guys plays by his own rules and standards. I didnt read the books and have no fucking clue about upper class Drinks or behavior, so I cant confirm this :|
glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Most mixed drinks are shaken, I’ve never been a martini guy but I’d expect a martini to be shaken.
My understanding is that the phrase is code to identify/activate assets to aid Bond, but at some point along the way the writers forgot that and it turned into Bond being a karen.
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t say most cocktails are shaken.
Most spirit heavy cocktails are stirred.
Anything in the Negroni family will be stirred. Anything in the old fashioned family, martini family, etc. Basically any cocktail that is predominantly just spirits.
You shake when you have mixers like citrus, egg, or dairy.
leftascenter@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Martinis are normally stirred.
Except… Vodka martini made with potato vodka which is more oily and was the one widely available when Flemming wrote Bond. So you need to shake it for the mix to work properly.
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It is possible that Martinis are typically shaken now because of the popularity of James bond for the past several decades?
Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
You’re reading the chemical difference between two types of martinis instead of taste testing them yourself and he’s autistic? Sure.
BazaarMonk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
hydrogen peroxide? I use that to kill fungus gnat larvae and help clean some things. wtf is in a martini?
5ha99y@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
Ethanol. A disinfectant and neurotoxine. Glad to help.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I mean yeah but I was expecting it to be the only one. I’ve also only actually seen it being used as a disinfectant in rare no rinse food contact surface sanitizing situations. Mostly I just see peroxyacetic acid.
What next, glycol in my ice cream? That belongs in my tank chiller…
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
In contrast, make a margarita or espresso martini by stirring the ingredients.
Then try the same drinks made in a shaker
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Takes one to know one
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m more of a manhattan guy.
me likes the rye.
now is time u die
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Shaken let’s more ice melt, waters it down more, making it less alcoholic. He wasn’t trying to get trashed. He had people to kill.
Lurker1347@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
Ian Fleming wanted to portray Bond as a guy who knew nothing about fancy stuff and this was done to illustrate that. First off he drinks wodka martini’s which is a bit of a faux pas and second he thinks having a specific preference whether it should be stirred or not made him look like he knew what he was doing. The man was an orphan who grew up far away from anything elegant and most of all he wanted to fit into the Casino Royal lifestyle without knowing the first thing about it.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure that is how spies are trained though. They need to be able to blend in everywhere, and that includes esoteric knowledge with specific preferences in order to not fall out of line with the other pompous people.
leftascenter@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Shaken allows to make a better mixed vodka martini with potato vodka (the one available when Flemming wrote Bond).
Stirred is better with grain vodka or gin.
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Does the alcohol type effect how the ice melts
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But the total of alcohol in the drink is the same, isn’t it? Just adding more water to it doesn’t get you less drunk.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It slows the absorption inside the stomach down a tiny amount. So you don’t get drunk as fast. But that is not really important if we are talking about dilution via some additional ice cubes.
crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Yes it does… That’s called Dilution.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Shaking makes it colder (in my experience) and done well can produce this nice, very fine, ice crystal/frosty layer on top.
I like a nice ice-cold gin martini - this works well with the juniper in gin.