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Merry-Go-Round Martini;
Topic Started: Dec 28 2011, 10:42 AM (1,852 Views)
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Today is Childermas, if you are an Anglo Christian, or Santos Inocentes, if you are a fun-loving Spaniard - the day when Herod supposedly massacred the innocent children and Spain's answer to our own April Fool's Day.

On Santos Inocentes (Holy Innocents), Spanish press and TV feature made-up stories, kids play pranks, bonfires are lit and in some villages kids get to play mayor for the day and order adults to help out around the town.

Alicante sees flour battles in the streets, in Fraga groups of kids throw eggs at each other, in Tremp, people burn a giant paper doll, and in Valencia kids dress up as if for Halloween and perform the Dance of the Fools.

All sounds a bit like hard work after Christmas? No problem. Enjoy a Merry-Go-Round Martini and watch the season's worries slip away.

MERRY-GO-ROUND MARTINI

Glass: Martini
Garnish: Olive & lemon zest twist

Method: STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 shots Bombay london dry gin
½ shot Noilly Prat dry vermouth
½ shot Martini Rosso sweet vermouth

Comment: Stir this 'perfect' Martini around and then get merry.

Origin: Long lost classic variation on the Dry Martini.
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