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[Lady Jane]

[Lady Jane]

When lightning hits water.

[Lady Jane]

In the original script, James Bond was supposed to order a vodka martini "stirred and not shaken" but it didn't sound right. Hence the shaken and not stirred version.

[Vindicator3]

From everything I have ever been taught about cocktails (and I have zero mixology certifications), stirred makes much more sense than shaken for a martini.

That said, according to the interwebs, the original drink order, from the Casino Royale novel, called for shaking. The "Vesper martini" was indeed a vodka martini, shaken, but it was not a pre-existing cocktail recipe, it was invented for the book. It also cannot be made today as one of the ingredients is no longer bottled.

Details and alternate recipe here:

https://www.thespruceeats.com/vesper...o%20make%20the

As for me, I'm one of those "if it's not gin, it's not a martini" people so I'm more interested in this for the Bond angle, and I'll always consider it a character flaw that he actually ordered a vodka martini.

[Llarry]

Whittier, Alaska, is a town with a population of 272 on the coast. Practically the entire population of the town lives in a single 14-story building that also houses local government, schools, shops, etc.

This may be old news to those who've done an Alaska cruise, as Whittier is a cruise port.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Llarry

Whittier, Alaska, is a town with a population of 272 on the coast. Practically the entire population of the town lives in a single 14-story building that also houses local government, schools, shops, etc.

This may be old news to those who've done an Alaska cruise, as Whittier is a cruise port.

I grew up in the Whittier about 3500 miles to the south.