Thirsty Thursday: A Lesson in Martini Lingo and Garnish

It was Beauty Jolie who actually introduced me to the "dirty martini." And it was some bartender somewhere after that who taught me the appropriate way to order a disgustingly, nasty, icky, extra dirty, gimme-the-whole-jar-of-olive-juice martini. He explained I simply had to ask for a "filthy, dirty martini" and the bartender would know what that meant. Okay. Not as fun, but okay.

Kelly likes his Grey Goose nearly untouched, however, he does have a delicious olive garnish that's pretty to-die-for. Actually, my brother Jeremy gets credit for this one: You get the jalapeno-stuffed olives and discard jalapeno (by popping it in your mouth). Then you get one of those soupy, good jars of good bleu cheese chunks and start stuffing the empty olives until they're bulging full. Let those soak in your martini, dirty or not, until you just can't wait any longer to pop one in your mouth. So long boring olives of the past...

And that's all for today's edition of Booze News You Can Use. Cheers!