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Vodka Martini


"Shaken, Not Stirred"

1 1/2 oz vodka
dash dry vermouth

Combine ingredients with cracked ice in a shaker. Shake well. Strain and serve in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an olive.

From the Editor: In the movies, James Bond was a hard-core vodka martini drinker who prefered his cocktail "shaken, not stirred." Due to his popularity, the cocktail was the hottest drink of the 1960s. However, we believe his fondness for vodka was due in large part because Smirnoff bought the product placement rights in the films. Before the movie series almost all martinis were made exclusively with gin.

The Screaming Orgasm
3/4 oz Kahlua
3/4 oz Irish Cream
3/4 oz Amaretto
3/4 oz Vodka
ice

Shake extremely well!
Submitted by the Hogs Breath Saloon, Key West, Florida.

Cosmopolitan Classic
3/4 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry juice
1/2 oz lime juice

Add ingredients to cocktail mixer, shake, then strain into a chilled martini glass.
Submitted By The Met Bar, London England

White Russian
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz coffee liqueur
milk or cream

Mix the shots and top up a tall glass with fresh milk.
Submitted by Ross Neely, Ballymena Northern Ireland. This cocktail was revitalized by the Coen Brothers movie 'The Big Lebowski."

Lemon Drop
1 1/2 oz Vodka
OR (as in NOT BOTH)
1 1/2 oz Absolut Limon
1 packet sugar
wedge lemon

Pour liqueur into a chilled shot glass. Let the patron decide where to put the rest.
Submitted by Holiday Isle Beach Resorts & Marina, Islamorada, Florida.

Hurricane Carolyne
1 shot Malibu
1 shot Captain Morgan's
1 shot light rum
1 shot orange juice
1 shot cranberry juice

Blend ingredients in shaker with ice. Serve on the rocks with orange wheel, cherry and float of Bacardi 151.
Submitted by the Hurricane Raw Bar, Marathon, Fla.

Pina Colada
2 oz light rum
3 oz pineapple juice
2 oz Coco Lopez coconut cream
ice

Mix in blender and pour into colada glass. Serve with cherry and pineapple spear.
Submitted by Bananas Resort, Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA

Screwdriver

1 1/2 oz vodka
4 1/2 oz fresh squeezed orange juice, ice cold
1 tsp lemon juice

Combine in tall glass filled with cube ice and stir.

Bloody Mary

16 oz tomato juice
3/4 cup beef consomme
1/2 tsp Tabasco hot pepper sauce
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Store covered under refrigeration. Mix will keep several days. Makes 1 1/2 quarts.

Long Island Iced Tea
3/4 oz tequila
3/4 oz rum
3/4 oz gin
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz triple sec
3/4 oz sour mix
splash cola

Shake liquors with sour mix. Pour in hurricane or tall glass. Add splash of cola and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Submitted by editor, cocktail.com, Key Largo, Florida
The Long Island Iced Tea recipe was first made at the Oak Beach Inn in Hampton Bays by a bartender named Rosebud (Robert Butt), sometime in the 70's.