It took me a second to get the "underpants are better silk than satin" joke

@nickmonks9563

2 ай бұрын

AHHHH..."The Connery"...got it now.

@SoItGoesCAL34

2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

“…shilk than shatin”😂😂😂 Gold

The reason he asked for it shaken not stirred, is it waters down the drink so he gets less drunk while appearing to be knocking them back. He's supposed to be a spy after all

You shouldn't.... It's always best handed to you nonchalantly by another person.

I’m not sure if I have this right, but I heard somewhere along the line that Churchill’s martini recipe was to pour a large measure of gin, wave it generally in the direction of Italy, and then drink it…

@jonmobrien

2 ай бұрын

Yeah pretty close. I agree with him.

@PostMC

2 ай бұрын

His recipe is to stir the gin while glancing at an unopened bottle of vermouth :). Aka he drank straight gin

“I would like to observe the vermouth from across the room while I drink my martini.”

@EebstertheGreat

2 ай бұрын

"I would like to pay three dollars extra for my gin neat."

@dielaughing73

2 ай бұрын

I much prefer the Hemingway method: to allow the shadow of the vermouth bottle to pass over the martini. There's something more robust about it

Fun fact: Ian Fleming actually drank gin martinis, with a gin-vermouth ratio of 6 to 1. He later replaced gin with vodka when his doctor told him to cut down on his gin consumption (apparently Fleming went through 1 bottle a day).

@zingzangspillip1

2 ай бұрын

That might be why he died at 60.

@flyawaytodie

2 ай бұрын

@@zingzangspillip1 he was a heavy smoker, and died of a heart attack at 56. His alcoholism didn't have time to get him!

Imagine Dick Van Dyke as Bond "Do you expect me to talk Blofeld?" "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" "Leave it out Guvna!" 😂

It should be noted that the movie Bonds *did* in fact drink martinis stirred not shaken - Connery in You Only Live Twice, and Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me.

Alan points out that "vespa is italian for wasp," but Sandi said "Vesper Martini." I'm surprised that Sandi did not tease Alan for that.

@hemiolaguy

2 ай бұрын

Darn that British accent! Where I come from (Ohio) there would be no misunderstanding those 2 different words. For the evening church service, Ohioans say "vesperrrrr." (tons of American "r" at the end.)

@amsteensberg1653

2 ай бұрын

And Vesper is the evening star ....

@thomasdalton1508

2 ай бұрын

Not speaking Italian, she may not have realised the error.

@thomasdalton1508

2 ай бұрын

​@@amsteensberg1653Really, it's just Latin for "evening" but it was used to refer to the evening star and its personification as well.

@sstills951

2 ай бұрын

@@hemiolaguy Not here in Boston, Massachusetts. Vesper and Vespa would sound just about the same.

The Bond girl Ms. Lynd’s name was spelt Vesper, the Latin for evening, not vespa meaning wasp. It’s from the Greek Hesperus meaning the evening star, our word which, Venus, comes via the Latin. As does vespers, the evening prayers of the Church of Rome.

Maybe Bond didn't like Martini very much? ("Ooo, I hate Martini! Can you shake it to dilute it a bit please?" "That doesn't sound like an international spy, you might want to rephrase that." "Okay, Vodka Martini, shaken-not-stirred." "Much better").

I’ve been making my own martinis for over 20 years, and I greatly prefer them shaken. They can get much colder, and I like the ice chips in them. It does dilute it a bit, which I like, and keeps it tasting from like I’m just drinking straight gin. In fact, I usually let it sit on the counter before I pour it while I get the glass ready with olives, which lets it dilute just a bit longer. Everyone has their preferences, taste wise, and I defy you to tell me I’m “doing it wrong”. I’ll spit in your eye if you do.

@hiramhackenbacker9096

2 ай бұрын

You are correct sir. Shaken NOT stirred is the way to go

@tedhobgood

2 ай бұрын

I'm with you! Everyone has their own tastes, and I'm a huge fan of shaken. I like the chill they get, I like the sort of cloudy look they have, and I LOVE the ice chips! Anytime someone says "this is the only correct way to make X" it drives me bonkers! (No olives in mine, thanks.)

Every time a James Bond question comes up all think about is Victoria Coren Mitchell excellently rinsing the films and character on Room 101. She was absolutely brutal, it really was a work of art lol.

@astroboirap

2 ай бұрын

she's an annoying yukky unfunny woman

HAIL SATIN!!!! Sorry, couldn't resist.

You can use Lillet Blanc instead of Kinen Lillet which you can't get anymore. I like them double so 2 oz each of gin and vodka, 1 oz of Lillet Blanc, served in a chilled champagne goblet. I keep all three ingredients chilled. Garnish with a thin slice of lemon. If you like martinis, you'll add this to your list.

@tobysachs

2 ай бұрын

cocchi americano is pretty much the same as the old Kinen Lillet

What if the make a cup with a bar that sticks up 3/4 from the rim then folds over to the other side. Then to stir the drink, you sinply swirl the cup.

There is a theory that Bond has his martini shaken purely as a way to water down his drink.

@Rocket1377

2 ай бұрын

It's not a theory, it's a fact.

I like Sandi in that suit.

Bond wanted his drink shaken, not stirred BECAUSE it diluted it. So he could drink it without getting drunk.

@peterclarke7240

2 ай бұрын

I used to think that, too, but there's another reason that actually makes more sense (bond had a fearsome tolerance for alcohol anyway, at least according to the books, owing to the absurd amount he drank every day): So, in casino royale, bond talks about preferring vodka made from grain rather than potatoes because it was less oily. Prior to 1960, most vodka was made using potatoes, which means most vodkas at the time of casino royale would have been potato-based. Shaking a vodka martini helped to make it taste less oily, even though it also diluted it with chipped ice, and that, apparently, is why he got into that particular habit. Allegedly.

@sjl197

2 ай бұрын

The same amount of alcohol moved around in a different way isn’t how dilution works.

@lukeboy61

2 ай бұрын

Ice smashed into smaller bits whilst shaking vastly increases its surface area, increasing the area in contact with the warmer fluid and the speed it melts. Also residuals pieces of ice will come out in the drink if not sifted, these will further increase the dilution. ​@@sjl197

@Delenne_Russell

2 ай бұрын

@@sjl197 You're technically correct, but sloshing the minutely warmer drink across the ice repeatedly, rather than just letting it sit, speeds up the melting of the ice, releasing more water into the drink than if the ice melted just sitting. Both ways will dilute the drink, shaking does it faster by forcibly removing the cold water layer from the surface of the ice and mixing it with the drink, re-exposing the new ice surface to the warmer drink (drink mix if that's what you insist because of the mixed in water). Stirring the drink will force the removal too, though not as quickly and with much less "bruising" of the alcohol.

@John_Smith_60

2 ай бұрын

Unless the martini mixer isn't pouring the whole shaker into your glass, you're drinking the same amount of alcohol per glass.

Five parts gin and one moment's silence for the vermouth!

No one uses vermouth anymore for a classic martini, either. Even the cheapest of vodkas are triple distilled.

@franzfanz

2 ай бұрын

While that might have been true two decades ago, vermouth is very much being returned to the martini. One in five or one in four is a fairly normal ration these days, though one in three or even an even mix, or perfect martini are not unheard of.

@Chief_Tyrol_

2 ай бұрын

@@franzfanz you sound like my liquor rep

To be pedantic, Sandi said "how would anybody like theirs?" That's a preference question to which "shaken" is a perfectly legitimate answer. (And the best recipe is neither stirred nor shaken. Store your gin in the freezer and you won't have to chill it when mixing.)

Here's how to make it. Open the bottle and pour it in the sink. Then pour a whiskey in your glass. 😂

You can get the equivalent of the missing Lillet ingredient: cocchi americano

How should you have a martini? I'm a glass, near me

Such a large number of people didn't get the lilette joke, Alan looks positively confused 😂😂 Edited to add: Lillettes which I've probably spelt wrong are a brand of tampon aimed at and designed for younger bodies rather than Tampax etc 😊

@emceeboogieboots1608

2 ай бұрын

I am one. I came to the comments to have it explained, and have been further disappointed ☹️ Please help...

@weirdunclebob

2 ай бұрын

Possibly due to it being obscure? A quick Google search found a brand of baby onesies called Lillet but that seemed a bit lame. There wasn't anything else that made any sense. Would you mind explaining it to the less informed viewers, please?!

@stephengreen3367

2 ай бұрын

@@weirdunclebob It's a brand of sanitary product for women. Hence the absorb joke.

@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars

2 ай бұрын

@@emceeboogieboots1608 Lillettes not sure I've spelt them right are a brand of tampon more designed for and aimed at teenagers and young girls. Hence the absorb joke 😊

@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars

2 ай бұрын

@@weirdunclebob I may have spelt it incorrectly there. Lillets are a brand of tampon aimed for teenagers and younger. They're a better design than Tampax especially for younger bodies. Hence the joke 😊

This question was in an older episode wasn’t it?

@WilliamSmith-mx6ze

2 ай бұрын

"James Bond's Bradford."

Yes Dick has an awful lot to answer for I've never understood when they say if you make it wrong you'll 'bruise' the gin ?

@dylanadams1455

2 ай бұрын

shaking it alters the flavours of the botanicals in the gin. So you could possibly shake a vodka martini, but you'll just end up diluting it more than if you stir it

@Delenne_Russell

2 ай бұрын

Which, to reiterate, the stirring with ice will eventually dilute it anyhow, just as sitting with ice would only faster, shaking just does it faster than both methods. I suspect in this situation the "bruising" you write of was desired for his particular preference, in addition to the dilution, or else Bond could have asked that it have ice stirred in if the dilution was all that was desired.

The idea, iirc, os that he didn't want to drink alcohol, to remain sharp. Lame excuse.. You're JB, you can drink And bond .

@Zelmel

2 ай бұрын

I don't know that this is accurate. In the book he specifically says he only drinks one drink before dinner but likes it "large and very strong and very cold"

@Alacritous

2 ай бұрын

@@Zelmel That's when he's not on the clock.

@Zelmel

2 ай бұрын

@@Alacritous No, it's literally the scene immediately prior to the baccarat game in the first book.

@Rocket1377

2 ай бұрын

Not lame at all. It's realistic.

I was always told you shook drinks with fruit (e.g. lime in daiquiris) , and stirred drinks without- so nothing to do with sweetness?

Buuuuuuullshiiiiiiit

many people have satin underpants. maybe one day they will afford new ones

@frankhovis

2 ай бұрын

"Are these underpants satin?" "No, they are new".

@Delenne_Russell

2 ай бұрын

I would also note that "many" might, but the majority prefer an over layer be added before sitting around.

Silk not satin; how the blue blazes did she not corpse on that line????

The only time I ever tried vodka it came out faster than I drank it. Absolutely disgusting liquid.

@sstills951

2 ай бұрын

What liquor do you prefer?

@emceeboogieboots1608

2 ай бұрын

You must be doing something wrong 🤔 Having said that, I much prefer beer😊

Sean Connery was one of the worst actors ever. He never acted a day in his life. He was a line reader.

@Epicurus341

2 ай бұрын

Not true. Admittedly he coasted a lot of the time, but he showed his acting chops in movies like The Man Who Would Be King; Robin and Marian; Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade; The Name of The Rose; and The Hill. Special shout out to Hell Drivers which has one of the most fascinating casts ever.

@john.premose

2 ай бұрын

@@Epicurus341 he was the same in everything I've ever seen him in

@nickmonks9563

2 ай бұрын

Connery would probably respond, "Yesh, but I read them like a pro."

@john.premose

2 ай бұрын

@@marthacoomber3188 your point being?

@Alacritous

2 ай бұрын

So what? No seriously. So fucking what?

Ian Fleming supposedly believed that stirring a martini diminished its flavour and thus had a preference for shaken martinis, which he transferred to the biography of James Bond.

@Rocket1377

2 ай бұрын

No, he knew that shaking it diluted it. That's why Bond ordered it that way, so he could have more of his favourite drink without getting drunk.

If I recall correctly, the Vespa scooter was named for its overall resemblance to a wasp - especially the shape and the navigational habits of its riders - not just the sound.

@TomuDesuKa

2 ай бұрын

how would they know the habits of its riders when they were still early enough in the production of the scooter that it hadnt been named yet?

@daddymuggle

2 ай бұрын

@@TomuDesuKa they probably didn't, especially considering it was named for the shape immediately on sighting the prototype. However as I understand it, the perceived tendency for riders to buzz around like a swarm of hymenoptera helped the name to catch on. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa