Word: gins
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...until it is neatly toasted. The setting is India; the set is buna sahib; the time is mainly the '30s; the season is boredom. But at least two men and one woman think there is more to India than what can be seen through the bottom of a gin-sling glass...
...eating less, not dieting. I don't play golf, but I could if I rested after each hole-but that's not much fun. I've taken up woodwork-carpentry, that sort of thing. I do a little light fishing, a lot more reading; I play gin rummy, poker, bridge. My work is better since I concentrate more on the main job; I can take four ounces of liquor in a day if I want it . . . I don't lead a subdued life...
...Vermouth. Veal in Vermouth, Chicken in Vermouth. But the U.S. pours 95% of its vermouth into cocktails, most of it into the ever-dryer martini. And the wonder to Vermouthman Tribuno is that so much gets in. There once was a time when martinis had as much vermouth as gin. But now the rage is for dry martinis with dry vermouth in miniscule proportion. The very dry (six to one), the very, very dry (twelve to one) and the powder dry (25 to one) martini have taken over; there is the explosive "Montgomery" at 15 to one and the "Hemingway...
...marjoram, etc.-into the vermouth's white-wine base. A jolt of 180-186-proof brandy (90-93% alcohol), fortifies the wine. The vermouth ages for months before it is blended with other vermouth and filtered. As for Vermouthman Tribuno, his formula is a conservative martini, four parts gin to one part vermouth. Says he: "I could mix it dryer, but with this ratio, I figure I'll live longer...
...Gin & Jitters. In Milwaukee, arrested on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge after a college football game, Robert Kes-selhon, 24, admitted drinking 15 martinis, theorized that the reason he had been found asleep on a neighbor's davenport was that "somebody must have put something in my drinks." As the Twig Is Bent. In Miami, ex-Seabee Francis Osborn, 26, spotted a bulldozer parked near a street-repair job, climbed aboard and happily chased ten policemen about the city streets, explained testily as he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon: "I just wanted...