Whipped Cream Difficulties

…where they discover the “Mexican Martini“, two, two, two lies in one!

Seriously, the “Mexican Martini” is a decent drink, and Trudy’s isn’t a bad place to eat and drink. But putting a drink in a martini glass doesn’t make it a martini, and using tequila doesn’t make it Mexican.

At his previous job, at the Eastside Showroom, Mr. Bryan refused to make it.

“I removed the olives from the entire restaurant,” he said, “so when I told customers, ‘I can’t make Mexican Martinis because I don’t carry olives,’ people weren’t as upset as when I said, ‘No, I can’t make you that on principle.’ ”

I wonder what Mr. Bryan’s customers who wanted a traditional martini with an olive garnish thought when he said “I don’t carry olives.”

Edited to add: I also wonder what a “Mexican Martini” would be like with an onion instead of an olive. Hmmmm. May have to try that this weekend.

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