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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SELF IMPROVEMENT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004
700 Monterey Way
Newer 1&2 BR Apartments
Fully Equipped Kitchen
1 BR $440
2 BR $515
On-site Laundry
Quiet Westside Location.
Great for Topeka
Commuters!
501 Colorado
2 BR 1 Bath $525
3 BR 2 Bath $625
• DW, C/A, Micro.
• On Bus Route
• Laundry On Site
• One Cat May Be OK
1/2 Month Free
w/12 Month Lease
3 BR w/Garage $775
4 BR 2 Bath $840
660 Gateway Ct.
9th & Michigan
2 BR Apts from $490
2 BR Townhomes from $510
- Pool
- Laundry on Site
- Close to downtown and KU
- On bus route
- Pool/Tennis Court
- W/D Hookups
- On Bus Route
Louisiana Place Apts.
1136 Louisiana
•1 BR's $505
•2 BR's from $565
Avalon Apartments
9th & Avalon
- 1 BR's $520
•2 BR's $620
•Gas and Water Paid!
Red Oak Apartments
2408 Alabama
*1 BR's from $430
*2 BR's from $470
*Water Paid Parkway Terrace Apts. 2328-2348 Murphy Drive
*1 BR's from $410
- Studios $370 w/garage
*2 BR's from $460
HOW TO... MAKE A MARTINI Shaken or stirred? Who cares? Just make me a drink
Making a good drink for a guest is the sign of a good host. So instead of relying on a bottle opener and a case of Miller High Life for your next shin dig, learn how to make a classic cocktail: the Martini.
Unlike all the new martini concepts (chocolate martinis, apple martinis, champagne martinis), a true classic martini only has two ingredients: gin and dry vermouth. Olives are the only real garnish for a martini, although they do take up an awful lot of space in such a little glass.
When it comes to the particulars of a martini (dryness, shaken versus stirred), there are a few things to remember. When someone asks for a dry martini, he is asking for less vermouth. The less vermouth, the drier the martini. Martinis can either be shaken or stirred, but a martini shaker is cooler looking than a pitcher. And ignore all that talk of "bruising the gin."
Patrick Dennis, author of camp novels such as Auntie Mame and Little Me, expected his children to make martinis for guests at a young age. Now there's an incentive to learn you don't really want to be shown up by a 4-year-old do you?
CLASSIC MARTINI
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
Green olives to garnish
Pour 2 ounces of room-temperature gin and
1/2 ounce of dry vermouth into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an olive or two.
For variations on the classic martini, try some of the following suggestions.
■ GIBSON
Substitute the olive with a slice of cocktail onion.
BOSTON BULLET Use an olive stuffed with an almond instead of a pimento.
DIRTY MARTINI
2 ounces gin
1 tablespoon dry vermouth
2 tablespoons olive juice
Green olives to garnish
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
Fill a cocktail shaker with the ingredients, including garnish. Shake hard 3 or 4 times. Strain drink into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the garnish from the shaker.
These aren't quite martinis, but you can re-use the glass.
CHOCOLATE MARTINI
1 1/2 ounce of vanilla vodka
1 ounce of chocolate liqueur Cherry to garnish
Mix vanilla vodka and chocolate liquor in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.
COSMOPOLITAN
1/2 ounce Cointreau
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/4 ounce lime juice
1 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
Lemon peel for garnish
Shake all of the ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Compiled by Donovan Atkinson and edited by Joe Burke