This is the perfect drink for a Halloween party (or if you just feel like scaring some friends a little bit). It is called a Bloody Eyeball Martini and starts out as a straight martini, with gin and vermouth. The "bloody eyeball" accent is made by carving most of the red peel from a radish, leaving a few strips of color to look like veins. Once it is peeled, a small hole should be carved at the top and stuffed with a pimento olive, which represents the iris. After your eyeballs are ready, just store them in the freezer until you're ready to use them. If you don't mind watering down your drink a bit, you can actually freeze the eyeballs in an ice cube tray filled with water, which would be a great way to prep them for use in punch, where you don't necessarily want radishes and olives floating around on their own.Friday Happy Hour: Bloody Eyeball Martini
This is the perfect drink for a Halloween party (or if you just feel like scaring some friends a little bit). It is called a Bloody Eyeball Martini and starts out as a straight martini, with gin and vermouth. The "bloody eyeball" accent is made by carving most of the red peel from a radish, leaving a few strips of color to look like veins. Once it is peeled, a small hole should be carved at the top and stuffed with a pimento olive, which represents the iris. After your eyeballs are ready, just store them in the freezer until you're ready to use them. If you don't mind watering down your drink a bit, you can actually freeze the eyeballs in an ice cube tray filled with water, which would be a great way to prep them for use in punch, where you don't necessarily want radishes and olives floating around on their own.
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10-13-2006 @ 7:22PM
Dr. Electro said...
Then you can do the Mash. The Monster Mash. It's a graveyard smash! It'll catch on in a flash!
I think I'll leave the martinis to someone else. You can have my share.
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10-14-2006 @ 9:41AM
Angela Pitt said...
After a few of those, it should be called a "Blood-shot Eyeball Martini.
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10-14-2006 @ 5:41PM
Dave said...
I love this idea, but... does anyone have ideas about how to possibly modify the concept for kids? Replacing the liquor with a clear non-alcoholic beverage will be easy, but what about the radish and olive (two decidedly non-kid-friendly foods)?
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12-07-2006 @ 9:43PM
Richie Henzie said...
Any talk about martinis one has to say something about M*A*S*H, Bond but also friday night dinner at the Gilmore's on Gilmore Girls
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