Originally Posted by
Cholula
Good point.
Properly, technically and historically, a martini was gin and a bit of bone-dry vermouth with either a twist of lemon or an olive.
It was only much more recently that vodka, the vanilla ice cream of liquor, became caught up in the fray.
Actually for the driest of dry martinis simply pour a large measure of gin into a glass with a single olive and just show them both the bottle of vermouth.
Then drink.