Setting the Record Straight

My name is Joe, and don’t ask me how many chimpanzees it takes to type out a coherent blog post. I don’t like chimp jokes.

But on that subject, it takes a lot of humans to create a banana martini and only one chimp to set the record straight. Let’s look at the evidence:

Banana Martini
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Banana Liqueur
(Garnish with banana)

First, look at the number of stars underneath this recipe.  Currently 2 1/2 out of 5. That’s right. Half of humankind thinks this is a good idea, and half doesn’t. Was there ever a more damning indictment of humans?

It’s simple. The recipe calls for a highball glass because any first-year engineering student or unmatriculated monkey can tell you a martini glass won’t hold a banana. (It’s a center-of-gravity thing.) So even if you didn’t know that vodka does not belong in a martini, or even that banana liqueur does not belong in a martini, Mother Nature is telling you that bananas and martinis don’t mix.

If that seems too hard for you, have another beer and think about it some more.