Judgement Day: Part I

We awoke early Easter morning to the sounds of preachers preaching, due to the fact that the T.V. was left on the night before. This was the appetizer for our main course, 11 A.M. Easter mass. For buffet Catholics like ourselves, that pick and choose when to go to church, Easter is one of those days that you must attend services to praise the Lord.

Our wholesome Easter ended abruptly the moment we entered out host, Grandpa Marc's (Alison's Aunt) house. We came with a 12-pack meant to refine our senses (of taste and reason) and prepare us for the objective of the day; to determine which martini would rise in glory to be crowned king, or queen, and save us from the colored, boiled egg that is Easter mediocrity.

Before we rolled away the stone and entered into the tomb of Eastertini judgment, we had to break bread with our fellow disciples of food and drink. It was quite a spread for our last sustenance before the long, hard path that we knew we would have to walk as judges in order to find martini salvation. But yes, before salvation comes salivation: ham, teriyaki chicken, fruit salad, Chinese chicken salad, fried rice and rolls.



The objective of the Eastertini Contest was to create a martini that resembled the colors and flavors of Easter. Contestants could submit a martini to one, or both categories of sweet or sour. We at The Tasty Morsel judged based on the predetermined criterion of: appearance, flavor, potency, creativity and resurrection. Contestants remained anonymous and we sipped beers while the sour martinis were assembled inside. For the sour category there were three strong (no pun intended) entries. The first entry resembled, in appearance and taste, a treat reminiscent of childhood, the "Bomb Pop". The second entry was the complex (in flavor, texture and presentation) "Shoot the Bunny". At the bottom of the martini was a jello shot with a swizzle stick implanted in it. The stick was adorned with blueberries and bunny ears carved out of lemon zest. The last entry was made with white rum that was dyed purple and packed a mighty punch. It was called "Lavender Peeps" after the favorite Easter candy that the contestant had perched atop yet another swizzle stick. That must have been one drunk chick ( and no, I'm not talking about Alison).

Otter Pop / Bomb Pop

Shoot The Bunny

Lavender Peeps

And the winner of the sour martinis......Grandpa Marc's "Shoot the Bunny"!

Now we judged both rounds back to back with no break, that's right six martinis in a row. We, however, are professionals and would not want our readership to "overdo it", so you will just have to check back to find our which delectable Martini garnered a whopping 29 points to win the sweet category.