What is the significance of James Bond's famous phrase "shaken not stirred"? Is there really a difference in the taste of a shaken vodka martini, as opposed to a stirred one? And if there is, why? 1. Just when we thought it was safe to go back into the cocktail bar, this Last Word chestnut sprang back to life. In 2012 when we published our anthology Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? we thought we had it nailed. Shaken vodka martinis make the drink taste less oily and because many vodkas made after the second world war were from potatoes rather than grain (today's preference), and because potatoes produce a distinctly oily vodka, James Bond liked his shaken rather than today's more acceptable stirred method. It appears, however, there's more to it-Ed.
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