Visitor From Mars Martini

 This is perfect for Halloween or anytime.

4 - 6 oz. vodka or gin

1/2  oz. olive juice 

1 - 1  1/2 oz. dry vermouth 

squeeze of lime 

ice 

Green food coloring 

salt, pepper

8 olives

With a wet napkin, wet the rims of 4 martini glasses. 

Sprinkle salt, pepper on a shallow dish. 

Place the glasses rim side down on the salted dish to coat.

Place the glasses in the freezer to chill for a few minutes. 

For each cocktail:

In a cocktail shaker combine: gin or vodka, ice, olive juice, lime juice, 1 - 2 drops food coloring vermouth. 

Shake for 10 sec. to mix. 

Remove glasses from freezer, strain martini into glasses. 

Thread olives through 4 toothpicks.

Garnish martinis with the olives.

Serves 4.