HERB - Re: Absinth

[N.D. Wederstrandt]

>	I had heard -- but never saw documentation -- that absinth was illegal
>in the whole US.  If Grania had an absinth-and-whisky cocktail in New
>Orleans recently I'd check to see if they've got absinth without the
>wormwood (like cocacola used to have cocaine, the product goes on, the
>formula changes.) If not, I'd recommend before drinking it everyone read
>the book _Absinth_ so you can make informed decisions.

Absinthe is now made without wormwood.  It is probably what is legal and
what you had in New Orleans.  The true absinthe is quite illegal to sell in
the US.  I know this because a friend was really excited about finding it
and got some.

Clare



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