[Sca-cooks] Re: wormwood

[Decker, Terry D.]

Some ban, wormwood extract and absinthe running between 2mg/kg and 10mg/kg
are readily available.  Of course, as a Science News article points out, old
absinthe ran 260 ppm of alpha-thujone where new absinthe is only about 10
ppm.  If you want to check it out, try:

http://www.findarticles.com/m1200/14_157/61617774/p1/article.jhtml

Bear

> From what I understand the ban on Wormwood in the United
> States dates back to the 1920's (I could seriously be wrong
> on the time, I am at work away from my resources).
> Apparently the ban on Wormwood was made back before they
> really understood what the chemical properties of it are.  In
> sufficient quantities, Wormwood is a mild hallucinogenic.
> The important phrase here is "in sufficient quantities"...you
> are far more likely to get alcohol poisoning than to fully
> appreciate the chemical value!
>
> Mairin