[Sca-cooks] Absinthe

Chris Stanifer jugglethis at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 18 00:46:02 PST 2004


--- Christiane <christianetrue at earthlink.net> wrote:

> If you want to have some of the absinthe ritual experience without the worries of thujone, try
> Pernod (which is absinthe without the wormwood). Do as the old men in "A Year in Provence" do,
> put the sugar cube on a slotted spoon suspended above your glass, and slowly pour the water
> through the spoon until the sugar dissolves. 


Pernod used to contain wormwood, and is an entirely different beverage than Absinthe.  In the
U.S., Pernod no longer contains wormwood, and will give you none of the same effects.

William de Grandfort





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