[Sca-cooks] Re: Absinthe and herbed liqueurs and cordials

[Chris Stanifer]

--- "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:

> >No, Absinthe is much, much older than 19th century.  Apicius has a 
> >recipe for it in one of his
> >volumes (or 'their' volumes).
> 
> Eeeeehhhhhhhh, maybe. I believe Flower and Rosenbaum translate this 
> as vermouth, which make sense when you consider that both vermouth 
> and absinthe once contained wormwood, and it's vermouth, not 
> absinthe, that is made from wine (i.e. not distilled), and "vermouth" 
> appears to be a distortion of a Germanic term for wormwood.


That's very possible.  I'll peek into it a bit more.

William de Grandfort






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