Anyone tried Absinthe?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

plastic: Aren’t you supposed to hold a sugar cube in a slotted spoon and then drip water over the sugar until it melts?

The French referred to it as the “Green Fairy” for its supposed psychoactive effects (which PadreBrian mentioned).

If you want to really get torched, try some authentic slivovitz or rakia. I had a Croatian friend growing up whose dad used to make homemade rakia (his version used apricots) that ran about 160 proof. Mix it with a little Sprite or 7up and you’re off to the races.

[Anonymous]

Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[Anonymous]

Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[Anonymous]

Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[Anonymous]

Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[Anonymous]

Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[CavalierLion]

[quote=plasticfantastic]Yup, classic way do drink Absinthe is to drip water over a sugar cube, which rests on a spoon over the glass. 5:1 water to absinthe.

Bastardized Czech method is to light a shot of it on fire and down it.

Thujon is the psychoactive ingredient (from Wormwood), but you’d have to drink an awful lot to get an effect, IMO. You’d be blind drunk by then anyway…

Stories of people going mad probably related to poor distilling techniques/contaminants

Kind of fun thing to do for a party, if one is so inclined, as there is a bit of ‘show’ involved.

[/quote]

Yep, you’d die of alcohol poisoning long before you get even a slight effect from the thujone. (see http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/absinthe.htm). Even the original absinthe from the early 1900s had practically no thujone (as confirmed by gas chromography) The effects people saw were simply from being blind drunk.

Also, wormwood can be purchased at most nurseries (it is a pretty plant and smells nice).

[kewp]

Something you all are missing about the modern method of consumption is that, historically, the sugar cube was often soaked in laudanum (opium) first.

So, yes, no surprise they tripped off the stuff back in the good ole’ days.

[kewp]

Something you all are missing about the modern method of consumption is that, historically, the sugar cube was often soaked in laudanum (opium) first.

So, yes, no surprise they tripped off the stuff back in the good ole’ days.

[kewp]

Something you all are missing about the modern method of consumption is that, historically, the sugar cube was often soaked in laudanum (opium) first.

So, yes, no surprise they tripped off the stuff back in the good ole’ days.

[kewp]

Something you all are missing about the modern method of consumption is that, historically, the sugar cube was often soaked in laudanum (opium) first.

So, yes, no surprise they tripped off the stuff back in the good ole’ days.

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