See the URL in the enclosed message for an article on some newly recovered amphoras of culinary interest. In other news, I recently prepared a Moroccan dish...
... Not to mention the fact the Morocco, known to the Romans as Mauretania Tingitana (not to be confused with the modern nation of Mauritania) and the source...
Thanks for the link. Octavia ... -- "When all else seems to fail, be reminded of life's magic by the trail you've already blazed." -Dooley [Non-text portions...
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I don't know if the information in this page is genuine or not, but the author of it is claiming some of the "recipes" are toxic. Is this valid or just a hoax...
My copy of Apicius is not here, but there is at least one recipe in there that involves wormwood (what abisinthe is made from). It can be thereputic in certain...
... It depends on your definition of toxic, I guess. A number of ingredients the Romans happily used are today considered hazardous to your health, including ...
Rue can be used as an abortificant. But both of the recipies on that webpage with warnings include absinthe (wormwood). Rufinia ... Baroness Aurelia Rufinia ...
Well, I do keep some wormwood in my apotecaria (Iustinus, correct the spelling as necessary) and once I did try to make the "Roman Vermouth", wine with...
You can still get absinthe legally in parts of Europe but most of us know the taste by one of the most popular wormwood-less knockoff, Pernod. Absinthe was the...
... With the amount of wormwood you would need to ingest for anything to happen though, you would be dead from the alcohol poisoning first. Most likely any ...
... happen ... likely any ... Pennyroyal, according to a herbalist I know, is completely harmless unless you are a pregnant woman and ingest massive quantities...
Thanks for helping clear that up. So many things on the Internet turn out to be hoaxes that I wanted to ask. :) I've heard of wormwood, pennyroyal, rue, but...
Absinthe is an alcoholic drink that needs to be tasted in small quantities. I for one could never learn to like it as it is one of the most bitter things ever...
... Have you been drinking home-made absinthe? Many of my Goth friends make their own, and in their desire to hit that supposed hallucinogenic point, they use...
... Sorry, Jennifer, if I am at fault for any confusion. Absinthe is an alcoholic beverage made from wormwood. It is currently illegal in the United States...
... I would not call the concerns about certain herbs hoaxes. They are, rather, a bit of an over-reaction. ... Absinthe is a liquor made with a number of...
People like you are why I am in this group! Thank you very much for thoses links as it has answered quite a few questions I have had for awhile. ... Tiberious...
Hey - have you all heard that REAL Absinthe may be allowed to be made and sold in the US again? Evidently they (liquor distillers) have figured out how to...
Thanks for the links. It's good to know. I did not know if it was legit or not, since my familiarity with these herbs is new rather than old. I generally use...
Secret chemicals in Absinthe? There is no secret 'harmful chemical', except for the alcohol and wormword, at least in the stuff I was drinking in Lithuania,...
Apparently there's some either dating or other link (?) in the links that has nothing to do with cooking. This happened on another list I was on. Jennifer...
No, there is no secret chemicals in Absinthe; the chemical is Thujone. This is the chemical that caused it to be panned to begin with. What I meant was that a...
... I keep looking for a Czech style absinthe without the licorice taste of the anise, but so-called anise-free ones still taste like licorice to me ~Oct'avian...
No, there is no secret chemicals in Absinthe; the chemical is Thujone. This is the chemical that caused it to be panned to begin with. What I meant was that a...
Hello! Very nice - thank you. Did you take the photos? If we have questions about something in the pics can we contact you about them? Correus Larry in...
That's terrific. I have a rather large number of photos of my yearly Conventiculum banquet, which I should try to get uploaded. To say nothing of the wonderful...
... Which is why you shouldn't make your own... it can kill you. ... It was actually considered to be taboo and socially uncouth to drink it straight, kind of...
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