Absinthe — Everything You Want to Know

Food and Wine ^ | Lucy Simon

[nickcarraway]

[Red Badger]

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...................

[Vaquero]

Absinthe Makes the heart grow fonder.

[chajin]

It takes Monet to buy Degas that makes the Van Gogh.

(unless you have an EV, of course, in which case you should be on DU and not reading this)

[chajin]

Which reminds me...last month there was a Rodin exhibit at the local art museum (this is true), but there wasn’t a single flying monster in the whole exhibition (also true, but for a different reason).

[NWFree]

More people now dying from alcohol deaths than traffic accidents.

[No name given]

That’s from Dracula, right?

[sauropod]

Interesting.

[nickcarraway]

Wow, do you have a citation for that?

[hinckley buzzard]

Always enjoy a glass on Vincent’s birthday.

[Larry Lucido]

Bennett Cerf is famously credited with advising a lovesick Henry Fonda to drink only absinthe, because: “Absinthe makes the heart grow, Fonda.”

[skr]

If her expression is anything to go by, absinthe made someone’s heart go wander.

[Red Badger]

Reminds me of a sophomoric joke.

You probably have heard it, The punch line is :

Abscess makes the fart go Honda...............

[Pollard]

Sounds like it might leave you in absinthe of your faculties.

[RummyChick]

when I stayed at an apartment in Paris for three weeks I went to a number of places that were not in my comfort zone.
One of them was a highly recommended Goth Bar to try absinthe that is near the famous cemetery. I didnt look at pics before I went.

I still laugh at my reaction to the whole scene. I think I was the only customer there in the afternoon

[srmanuel]

I have a bottle of Absinthe I purchased and had sent back to me from Europe.

I’m not a huge fan, but it’s an interesting liquor to have around as a conversation item.

One of the legendary stories about Absinthe is that Vincent Van Gogh was drinking absinthe when he cut off his ear leading to the idea that Absinthe makes you crazy.

[Rummyfan]

Absinthe — Everything You Want to Know

I know enough not to drink it - vile stuff made from wormwood. I much prefer a good scotch.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I happened to be at the duty free shop in Canada last week what saw Absinthe (both green and white) was available. Having heard of it I bought a bottle of about 90 proof.

Took a shot of it, wow strong. Caught me by surprise and had me coughing. Has a licorice taste.

There’s a large liquor store in the Detroit Ares called Total Wine, they are supposed to sell Absinthe.

[KarlInOhio]

One of them was a highly recommended Goth Bar

Goth as in sad teenagers with black hair and too much eye makeup or one of the barbarian tribes which sacked Rome? Quite a different vibe to the bar depending on which.

[z3n]

One of the legendary stories about Absinthe is that Vincent Van Gogh was drinking absinthe when he cut off his ear leading to the idea that Absinthe makes you crazy.

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The old Absinthe had thujones (among other things) in them that it doesn’t have today. There may be some truth to the myth/legend. Supposedly a lot of artists went to that drink as a muse. It did alter mental state some (to what degree is debated) but also contributed to decline, and a certain kind of dependency where being without it made one feel sick