Off: Absinthe

[Eric Siegerman]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 06:15:48PM -0400, Stephe Lindas wrote:
> [wormwood] Tastes like it sounds to me. I'd rather eat a worm than drink that stuff.

The worms don't like it much either.  Apparently it was
originally used as a tapeworm remedy.

It was only later that people decided to drink it for fun (same
as quinine...).

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