He makes it himself!

Yes, and my relentless pursuit of mediocrity has been rewarded with the creation of CRAPSINTHE™!!!

It's CRAP™tacular!!

OK, I'm slapping the official MODERATOR bitch slap on you, What's his fuck...No more about this Crapsinthe (BTW - someone else has already used the term a long time ago.) You're ruining the TONE, and stealing Gimpy's line.

Thank you, Jack. I was about to reach into my monitor and smack Mr. Crapsinthe and his accomplice, Mr. Clappyhands...

I am glad to see you're feeling better today Rimster, I was worried about you.

Why is that?

I've never met Mr. Clappyhands. I have no association whatsoever with him.

I hadn't seen you around much lately .
And then I saw multiple posts from you .
I reasoned that you had been feeling down.
And on that day you were feeling
a little better.

You're not that far off. Life's kinda sucky right now. Workin' on it, though...

Every thing changes .
I miss seeing your
way of seeing things.
But I like to think
when I don't see you
you are doing better things
then seeing me
seeing you.

Stalker.

I see.

You see because you have binoculars.

Took me a minute to get it .
Then I laughed my ass off.
You think fast on your feet.

I planted a bunch of Hyssops seeds a week ago, and the little buggers are sprouting like crazy.

I planted six small starter pots, and each one has about six sprouts.

So, I can't find any info in my gardening book.

Any suggestions as to where to where to plant them?

Do they make a nice border for a sidewalk?

Bueller, Bueller ..

Full sun to part shade, depending on the heat/humidity, with moderate/regular water. Compact, 1.5-2' high and 3' wide. Tolerates trimming as a low hedge or as border for a knot garden. Tolerates some drought but will thrive with regular moisture if drainage is good.

-- excerpted and/or paraphrased from Sunset Western Garden Book

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceed...993/v2-579.html

Anyone heard of :

Agastache

The description sounds interesting.

It's always been just officianalis as far as I know but I wouldn't know.

officianalis (Blue)

The Dwarfed variety is okay too, in fact it may be better from what I've heard....

I realize that Officianalis has been the traditional herb.

I realize that Agastache is indiginous to the US, and was lilely never used in the past. I thought it sounded like it might be an interesting substitute/addition.

Hey, just because YOU don't like A. Powis Castle in coloration.........

I'm becoming a traditionalist. There's no reason to fuck around with nasty tasting herbs when everything you need is obtainable.

Yeah, I had an absinthe with Anise Hyssop in it and it didn't contribute much. You're better off just using controlled quantities of high quality standard ingredients.

Agreed

Gimpy's Pontarlier recipe (for 1-liter):



25g Tarragon
50g Star Anise
50g Dill Seed

coloration:

1g Powis Castle
1g Anise-Hyssop
.5g Lemon Peel

WoW!

Not only a great absinthe, but a fantastic chicken breast marinade.

Good Work!

Damn it! Jack! You promissed not to tell.

youre xit sux gimp i dont see the thujon anywhere how doyou trip balz?

Tarragon is an Artemisia. That's where the Tom Jones comes in.

It DOES sound like a tasty marinade, tho.

I'm pretty sure that not all Artemisias contain THUJON!!!

I see Powis Castle growing all around Austin. I have never seen any of it flower.

The FDA regulates all Artemisias in food products onnacuz o da 2jones. Tarragon's spozed to be a 2jone source, no? Like pansy and . . . um . . . white cheddar?

Next up is the discussion of German Chamomile vs Roman chamomile as used in a Le Bleu.

Are the two interchangable?

No. From all the reading I've done the Roman is prefered (of course that's the one that's harder to find). Some sources cite them as interchangeable, but I've tasted both and the Roman is smoother, sweeter.

Roman Chamomile chamaemelum nobile tastes sweet, almost apple like.

from
http://www.nhg.com/db/1059.htm


German Chamomile Matricaria recuitita

links.
Chamomile
More German
German vs. Roman

xit!

I know that Basil has nothing to do with absinthe, nothing, but I just had to share.

I took the first harvest from my basil plants, and they're drying in my new dehydrator. Yummm, the whole apartment smells like fresh cut basil.

Back on topic:


I've noticed chamomile growing on the sides of most of the backroads around here. One of my favorite rides, which includes 3 mountain passes, has literally miles of flowering chamomile. It's beautiful, and functional. I packed a jersey pocket with flower tops the other day.

Yesterday I made the discovery that I've also got wild Angelica growing along one of my other rides. I don't know how I missed the plants since most of them are 7+ feet high. I took a little rest stop, munched on a few angelica seeds, and reflected...
Now if I could just find that field of Wormwood.

Make some pesto-sinthe with that basil.

I found the wild wormwood here. I started collecting last weekend and i will be spending a large part of this weekend doing the same. The plants are just reaching full bloom!

All your (Absentium) post are belong to me!

You lucky bastard.

I'd be happy to sample some of this wild wormwood

I just got back from Calgary yesterday. While I was there, I discovered the downtown Bow River jogging path is lined with wild A.A. It looks like the next phase of my project is a "go", so I'll be spending a lot time there for the next few months. They are working on getting me a " Work Permit" Those crazy Canuckys are quite anal about coming in and stealing their jobs. Now I just have to figure out how to get the A.A. back here.

Hey, if he's going up there to steal one of their jobs from the Evil Empire, so much the better.

A small consolation.