Absinthe... discuss. - Tiki Drinks and Food

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 7:31 AM On 2005-10-03 06:46, Chrisc wrote: I think I've seen a recipe somewhere for a Monkey Gland cocktail, so I'll look it up and post it. CHRIS. From CocktailDB.com: Monkey Gland Shake with ice and strain 2/3 dry gin (2 oz, 6 cl, 1/2 gills) 1/3 orange juice (1 oz, 3 cl, 1/4 gills) 2 dashes absinthe 2 dashes grenadine Shake Serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz) On another note, the Travel Channel showed the "Why the French Don't Suck" episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" in which Tony gets plastered on Absinthe and tries to sleep in the room where Oscar Wilde died after a 3 year Absinthe bender. Anyway, they were explaining the difference between "Legal" and "Illegal" French Absinthes, and that you'd need to drink about 200 glasses of Absinthe before the Thujone would start to affect your system, and you'd probably be dead from the high alcohol content long before then.

On 2005-10-03 06:46, Chrisc wrote:
I think I've seen a recipe somewhere for a Monkey Gland cocktail, so I'll look it up and post it.

CHRIS.

From CocktailDB.com:

Monkey Gland

Shake with ice and strain
2/3 dry gin (2 oz, 6 cl, 1/2 gills)
1/3 orange juice (1 oz, 3 cl, 1/4 gills)
2 dashes absinthe
2 dashes grenadine
Shake
Serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz)

On another note, the Travel Channel showed the "Why the French Don't Suck" episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" in which Tony gets plastered on Absinthe and tries to sleep in the room where Oscar Wilde died after a 3 year Absinthe bender. Anyway, they were explaining the difference between "Legal" and "Illegal" French Absinthes, and that you'd need to drink about 200 glasses of Absinthe before the Thujone would start to affect your system, and you'd probably be dead from the high alcohol content long before then.

Post #190596 by freddiefreelance on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 7:31 AM