Post #230918 by the drunken hat on Mon, May 8, 2006 7:21 AM

On 2006-04-12 07:59, freddiefreelance wrote:
Has anyone tried the McIlhenny solution to the Pernod problem? When Edmund McIlhenny needed small bottles that only gave a drop or two of his Tabasco Sauce with each shake he found some cologne bottles with a tight neck and a screw top (one legend stating that he found a box of them at the dump). You could soak the labels off of (and the peppers out of) a tabasco bottle or a small cologne bottle, pour in the Pernod in using a tiny perfumers funnel, and label it as "Secret Recipe #23."

Or most large cities have surplus & lab supply stores, specialty bottle manufacturers or home perfumemaker supply stores that should carry small perfume/cologne bottles or dram eyedropper-topped bottles. The Specialty Bottle Company of Seattle has one that looks just about right, it's 1.7 oz. "woozy" sauce bottle:

while this method is appealing because of the ease of operation i would still recommend a childs medicine dropper. it has the 1/8th and 1/4 teaspoon measurements on it and accuracy is key when using pernod. it may take a bit longer to make the drink but i know i would rather get it right.