Post #413033 by Herbsaint on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 10:16 AM

On 2008-10-12 12:58, GentleHangman wrote:
Interesting note:
In Sippin' Safari' Beachbum Berry's recipe for the 1934 "Zombie Punch" calls for 6 drops of Herbsaint or Pernod while the recipe in the notebook page of Dick Santiago's 1930's notebook (Pg. 123) calls for "absinthe", not Pernod or Herbsaint indicating to me at least, that absinthe was available and used for the 'original'.

It's likely that what was being referred to as absinthe, were one of the early post prohibition absinthe substitutes, which during the very early days following repeal, were labeled and marketed (Like Legendre Absinthe was, later called Herbsaint)as an absinthe type drink, until the Feds stopped the use of the word absinthe on liquor labeling. People would often refer to these substitutes as "absinthe".

(The Feds also stopped Jung & Wulff from producing an actual absinthe in early 1934, as Jung & Wulff had incorrectly assumed that repeal of prohibition, also meant that the absinthe ban had been repealed, though it's very unlikely that Jung & Wulff's absinthe got much beyond new Orleans)

I'd still bet that it was early Legendre Herbsaint, or Jung & Wulff Milky-Way, Mohawk Abson, and the other substitutes.

[ Edited by: Herbsaint 2008-10-13 10:17 ]