Absinthe... discuss. - Tiki Drinks and Food

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Nov 14, 2010 8:14 AM On 2010-11-13 09:43, MadDogMike wrote: I try to keep myself educated on various subjects so I decided to look up the word "louche" and here's what I found; Origin: 1810–20; < F: lit., cross-eyed; OF losche < L luscus blind in one eye Definition: (Adjective) Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way :lol: Aha, basically a combination of a lush and a douche! :D Actually, here is a nice description of the reasons, tradition and poetry behind it: http://www.absinthefever.com/absinthe/ritual I must say, coming from the Polynesian pop ritual traditions (as shown in Tiki Modern chapter 4), I was rather predisposed to fire, so the lighting of the sugar cube appealed to me, but I bow to the above mentioned reasons to fore-go it. Since I don't have much to ad to the wonderful and wise ruminations on this thread, here is another image to illustrate it:

On 2010-11-13 09:43, MadDogMike wrote:
I try to keep myself educated on various subjects so I decided to look up the word "louche" and here's what I found;

Origin: 1810–20; < F: lit., cross-eyed; OF losche < L luscus blind in one eye
Definition: (Adjective) Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

:lol:

Aha, basically a combination of a lush and a douche! :D Actually, here is a nice description of the reasons, tradition and poetry behind it:

http://www.absinthefever.com/absinthe/ritual

I must say, coming from the Polynesian pop ritual traditions (as shown in Tiki Modern chapter 4), I was rather predisposed to fire, so the lighting of the sugar cube appealed to me, but I bow to the above mentioned reasons to fore-go it.

Since I don't have much to ad to the wonderful and wise ruminations on this thread, here is another image to illustrate it:

Post #564963 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Nov 14, 2010 8:14 AM