Comments on: A Vilified Herb Revisited http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/02/01/absinthe-vilified-herb-revisited/ On line. In season. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pat http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/02/01/absinthe-vilified-herb-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Pat Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:48:44 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2007#comment-762 While visiting friends in Morocco, I was served a tea made from wormwood, it is called Sheba. I found the taste on the bitter side. I have read warnings in my herb books that it shouldn't be taken if there are liver problems, and wonder if the warnings about absinthe were because some drank too much alcohol and had poor liver function. While visiting friends in Morocco, I was served a tea made from wormwood, it is called Sheba. I found the taste on the bitter side. I have read warnings in my herb books that it shouldn’t be taken if there are liver problems, and wonder if the warnings about absinthe were because some drank too much alcohol and had poor liver function.

]]> By: amyproulx http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/02/01/absinthe-vilified-herb-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-740 amyproulx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:36:00 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2007#comment-740 Warm hospitality, as shown by the Moroccan people, includes serving guests no less than three cups of tea during a visit. Being on a field study, we had a lot of site visits, a lot of hospitality, a lot of caffeine and a lot of jitters. Say we had tea, starting at breakfast, plus a handful of site visits, lunch and tea time, and a class meeting or two. Easily twenty cups. They are small, but they are potent. Atay bi shiba - wormwood tea, is meant for relaxing, but contrasted to the sugar and caffeine, my personal experience did not concur. Warm hospitality, as shown by the Moroccan people, includes serving guests no less than three cups of tea during a visit. Being on a field study, we had a lot of site visits, a lot of hospitality, a lot of caffeine and a lot of jitters. Say we had tea, starting at breakfast, plus a handful of site visits, lunch and tea time, and a class meeting or two. Easily twenty cups. They are small, but they are potent.

Atay bi shiba – wormwood tea, is meant for relaxing, but contrasted to the sugar and caffeine, my personal experience did not concur.

]]> By: admin http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/02/01/absinthe-vilified-herb-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-739 admin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:38:35 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2007#comment-739 Twenty cups a day? I'm surprised you didn't explode. I checked my Richters' catalogue and you can buy Woodworm (Artemisia Absinthium) there. Their website is www.richters.com Twenty cups a day? I’m surprised you didn’t explode.

I checked my Richters’ catalogue and you can buy Woodworm (Artemisia Absinthium) there. Their website is
http://www.richters.com

]]> By: Amy Proulx http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/02/01/absinthe-vilified-herb-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Amy Proulx Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:49:41 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2007#comment-737 When I was teaching in Morocco, we would drink mint tea with wormwood, or lemon verbena. The tea, a potent blend of green gunpowder tea along with a generous amount of herbs and gobs of sugar, was supposed to calm the frazzled nerves of a young professor. Contrasted to the amount of sugar and caffeine I consumed in each successive cup of tea, my nerves ended up more frazzled. On a good day, I might drink twenty or more cups of tea, thanks to the wonderfully warm hospitality of the Moroccans. I'd do anything for a good cup or three of this tea now. Do you know a Canadian nursery that carries Artemisia absinthium? When I was teaching in Morocco, we would drink mint tea with wormwood, or lemon verbena. The tea, a potent blend of green gunpowder tea along with a generous amount of herbs and gobs of sugar, was supposed to calm the frazzled nerves of a young professor. Contrasted to the amount of sugar and caffeine I consumed in each successive cup of tea, my nerves ended up more frazzled. On a good day, I might drink twenty or more cups of tea, thanks to the wonderfully warm hospitality of the Moroccans.

I’d do anything for a good cup or three of this tea now. Do you know a Canadian nursery that carries Artemisia absinthium?

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