I have some lovely wormwood plants that I’ve been cutting and drying several times a season, just before they flower, then freezing. I’ve accumulated several ounces of wormwood, lemon balm, anise hyssop, mugwort, and mint for macerating, soaking in grain alcohol, and distilling into absinthe. I also purchased anise, fennel, star anise, and calamus for the absinthe.
When I did not distill after soaking the herbs but merely strained them out, the result was unpalatably bitter. I found it agreeable mixed with sugar and ice water and the bottle was quickly consumed, perhaps too quickly, by myself and some random folk. I saw no more fairies than usual, but I did find myself pleasantly intoxicated. I’m curious to see how distilling improves my second bottle.
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February 15, 2011 at 4:29 pm |
I have a mushroom I would like to send you a picture and wondering if you can identify it?
Thanks
Sue
October 31, 2011 at 12:42 pm |
I’d be glad to give it a shot, but mushrooms are hard to identify by picture alone. Things like odor, taste, where and when they grow, how their gills attach to their stems, and what color their spores are necessary to know to make a positive ID. This website has a useful key: http://www.fungaljungal.org/key/key.html