OFF: Absinth (was: Fu Manchu)

[Christian Mumford]

Tox wrote:
>

> I believe that the active ingredient (aside from ethanol) is thujone,
> which is imparted by the wormwood. Pernod, which is basically absinthe
> without wormwood, contains no thujone.
>
> Not a toxicologist, just Tox

So the wormwood must be the green color. What does the wormwood plant
look like? (Say, is it possible to make Absinth by soaking wormwood in
Pernod?)

Christian