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Absinthe Frappe
1 jigger absinthe substitute
1 teaspoon sugar sirup
1 jigger charged water
Fill a small highball glass with cracked or shaved ice. Pour in
the sugar sirup, then the absinthe substitute, and drip water
(seltzer or other charged water will improve it) slowly while
frappeing with the spoon. Continue jiggling the barspoon until
the glass becomes well frosted.
This is the simple and easy way to prepare an absinthe
drink, one that has many devotees in many lands. Of
course, if you have a shiny cocktail shaker and want to
put it to work, you can use it. Shake until the shaker
takes on a good coating of frost, and then pour the mix
ture into glasses which have been well iced before the
drink is prepared.
Absinthe Anisette
1 pony anisette
1 jigger absinthe substitute
Use a small glass and fill with shaved or finely cracked ice. Pour
in the anisette and absinthe. Jiggle with a barspoon until heavily
frapped and serve in the same glass. A straw goes with this one.
The modern absinthe substitutes cannot be detected in
taste even by those who were familiar with the original
but now illegal liquor, a flood of fancy and trademarked
names has resulted, and it is marketed under such names
as Greenopal, Herbsaint, Pernod, Assent, Milky Way,
and the like.
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