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Default What's a substitute for Pernod?

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Kris wrote:
>> Good evening all,
>>
>> I want to make a recipe that calls for 1 TB of pernod.
>>
>> I am not buying a whole bottle of expensive liquor for THAT little!
>> What else would be a sub for it? Sambuca (which I don'thave either)??

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> Pernod itself was developed as a mock absinthe.


It was not a mock absinthe. Pernod was the most popular brand of that
type of liquor. It had a high alcohol content and had the added kick of
the wormwood. When absinthe was banned it re-emerged as pastis. a lower
alcohol spirit but without the wormwood. It is very popular all around
the Mediterranean and especially in France.