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Hank Rogers[_2_]

wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:38:10 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:56:24 PM UTC-5, 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)??
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>
>>> Kris
>>
>> I am also in a Pernod fix. Can't justify buying a $70 bottle of alcohol for 1 Tablespoon required for a recipe - another Ina Garten recipe I should add, from her recipe book: How Easy is That? The recipe is Roasted Shrimp with Feta. I have some pure Anise extract and a good airline sized bottle of Vodka from Estonia. On the side of teh Anise extract it says 1/2 tsp. extract = 1 tbsp anise liqueur. Maybe I don't need to Vodka after all...
>
> It would help to know what you are cooking.
> I might buy a bulb of fennnel and use some of the fronds steeped in
> vodka... plus I enjoy eating a raw fennel bulb.
>

Popeye, when yoose start drinking yoose vodka, dem fennel bulbs always
end up in yoose rectum.

And yoose always blames yoose brudder.