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Liquor Mandrágora
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Liquor Mandrágora

This spirit comes from Navarra in Spain and has a special fairy tale to tell. It is said that this blend of hallucinating herbs was drunk by witches because it helped them to fly. The elixier is distilled out of 8 different herbs including the forbidden mandrake.

* 45% alcohol

http://www.alandia.de/absinthe/product_inf...Mandr-gora.html



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Mandrake, or mandragora, or Satan's apple, is the plant Atropa mandragora, a native of Southern Europe. Its mystical and magic properties date back into the mists of time, where aphrodisiac and fertility qualities were accorded to it. Indeed, a reference to the cure of sterility can be found in Genesis 3: 14. In the time of Pliny (23-79 ad), pieces of root were given to patients to chew before surgery. The root, which is rather toxic, has anodyne and soporific properties. In larger amounts it causes delirium and madness. The name ‘Satan's apple’ derives from the yellow fruit, which resembles a small apple, and causes poisoning in cattle when eaten — indeed, the Arab name mandragora means ‘hurtful to cattle’.

In ancient times it was used as a narcotic and an aphrodisiac, and it was believed to have magical powers. When pulled from the ground, its forked root, supposed to resemble the human form, was said to utter a shriek that killed or drove mad anyone who heard it. Once pulled, however, the plant was said to provide soothing sleep, heal wounds, induce love, and facilitate pregnancy.


whoo-hoo!

has anybody tried this?

sounds tasty...

i'm thinking of making some...

i love absinthe, and i've even made some homebrew absinthe from wormwood from zerogravity, and they got mandrake root

i'd need the names of the other herbs they blend with it

es

This post has been edited by esoterica: Oct 24 2008, 11:32 AM

Thanks Es!
This sounds too delicious for words...! I think that I'm gonna order. We'll see how it stacks up to the Green Fairy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/1238.gif)