Apr 30th, 2008 | survey

Which 'forbidden food' is not banned?


9 forbidden foodsGovernment agencies have outlawed these forbidden foods, but epicures love them. Here's what restaurateurs and other business owners around the U.S. have to say about culinary contraband.

 

Absinthe is legal in the United States, contrary to popular belief, as long as the spirit's levels of thujone - a toxic chemical present in wormwood, one of the herbs used to make absinthe - do not surpass the Food and Drug Administration's limit of 10 parts per million.




By Sgissin
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Pollee
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Pollee
Canada

posted May 1st, 2008 at 13:43 CDT

I totally agree.

Spatulagirl
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Spatulagirl
Gibraltar

posted May 1st, 2008 at 01:20 CDT

Absinthe is stupid.  People don't get that it's not the same as it was 100+ years ago.

Sgissin
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Sgissin
Idaho, United States

posted Apr 30th, 2008 at 20:15 CDT

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