It was another sunny, gorgeous weekend on the Wet Coast.
So I know you had a few minutes on a patio to sip on something. This is what I had in my hand most of the past 48hrs.
Ahhh.. Pastis. I first discovered it in Provence in May, 1996. I was visiting family friends who were living in Aix-En-Provence I had my first sip of sweet summer drink on a steaming plaza in the town square.
Pastis is a distilled spirit made from a blend of herbs. The flavor is predominantly that of anise, thus putting it in the same general class as sambuca and ouzo. It is commonly consumed as an aperitif—sort of a liquid, alcoholic appetizer—and in France, where it’s most popular, the custom is to dilute it at the table with about five parts of cold water. The ritual of adding the water, which causes the translucent yellowish liquid to turn cloudy, is part of the fun of drinking pastis. [source]
Pastis is a way of life in Provence. When you have a handyman over to do some work, he won’t start until he sees a milky yellow glass sitting on the kitchen table.
I feel the same way about my backyard.
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ah, pernod! i have to say i never got the hang of it until i spent a very memorable new years in france. i will never forget that little pub up in the normandie where we spent hours playing pool - nay, billiard - and drinking glass after glass of pernod.