The green drink

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onebeforebreakfast — 16 years ago(August 19, 2009 03:11 PM)

drunk straight by the French bartender when Doyle was drinking whiskeyanyone know it was? The only green drinks I know are Creme de Menthe and Chartreuse and these are mixers.

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jamieleng — 16 years ago(August 23, 2009 05:01 AM)

It has to be Absinthe. It is a strong spirit with an aniseed flavour & was very popular with Parisian artists in the late 19th century. It used to be banned in the US.

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trprt77 — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 06:13 PM)

Absinthe is what I thought it was also.

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rdoyle29 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 09:04 AM)

Absinthe is nothing like that colour. It is Chartreuse.

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cgtreacy — 16 years ago(September 15, 2009 07:50 AM)

I'm going for Creme de Menthe. It's not only an ingredient, it's also an after-dinner drink. And the colour looked right.
I believe Absinthe is usually watered down, and I didn't see that happen.

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onebeforebreakfast — 16 years ago(September 22, 2009 04:59 AM)

also, Doyle was eating what looked like a boiled egg. I've never heard of a boiled egg being served as a bar snack anywhere.does anyone know what he was eating?

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jamieleng — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 11:44 AM)

Moe has boiled eggs in brine on the bar in 'the Simpsons'. Can't say I get a hankering for eggs while drinking. I'll stick to the urine coated bar nuts.

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partnerfrance — 16 years ago(December 30, 2009 07:51 AM)

In French cafs (not upscale bars but the typical local caf) it is very common for hard-boiled eggs to be available as a quick snack. It's not like peanuts or potato chips, you pay for them.

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Etherdave — 15 years ago(August 15, 2010 01:00 PM)

For my money, I hope it isn't creme de menthe, and it just isn't the right colour anyways. Absinthe was not a terribly popular drink in the 70s as Pernod, the apertif created to replace Absinthe following its ban, was (and remains) well-established in French gastronomy, particularly in the south. Marseilles is not far from the region where Chartreuse is produced (Voiron, Isre, about 200 miles inland), and it appears you can see a blotchy symbol on the label that could be the Carthusian badge that all legal Chartreuse carries. Most importantly, Chartreuse is the only liquor of these that you can drink THAT MUCH, straight from the bottle, and not fall over or throw up. For my money, it's Green Chartreuse. Sant, Popeye.

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psdhart — 14 years ago(April 20, 2011 12:33 AM)

Has to be Pernod

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rdoyle29 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 09:03 AM)

Pernod is yellow

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infinityto-1 — 10 years ago(September 27, 2015 02:52 PM)

Actually the bartender says what it is. It is "Chartreuse Liqueur".

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psdhart — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 08:41 AM)

Actually the bartender says what it is. It is "Chartreuse Liqueur".
I am rewatching that scene now and the bartender does not seem to mention "chartreuse liqueur" or any name for that matter

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trprt77 — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 06:12 PM)

I don't know how old you are, but years ago many dive bars (shot and a beer joints) had hard boiled eggs , along with pickled eggs in a jar at the bar.
They were as gross as they sound.

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cookieman108 — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 06:08 AM)

I've never heard of a boiled egg being served as a bar snack anywhere.does anyone know what he was eating?
It was a boiled eggand you just haven't hung around the right (or wrong) kinds of bars.

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Orbtastic — 13 years ago(June 22, 2012 11:11 AM)

Looked like chartreuse to me.

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speccyboy — 13 years ago(July 05, 2012 03:39 PM)

Always thought it was mint syrup.

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PoppyTransfusion — 13 years ago(January 01, 2013 02:40 PM)

Chartreuse is my bet. Absinthe was banned in Europe until recent years when it emerged again but with an amended, and less lethal, recipe.
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