Wormwood

The French gourmands have two sorts of liqueur flavoured with wormwood; Crême d'Absinthe, and Vermouthe. In the *Almanac des Gourmands* there is a pretty account of the latter, called the *coup d'après.* In the south of France, I think, they say it is the fashion to have a glass brought in towards the end of the repast by girls to refit the stomach.