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====== Chartreuse ====== | ====== Chartreuse ====== | ||
+ | ==== Liqueur ==== | ||
Chartreuse is a liqueur based on wine distillate and extracts from 130 different herbs. Its name comes from the Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble. [([[https:// | Chartreuse is a liqueur based on wine distillate and extracts from 130 different herbs. Its name comes from the Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Carthusian order ==== | ||
+ | In 1084, St. Bruno built seven hermitages and a chapel in the mountains of the Chartreuse Massif and, with six brothers, founded a community of hermits that gave rise to the Carthusian order. The Carthusians are a contemplative order, living alone, working in silence, but forming a community. [([[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Recipe for the elixir of life ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Drunk regularly ==== | ||
+ | The inhabitants of Dauphiné believe that Chartreuse liqueur should be drunk regularly, every day after a meal, as it is supposed to improve digestion. One of their favorite desserts is cream ice cream topped with this liqueur - it's excellent! [([[https:// | ||
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