GRGR(6): English Candy & American Root Beer

[Michael Perez]

Jill wrote:
"My dad and I used to go dig up sassafrass tree roots and dry them out.
 Later, we'd make tea out of the roots. It tasted just like root beer. 
Anyone ever had sassafrass tea?"

Yeah, I used to love it.  Here in the US it used to be sold in health
food stores until the mid-70s when it was banned because it was proven
by someone or some group or another to have been linked to stomach
cancer or something.  The only way you could (and, perhaps, still can)
get any sort of sassafrass is as "gumbo filet," which is an ingredient
in Louisiana cuisine. 


Michael
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