Whats the root in root beer?!
Whats the root in root beer?
Answers:
saspirilla
sarsaparilla root, i think
Ginger. That's if it's like ours here in Australia =)
Licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark
amw
Birch tree root, very tasty, even the bark.
sarsaparilla
Ginger root. I know this one is true.
Licorice root.
Ingredients may include sarsaparilla allspice, birch bark, coriander, juniper, ginger, wintergreen, hops, burdock root, dandelion root, spikenard, pipsissewa, guaiacum, yellow dock, honey, clover, cinnamon, prickly ash bark, quillaia, and yucca.
most of the flavors used today are artifical , but originally assorted barks were used.
Real root beer is actually from the roots of several kinds of trees and bushes. It was originally used a a tonic (the original herbal beverage). I have an old book from 1932, that lists several different recipes. most including various combinations of sarsparilla, pine, ginger, mandrake, sassafras and others, usually sweetened with molasses and sometimes fermented to produce fizz and alcohol.
Modern root beer is usually artificially flavored, or mostly sarsparilla and pine.