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graham[_4_]

On 22/07/2015 4:07 PM, wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:38:44 -0400, Mike Duffy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:20:20 -0600, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:
>>
>>> Teaberry is a regional name for wintergreen (also known as Canada tea,
>>> which may explain the name of Canada mints which are also wintergreen
>>> flavored).
>>
>> Wintergreen is one of three flavours combined to yield the "classic" pink
>> bubble gum flavour. The other two are cassia and vanilla.
>
> Wintergreen is/was also used in root beer. Some years ago I spent a
> lot of time searching for 'authentic' root beer recipes... what a
> minefield that turned out to be, I don't think I saw any two
> 'authentic' recipes that were the same In the end, I finally found
> an extract with the right kind of ingredients (not easy, due to the
> 'toxic' ingredients) and brewed from that.
> Came out wonderful, perfect. I still have half a bottle of that
> extract, I should make some more soon.
>
To Brits, wintergreen is associated with a particularly smelly
embrocation that was commonly used to relieve aches and rheumatic pains.
Therefore, to me, root beer is vile!!
Graham
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