Julia Altshuler wrote:
> MaryL wrote:
>
>> If you do this an serve it to guests, please be sure to warn them
>> about the ginger ingredient. That would not be something that most
>> people expect -- and I am very allergic to ginger. I don't know
>> how
>> unusual this allergy is, but I suffer very painful consequences if
>> I
>> ingest just a tiny bit.
>
>
> Thanks for the advice on how to serve my guests. I'd be certain to
> tell them that I was serving homemeade gingerale and leave the
> conclusions about its ingredients up to them. Have you ever
> suffered
> the painful consequences from commercial gingerales? That might
> answer my question about whether or not there's any ginger in them.
>
>
> --Lia

So it would seem. Check this out.

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~dins/history/gingerale.shtml


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