"Sky" > wrote in message
...
> Since both gumbo file' and rootbeer are derived from sassafras, can they
> be substituted for each other? I've used the former perhaps once or
> twice and the latter only with vanilla ice cream as a float or solely as
> a sodapop drink. What and how else do the two have in common
> (whatever!)?
>
> Sky, who's just curious
>


Given that file' is a ground powder made from sasafrass and the other is a
sickly sweet liquid full of artificial crap, one would think the answer is
obvious. I guess you weren't around for the gumbo cook-along

Jill