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On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:55:31 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote: >Sky wrote: > >> Since both gumbo file' and rootbeer are derived from sassafras, can they >> be substituted for each other? > >Root beer has more than just sassafras flavor. (Note that the FDA banned >sassafras in root beer quite a few years ago.) You can REALLY taste the >wintergreen in some brands of root beer. Birch beer and sarsparilla are >similar to root beer but not much like gumbo filé. Of course you don't have >ANY natural flavors in the cheap root beers. (Hmmm... Given that wintergreen >flavor flavor I mentioned, I wonder how root beer would be as the braising >liquid for lamb.) > >So the bottom line is no, they really can't be substituted for each other; >they're not very much alike. Interesting (and frustrating) topic. About a year ago, I looked into making my own 'root beer', and after doing considerable research ended up more confused than when I started. No two recipes are the same - and seem to contradict each other one way or the other - then there's the small matter of sourcing some of the ingredients! Proper Sassafras is likewise banned here in Australia. Impossible to find. I *did* find a couple of sources for Wintergreen - but after doing some reading on wintergreen... I'm not so sure I want to use it. It doesn't seem to take a lot to reach toxicity levels. I also really wanted to make a big batch in one of my fermenters - much like I do with ginger beer, ciders and plain old beer. All the recipes I've seen call for brewing it in bottles. |
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