Find Out How Well You Know The Legends Of The Old West With This Rootin’ Tootin’ Quiz!
What is actually in Sarsparilla?
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Although root beer is made from sassafras roots, sarsparilla is named from the root of its primary ingredient, the wild sarsparilla or Smilax ornata plant. According to a 2019 study in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, sarsparilla was believed to relieve arthritis and other rheumatic pain. Like many soft drinks, it started life as a patent medicine.
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What is actually in Sarsparilla?
- Sassafras roots
- Substances that were legal at the time, but not now
- Something hard that makes bar fights happen
- Roots from Smilax ornata plants
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