sassafras root beer

[CrealCritter]

Shooting for 2 gallons of sassafras tea. Got 1 gallon from my first boil down. Working on the second boil down. The house smell like a root beer factory, so good!

 

[CrealCritter]

I get two gallons of sassafras extract/very strong tea. It's enough for 24 gallons of root bear. I'm starting my ginger bug this afternoon. Its been a long time since I made root beer. I prefer birch beer but it'll still be nice to have some homemade root beer.

My wife and I had some sassafras tea after dinner. We watered it down about 10 to 1, really good with honey and had a nice after bite.

Man I slept like a baby last night. Sassafras Tea has some health benefits one of those is a sleep aid.

 

[CrealCritter]

I started my ginger bug Sunday, today (after 2 days) I opened the lid to add more ginger and sugar and seen bubbles. So it looks like my bug is alive I'll be starting my naturally fermented sassafras root bear by the weekend

Bubbles starting at 5 o'clock

Bug video (recipe) here ---> https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-to-make-starter-culture-for-homemade-soda/

 

[Mini Horses]

Hmmm. Grandma used to make sassafras tea. I like the smell. There is a good amount of it along one of my ditch banks by the road to the back of the property. Of course, being by a driveway path, it gets cut a few times a year.

 

[CrealCritter]

Hmmm. Grandma used to make sassafras tea. I like the smell. There is a good amount of it along one of my ditch banks by the road to the back of the property. Of course, being by a driveway path, it gets cut a few times a year.

I'll let you know how the root beer turns out, the tea is good with honey

 

[wyoDreamer]

I had read that they stopped using sassafras as a flavoring for root beer when it was shown to cause cancer in rats.

From the website: https://www.verywellfit.com/sassafras-tea-benefits-and-side-effects-4163470

"The volatile oil—or rapidly evaporating essential oil— found in the roots of the sassafras tree contains safrole. Safrole has been classified as a Substance Generally Prohibited From Direct Addition or Use as Human Food. Concerns about safrole became significant after studies conducted in the 1960s and 1970s showed that safrole caused cancer in rodents."

I do not know if those studies are true of not, or if their scientific processes even make sense. I know some of the "scientific" studies we looked at in college that "prove"d something causes cancer was administered to the test rats at such a high concentration that there was no way that they couldn't get sick and die.

 

[CrealCritter]

I had read that they stopped using sassafras as a flavoring for root beer when it was shown to cause cancer in rats.

From the website: https://www.verywellfit.com/sassafras-tea-benefits-and-side-effects-4163470

"The volatile oil—or rapidly evaporating essential oil— found in the roots of the sassafras tree contains safrole. Safrole has been classified as a Substance Generally Prohibited From Direct Addition or Use as Human Food. Concerns about safrole became significant after studies conducted in the 1960s and 1970s showed that safrole caused cancer in rodents."

I do not know if those studies are true of not, or if their scientific processes even make sense. I know some of the "scientific" studies we looked at in college that "prove"d something causes cancer was administered to the test rats at such a high concentration that there was no way that they couldn't get sick and die.

I was already aware - thanks.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

dihydroxic acid is also lethal in large amounts.

 

[CrealCritter]

dihydroxic acid is also lethal in large amounts.

What is dihydroxic acid?

 

[CrealCritter]

My bad. I meant dihydrogen monoxide .

Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

You mean water?