Re: sassafras tea (Re: Two countries separated by a common language)

Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
> Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote:
> > it's very tasty, as is sassafras tea...  if you wan to know what it
> > tastes like, you can just pick a leaf of a sassafras tree
> and chew on
> > the stem, i do that all the time.
>
>     Isn't sassafras tea made from the root?  I haven't had
> any in about 40 years, and I didn't make it myself even then,
> so I don't really remember.
Most commonly, yes.  You can purchase it pre-dug up and ground into bits,
but it's the same thing. :)