While most people like root beer, some people trying it for the first time have often reported the taste to be akin to that of mouthwash or medicine. It was marketed as a medicinal drink originally, so maybe they’re onto something. However, root beer generally tastes quite pleasant to mo...
I had no idea that sassafras was carcinogenic though -- makes me glad that I'm not much of a rootbeer fan. I'll take an IBC rootbeer every now and again, and I like a rootbeer float on occasion, but on the whole I'm not much of a soda drinker anyway. I wonder if there'...
Similar to beer and other alcoholic drinks, the sugar in traditional ginger beer is fermented into alcohol. However, during the alcohol prohibition between the twenties and thirties, a non-alcoholic alternative was sought out. In response, most ginger beer brands have sold non-alcoholic ginger beer...
I had no idea that sassafras was carcinogenic though -- makes me glad that I'm not much of a rootbeer fan. I'll take an IBC rootbeer every now and again, and I like a rootbeer float on occasion, but on the whole I'm not much of a soda drinker anyway. ...
I had no idea that sassafras was carcinogenic though -- makes me glad that I'm not much of a rootbeer fan. I'll take an IBC rootbeer every now and again, and I like a rootbeer float on occasion, but on the whole I'm not much of a soda drinker anyway. ...
As I was making it for one of the summer dinners, it occurred to me: Why is it called that? So I did some quick poking around and it turns out that the name comes from the Dutch word “koolsla” meaning “cabbage salad”. When the Dutch settled in New Amsterdam in the late ...
Inga: Definitely something we found along the way. When we started the fish fry in the back of the Community Center building, we were doing it because we needed to raise money to pay the lighting bill, which was more than the mortgage at that point. But what we saw more and more, is...
A foundational part of New Orleans cuisine, a po'boy sandwich is typically made with either roast beef or fried seafood in the middle, lettuce and onion, and other fixings, and, most importantly, New Orleans-style French bread with a perfect crust-to-fluff ratio. The sandwich was supposedly...
Sharon Sanders
My son was bitten by what he called a “mean caterpillar”. However, I don’t believe it is a caterpillar. I have no idea what this insect might be. Please help. Thank you, The Parker’s Signature: Alicia Scarab Beetle Grub Dear Alicia, This is the grub of a Scarab Beetle, probab...