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Sassafras Tea

A tea made by steeping red sassafras root in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Sassafras Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the root

  1. Wash, scrape, and peel the bark from the red sassafras root.

  2. Dry the root well.

  3. Place a small handful of the root in a teapot.

Steep the tea

  1. Pour 6 cups of boiling water over the root.

  2. Steep for 10 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Red sassafras root
Its bark supplies the tea's characteristic aroma and flavor as it steeps in the water.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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