Has anyone seen sassafras tree leaf power in the grocery store spice rack? Has anyone ever looked. I haven't.
Tonight NPT channel on TV had Creole Cooking, deep southern Louisiana, French & Spanish cooking. These people live in the deep south near the ocean & in the swamps.
Cajun is Louisiana style cooking, not creole.
Sassafras dry tree leaf powder is used as a thickening agent in, gumbo & soup. It is also used as spice on food, fried fish, craw fish, potatoes, soup, gumbo, other food.
Yellow corn meal is often used as a thickening agent in gumbo & soup, in this case sassafras powder is used as a herb for flavor.
Root Beer was originally made from roots of the sassafras tree. Roots have stronger flavor than the leaves. Before root beer was a soft drink it was fermented to have carbonation & about 4% alcohol. There are 3 varieties of sassafras trees & a sassafras vine which has the best flavor. I never know about the sassafras vine until now. Sassafras trees are everywhere in Illinois but not so many in Tennessee.
Has anyone cooked with Sassafras powder?
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Sassafras Powder from dry sassafras tree leaves, Creole.
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