EDIBLE MOUNTAIN - How To Make Sassafras Tea
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- Sassafras root makes an excellent tea. Learn the right way to do it from naturalist Bill Beatty!
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Thank you for posting. Sassafras used to be all around here in the 60's. Then the gov. Got involved. Remember how they said butter was bad and margarine was good? Eggs were bad, bacon,lard, and on and on. Almost non existent today. Wanting to buy some trees and transplant.
If you live in Northwest Arkansas, I can give you some. They are all over my pasture.
@@tomsommer54 Thank you Tom, but I live in south georgia.i bought a couple plants in spring and they are growing like weeds. May wish I hadn't gotten them before it's over.
I really need to find this . I haven't had sassafras tea since i was a kid. Maybe it will help my body , i have a good feeling about this tea .
Thank you for the video. Through most of my adult life I have avoided it due to safrole "being a carcinogen". Recently I stumbled across an very good article that went into depth about the nature of the tests and discovered that in actuality sassafras if far less "carcinogenic" than the alcohol in beer. That being the case I figured what the heck. Kinda like poke weed, common knowledge says you shouldn't eat it but my grandmother and grandfather prepared it at least once a week in early spring when it is abundant and tender (before it starts to turn red). I follow her recipe of boiling 3 times then sautéing in bacon grease with a few strips of bacon crushed into bits. Spinach can take a hike as far as I am concerned and it is one of the things I look forward to the most in early spring. If it's bad for you someone should have told my grandmother and grandfather that lived well into their 90's.
I live in southwest Missouri and sassafras is all over here. It's easy to spot in early fall because it is about the first tree to turn a deep blood red. I have some saplings bordering the road on my property so I harvested a small one with about 18" of roots. I followed your recipe and I could barely taste it... I don't know if it's due to regional variation or personal taste but I doubled the amount of root and boiled for about and hour until it was a deep red, almost purple. I sweetened with a tablespoon of honey and found it quite enjoyable but lacking in flavor so I added some chamomile and absolutely loved the combination.
Also in the aforementioned article it talked about Shikimic acid and it's relation to the prescription antiviral tamiflu. I will be having more of this tea over the course of fall and winter and look forward to seeing if it does anything for my spouse and I in regards to colds and flu. Yet another case of pre- conceived notions based on falsehoods and possibly / likely ulterior motives from the food and drug administration (since safrole in large quantities was used to induce abortions and continues to be a precursor of MDMA "Extacy").
Much like the war on butter I remember growing up... Butter caused heart attacks and margarine was better for you... Now it seems we have come full circle with butter being better than hydrogenated oils (in moderation of course). Just goes to show that you shouldn't always take "common knowledge" at face value and it never hurts to revisit your understanding of things you have learned. What was common at the time may have been strongly influenced by financial, political or other motives.
Oh and having a large root hang drying in the kitchen makes for a lovely air freshener as there is no synthetic aromatic that smells quite like it.
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😃thanks for sharing 🎉
This sounds seditious!
Hello I just moved to South East Mo. I found a whole bunch of little trees 🌲 at the entrance of my place. I cut some down not knowing what they were. I will be making tea pretty soon. Thank you 😊
this is the best state broadcast channel I've seen, howdy from Texas
I like the red sassafras ,but the white is everywhere on Round Mountain.I like TOO just put a few roots in a small pot and set it on my kitchen stove and let it steep in hot water all day long,it will make your whole house smell like Sassafras.my Grandfather said it was good for babies with the colic.he said when he was a boy folks would sell it on the streets of New Port News .he said they would holler Sassafras Ladies! it's good for your Babies! LOL he told me you could buy a small little bag for 15 cents.Lol but I can dig it any place in the mountains where I live the woods are full of it.but of course the Government will get you if they was too catch you digging up anything .they even made my neighbors daughter take a few old rocks back that she had took out of national forest for too put around her flower bed.seems kinda silly ,but then its the Government what could you expect.
Thanks for sharing, Wow
Not your neighbor, 🙇🏼♀️Lord bless her, ‘cause woodfolks pretty much learn to be conscientious about natural resources. So, that being said, lot of humans nowadays have no idea how to conserve the environment. 😔
This sounds great. My dad was telling me about how they use sassafras root to make tea, so I wanted to try it. I got a chunk of root and I’ll be making it tomorrow. Thank you!
If sassafras is a carcinogen then why are things like cigarettes, canabas, and alcohol still legal.
We have used this for many years here in South Carolina. I love this root and its medicinal properties. Great video.
I was just telling my Dad you remember making this when I was little been hooked on green tea now
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep your videos coming please.
Great video. I'll be on the look out for this in the woods. It's been long time since I've had this. Thanks for posting.
you need too do one on slippery elm also.and making stain with Black walnut hulls.
And hair dye
i love this, just followed your page... great info as always
Thanks, God bless.
Thank you, I'm making my first batch now... How do I store the roots for future use, freezer, fridge?
I just had a pint of sassafras tea... very tasty 👍👍
Thank you for the info. I just found sassafras growing all along the perimeter of my pasture. I was thinking of trying it for swollen prostate.
Did it work for the Prostate?
@@amyalewine not so far. I find Chaga to work best. I get it from Atomic Nature.
Do you have to remove the bark from the root first?
that was a fantastic video my god, can i get some insight on the production?
How long to boil it for?
I took about 4 hours on a simmer to turn bright orange.
Does it stain your teeth too?
I would like to find a tree
"universal remedy for all disorders" 0:57 Dr Monardes
Isn't it poisonous?
Nope
Not in the least. It's actually pretty good for you.
That carcinogen thing was determined with scewed and very, very, methodologicaly wrong research with rats back in the 60s. The equivalent quantity fed to the rats would be like drinking 10 gallons a day every single day of your life. In other words, they fed rats a massive dose of pure safrole and it unsurprisingly gave them cancer. Too much of pretty much anything will give you cancer.
Safrole just so happens to be a key component in the production of MDMA (Ecstasy), which is the real, yet unofficial, reason they banned sassafras.
There was a study done on rats that was apparently not a very good study. So the safrole supposedly is a carcinogen. But often these studies on rats tend to use higher concentrations than what's found in nature. High concentration + tiny rat body = not so great result.
They still use the leave to flavor southern cuisine to this day. thats what File powder is
@@wolfy1987 huh, never heard of that use. Thanks!
I wish a little more time was devoted to teaching how one can identify the tree.
It is a pretty easy tree to identify. Take a look at the drawings that are in the video: the sassafras tree has several distinct leaf shapes. I am unsure if there are any other trees that have different shaped leaves like this in the same area. Then, when you think you are close, dig a little bit around the roots. Sassafras has a very strong smell, like root beer.
It's quite easy. Look for the mitten shaped leaves and the tri spoked leaves. They smell and taste lemony when you crush them up in your hand. The roots are unmistakable too. You'll know the second you cut into one.
It has 3 different shaped leaves on it. One looks Like a t-rex footprint, then one with two toes, and one with a pointy end. The tree will also smell like root beer if you break a piece off and smell it. It's pretty easy to identify
What about the claim it causes cancer?
Don't drink 10 gallons a day for years.... you'll be ok.
for the record, it's called a POT, a pan if for frying...Lol