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Subject: Re: Barbecued foods and health risk
In article , [email protected] wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
> >An odd exception to the rule seems to be the product known as "gumbo file'".
> >This is nothing more than coarsely ground dried sassafras leaves. This
> >is not only a natural product, but a natural product still in its natural
> >form, so maybe that's how they evade Delany. Or maybe a special exemption
> >was made, to appease powerful Louisiana Democrats.
One possible reason is that file' is made with sassafras leaves, while root
beer was made with sassafras bark or root bark. The leaves contain either
no
or less saffrole than the bark.
There is also some sort of treatment which putatively removes saffrole from
sassafras products. I have some concentrated sassafras tea extract which
is
claimed to have the saffrole removed.
> I think what we have to keep in mind is that even though it may be illegal to
> commercially produce/sell food with carcinogenic substances, it is not illegal
> for people to do such to their own food (smoking, etc). Is this true?
Well, the last time that I went to the store to buy sassafras bark to make
root beer, there was a sign saying that it wasn't sold for human
consumption.
Also, when I asked the person if they had wild cherry bark and wintergreen
bark,
she made a point of telling me that I couldn't buy sassafras for human
consumption.
I find the fact that some people reckless enough to step into an automobile
live
in fear of dropping dead because of a pork rib quite funny, in a sick way.
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