Correct. It is only the natural beans that can't be imported.
My grandfather used to go out every fall and dig up sassafras roots and leave them in the cellar to dry out. All winter he’d throw them in a pot on the stove with some water to steep and there’d be sassafrass tea for anybody who wanted a cup. Years later I read that it is poisonous and was pulled commercially from the US markets in the 60s. He lived to 90. I can’t say if it affected me because I never liked the stuff so I rarely had any.
Maybe that’s why they had to switch to plastic? I was fortunate to have been a kid when the metal ones were still being made. Sure they rusted and we got cut on the metal edges but we were happy, dang it!
Yes.. I was just about to say. Sams flake is my third favorite Gawith.
it's really not a priority to fix this is issue. Why would it be?
Maybe, it’s hard to tell, I was talking to a friend who’s a pharmacist about various tobaccos and mentioned 1792 and the tonka flavouring, first thing she said was “got to watch that coumarin”, so it’s embedded in them, raises a flag instantly, although you’d have to eat a silly amount to be in trouble. i’ve made cakes, panacotas and custards with shaving of tonka bean instead of steeped vanilla bean and all those who had them were ecstatic.
I still drink it in the winter. I'm going to introduce the grandkids to it.
well pretty much everything is poisonous. Dosage makes a huge difference. You can fatally over dose on vitamins and those are like super good for you too.
You speak of Sassafras obviously. My mother and grandmother used to make Sassafras tea and give to us when we were suffering from a cold or flu. We used the ground up leaves (commonly known as Gumbo Filé) as a thickening agent for cooking. And the roots of a Sassafras tree were the main ingredient of root beer until the ban.
