Hires Root Beer, for example, was invented by a pharmacist ... While there’s no standard recipe for modern root beer, most brands now use alternative roots and barks instead of sassafras ...

Pennsylvania miners around the turn of the 20th century were among the first intended recipients of the original commercial root beer recipe. However, no amount of coaxing could convince them to ...

[Paul] is sick and tired of his homemade root beer being flat. He analyzed the problem with his carbonation techniques and ended up with a method of force carbonating beverages using dry ice.

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Add the shallots and garlic and cook for one minute. Add the mussels and pour in the beer. Mix through, turn up the heat and put the lid on. Cook, shaking the pan every now and again until all the ...

During winter you can often find packs of mixed root vegetables in the supermarket (sometimes called casserole vegetables), which are good value and perfect for this recipe.