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Sarsaparilla

Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
edited March 2010 in Chit chat
Anyone know where I can get some? It was very easy to find in London as it's a carabien drink, but up here in North Yorkshire it's like gold dust. I've searched all over the place and I've even lookded around York and Leeds, but nothing :( I've even looked on the big supermarket websites, but they don't list it. (I never checked Tesco's as they want me to regester first and I'm not doing that just to find that they don't stock it either!)

A quick Google search shows that it's also popular in China, but is called "Sarsi" over there. A quick visit to my local Chinese supermarket proved flat too :( But, I did discover the wonders of Wasabi Peas :)
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  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2010
    Is this Root beer like they used to sell in McDonalds?
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited March 2010
    If it's the stuff I'm thinking of it tastes like Dandelion and Burdock.
    Every night is curry night!
  • grey keygrey key
    edited March 2010
    I have heard it called Sarsasperella as well, perhaps a search on that may yield results. It used to be very popular up North when my mother was young, about 80 years ago.
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • 1980-20..1980-20..
    edited March 2010
    Is this the same stuff as Sasparella.
  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2010
    Dandelion and Burdock drink is made from the roots of these plants, I saw that Hugh "I'll eat anything" floppy wotsit make it on one of his shows.
    Just wondering if its the same thing.
  • grey keygrey key
    edited March 2010
    It sure aint the same as Barbarella, although they both taste like soap........
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • joefishjoefish
    edited March 2010
    Wasabi peas are nice, but try ASDA. They do a bag called 'Wasabi Mix' that has peas, peanuts, and chilli rice crackers all mixed together.

    As for sarsaparilla, try searching online for sarsaparilla cordial instead.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2010
    It looks like it was something to do with the Temperance movement, have a look here:

    http://www.sarsaparilla.co.uk/

    Seems like you can get it delivered.
    Site also mentions Vimto, what does this stuff taste like BB?
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited March 2010
    Toothpaste.
  • fogfog
    edited March 2010
    Spex wrote: »
    It looks like it was something to do with the Temperance movement, have a look here:

    yer they had pubs that didn't sell booze :) was on tv about 1-3 years ago I guess..

    it's gettable , sourcing it is the matter though. e.g. I get tiffen from ireland :)

    http://www.baldwins.co.uk/Miscellaneous/Pulsin%27/Miscellaneous-Items/Baldwins-Sarsaparilla-Drink/11338/618

    tesco do sell it, I have seen it.. I remember it from the burgundy label.


    http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081215024420AAf8Y2i

    mawsons is the other one mentioned.

    OR if you have access to a cash / carry e.g. macro or best buy that would be good also =)
  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2010
    Pubs that don't sell booze? That's a bit rubbish!

    The McD root beer used to taste a bit like something a Dentist would use.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited March 2010
    I always used to think of Germoline.
    Every night is curry night!
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited March 2010
    It sometimes can taste a little bit like D&B, but normally has a taste of it's own. There used to be a market stall down "The Lane" when I was a kid that sold it hot during the winter and ice cold during the summer (they even had a huge block of ice hanging above the mix, dripping into it all day long. Probably could't get away with that these days) and it was sold in pints of halfs.

    One site that I looked at said that it's also very popular "down under" and they say that most pubs sell it. If pubs here sold it, I can honestly say that I'd never drink beer again :D

    I found a couple of close-ish stockists and I'll have a nosey if I pass them, but that brand seems to be very expensive. I could get 2L of it for about ?3 in London, but these are ?4 for half a litre. Oh well, it'll be better than nothing ;)
  • milemile
    edited March 2010
    is this a coens brother film now?
  • Matty JetmanMatty Jetman
    edited March 2010
    Tesco's in Sutton Coldfield sells it...

    Adios,
    Matt
  • gasmangasman
    edited March 2010
    So, basically, you want someone to show you the way to Sarsaparilla?

    *runs*
  • ÆlitaÆlita
    edited March 2010
    I'm no fan of Musicals, but in Calamity Jane, she says "Make mine a sasparilla'..always stuck with me. Anyhoo, I've had a can of the stuff I remember, but it was just fake juice...a bit like Barr's Cherryade I am drinking now.
    I stole it off a space ship.
  • fogfog
    edited March 2010
    gasman wrote: »
    So, basically, you want someone to show you the way to Sarsaparilla?

    *runs*

    *waves fist in the air* and makes the WHY YOU LITTLE ggrrr look :)
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2010
    I used to hear 'Zarzaparrilla' (spanish for sarsaparilla) in old western films, where hard guys got in the saloon and ask for one. That's the reason I've always supposed it's a very hard drink, like tequila or bourbon, only for rude men...

    ... but I've come across 'sarsaparrilla' in some tea or medicinal shops. It seems it cures headaches, helps kidneys to expel water from the body, helps to lose weight...

    I can't imagine John Wayne drinking sarsaparrilla to lose weight... :lol:
  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited March 2010
    The smurfs like it too, you better contact them.
  • alanspecalanspec
    edited March 2010
    Logs.
    "I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
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