HERB - Feverfew & bitter tonics

mermayde@juno.com mermayde at juno.com
Tue Feb 9 14:03:11 PST 1999


>>I have never eaten it, but I was having a discussion with a
>>customer at the health food store I work in regarding the benefits 
>of
>>bitter herbs.
>
>Do we have any discussions of the creation of bitters in particular
>other than those included in works of plant authors? What I'm
>thinking of here in particular is a period cookbook or recipe book 
>for
>drinks that discusses the makings of bitter tonics. There are
>plenty of references in herbals and such about stimulating bile
>production and the appetite, but do we have any very specific recipes
>that say "take a handful of this and a handful of that other thing
>over there, make sure a virgin touches it, dance a little dance,
>and pray"? (That last part was meant to make everyone smile.)
>
>Jasmine "Migraine Sufferer in the Extreme" de Cordoba
>jasmine at infoengine.com


I would like to know about the origins of the product called "Swedish
Bitters".  Angostura bitters is probably the name of the bar that
invented it, or maybe the charlatan that sold it as a cure-all tonic? 
Anybody know more about these brands?
Christianna
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