Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla (IPA: /ˌsæspəˈɹɪlə/) (Smilax regelii and other closely related species of Smilax) is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems; it is native to tropical America and the West Indies. Its name (which is zarzaparrilla in Spanish) comes from the Spanish words zarza for "shrub" and parrilla for "little grape vine."[1]
Usage
The primary uses of sarsaparilla include the flavouring of beverages, and folk medicine. As a medicinal product sarsaparilla is supposedly a blood purifier and aid to detox and a general pep agent that is traditionally used in cordials and tonics to invigorate and cleanse the body.
In popular culture
- In The Smurfs comic strip, the Smurfs' preferred food is sarsaparilla leaves.
- In the animated series Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, a special recipe sarsaparilla is the most popular beverage served at the Tumble Weed Saloon.
- In a later scene in the motion picture The Big Lebowski, the "Stranger" asks the bartender if he has a good sarsaparilla.
- In Meet the Robinsons, the old man uses it as an exclamation upon receiving his teeth.
- The installment of School House Rock that deals with pronouns has a character named Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.
- In Mcfly's Song Don't Wake Me Up. "My Sky Has Turned Vanilla, Like Sugar Sarsaparilla."
- In Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series), episode 94 Wild Wild Witch, rule 143 in the town is "No sarsaparilla, ever."
See also
- Aralia nudicaulis, false sarsaparilla
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