A.G. Barr Dandelion & Burdock – “Traditional Soft Drink”
April 19, 2004
Apparently the mixing of dandelion root and burdock has something of a ‘traditional’ place in Europe and England. Like many old and questionably beneficial archaic habits, the herb-n-health nuts have recently adopted it (I wish they would endorse mercury pills again). Perhaps unrelated to that gang and their whims, this combination of weeds has also been available as a soda flavoring for some years.
Interesting notes from Wikipedia:
“The name dandelion is a corruption of the Old French, dent-de-lion, literally “lion’s tooth” on account of the sharply lobed leaves of the plant.”
And:
“It should be noted that uncooked, the dandelion has a diuretic effect and is known in France as pissenlit (literally, “wet the bed”) for precisely this reason.”
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i found some photos of people getting reading to
drink this delicious and refreshing soda:
“reading”? “riding”?
What?
Yes – both of those poeple are going to the wet-the-bed stand.