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		MisterBastahrd on July 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cronk: Long-lost beverage resurrected after 120 ye... ? Ground sassafras leaf has been eaten for hundreds of years by people in Louisiana. It's literally the file' in file gumbo.

pengaru on July 5, 2020 [–]

The leaves don't contain detectable levels of safrole. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumbo_fil%C3%A9#Health_concern...

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