Talk:Smilax ornata

message: The article mentions that sarsaparilla is no longer popular as a tonic because of its now known health risks. What health risks are those? Neither the article nor the annotation on that line clarifies the discovered risks. Please add more info.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.198.235 (talk) 19:14, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adverse health risks? 

message: Shouldn't there be a line about the Smurfs and their fictional consumption of Sarsaparilla leaves?
*I assume you're being facetious
*Why not? I think it is indeed worth mentioning in a "trivia" section.
Might as well put in a reference to the big lebowski if you're gonna put in a trivia section.    The cowboy/narrator asking for Sarsaparilla is a commonly quoted line from the film
**Last I heard, Wikipedia guidelines frowned quite furiously on Trivia sections in articles.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.191.57.254 (talk) 07:13, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Smurfs 

message: Canned some possible spam (Check the appropriate diff) about Fitzpatricks.  If I'm being stupid, just revert. 
-- N3X15 08:07, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

message: This article seems to be for both sarsaparilla and sasparilla.  I know there is a tree called sasparilla, which this article mentions.  Yet the entry for sasparilla re-directs here.  I am also confused whether or not the drink "sasparilla" is called such because it uses the bark or root of the sasparilla tree, or if they indeed use the sarsaparilla vine.  I thought it was the former, but perhaps it is the latter.  I'm not sure.  In any case, the word sasparilla should direct to the actual sasparilla tree entry, not the one for the sarsaparilla vine.  The sasparilla tree could have a link back to this page, perhaps.  147.155.2.163 04:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tree or Vine? 

message: The majority of this article appears to be verbatim text from a book; while it is attributed I'm not seeing any assertion that the copyright holder has granted Wikipedia rights to use it, nor any fair-use rationale. Either way, I think this requires an explanation  and even if there is no copyright violation, the article needs extensive cleanup and wikification. I know nothing about the subject, so I'll leave it to others.
:To be on the safe side, I've removed the apparent copyvio text from the article, for the reasons stated above. Smalljim 07:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright vio? 

message: sorry for the hack up.... didn't know how to make the layout because I'm new. But did find some stuff out with sources.RYNORT 08:28, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what the Sandbox is for... Pierce Phillips (talk) 23:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: sorry

message: What is the flavor of the root, as found in the soft drink called sarsaparilla? Badagnani (talk) 00:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nooooooo.... What we call "root beer" is flavored with Sassafras, whereas "sarsaparilla" (or "sasaparilla") is flavored with sarsaparilla. The two articles just demonstrate the modern confusion between the two. They are distinctly different, and not at all interchangeable. Sarsaparilla is NOT root beer. Fuzzform (talk) 08:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is only in modern times that pseudo-sarsaparilla is no longer flavored with actual sarsaparilla. I'm aghast at the state this article is in... Root beer = sassafras, sarsaparilla = sarsaparilla! Fuzzform (talk) 08:50, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Drinking a "Big Sars" Sarsaparilla drink- brand Kirks- right now. Tastes like a Sweet Licorice/ Ginger drink, however no mention of Sarsaparilla anywhere in the ingredients.--220.253.82.103 (talk) 06:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Soft drink

message: First of all, you can't state that something either cures or treats something without medical evidence that it's true.  You need to be careful to state that it was used to treat that because they THOUGHT it treated it, but not state that it actually worked without modern medical evidence.  Second of all, you need more reliable sources than a random website on herbs. Nathan J. Yoder (talk) 21:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical use as medical treatment 

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thread_title: [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging

message: There's tons of info on sarsaparilla here: http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/sarsapar.htm  
Also, why is it no longer an ingredient in root beer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.77.255 (talk) 22:31, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article too short. 

message: See above section "Soft drink". The two are not the same. They use completely different flavorings.Fuzzform (talk) 08:47, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: While true it is sometimes used as a secondary ingredient in root beer, depending on the recipe. Livingston 19:47, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sarsaparilla is not "root beer"! 

message: Why is this listed under the Soft Drinks WikiProject yet the article makes no mention of the soft drink? Livingston 19:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soft Drink Part 2 

message: This is not an article or even a stub. Did someone vandalise it? Spanglej (talk) 22:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not an article 

message: It's been a while since I read Faulkner, but as I recall it Sarsaparilla was the favorite beverage of a lot of the younger characters in Faulkner's novels as well. This could/should be included in the popular culture section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.178.153 (talk) 14:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sarsparilla in Faulkner 

message: I have a few comments about this page.
# In Australia where I was born and have lived my entire life, sarsaparilla is avalible in most shops (coner stores,  IGA's, news agencies, petrol stations, some if not most bars, pubs and clubs) not just big chains like coles and woolworths and always has been. 
# Also there are many brands that produce sarsaparilla like Golden Circle, Cascade,Bickfords, Bunderburg, P&N and quite a few others.
#No Australlian produced sarsaparilla is called root beer that is an entirely diffrent drink. Root beer is a sweeter form of Ginger beer which is not very popular here. (Ginger is a root hence why it is called a root beer, while Sarsaparilla is a drupe like a peach).
Please fix this article and add more info like history where it was created by whome etc. ~ Awar (talk) 12:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To any Australian users, could you inform if australian sarsaparilla is made from the berries or the root?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.28.59 (talk) 03:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Get Your Facts Rights!

message: We talked about sarsaparilla soft drinks at some length in the agriculture department and after looking into it, we could find no evidence that supports the assertion that "Sarsaparilla was a popular drink in the Old West (1820-1890s)." Most manufacturers in the 19th century were actually on the East Coast (U.S.) and Southeastern United States, although one can assume it was shipped or produced in the West, as well. We came to the unsupported conclusion that children's western film serials in the 40's and 50's and Yosemite Sam's well known catch phrase "gimme a sasparilly and make it snappy!" contributed to the unverifiable assumption that it was more popular in the Old West than in other parts of the U.S.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowpunk123 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Stranger: Say, friend - you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?
I'm removing it. Someone can revert if they have a real citation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troymc (talk • contribs) 19:17, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

text: The pronunciation is dialect?  It's a pretty big dialect!  As I noted on the talk page for "Sarsaparilla," that's how it's pronounced even by rhotic speakers (those who put in preconsonantal and final r's).  It's like "ass" instead of "arse."  Kostaki mou (talk) 14:54, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Old West". Really? 

message: In the event that this is of any use to whoever maintains this page, sarsaparilla drink has been gaining popularity in Indonesia over the 11 years I've lived here.  Initially, I was only able to find root beer but now, actually, it's just as easy for me to get sarsaparilla.  Just before Christmas 2012, I was able to find A&W, Naraya, and Bickford's, too, although the latter is too expensive for the average consumer (and too sour for my taste).  As I recall, F&N also produces this drink.  I've seen it in Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya and Purwokerto, for example (all on the island of Java).  Interestingly, where I live now (Purwokerto), it's easier to find sarsaparilla in the stores than real root beer.  Out of the 4 brands I found (the 3 above plus one other), only one had root beer and the others offered sarsaparilla.ReveurGAM (talk) 08:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beverage Distribution