> You know, I'm curious. All of this toing and froing about soft drinks, and I have one question. What is root beer?
>
> ding"I've heard of it but that's as far as it goes"dong

Maybe they call it sarsaparilla down there. Then again...uh, maybe they don't.

Anyway, here's a link to a page describing what root beer's made of.

-- codeman"I only know the term 'sarsaparilla' because it's a spelling bee word"38