Mysterious Herb

Quick – what tastes like a cross between root beer and thickly medicinal licorice?

It’s my mysterious herb, that I can’t quite decide whether I wish to despise it or lay down my life in its cause.

For those of you who began reading this post thinking I was going to write something about an enigmatic fellow name of Herbert, well, I am. Herb’s last name is of Spanish derivation: zarzaparrilla (yes, that’s right, roll those rrrrs and go heavy on the y-sound at the end). But, truth be told, he goes by the nom de guerre of

S a r s a p a r i l l a !

No, sarsaparilla doesn’t make you drunk. I don’t drink and blog. But I am high on life!