Sarsaparilla

A sweet drink flavored by a product found in the roots of plants. As it is non-alcoholic, TP and Benjy do not actually become drunk off of sarsaparilla. The two drink some form of alcohol which TP mistakenly names “sassprilluh”.

//“Come on, les drink some more sassprilluh, then we can come back if you hush. We better get one more bottle or we both be hollering. We can say Dan drunk it. Mr Quentin always saying he so smart, we can say he sassprilluh dog, too”// ( TSAF 39).

A label for a bottle of Sarsaparilla, circa 1930s.