The primary flavor found in any old-fashioned homemade root beer recipe is sassafras, a deciduous tree native to North America. The characteristic sweet flavor comes from the treeâs roots, thus giving us the name root beer. Incidentally, the treeâs leaves give us file powder which is the essential thickening agent in classic gumbo. Now of course, the primary flavor we associate with root beer is that of wintergreen, not of sassafras.
I was flipping through Rachel Pollack's 78 Degrees of Wisdom and she was comparing The Chariot (7) to Strength (8). She explains that The Chariot is 7 as that is the number of holes in the male body, and Strength is 8 as that is the number of holes in the female body (in both cases the nostrils count as only one hole).
MEN and women have 12 pairs of ribs (a few individuals have 13 or 11 pairs). The idea that men have fewer ribs than women is widespread but wrong, perhaps deriving from the biblical story of Eve being made from one of Adam's ribs. How many ribs do we have? Both men and women have 24 ribs, twelve on each side. Each rib is attached to a spinal bone (thoracic vertebra) in the back. The first seven pairs of ribs join the breastbone (sternum) in the center of the chest. The front ends of the eighth, ninth, and 10th pairs are connected to the ribs above them.