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Birmingham News ^ | 6/20/2002 | Tom Gordon

[ArcLight]

The beverage is commonly called Many Weed Tea.

But its main ingredient is dried cow manure.

The mere thought of a tea made from cow chips collected in a pasture might repel those accustomed to reaching for the Robitussin on a drugstore shelf. But in Surles' home county of Lowndes, elsewhere in the Black Belt, and even in Birmingham, people her age and some much younger have consumed the tea by the cupful and claim that it put their colds and fever to flight.

[ArcLight]

No offense, y'all, but this is one shit-tea story...!

[ozzymandus]

Well, that explains a lot about our Brit friends.

[stanz]

Fish and chips O.K.....but crumpets and chips, I don't think so.

[ElkGroveDan]

Veteran state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma, whose mother served it to him when he was a boy in Baldwin County: "It often tasted different, depending on what the cow had been eating. I can't recall a time it not working."

Now that's the cruelest cut.

[dighton]

Best Coffee Made from Monkey Poo: Crappucino

[Dialup Llama]

>The beverage is commonly called Many Weed Tea.

I thought Old Toby was the best weed in the South Farthing.

[A. Patriot]

Well, that explains a lot about our Brit friends.

I think it's Birmingham, Alabama

[Texaggie79]

ping

[Texaggie79]

Yup, us Alabamians love our "shit-tea"

[shadowman99]

I don't believe it. These guys are full of shit.

[another cricket]

I think I would rather have a cold.

a.cricket

[SandfleaCSC]

Mmmmmm...another culinary delight from the folks who brought you blood pudding and spotted dick.

[ozzymandus]

Duh, oops! Well, then it explains a lot about our SOUTHERN friends.