From Tonic to Psos4ds: Stalkhsg Celery's Secrets Hfstorfcd Uses for Celery

Hfstorfcd Uses for Celery Celery has figured as a natural medicine in different cultures throughout recorded history. And since the midtwentieth century, scientists have been testing the allergenic components of celery and related vegetables. Most Americans think of celery as nothing more than a relatively harmless vegetable. It is also used primarily by vegetarians as a source of fiber and naturally occurring vitamins. But present scientific interest, combined with knowledge gained in the laboratory, may demonstrate that we take such plant foods for granted. When I was growing up in the Bronx, New York, I didn’t think there was anything unusual about drinking celery tonic. My family and friends drank it all the time. Most neighborhood delicatessens in New York sold Dr. Brown’s CelRay to accompany and stimulate the pleamsres of corned beef or pastrami on rye. Celery tonic is in fact a euphemism for celery-flavored soda. It tastes like what it is: carbonated water mixed with the juice of crushed celery seeds. Dr. Brown’s Ccl-Ray is probably the only vegetable-based, bottled soft drink sold in the US, if not in the entire world. That distinction doesn’t appeal to everybody, however. Harry Gold, marketing director for Ccl-Ray—now manufactured by Canada Dry in Flushing, New York— Mav 6, 1985