Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!zador-anthony From: zador-anthony@cs.yale.edu (Tony Zador) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: What is Campari? (Was: Quinine) Keywords: quinine, amazonian forests Message-ID: <27966@cs.yale.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 04:29:01 GMT References: <71500@bu.edu.bu.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: systemsx-gw.cs.yale.edu Originator: zador@sunny.CS.Yale.Edu In article <71500@bu.edu.bu.edu> vida@bu-geo.tmc.edu (Vida Jakabhazy) writes: >drinks lots. I've always known that it contains quinine which is used to >cure malaria, however, I never knew where it came from. Flipped open the >handy-dandy dictionary and found: I dont have the answer to the original question, but I would like to know, What is Campari? The reason the question about quinine made me think of this is that I have heard that the special bitter taste comes from some south american bark like quinine. Any informed opinions? Tony Zador