tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post2240907298345727666..comments2024-03-15T10:40:20.085-04:00Comments on LAWN TEA: SNAKE IN THE GLASSRachelDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-36201748399931729012010-11-04T01:04:38.042-04:002010-11-04T01:04:38.042-04:00hot chicken soup w all the tobasco you can stand, ...hot chicken soup w all the tobasco you can stand, and a humidifier. But really, if it lingers, try the Dr.Kouign Amannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-73100302327183604042010-11-02T12:24:42.835-04:002010-11-02T12:24:42.835-04:00I remember clearly how my Dad would try to find so...I remember clearly how my Dad would try to find someone to go to the ABC store and buy him a bottle of whiskey. He did not want to be seen there...being a deacon in the Baptist Church and all. It stayed on the top shelf behind where the cabinet meets the wall. That bottle must have stayed there for 10 years or so. But, it was THE cough remedy...along with the honey and lemon. Hated it! There is none of the stuff I like the taste of! Because it all smells like medicine to me! Oh! and he and Mother believed in a good dose of Paregoric, too. Do you know what that is? It is even more vile thatn whiskey! Get it only by prescription, but they always had a bottle. I remember telling them many times..."When I get grown, I won't ever abuse my kids by makeing them drink devil juice!" And, I never did!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-66358972548876376412010-10-31T01:34:24.117-04:002010-10-31T01:34:24.117-04:00Hi Rachel, a cute story but a cough is so annoying...Hi Rachel, a cute story but a cough is so annoying and it causes sleepless nights. I have never tried the recipe from your FIL. After reading this I never will. HA! I hope your cough is improved at least.<br /><br />Be well mu friend.<br />Warm feel better wishes.<br />JeanneJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496069719875179788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-2943352928924601852010-10-30T17:46:03.406-04:002010-10-30T17:46:03.406-04:00I, too, being a born-and-bred southern belle canno...I, too, being a born-and-bred southern belle cannot tolerate even the SMELL of whiskey or bourbon (am I being redundant?), or anything resembling liquor. <br /><br />I always loved the sound of the words "Mint Julep" and the images they brought to mind ... of verandahs, and magnolias in the moonlight, and all things southern. I was served one once in Augusta, Georgia, in tall silver glasses, with silver straws! It looked so elegant and romantic, but I couldn't get it past my nose. Just the FUMES took my breath away and made me swimmy-headed, so I just sat and politely stirred mine with the elegant silver straw and hoped that no one would notice that I wasn't drinking it.<br /><br />Just another thing we have in common, Rachel. I'll take Vicks over whiskey any old day!Southern Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-61445140942074854882010-10-30T00:00:26.707-04:002010-10-30T00:00:26.707-04:00I'm sorry you are still coughing, my dear. It...I'm sorry you are still coughing, my dear. It sounds just like last year.<br /><br />I, like Keetha, feel that I should turn in my GRITS card - I cannot tolerate any of the dark liquors - not even communion sherry!Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-60623397740582828272010-10-29T18:18:09.942-04:002010-10-29T18:18:09.942-04:00My Dad (born in 1899) was raised on a "dollop...My Dad (born in 1899) was raised on a "dollop" of sugar with a couple of drops of kerosene. This did not go down well for the younger generation (me) and it was spewed all over my mother's kitchen...much to her horror. I surely remember the flannel cloth with the Vicks on the chest...Hated that too!Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292354710015395886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-75639324487953516762010-10-29T16:28:00.339-04:002010-10-29T16:28:00.339-04:00Now that was not a good thing lolNow that was not a good thing lolPatsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862394699499538591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-41113627098324349572010-10-29T15:30:58.812-04:002010-10-29T15:30:58.812-04:00I make a lovely turkey broth with a LOT of garlic ...I make a lovely turkey broth with a LOT of garlic and bit of ginger, add a squirt of lemon to each mug full when it's served, followed by cuddles in bed and lots of well sugared Constant Comment tea-that's my go cure to for Kiddle.<br />Really, you're just opening up the larynx, throat and bronchi with the steamy soup and the garlic, ginger and lemon warm the chest and throat. The sugared tea is more steam therapy and warmth in the chest, along with sugary slipperiness that makes any cough slip and slide into oblivion. The cuddles are soothing, it's no fun being out of sorts! That's my go to cure for Kiddle's coughs and colds- maybe you could try your own version?Cape Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304856888463799939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-25913540965167046492010-10-29T15:25:33.940-04:002010-10-29T15:25:33.940-04:00Like you, I always always hear that whiskey and th...Like you, I always always hear that whiskey and this or whiskey and that is the best cure for a cough. Also like you, I have trouble getting whiskey down. <br /><br />It made me question my southern-womanhood, you know, not liking bourbon. Now I feel better, knowing you don't care for it, either!Keethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391755322320140235noreply@blogger.com