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Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> I feel like shit. I may have about ten minutes, here, before I have to go
> back to bed. Can't sleep, but don't have the energy to do anything else,
> either -- not even read. (And that just kills me.) So I've been flashing
> back to little home remedies from growing up in the 1950s...
>
> I think sometimes Mom would give me small amounts of what I remember as a
> weak solution of sugar in water. Ever heard of that?
>
> Burnt Toast: I distinctly remember Mom burning a slice of toast and
> scraping the ashes into a glass of water. I guess this was to settle a
> stomach (the charcoal or whateveer) -- probably more from acid upset than
> from feeling urpy.
>
> Liquid Jell-O. I guess that was a variant on sugar water; it's not like
> there was sugar-free Jell-0 in 1953.

Make some real chicken soup if you have the energy babe!
<hugs> and hoping you feel better.

As for mom-type recipes for being sick, my mom used to make a broth from
ground beef, chopped onions and chopped potatoes.

Hot toddies also made with ginger tea, lemon juice, honey and a shot of
dark rum.

I remember once when dad brought me a thermos of hot toddie after I'd
finished my last deep dive for my scuba class in the local lake. I took
the class in the late winter so the water at 60 feet was about 40
degrees.

I froze my ass off even in a full wetsuit that was double thickness over
the torso.

That toddy was most welcome and I'll never forget it. <g>
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