I can’t believe it has been almost three weeks since I last posted. The combination of a baby who doesn’t sleep much, going back to work, and holiday preparation have severely limited my “spare” time.
I have this idea to publish a family cookbook, so Mom brought over some of Granny’s old books, including Rare Recipes and Budget Savers: As Compiled from the Columns of the Wichita Eagle’s HomeTown News.
I don’t know about you, but I think this sounds disgusting:
A very nice, cheap drink which may be made to take the place of lemonade, and be found fully as healthful, is made with one cupful of pure cider vinegar, half a cupful of good molasses, put into one quart pitcher of ice water. A tablespoon of ground ginger added makes a healthful beverage.
How about his one:
Good for Worms in Children–1/2 teaspoon sugar, 2 or 3 drops of turpentine or coal oil
An Old Indian Remedy for Lockjaw:
Take a plug of strong smoking tobacco, soak in hot water. Split it and bind on the pit of the patient’s stomach. This will make him sick at the stomach and the jaws will open. If need be, repeat the process next day, soaking the same tobacco and apply as before.
