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...oh dear dowsa...shoulda mentioned it was 'cyber-space' soup du jour...blast it all...sorry 'bout the blandness buddy...been trying to get this teleportation device hopping but I keep finding my victims..er..I mean 'subjects' away out in the woods or down on the beach..can't seem to launch anything over the Arctic Circle quite yet!!! And when I tried to send the soup well..a bunch of Herring Gulls were all over it at the end of our street going.."mine-mine-mine-mine"..gads what a racket!!! Soup everywhere man! what a connundrum dowsa!! LOL

Commented 11 years ago

dowsa

LINDA ! your one big "Laugh you could make a "mental person feel "Sane like "ME" lol keep it coming "GIRL "OH PS. Not the "Soup !!!

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bustieone

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Best answer!

My great-grandma, who lived to 90, dying in 1974, used to have a little pan of onions and honey on the top of her wood stove all winter! When anyone on the farm felt a cold coming on, they would take a tablespoon of it, and continue until symptoms went away. She would add to the pot as needed. They used this, no cough syrup, but maybe some asprins also. I think it is an old Yankee remedy.

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dowsa

That sounds very good my dear friend thank you .

commented 11 years ago

bustieone

actually it did not taste bad, the honey and onions melted into a syrup, since the onions did not scald, they were not bitter but sweet.

commented 11 years ago

This was our first onions and honey suggestion so I've blasted yours to the top on this one oh bustieone!!
Stick around...I may need more recipes!! LOL Peace buddy! ;D

commented 11 years ago

bustieone

thanks Lindy, but credit goes to great-gram, she was amazing, a temperance-marcher, she learned to appreciate Brandy later in life (for her heart!)

commented 11 years ago

Here's to Great Gran then...but my shot of brandy will have to wait as I plan on beginning drinking booze again on my 80th birthday!! A ways off!! LOL ;)

commented 11 years ago

take one 500mg tablet of Vit C --- 3 or 4 X per day .

commented 11 years ago

itsmee

dowsa & bustione: You two look like you might be distant relatives. I love your little pink faces and matching glasses. Ok, I've got the onions and honey bubbling away. Good health allllll winter. : )

commented 11 years ago

ROMOS

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Bed, water, bed , water, bed, bed,bed,bed,bed.

Oh and a wee bit chicken broth if you feel like it.

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ROMOS

Then bed until you can stand on your own.

commented 11 years ago

dowsa

Thanks ROY. "stand on my own ? nae chance pal "Wife waiting at the bottom of the bed "Shouting ready tae get up !! "Hoover by her side!!

commented 11 years ago

Yes...my dad used to say the best place for you when you're sick is bed .

commented 11 years ago

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A nice hot toddy will cure what ails

our sweet Dowsa. Hope your feeling

better. :)

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ROMOS

I've had the flu twice in my life,if only I could have kept a toddy down, it did help me to sleep when I was feeling a wee bit better though.

commented 11 years ago

I know...if there is vomiting you can't stomach it but at the first signs, it can ward it off...lol. ;)

commented 11 years ago

...depends who is doing the vomiting I s'pose....(blink)
;D

commented 11 years ago

Well, let's hope too many toddies aren't the cause.

commented 11 years ago

dowsa

Thanks DARD, Girl. feeling a lot better until "Josie walked in the bedroom with a list "THINGS TO DO !!.I am going into town "REST I "Cried thought she meant "R I P "OH it was a shopping list "PHEW !!

commented 11 years ago

Ha ha ha...if Dowse is back on the shopping trip rounds, he's feeling spritely gain! ((hugs)) :)

commented 11 years ago

My mom used to call a hot toddy a " Whiskey Sling " That was a last resort.

commented 11 years ago

doolittle

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zinc lozenges, lots of fluids (including hot toddys when able to keep it down), ibuprofen (for fever and muscle aches), french onion soup (when able to keep food 'down', low lights (if your eyes hurt), cuddle with a pet, lots of sleep. FEEL BETTER REALLY SOON DOWSA!!!!!!!!!

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dowsa

"GEE THANKS DOC DOO.The only pet I can cuddle is my "wife`s slippers ,cat slippers "OH dont fancy the "smell Hee Hee feeling better already take care my dear friend.

commented 11 years ago

sunnyshyne19972

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Have plenty of chicken soup.

11 years ago. Rating: 5
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That's what I think too!!!! ;)

commented 11 years ago

dowsa

I am "Bloody sick of "Chicken soup .Only kidding my dear friend Sunnyyshyne 199 "That name makes me feel better its "SUNSHINE" I need .

commented 11 years ago

Me three...I need more sunnyshynes too dowsa..and I'm glad yer alright!! big smiles ;)

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