I cannot promise that this will cure your cold, but it sure tastes good....
Ukrainian Cough Medicine
2 cups vodka
2 lemons
2 whole heads garlic
1 cup honey
Squeeze the lemons, and put the juice (and pulp) into the vodka in a quart mason jar. Warm the honey up if it's not the liquid kind so it will dissolve readily in the vodka. Add to the vodka. Set aside. Break up the garlic heads into cloves, skin and mince the garlic. Add to the vodka. Put in a cool dark place and allow to meld for 1 week.
Dose: 1 tbsp.
(I have also used this as a marinade. Tastes not bad.)
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Cough, cough...
Yes, I am yet another victim of the whatever that's going around. Cough, cough, cough. It's getting tedious. I bought some cough syrup, but it isn't helping. Gah, I need relief!
I searched the internet for homemade cough remedies, and most seem to employ honey and/or lemon juice and/or garlic/ginger/freshly ground peppercorns. I have an old Ukranian remedy that calls for vodka, honey, lemon juice and vast quantities of garlic. I don't know if it really helps or not. It tastes delicious, even when I can't taste much else. It also causes a distinct garlicky odour problem after a few doses, right through the skin, and I really don't want to offend anyone.
A nurse told me to put Vick's Vapor rub on my feet every night (covering with socks to prevent staining of the sheets). It definitely helps when rubbed on the part of my chest not covered by mammary glands, and it helps keep the sinuses clear when rubbed on one's nose. I don't know about putting it on my feet. I tried it, and all I noticed was that my feet, and hence the rest of me, were very warm.
When I was a kid, Dad would give my brother and I a little tiny ball of eucalyptus ointment each to swallow when we had a cough. It was nasty, nasty stuff, kind of like eating really thick Buckley's. Well, I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Right now, I'm sipping on hot lemonade with honey. I took an antihistamine and some acetaminophen - that's my "generic" version of Neocitran. All I need to figure out now is something to loosen the congestion. Suggestions anyone?
I searched the internet for homemade cough remedies, and most seem to employ honey and/or lemon juice and/or garlic/ginger/freshly ground peppercorns. I have an old Ukranian remedy that calls for vodka, honey, lemon juice and vast quantities of garlic. I don't know if it really helps or not. It tastes delicious, even when I can't taste much else. It also causes a distinct garlicky odour problem after a few doses, right through the skin, and I really don't want to offend anyone.
A nurse told me to put Vick's Vapor rub on my feet every night (covering with socks to prevent staining of the sheets). It definitely helps when rubbed on the part of my chest not covered by mammary glands, and it helps keep the sinuses clear when rubbed on one's nose. I don't know about putting it on my feet. I tried it, and all I noticed was that my feet, and hence the rest of me, were very warm.
When I was a kid, Dad would give my brother and I a little tiny ball of eucalyptus ointment each to swallow when we had a cough. It was nasty, nasty stuff, kind of like eating really thick Buckley's. Well, I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Right now, I'm sipping on hot lemonade with honey. I took an antihistamine and some acetaminophen - that's my "generic" version of Neocitran. All I need to figure out now is something to loosen the congestion. Suggestions anyone?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Healthy Living
I just received the latest newsletter from Backyard Food Production, and if you don't already subscribe, I strongly recommend that you do so. The article is Part 1 on a series about health, and that it's more than just eating right. I recently subscribed to this newsletter and have found that it is a no-fluff resource that always gives me something solid to think about.
Anyway, just as a bit of a teaser, and so you know why I really like this newsletter, the focus on the series is that the foundation of good health is diet and exercise. Now, this is not "going on a diet", and "hitting the gym for a workout". This is a lifestyle choice that focuses on eating food that has not been stripped of its value by chemical farming and over-processing, and a physical approach to life that rejects sedentary pursuits punctuated by harmful "workouts" that abuse your body.
Marjory Wildraft and the Backyard Food Production Team mention two books that have actually helped them be healthier, one of which is available through their bookstore: Born to Run, and Pain Free
.
Anyway, just as a bit of a teaser, and so you know why I really like this newsletter, the focus on the series is that the foundation of good health is diet and exercise. Now, this is not "going on a diet", and "hitting the gym for a workout". This is a lifestyle choice that focuses on eating food that has not been stripped of its value by chemical farming and over-processing, and a physical approach to life that rejects sedentary pursuits punctuated by harmful "workouts" that abuse your body.
Marjory Wildraft and the Backyard Food Production Team mention two books that have actually helped them be healthier, one of which is available through their bookstore: Born to Run, and Pain Free
.
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