Comments on: Things Worth Knowing, 1911 (2)

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:37:26 +0000

Hey, I drank eggnog that way for breakfast when I was a teen. I don’t like plain milk and I don’t like eating breakfast, so an eggnog and a slice of cinnamon toast was my usual fair.

I’m also really in trouble: When is it possible to just sit down and read without lying down, or being mentally or physically exhausted, or by staying up too late at night reading by artificial light.

By: Chad Too

Chad Too — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:31:18 +0000

I can vouch for the barley tea. We used to drink the Japanese version (mugicha) chilled on hot days on the mission and it was always instantly refreshing. You had to get used to the taste, but it certainly did the trick.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:41:02 +0000

This summer I’ve been ripping out an old deck behind my house, and after a hot bruising day, I should slather my bruises in lard, drink barley water followed by milk with a raw egg to revive myself, throw salt water in my tired eyes that have been strained by going from the dark basement to the bright sunlight. With me so far? Then I need to pour turpentine over the burn I got from the chain saw that I used to cut up the four by four posts. Or was that a potato poultice?

Yeah, I don’t think my wife is going to let me sit down at the table like that to eat my salad of pitted cherries with walnuts in them, and cider vinegar dressing, until I’ve taken a bath in salt water.

Life must have been a lot harder in 1911. This makes me want to go lay down and read while resting.

I’ll echo the good wishes for tonight. I’d love to be there. I think you’ll do great.

By: SilverRain

SilverRain — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:43:47 +0000

“Avoid reading when lying down or on a moving car, or when mentally or physically exhausted.”

You might as well just kill me now, then.

Also . . . I have this great image of a girl applying all these various things at one time.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:05:34 +0000

Salt in almost everything. At least four out of the first five. And just how am I expected to prevent my plants from flowering in the summer?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:42:13 +0000

“A glass of milk to which has been added a raw egg, well beaten, a little sugar and nutmeg, will remove physical exhaustion in hot weather.”

I didn’t think eggnog; I thought Napoleon Dynamite (working at the chicken farm).

By: Researcher

Researcher — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:07:31 +0000

Starting to get stage fright? You’ll do great!

And, so my comment isn’t entirely a thread jack, I’ll say something about this post. : )

Cider vinegar is best for salads? Isn’t it a little strong for that? I like to use it in pulled pork, and for fruit fly traps.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:42:28 +0000

Generally, it’s a towel like the ones you’re familiar with — terry cloth. At the time this advice was written, the usual towels were woven (huck towels or crash cloth). They were absorbent because they were linen or cotton, but they were thin and rough in comparison to the thick, soft terry cloth we generally use now. (I collect antique textiles and have a few high-end old towels that women put in their hope chests and never used. They *look* nicer than terry, but man, I’d rather use a terry towel any day.)

Thanks for the good wishes for tonight, Cliff. As much as I’m normally an exhibitionist and a ham, I’m starting to get stage fright for this one.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:30:56 +0000

What is a turkish towel? BTW Break a leg, or whatever you say to someone speaking in public, tonight Ardis! Wish I could be there.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:48:10 +0000

Eggnog! It’s how we (my mother, at least) used to make it, before everybody learned to be so afraid of raw eggs.