Comments on Suburb Sanity: Southern Remedies

Yikes, some of those remedies sound downright dang...

2009-12-28T21:44:16.444-05:00

Yikes, some of those remedies sound downright dangerous! My grandmother used to put meat tenderizer on bee stings...think it was basically MSG.

I remember my father gave me hot peppermint something for a cough....I also remember I threw it up right back into the cup.

Rofl. This sounds a lot like my father in law lol...

2009-12-17T08:45:40.715-05:00

Rofl. This sounds a lot like my father in law lol...my husband had "stuff hanging" from a cut on his wrist after playing outside with his brother. His dad tucked it back in, duct-taped it...and told him that he'd be ok. I guess he was right lol!

Yup - we gargled with salt water too. We also had...

2009-12-10T20:09:55.487-05:00

Yup - we gargled with salt water too. We also had to slam a shot of something that would knock me out cold.
But the best was sometimes we would get swimmers ear - where water would get trapped. She would mix 1 Tbl of rubbing alcohol and 1 Tbl of olive oil. Put it in our ear and wait for it to work. It ALWAYS worked. She used it anytime we had an ear issue.

My moter's remedy for anemia- fried liver. She sa...

2009-12-09T12:15:57.010-05:00

My moter's remedy for anemia- fried liver. She said she didn't want to make me slurp cod liver oil because it tasted so bad! Every week, fried liver for me and raw liver for the cat. Today, I'm a vegetarian... and the cat gets the raw liver!

Next time I need a cure for whatever's ailing me I...

2009-12-08T11:22:45.181-05:00

Next time I need a cure for whatever's ailing me I'll just have you ask your dad! You know, I gotta love anyone that uses Southern Comfort as a cure for anything:)

I'm a total believer in homeopathic and natural re...

2009-12-07T14:48:47.563-05:00

I'm a total believer in homeopathic and natural remedies...but those seem, well, painful. LOL

mmmm, home remedies...isn't there a cure for that?...

2009-12-07T02:00:34.985-05:00

mmmm, home remedies...isn't there a cure for that?
:)

My Louisiana grandfather insisted that the way to ...

2009-12-07T00:33:38.838-05:00

My Louisiana grandfather insisted that the way to gain immunity to poison sumac was to eat the berries of the bush. I admit I've never tested my immunity.

I followed you over from Joannas and she's right y...

2009-12-07T00:09:26.244-05:00

I followed you over from Joannas and she's right you do have a great blog :) I grew up in dirt, my kids are growing up in dirt...and let me tell you, we're all healthy.

Sounds like he would get along with my Dad----my f...

2009-12-06T23:02:17.228-05:00

Sounds like he would get along with my Dad----my father never took us to the doctor or dentist----and yes, I grew up in Texas. He still doesn't like to go to doctors....

I think Windex and Ginger Ale were mostly the cure...

2009-12-06T19:37:55.588-05:00

I think Windex and Ginger Ale were mostly the cure all from my parents. LOL great stuff !

LOL..oh my gosh!

2009-12-06T19:18:14.061-05:00

LOL..oh my gosh!

Oh man, you dad and his home remedies! OUCH!!! PS...

2009-12-06T19:07:50.687-05:00

Oh man, you dad and his home remedies! OUCH!!!

PS. Your feed wasn't coming through my reader. I just realized it and redid it. I hope that works. I've been missing so many of your posts. Now I'll be able to keep up better! :)

Your dad sounds like an interesting southern gentl...

2009-12-06T13:31:51.471-05:00

Your dad sounds like an interesting southern gentleman :-) Also a lot like the dad in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" -- you sure he never pulled out the Windex on you? lol

BWAHAHAHAHA. It's a wonder you're still alive! H...

2009-12-06T10:41:46.341-05:00

BWAHAHAHAHA. It's a wonder you're still alive!

Hrm...remedies. Grandma used to hoof it down to her sister's, near the Mexico border, and go across into Tijuana to pick up amoxycillin..."just in case." If we got a bee sting, it was meat tenderizer powder mixed with dirt and water. Oh, and Grandpa always told me to dip the kids' pacifiers in whiskey to get them

My MiL has remedies like that too and they never f...

2009-12-06T09:59:37.950-05:00

My MiL has remedies like that too and they never fail. When someone gets sick here, I call her first and then the doctor:-)

lol, I bet a lot of people do stuff like that. I'...

2009-12-06T09:04:13.520-05:00

lol, I bet a lot of people do stuff like that. I'm all for home remedies but as a germaphobe I couldn't do the dirt in the cut thing. Nope.

And the Southern Comfort? Isn't it funny how back then it was fine, but now a days that's considered crazy? lol. Actually, I bet that worked.

My dad liked to solve every problem with honey or ...

2009-12-06T07:53:32.865-05:00

My dad liked to solve every problem with honey or aspirin. BTW you don't just swallow the aspirin, he insists that you chew it or gargle with it.

This post reminded me of the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding with the windex. LOL

Man, your very own bottle of booze? That's some ...

2009-12-06T01:57:24.240-05:00

Man, your very own bottle of booze? That's some serious remedy! :) My grandma was from the south- scariest remedy I ever saw from her was antibiotics. She'd pick them up in Mexico when she visited her sister in CA, then pop those pills for a few days every time she got a cold. Can we say "Super-Bugs"? Mom made us promise never to take any medicine at Grandma's house :)

Ha ha! This is great! I didn't realize how "weir...

2009-12-05T20:54:25.985-05:00

Ha ha! This is great! I didn't realize how "weird" I was til I was 20 yrs old or so and moved waaay out there to California with all the real weirdos... They looked at me like I was from another planet...

Hmmm... What's a good 'un I can share...?

BACON! Raw bacon will draw out splinters. Just put a small piece of bacon over a splinter you can'

Well, I suppose a little Southern Comfort can be -...

2009-12-05T20:43:46.452-05:00

Well, I suppose a little Southern Comfort can be ---ah, rather comforting. (tee,hee)
I love Scarlett O'Hara --no wonder she was a tuff cookie.
the only "natural"remedy I remember really was my grandma making her homemade cough candies - something mixed with lots of cayenne pepper.

Funny you blogged about this. I was just telling ...

2009-12-05T18:14:07.406-05:00

Funny you blogged about this. I was just telling Nana the other day I wanted her to write down all those weird things they did when she was a kid in the 30's. In the south they do everything a little different.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a doc that looked like...

2009-12-05T17:46:33.015-05:00

Wouldn't it be nice to have a doc that looked like George Clooney. That would make getting sick worth it!

Your Dad's home remedies were tough!!! I never heart the whisky one! Phew!

My grandmother's home remedy for poison ivy was to dab Clorox Beach on it-- In my case, it was always on my face-- Which is why, I swear I've never had a pimple in my life :-)<

SoCo??? That must have been a FUN childhood! Ah ha...

2009-12-05T17:25:55.135-05:00

SoCo??? That must have been a FUN childhood! Ah ha ha. Your Dad sounds wicked awesome.

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2009-12-05T17:19:25.381-05:00

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I m a southerner, as well, so I have turned down a couple of interesting cures myself. Yours are some of the funniest I have heard, though. It made me think of the dad in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" who used Windex on everything.

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