raptureready

My Grandpa had a tablespoon of whiskey every morning in a glass with a teaspoon of sugar, a shot of Real Lemon and a shot of water. He said it was his "Starter." He had one each night before bed too. He said that one was his "Quiter." LOL Grandpa didn't drink any more than that---two carefully measured tablespoons of whiskey a day. He lived to be 86 yrs old. Grandma ate her Cheerios with sweetened coffee on them. I tried it once but only that one time---gag! This thread jogged that memory. But it took me clear back to their old kitchen table and I could even smell the fire in the wood cook stove.

Ditter43

My Mamaw would crumble cornbread in the milk and save it to eat at bedtime. My Papaw was so funny, he knew a million jokes and would get tickled as he was telling them. They have both been gone for many years but I often think of them.

martha jo

During WWII cornbread with buttermilk was our supper many days. Yes, it brings back memories.

piepatch

I love everything mentioned here. Graham crackers and milk, soda crackers and milk, and cornbread crumbled up in buttermilk or "sweet milk". I even used to like dark karo mixed with butter on cornbread or biscuits when I was a kid. I seldom have any of these treats now, but reading all these posts makes me think I will sure have some soon.

Rhonda

My dad's dad liked to think of himself as a tea connossieur. He had quite a collection of differant teas and people would send him tea. I learned the differance between all the differant kinds of teas. He used to make me green tea every morning in a little aluminum tea pot that was shaped like a coffee pot. It had a metal "egg" that hung down in the center inside and had holes in it. That is where the tea leaves went. So I still drink alot of green tea hot. My grandma(Dad's mom) would fry eggs sunny side up and then put them on a plate. She then cut them into bite sized pieces and crumbled bread into that stirring it together. This was a common thing to do for little kids when my grandma was growing up. I still eat this from time to time for breakfast.

My Mom's dad always ate sugar on his cottage cheese and I cannot eat it any other way!! Everyone thinks I am crazy but it is really good!

cjomomma

Keep em coming. This very enjoyable for me to see so many common back ground and some I never heard of. Hum! Sugar on cottage cheese not that's one I never heard of.

piepatch

I am like Magdalena when it comes to graham crackers. I am addicted to them and don't buy them often. When I do buy them, I tell myself I will eat them in moderation, but it never, ever works! I can't seem to stay out of them.

Rhonda

Well graham crackers were invented to help the digestion so you are just doing something to help your body!! LOL rationalization works every time!! LOL

BarbaraTX

In the summer, my memere would tear up bread and put it in a bowl with blueberries and milk.

piepatch

This is off the subject a little, but I just remembered that my father in law used to put horehound candy in a jar and pour whiskey over it and let it "set". If I remember right, the whiskey would sort of melt the candy into a syrup that he used for cough medicine. I had never heard of horehound candy before I saw him do this. This is something I found online about horehound candy:

Once upon a time, candy was the way to treat sore throats and upset stomachs. Peppermint sticks and cough drops delivered a quick and easy dose for those who were feeling under the weather. Horehound candy is part of this primarily European tradition.

Horehound is a member of the mint family and was used to soothe sore throats, stimulate appetite, and as a relief for gas. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found horehound to be mostly ineffective, other countries have found horehound effective as an anti-inflammatory and for relief for bronchial complaints. Testing is being done in the U.S., France, and Germany to uncover all the possible purposes horehound may be hiding. Some studies are promising in showing that horehound may have medicinal properties.