r/mildlyinfuriating • u/marcus_dobre_lover • 18h ago

I just wanted a hot dog Mom bought 150 lemons.

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She randomly comes back with a butt load of food items once in a while

Any lemon recipe suggestions

\she’s 44, for people asking her age\.

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u/Everything_you 15h ago

Yeah- like why 🤔

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u/bellegroves 15h ago

I would also like to know why. Home reme-don't.

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u/Beautiful_Lie629 14h ago

My grandmother made homemade cough syrup by mixing 1/3 lemon juice, 1/3 honey, and 1/3 whisky. My mother told me that it worked well! A sleep aid for the kids too! This was around 1930, I suppose they were lucky they weren't given over-the-counter opioids.

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u/michaelyup 14h ago

That’s a Hot Toddy. Good for what ails ya! Just repeat until you feel no pain.

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u/alady12 9h ago

You are still sick, but you don't care.

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u/floorplanner2 3h ago

When my mom was little, she was given Hot Toddies by her German mother. This was in the '30s-'40s and she remembered never really caring that she was sick. She grew up to be a non-drinker, surprisingly enough.