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/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/mellow0324 14h ago

Add steaming hot water to that mix and you have a drink called hot toddy. I swear by it in the winter for colds, sore throats, headaches, etc.

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u/FreddyNoodles 12h ago

They are excellent. I introduced my Swedish bf to them when he got a really nasty flu one year while we were in Stockholm. He started drinking them just for enjoyment in the winter. They really do help, imo.

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u/Powerful_Frame_4239 10h ago

My husband gives these the unappetising name of “homemade lemsip”

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u/Difficult_Ask_1686 9h ago

I’m happy it helps. He probably feels no pain all winter.