Comments on: How to (Maybe) Cure a Lima Chest Cold http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/ slices of my life in Peru Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Barbara http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Barbara Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:26 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-1536 Hey, Margaret. Nice to hear from you. Those mustard plasters do sound nasty. I guess El Fotografo was lucky that I never found the ground mustard here in Lima. :) Hey, Margaret. Nice to hear from you.

Those mustard plasters do sound nasty. I guess El Fotografo was lucky that I never found the ground mustard here in Lima. :)

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Margaret Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:14:04 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-1518 Mustard plasters! UGGH! My mother used to torture us with them as children (in the US)... they burn like hell and leave a big red patch where the cloth lay on your chest. We used to lie and say we felt better just to get her to take the damn things away! Mustard plasters! UGGH! My mother used to torture us with them as children (in the US)… they burn like hell and leave a big red patch where the cloth lay on your chest. We used to lie and say we felt better just to get her to take the damn things away!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Barb Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:01:32 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-565 Cecilia, I googled "caspiroleta" and came up with some recipes. The ingredents are (in Spanish): INGREDIENTES: - 1/2 taza de leche - Dos cucharaditas de azucar - Una cucharadita de vainilla en escencia - Una rajita de canela - Un huevo - Una copa de cogñac o aguardiente - Ralladura de nuez moscada - Canela en polvo. This recipe is from Gastronomia Peru: http://www.gastronomiaperu.com/recetas.de.cocina/receta.php?d=2259 I think I do know this recipe. When El Fotografo was sick with his grippe, his older brother, El Filosofo, came to our house and prepared something with an egg and milk and brandy and made EF drink it. El Filosofo said their mother used to make it for them when they were sick. El Fotografo got tipsy drinking the concoction and climbed into bed. He was snoring five minutes later. It didn't cure the grippe but it did give him a good night's sleep. :) Cecilia, I googled “caspiroleta” and came up with some recipes. The ingredents are (in Spanish):
INGREDIENTES:
- 1/2 taza de leche
- Dos cucharaditas de azucar
- Una cucharadita de vainilla en escencia
- Una rajita de canela
- Un huevo
- Una copa de cogñac o aguardiente
- Ralladura de nuez moscada
- Canela en polvo.

This recipe is from Gastronomia Peru:
http://www.gastronomiaperu.com/recetas.de.cocina/receta.php?d=2259

I think I do know this recipe. When El Fotografo was sick with his grippe, his older brother, El Filosofo, came to our house and prepared something with an egg and milk and brandy and made EF drink it. El Filosofo said their mother used to make it for them when they were sick.

El Fotografo got tipsy drinking the concoction and climbed into bed. He was snoring five minutes later. It didn’t cure the grippe but it did give him a good night’s sleep. :)

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Cecilia Jakubowycz Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:45:40 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-562 Have you ever tried a drink called caspiroleta? You are suppossed to drink it in bed right before you go to sleep. I don't know the exact ingredients but I'm sure if you ask around you will get them, my grandmother used to prepare it for us. Have you ever tried a drink called caspiroleta?
You are suppossed to drink it in bed right before you go to sleep. I don’t know the exact ingredients but I’m sure if you ask around you will get them, my grandmother used to prepare it for us.

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Barb Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:05:54 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-335 Stuart, what is Camu Camu? Stuart, what is Camu Camu?

]]> By: Stuart http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Stuart Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:24:25 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-333 Why would you want vitamin C pills when you can buy Camu Camu extract from a health shop? Why would you want vitamin C pills when you can buy Camu Camu extract from a health shop?

]]> By: Ricardo http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Ricardo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:20:00 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-308 Try smelling cloves... Try smelling cloves…

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Barb Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:43:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-304 Melissa, I am envious that you can buy Emergen-C. It is great, as you say, for warding off colds. I used it for years in the U.S. Ughh. Can't buy Emergenc-C in Lima (surprise, surprise). You can't even buy decent doses of vitamin C. They sell these lousy synthetic vitamins, at low dosages, for 60 soles para 30 vitaminas. Loco, no? Glad you're keeping healthy. Melissa, I am envious that you can buy Emergen-C. It is great, as you say, for warding off colds. I used it for years in the U.S.

Ughh. Can’t buy Emergenc-C in Lima (surprise, surprise). You can’t even buy decent doses of vitamin C. They sell these lousy synthetic vitamins, at low dosages, for 60 soles para 30 vitaminas. Loco, no?

Glad you’re keeping healthy.

]]> By: Melissa http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/03/how-to-maybe-cure-a-lima-chest-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Melissa Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:32:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=476#comment-303 That's so funny! I never heard of any medicinal mustardy recipe... I've been taking Emergen-C every single day in the summer and have not - yet - got sick once YAY! That’s so funny! I never heard of any medicinal mustardy recipe… I’ve been taking Emergen-C every single day in the summer and have not – yet – got sick once YAY!

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