Feast: A Tribal Cookbook

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MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ON SOME MISCELLANEOUS FOOD

HONEY: Honey is the only nonalkaline sweetener known to man. It is a good relaxer. It is good for sore throats: mix with garlic (an antibiotic) and lemon (citrus . . . vitamin C) and spoon it into your mouth. Honey is sterile, so germs cannot live in it. If you get a bad burn, slap some honey on it until you can get to the old doc.

LEMONADE: Float a few lemon balms on top in the pitcher.

PEPPERMINT: Peppermint is good for upset stomachs, and good for morning sickness.

MARJORAM: Hang it in the window to keep bad witches away. Also use it as a good accent in sour cream. As a tea, it is good for tension headaches.

TANSY, BASIL, RUE: They are good fly repellents. Tansy sprinkled around the cracks in the floor, or in the cellar, will keep ants away.

CAMOMILE TEA: Use it for headaches, stomachaches, worms. It's also good as a hair rinse.

RUE AND THRIFT (CALLED SEA PINKS): Will expel worms.

MILK AND MEAT OF COCONUT: Coconut is a terrific laxative and is good for hemorrhoids. It is more effective than prunes, which give some people gas. By the way, if you have hemorrhoids, don't eat nuts or anything with small seeds (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, etc.).

CRANBERRY JUICE: Add to your cranberry juice a touch of ginger and some fruit sherbet . . . it's dynamite.

GINGER: It's good for your stomach.

POTATOES, ONIONS, APPLES ANDCARROTS: Do not store them together with each other. They give off gases which make other foods spoil faster.

DANDELIONS: Boil them in water, and use them for your skin. They're very good for it.

OATMEAL: Wash your face really well. Put oatmeal on your face. (You don't even have to cook it. Just add water.) Leave on your face until dry. Wash off with water and a tiny bit of milk. It makes your skin soft and smooth, tightens it removes oils.

CLOVES: Cloves are good to chew are good to chew on for healthy teeth.

BEES: Bees are enraged by the smell of new blue denim. Always wash any clothing made of new blue denim first before wearing outside, otherwise you run a big risk of being (bee-ing) stung. Beekeepers never wear denim on the job . . . most of them wear white.

ANISE: Mix with lard or shortening for lice.

AJUGA REPTANS: Also known as bugleweed, it is a common rock garden thing, often used in California as a ground cover. Mildly narcotic, resembles digitalis in action. Good for circulation.

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