NPPF Canto 1 "that golden paste!"

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:53, Paul Mackin wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:43, David Morris wrote:
> > 
> > --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >>Is there a bee-keeper in the house?
> > > 
> > > Yes, as a matter of fact, there (virtually) is . . .
> > > 
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> > But fishy?  Does honey ever taste fishy?
> > 
> > DM
> 
> Only if the beekeeper carries home his or her catch in the same bag as
> the honey.
> 
> I'm inclined to think the golden paste is something Aunt Maud has
> concocted in the kitchen from herbs, spices, honey, etc. in an effort to
> cure John of whatever ails him.


David--I should have mentioned that in dosing  a sickly kid in that era,
an essential ingredient in the mixture would have been cod liver oil.

I had it fed to me for years even though I was as healthy as the day is
long.

It was best source of the fat-soluble vitamins--A, D, etc.

John's lameness might have been the result of rickets, which kids who
didn't play out in the sunshine were especially prone to--from an
insufficiency of natural vitamin D production.



P.