Jenn, possibly due to an extended raging fever, is turning in her coffee mug for a tea cup.  She remembers a tea made with Tang and spices.  My grandma called it Friendship Tea.  I dug out the ‘Soper Family Cookbook’ for the recipe:

Friendship Tea:
2c. sugar
1/2c. instant tea
1tsp. cinnamon
2c. Tang
1 (0.34oz) lemonade mix
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Place 2 teaspoons in a cup then fill with boiling water.

Unfortunately, I can not purchase Tang or packages of lemonade over here, but the memory of drinking tea with Grandma out of her ‘almost 200 year old china’ brought a smile to my face.

Since it was out, I thumbed through the book and thought I’d share some interesting titbits with you. Did you know:

*To whiten laces, wash them in sour milk.

*Marigolds will prevent rodents? (yes Philip, you will not be able to see my house for marigolds next year!!)

*If a cracked dish is boiled for 45 minutes in sweet milk, the crack will be so welded together that it will hardly be visible, and will be so strong it will stand the same usage as before.

*A leaf of lettuce dropped into the pot absorbs the grease from the top of the soup.  Remove the lettuce and throw it away as soon as it has served its purpose.

*(This one’s for you Mindy) The odour from baking or boiling salmon may be eliminated by squeezing lemon juice on the cut surface of the salmon and letting it stand in the refrigerator for one hour or longer before cooking.

*Small amounts of leftover corn may be added to pancake batter for variety!!! (um… EW!)

That’s all, now impress me with what you know!