  Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 1847 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.47.101.255 |
Did anyone else's parents besides mine give their kids a piping hot Vernors to relieve some wacky childhood ailment? I never did find out if there was anything medicinal in Vernors but it sure seemed to relieve my runny nose, cough and whatever ailed me at the moment. Are there any other odd related folk cures using Detroit products here? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 863 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
my parents still drink warm Vernor's on occasion (ginger calms an upset stomach among other things) | ||
Kilgore_south Member Username: Kilgore_south Post Number: 22 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 24.176.20.117 |
Well there were a lot of people that self-medicated daily with ice cold Strohs. I've never heard of the hot Vernors treatment, but I'll keep it in mind. Maybe add a shot of brandy... | ||
Downtown Member Username: Downtown Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.41.29.62 |
Didn't Alice Cooper appear in a Vernors tv ad, steaming mug in hand, saying "You have your Vernors your way; I'll have it mine"? Or was that Bob Seger? | ||
Lawnmowerman Member Username: Lawnmowerman Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 71.244.185.179 |
Vernors has brought me back to life many times..I like to drink it at room temp. | ||
Matt_the_deuce Member Username: Matt_the_deuce Post Number: 525 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.248.252 |
Warm Vernors for an upset stomach - a Detroit tradition. | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1088 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
Hot Vernor's with a cinnamon stick! Yum! The best thing for a cold or stuffy nose | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3168 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
For depression, try a Sanders Hot Fudge Puff. If you're down after that, you need hospitalization. Pure joy. (whip cream and cherry optional) jjaba, sipping warm Vernors. | ||
Blessyouboys Member Username: Blessyouboys Post Number: 284 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 69.209.175.184 |
Yup, mom just microwaved a cup of diet V the other day... | ||
Matt_the_deuce Member Username: Matt_the_deuce Post Number: 526 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.248.252 |
Microwaved? Diet? Regular Vernor's in a Saucepan over the stove. Times are a changin'... er...have changed... (Message edited by Matt the Deuce on February 27, 2006) | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 1850 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.47.101.255 |
There's got to be something medicinal about Better Made potato chips isn't there? (fingers crossed) I love the use of Stroh's as a muscle relaxant. I've heard that Lafayette & American coney islands can be used as a laxative at times. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 903 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 204.39.224.68 |
Alice Cooper/Bob Seger. Yeah I can see how you could mix those two up.  | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 70 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 129.9.163.105 |
I grew up on hot Vernor's when sick (head cold) I later invented a drink I like to call "Vernor's Grand Dad". Try it. | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 570 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 12.47.224.8 |
Not just warm Vernors, but warm Vernors with fresh Lemon juice. And my dad would drink warm Vernors with 7&7: a hot toddy | ||
Wsukid Member Username: Wsukid Post Number: 138 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 141.217.41.238 |
Ive never heard of warm vernors. But I do think that a good chip addict like myself always has a bag of BBQ better made on hand. Damn they are so good | ||
Brandon48202 Member Username: Brandon48202 Post Number: 70 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.221.78.226 |
Vernors is a complete waste of time without the blessing of Bacardi. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 2778 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.236.194.246 |
Warm Vernors with milk was Mum's remedy for an upset Tum-tum in my family. Although my personal opinion was Vernors with a dollop of French Vanilla ice cream will cure anything. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3172 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 192.220.139.2 |
Oy, a Vernors float on a hot stinky Detroit July day. jjaba prefers it with Stroh's Butter Pecan ice cream so he can tip the glass and eat the nuts, with the Vernors. Try the 12 oz. Pepsi with a bag of Planters Peanuts in the bottle. Makes a dandy snack and will cure carpel tunnel syndrome with these 3,000 posts of mine. jjaba. | ||
Mc5rules Member Username: Mc5rules Post Number: 159 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 148.61.97.101 |
And it was neither Seger nor Cooper. 'Twas the Nuge... | ||
Wkl Member Username: Wkl Post Number: 70 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 204.212.159.1 |
I never remember warm Vernors. I do remember mom giving us flat (no fizz) Vernors for upset stomachs. I have started a Vernors float craze out here on the west coast. | ||
Rms Member Username: Rms Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 141.211.114.43 |
I happen to have a taste for ginger brandy, and have been known to throw some of that into a big latte cup of microwaved Vernors. It's a great hot toddy (sp?) when you are feeling under and can use some help getting to sleep. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 245 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
When I was a teen, I chugged a quart bottle of Vernors nonstop resulting in an instant stomach ache and a burp that lasted for about a minute. It took a couple decades before I could drink carbonated beverages again without getting the hiccoughs. Kids, do not try this at home. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3177 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Good Detroit vibe WKL. Keep the faith, wherever youse zat. Jimaz, now my 10 yr. old son wants to try your fun. Let the belching begin. jjaba, drinking bottled Vernors with salted peanuts in the neck. | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
Vernors is highly recomended as a basting agent for baking a ham. | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 493 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.189.188.28 |
Warm Vernors is a cold remedy that has followed me to the northleft corner of these lower 48 states. Nothing better on a cold Columbia River Valley night..... .....except maybe a shot of rum..... | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 316 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.241.164.222 |
Ah, the memories. Vernors warmed in a pot on the stove, with a touch of lemon and/or honey, depending on your particular ailment, could cure most anything. I sometimes wonder how my grandmother figured all these things out. | ||
Treble484 Member Username: Treble484 Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 69.14.112.53 |
My mother would take me to Sanders where Hot Vernors was served in clear vernor glass cups, beat a hot chocolate everytime. |
