[Old School Hound]

I had forgot about saucering coffee, but oh yeah, I even did it myself as a kid (I’ve always loved coffee). Some other things too. We always made custard at Christmas time, I can’t remember exactly how it was done, but I know it involved a lot of kettles and boiling, it would be hot when it was done, you didn’t drink it until it had cooled off in the fridge. And I’m sure if you had popcorn, you made it in a big old oiled-up kettle on top of the stove. There was a great smell! 

  And pop bottles. (Not soda or soft drink, you’re not from around here if you say that). It was never a problem to walk up and down the side of the road and pick up enough to at least turn in at the store and get one bottle for yourself (and did anything taste better than those 16-ounce glass bottles of pop?) Yes, kids, pop used to come in big glass bottles, and you could get something like 5 cents each for every empty one you returned to the store.

  Finally, did anyone make their own ‘cold remedy?’ My family made theirs out of rock candy, Wild Turkey and, I think, honey. Believe me, some of them couldn’t wait to get sick in the winter!!!

I swear it's like you and grew up in the same family.  My granny drank her coffee from a saucer.   My papaw loved boiled custard on the holidays. He cooked popcorn on the stove in a kettle or skillet all the time.  

Most of the money I had as a kid I saved from collecting pop bottles( and selling packets of flower seeds).I think I got something like 2 cents a bottle when I was really young.  And yes, pawpaw never failed to doctor himself with a little old-fashioned cold remedy that he called a "hot toddy."   He used honey, lemon , and his favorite ingredient "Old Grandad" whiskey.  I think he looked for every opportunity to come down with the sniffles. LOL