You haven’t been exhausted lately, have you? There’s nothing about a year of “I can’t believe this” added to “what now?” on top of “I didn’t think it could get any worse” that saps the energy right out of you, is there? Me too. Not that me too, just the run-of-the-mill me too. Last week I decided to resurrect something I used when I was birthin’ babies. It’s from a book my own mother gave me and though I, of course, (being a normal daughter who knew more than her mother) favored more current information, I depended on a recipe from the book called TIgers’ Milk. For those of you who are bothered by the placement of the apostrophe, I can’t help you. That’s how it’s written. The writer apparently believed more than one person would read her book. Add it to your 2021 list of disgust and disbelief, if you like. At any rate, if you drink this on a regular basis, it might give you renewed energy, even if it doesn’t make you a tiger mom. Mind you, I’m not making promises. I’m simply sharing an idea.

Tigers’ Milk

Beat together: 1-2 c. skim milk

1/2 c. powdered skim milk

1-4 heaping Tbsp brewers’ yeast

1-3 tsp blackstrap molasses

Add to the remainder of a quart of milk (which is 2 c.)

You will have a quart total.

Now sit down – no, don’t stand at the sink – sit down and enjoy it if you can. (Depending on how much Brewer’s Yeast you use, it could have a bit of a kick.) Don’t turn on the mainstream media anything. Ask the Good Lord above what He has for you to do today. Ready? You’ve got this! Go get ’em, Tiger!

Tigers’ milk recipe in Let’s Have Healthy Children by Adelle Davis, Harcourt, Brace and Co.: New York, 1951; Tiger mom is a phrase coined by Yale Law School professor Amy Chua in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, 2011; image: pexels-ryutaro-tsukata-6249388.jpg