Dry cream Crackers and flat 7up

oakshade · 05-10-2011 01:21PM #1

I'm off sick today, stomach bug (yeuch, wont go into it). Anyway when were were young my mother always gave us dry cream crackers and flat 7up to make us better. My current predicament got me thinking... anyone else given the crackers and 7up or any alternatives?

Latchy · 05-10-2011 01:24PM

Flat coke can replace the flat 7-up to .

stovelid · 05-10-2011 01:24PM

We used to sing Mama Mia, I have Diarrhea (to the tune of Abba song) as kids.

I've just remembered that.

podgemonster · 05-10-2011 01:25PM

No your Mother never gave me anything like that...

the groutch · 05-10-2011 01:27PM

That used to be the only time you drank Lucozade

cml387 · 05-10-2011 01:27PM

It was flat cream crackers and dry 7-up for me.

oakshade · 05-10-2011 01:28PM

podgemonster wrote: »

No your Mother never gave me anything like that...

Humm ... nice to see AH residents are as humorous in the afternoon as a night.

Buceph · 05-10-2011 01:28PM

My brother was sick on holidays years ago. He got really sick on the boat over to France, and had to be brought to hospital there. The first thing the doctors asked was would he like a soft drink, Coke, Fanta, Sprite, whatever he wanted as long as he didn't mind it flat. The way they explained it to my family is that when someone's sick you need to get them rehydrated no matter what. Most people like soft drinks and will drink more of them over plain water. So you might as well give them something they like. Plus there's sugars in it which will be good for energy. The reason it's made go flat is because the bubbles might upset a dodgy tummy.

The reason Seven Up is traditional is because it's a fairly neutral drink, and it's less likely for it to make someone feeling sick get upset about a strong taste.

Really, it's just old school practical medicine. You need to keep the sick person hydrated and energised and Coke and that are perfect for it, even if overall they're quite unhealthy. It's just in the short term their good outweighs their bad.

And when I was recovered from being sick but a little delicate still, it was always plain mashed potatoes and rashers for dinner. (Again old school medicin'ing, spuds for carbs and plain taste unlikely to upset someone, rashers for protein and salts that you might be lacking in from gawking up.)

ejmaztec · 05-10-2011 01:29PM

No matter how hard I tried, I could never get those cream crackers up me hole. Mothers? Who'd have em!

mackg · 05-10-2011 01:33PM

dry toast instead of cream crackers in my house.

brummytom · 05-10-2011 01:38PM

I'm eating cream crackers atm, strangely. Too salty though, bloody own brand. Can't beat Jacobs.

jackie1974 · 05-10-2011 01:40PM

Dry toast and ginger ale.

oakshade · 05-10-2011 01:46PM

brummytom wrote: »

Can't beat Jacobs.

Absolutely

oakshade · 05-10-2011 01:49PM

jackie1974 wrote: »

Dry toast and ginger ale.

I used to drink whiskey and ginger so the taste of ginger now would probably make me hurl

IVIada · 05-10-2011 01:51PM

mackg wrote: »

dry toast instead of cream crackers in my house.

Same as my self. I can only drink 7up flat even when I am not ill.

Fowler87 · 05-10-2011 01:52PM

brummytom wrote: »

I'm eating cream crackers atm, strangely. Too salty though, bloody own brand. Can't beat Jacobs.

You make your own crackers

Somnus · 05-10-2011 01:57PM

mackg wrote: »

dry toast instead of cream crackers in my house.

The old toast and 7-up for me as well

Standard Toaster · 05-10-2011 02:09PM

My Hen used to rub us down with 2nd century Gladiator sweat when we were unwell.

FetchTheGin · 05-10-2011 02:11PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

My Hen used to rub us down with 2nd century Gladiator sweat when we were unwell.

Used to maximus effect.

oakshade · 05-10-2011 02:16PM

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Flat 7Up and Ice-c c cream

Ice Cream for a sore throat but surly not for a sick stomach??

sgb · 05-10-2011 06:14PM

Cream crackers are better than those prawn crackers they give away in curry shops

Rubberlegs · 05-10-2011 06:30PM

Not so much for feeling sick, but for when you've a bad cold. Boiled red lemonade, with a disprin in it. Bloody rank. Think my partners mother told him that one, he told me to try it anyway. I threw up in the sink:(

HalloweenJack · 05-10-2011 06:36PM

^^^^

Love that one, always works wonders for me. It just knocks me out and I wake up feeling a million times better.

OakeyDokey · 05-10-2011 06:44PM

Flat 7up is the best when you're sick or have a god awful hangover!

Rubberlegs · 05-10-2011 06:52PM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

^^^^

Love that one, always works wonders for me. It just knocks me out and I wake up feeling a million times better.

:eek::eek::eek::D

Cupcake_Crisis · 05-10-2011 07:04PM

I was always given warm 7up. Yuuum!

Capt'n Midnight · 05-10-2011 07:56PM

Or the cup of very milky tea with tons of sugar in it

oakshade · 05-10-2011 07:57PM

OakeyDokey wrote: »

Flat 7up is the best when you're sick or have a god awful hangover!

50:50 7up/Lucozade mix is fantastic for a hangover

VenusPlays · 05-10-2011 08:15PM

Flat 7up was the drink in ours too. But my mom made her homemade chicken soup for anyone that was ill, it would make you want to come down with flu or something cos it was so yummy!

CorsetIsTight · 05-10-2011 09:53PM

Semi-flat Schweppes Tonic Water, then dry toast (which should be cut into soldiers) when you think you can eat something.

General General · 05-10-2011 09:58PM

It is a little known fact that the most effective cure is: coke & hookers..

Dry cream Crackers and flat 7up

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