Herbal Love

Growing up as a young boy in the Bahamas whenever we wanted tea my grammy would go in her garden and pick the leaves off the plants and steep them in hot water. My dad used the same method when we were ill. Herbs grew wild in our backyard and there was one that he pulled off the fence called cerasee.  He would gather it up, rinse it boil it and use the liquid like pot liquor and create some concoction I will never forget. All I could hear him say was “man it is good for you drink it”. He put so much effort into his preparation and recipe I had no choice. Nothing prepared me for the first time though, it was the most bitter drink I have ever tasted then and since. If only he had put honey into it to sweeten it up with flavor. However, nothing was worse than the flu, so I drank every drop. He never ran to the store to get over the counter drugs, he knew the herbs were sufficient. So now as a third-generation recipient of our blissful nature I have incorporated herbal goodness in my household. My family and I have been blessed to discover and add to our diet my innovative versions of the family herbal tradition and now I offer them to you.