Comment by Foobar8568

8 days ago

Europeans have a tendency to not make the distinction between herbal infusion and tea... No one is giving tea to toddlers, well I hope not.

Americans in the last century advocated giving whiskey to teething infants.

Your pearls are adequately clutched, but I guarantee someone somewhere has given "the devil brew" to innocent babes.

  • That's still somewhat common, but it generally entails rubbing whiskey on the gums, not feeding the babies shots of liquor.