DAVE ROSS

Ross: Nine gin-soaked raisins and faith could be the remedy we need

Feb 25, 2021, 6:23 AM | Updated: 9:31 am

Like many of you, I haven’t gotten my shot yet. I’m not going to drive 50 miles to someone else’s neighborhood – I’d feel like a vaccination-crasher. But I will celebrate the vaccination of others!

“Lucia DeClerk was diagnosed with COVID last month on her 105th birthday and just got her second shot of the Pfizer vaccine,” said CBS News Correspondent Nikki Battiste.

And what makes Lucia even more special is that at age 2, she also survived the Spanish flu.

I liked hearing this story. Because I feel that with all the misery this pandemic has caused, it’s not enough just to control it. We need to publicly humiliate the virus itself – a virus which probably figured Lucia to be an easy target. But not so easy after all:

“She credits a regimen of nine gin-soaked raisins, and faith.”

Yes – an old arthritis remedy.

You take a box of golden raisins, put them in a little cup, and cover them with gin. A lot of you are asking: “Can we just skip the raisins?” NO! You soak them until the gin evaporates, and then eat nine raisins each day.

No one appears to know exactly why. So, it’s raisins and it’s faith.

“… pray, pray, pray,” Lucia said.

And Lucia has one more rule: No junk food.

And unlike other folk remedies spread by the media, the worst side effect of this is that you lose a little weight, and evaporate a lot of perfectly good gin.

Listen to Seattle’s Morning News weekday mornings from 5 – 9 a.m. on KIRO Radio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.

Dave's Commentary

Dave Ross on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM
  • listen to dave rossTune in to KIRO Newsradio weekdays at 5am for Dave Ross on Seattle's Morning News.

Dave Ross

car culture...

Dave Ross

Ross: Are we killing car culture? Or is car culture killing the US?

I don’t think the question is whether we're going to "kill" our car culture. The real question is can we stop our car culture from killing the U.S.?

4 days ago

drivers data insurance...

Dave Ross

Ross: As cars release driving data to insurance, is your driving my business?

Every move you make, every swerve you take, every lane change you fake – someone’s watching you. Do drivers have a right to keep driving data private?

11 days ago

rent control...

Dave Ross

Ross: Rent control was never the answer in Wash.

The rent control bill died in the Washington State Legislature this week, even though Democrats control both houses.

1 month ago

end of democracy...

Dave Ross

Ross: Conservative activist earns applause for pledging an ‘end of Democracy’

The theme from Jack Posobiec's speech is that Jan. 6 was a righteous attack not on democracy, but on those who threaten democracy.

1 month ago

Image: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, is seen on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo: Alex Brand...

Dave Ross

Ross: Voters can help cull bad politicians from the herd early

Let's remember that just about every occupant of a higher office once occupied a lower office, and was put there by us, Dave Ross says.

1 month ago

Super Bowl celebration...

Dave Ross

Ross: The NFL does it again

The NFL once again put on a show that was able to keep me tuned in for four hours even though I had no stake in either team.

2 months ago

Ross: Nine gin-soaked raisins and faith could be the remedy we need