Primetimer April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 Mr. Edwards joins the Ingalls family in Walnut Grove, even though they lack a saloon. View the full article Link to comment
EAG46 April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 What kind of small town doesn't have a saloon? Especially back in those days. That must be one of the "edits" Michael Landon made to the real story. Also: peppermint is awesome. 1 Link to comment
sistermagpie April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 I know a guy who grew up in the Tennessee mountains and he talked about horehound candy. He sent a recipe and we made some at work. It's actually not candy, according to him, it's medicine. And it tastes like it. Just as gross as it sounds. They just call it candy. Link to comment
Jeffurry April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 I look forward to listening to the podcast...in the meantime, I like to look up the ages of actors whom I thought of as playing "old" parts when I was a kid. Victor "Mr. Edwards" French was forty when this episode aired. Forty. 3 Link to comment
sistermagpie April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jeffurry said: Forty. Jesus. 2 Link to comment
Kostgard April 18, 2017 Share April 18, 2017 7 hours ago, Jeffurry said: I look forward to listening to the podcast...in the meantime, I like to look up the ages of actors whom I thought of as playing "old" parts when I was a kid. Victor "Mr. Edwards" French was forty when this episode aired. Forty. Holy crap. Were people just far more grizzled in the 70s? Or are all us Gen X-ers deluding ourselves when we think we look far more youthful? I cracked up at the "I like to imagine how everyone smells" bit, because I've often done the same thing (especially after a line on Mad Men where they noted that women didn't need deodorant because they can use perfume and reminded me how relatively recent regular deodorant use is). Maybe that's why everyone on The Prairie was constantly scrubbing their necks - if your neck smells like soap, maybe it blocks the smell of everyone's (including your own) prairie funk. Link to comment
babyhouseman April 19, 2017 Share April 19, 2017 9 hours ago, sistermagpie said: I know a guy who grew up in the Tennessee mountains and he talked about horehound candy. He sent a recipe and we made some at work. It's actually not candy, according to him, it's medicine. And it tastes like it. Just as gross as it sounds. They just call it candy. My father loves horehound candy. He's from Eastern NC and said his grandmother used to boil the roots for medicine. You can find the candy at Cracker Barrels and gift shops/general stores in the South. Link to comment
TheOtherLibrarian April 19, 2017 Share April 19, 2017 Kim Reed is a national treasure. 2 Link to comment
Lady Iris April 19, 2017 Share April 19, 2017 Oh Lordy, I'm already excited for Fug Face Johnny Johnson next week!!!! Bring it on Kim! Link to comment
RedbirdNelly April 19, 2017 Share April 19, 2017 I'm pretty sure I've seen horehound candy for sale at Cracker Barrel. Never had the nerve to try it. Link to comment
Lady Iris April 20, 2017 Share April 20, 2017 15 hours ago, RedbirdNelly said: I'm pretty sure I've seen horehound candy for sale at Cracker Barrel. Never had the nerve to try it. I'm going there this weekend, I'll keep an eye out for it! Link to comment
wanton87 April 23, 2017 Share April 23, 2017 On 4/20/2017 at 6:42 AM, Lady Iris said: I'm going there this weekend, I'll keep an eye out for it! On 4/19/2017 at 3:32 PM, RedbirdNelly said: I'm pretty sure I've seen horehound candy for sale at Cracker Barrel. Never had the nerve to try it. Funny, but that stuff grows wild all around my house, and I never even knew what it was until I saw our neighbor picking some one day. He was using it for a stomach ailment, and apparently it was mostly used for medicinal purposes. He couldn’t really tell me what it was, since English isn’t his primary language, but he gave me the Latin name of Marrubium vulgare (He just called it Marrubium). So I looked it up and figured out what it was. Candy is not a likely product that you would think of being associated with this plant, but when heavily sugared down, it works. Want to say I had some a long time ago and it wasn’t half bad. I’d pick some up for the heck of it and try it if it doesn’t cost too much. 1 Link to comment
RedbirdNelly April 25, 2017 Share April 25, 2017 I didn't realize it was an actual plant. I assumed it was just some flavor name from I don't know what. :) interesting stuff you can learn on here! Link to comment
greekmom April 27, 2017 Share April 27, 2017 Love the podcast. Speaking about "grooming", reminded me the future episodes when Edwards falls in love with the gal that was Laura's age. Keep them coming! Link to comment
wanton87 September 3, 2018 Share September 3, 2018 Just saw this one again the other day. Not buying that someone as refined as Grace Snider would ever let a grody dude like Edwards get within a rods length of her, let alone place his hands on her. Imagine that though. Edwards coming home after a long day at the mill, drenched in perspiration, and wreaking of the many signature scents of Edwards (Tobacco, whiskey, BO) and plopping down a top of ‘Ol Grace, and just going to town on her, in sync to the tune of Old Dan Tucker! Link to comment
wanton87 October 9, 2018 Share October 9, 2018 Quote I cracked up at the "I like to imagine how everyone smells" bit, because I've often done the same thing The best depiction detailing Edwards olfactory delights, came from Albert_Ingalls of IMDB fame. Quote Thread Title: Who smelled worse? posted 2 years ago by sjbradford Mr. Edwards or Bunny the horse? It's close, but I have to vote for Edwards. Quote Albert_Ingalls 2 years ago Edwards smelled like a mix of sweat, whiskey, prostitutes, Charles tears, tobacco, rotted meat, shame, lemon verbena, coffee and small pox. The horse only smelled like horse crap. Edwards for the win. ? https://moviechat.org/tt0071007/Little-House-on-the-Prairie/58c72f3e5ec57f0478f5565c/Who-smelled-worse 2 Link to comment
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