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Does the Jewish Elixir Gogol Mogol Actually Cure a Cold?

JL;DR SUMMARY Gogol mogol, a traditional Jewish remedy believed to cure colds, consists of warm milk, raw eggs, and sometimes honey or alcohol. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureBarbra StreisandKvellerYiddish FoodSephardic CustomsAshkenazi TraditionsHome RemediesGogol MogolJewish RemediesCold Cures

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"Barbra. In the book, Babs writes that in 1960, her mother saw her set at New York City nightclub the Bon Soir, criticized her voice and told her she needed a guggle-muggle."
Latvia
"My parents also ate pchai and fricassee made with pupiks and chicken feet. Yuck to all of these delicacies! Anita At the age of 6, I contracted the whooping cough. My mother made me drink a gogel mogel every day to alleviate the cough. There was no vaccine available at that time."

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