Margaret is surely correct, as usual. "Milk-toast" was for old folks with no teeth or ongoing digestive problems (or occasional ones, as well) and was for children, especially those with but few teeth. It also took the place of ground food - meats, vegetables, etc - for tiny children, and was much less work for the mothers. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Driskill" <mdriskill@worldnet.att.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Wm Byrd's Diary -- BOILED MILK? > I am going to jump in on this one because I think I know the answer. My > mother fixed it on occasion and I hated it. > > You heat milk. Place a piece of buttered toast in a bowl and pour the milk > over it. It is called milk-toast. UCK!!!! > > Fond childhood memories most of the time. :) > Margaret > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Now that I think of it, I was always just getting over some sickness when Mother fixed it. Maybe that is why I remember it as UCK!!! :)

I forgot to mention that milk-toast also served well when mothers had no other suitable breakfast food for little ones, and at the same time had some stale bread. See what you have wrought, Margaret :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Drake" <martee@citlink.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Wm Byrd's Diary -- BOILED MILK? > Margaret is surely correct, as usual. "Milk-toast" was for old > folks with no teeth or ongoing digestive problems (or occasional > ones, as well) and was for children, especially those with but few > teeth. It also took the place of ground food - meats, vegetables, > etc - for tiny children, and was much less work for the mothers. > Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Driskill" <mdriskill@worldnet.att.net> > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:12 PM > Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Wm Byrd's Diary -- BOILED MILK? > > > > I am going to jump in on this one because I think I know the > answer. My > > mother fixed it on occasion and I hated it. > > > > You heat milk. Place a piece of buttered toast in a bowl and pour > the milk > > over it. It is called milk-toast. UCK!!!! > > > > Fond childhood memories most of the time. :) > > Margaret > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > VAGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >