For anybody interested in learning about the Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes as the New Year is rung in, here is a blog post I found about the subject (not my own blog, though
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While living in Spain I had an outbreak of the canker sores. My downstairs neighbor, Maria Carmen, a Spaniard and a resident in Opthalmology, told me to get a steptic (I think that's how you spell it) pencil and apply it (that's what guys use to stop bleeding from shaving nics). Boy, did it work. Burns like the dickens but cauterizes and you are able to eat and drink better. I was so grateful to her.
It is difficult and mostly you end up with a mouth full of grapes. :D It's fun and a really old tradition in Spain. Funny to see your grape hyacinth in winter. :)
Not one grape per hour! One grape per each chime of the clock just before midnight when the New Year is rung in! :) In other words you're stuffing your mouth with grapes in the seconds before midnight. :D
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of the canker sores. My downstairs neighbor,
Maria Carmen, a Spaniard and a resident
in Opthalmology, told me to get a steptic
(I think that's how you spell it) pencil
and apply it (that's what guys use to stop
bleeding from shaving nics). Boy, did it
work. Burns like the dickens but cauterizes
and you are able to eat and drink better.
I was so grateful to her.
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That would really sting! You're braver than I am, Annie. I can barely stand the pain when I eat.
Maybe I should try it though I do have a rinse the dentist prescribed that numbs the pain a bit.
I hope you're well, Annie.
(((hugs))) and blessed 2011!
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I put up my GRAPE Hyacinth icon in this comment ;)
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It's fun and a really old tradition in Spain.
Funny to see your grape hyacinth in winter.
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FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
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LOL
muchos ((((abrazos)))) and feliz 2011, Heather!
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In other words you're stuffing your mouth with grapes in the seconds before midnight.
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