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PIGEON TONIC

By using the following recipe you do not have to go to the bother of making fresh tea every week for the birds.

10 Tablespoons Colombine tea 10 Tablespoons White nettle

Boil the above in 2 liters of water for 5 minutes. To this add :

10 Tablespoons of raw sugar

Dissolve the sugar into the hot tea and let the whole thing cool off.

When the tea and sugar mixture has cooled off add:

5 Tablespoons of fresh pressed garlic juice 5 Tablespoons of fresh pressed onion juice 10 packets of electrolytes from Versa Laga{ this is about 10 tablespoons} 5 Tablespoons of Carlsbad Salt { a mild purgative} 5 Tablespoons of Genever or Vadko {helps to preserve the mix}

Keep in a glass jar in a cool dark place (refrigerator)

Use one tablespoon of the above mix to one liter of fresh water at the beginning of the week during the racing season. During the moulting season it can be used several days in a row every week.

The above recipe comes from an article in the Duif written by Victor Vansalen about Jos Thone. The recipe was given to Jos by his friend Albert Willems.

TIP: To make the garlic and onion juice I used a $40.00 juicer from a local hardware store. It worked great. Just don't do it in the house get out to the garage. I learned the hard way the garlic juice leaves a lasting impression in the house. Editor

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