The Stew and Head Lice

The Brunswick Stew Festival held in Richmond last weekend turned out to be a fun event for us.




Shockoe Bottom (pronounced as "Shock-Ko") - what a weird name.





Although there weren't as many kids' entertainment like petting zoo, crafting and paintings as the year before, the girls nevertheless were having a good time.





Face painting for $3 each.



Didn't get a chance to take pictures of my favourite brunswick stew vendor but here is how the stew look like.




What's Brunswick Stew? Some of you may ask.


Well, it's a traditional dish from Southeastern USA and usually a tomato-based stew containing various types of lima beans/butter beans, corn, okra, and other vegetables, and one or more types of meat.

The stew essentially resembles a very thick vegetable soup with meat. The key distinguishing factor between soup and Brunswick stew is the consistency.




Most of the brunswick stews are being cooked in a large pot over low heat for a long period of time. Like overnight, to get the consistency and thickness, otherwise it would be vegetable soup with meat added.


We bought a couple of quarts - one was already gone and the other one is in freezer, waiting for a snowy day.



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Annabel is still having head lice problem.


The other day, she was complaining itchy head again. Urrrrgh!


Immediately, we did a head lice killing treatment on her last weekend and to my upmost surprise, those freaggin dead lice we caught were enormously HUGE and FAT.




Gave me goosebumps by just looking at these dead creepy crawlers. Urrrgh!



And this morning, she complained her head was itching again. Double freaggin Urrrgggh!


So, I went online and try to find some natural remedies on how to kill those crawlers.


Found a website that has some awesome readers contributing tips and home remedies.




One woman said she used Vaseline. Coat the entire hair with vaseline. Comb it thoroughly with a lice comb to get rid of all the lice and nits. Then leave it on for overnight. Rinse and shampoo in the morning.


Uh ummmph, I'm not quite sure about vaseline. Kinda sound greasy and sticky to me.




Another reader said she used hot hair iron. Flat iron hair and pay close attention to hair behind ears and behind the neck.


Well, it does make sense that the heat from the hot iron would definitely kill those bugs but I don't have a hot iron. Would hair curler works the same? I wonder.





The last recommendations was from a lady who used baby oil. Same as vaseline - coat the hair with baby oil, comb thoroughly and cover hair with shower cap. Leave it overnight, rinse and shampoo in the morning.


BINGO.





Baby oil = checked.




Lice comb = checked.




Shower cap = checked.





Mission accomplished.





And this young lady is going to bed with a shower cap on tonight.



We will see how it goes in the morning.


Any recommedations on how to get rid of head lice? Drop me a note.





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