My
friend Jaques likes white russians, very
milky, with lots of
half and half. My friend Jane never
drinks. One night, Jane had a sip of Jaques' white russian, and went into a momentary
reverie. She reported having thought hard, and realized that she recognized the taste from her childhood.... when she was unable to
sleep, her
mother would bring her a little glass of "vanilla milk" which had reliable
soporific properties.
Her mother denies this.
Upon hearing this, my friend Lisa reported that her mother used to give her "
medicine" before embarking on long plane trips. When she grew up and saw her mother giving it to her younger siblings, she recognized it as
diphenhydramine.