Its that time of year again, the leaves a turning brown, the nights are getting longer and you’ve just caught your first bout of the flu. Of course the cons of getting the flu far outweigh the pros. However, I always like to look on the bright side of things and when its comes to the flu the bright side is ‘Hot Toddy’. The Wikipedia page for hot toddy is somewhat lacking in details, due to this I am going to give a quick run down of whats required and how to make it.
Ingredients.
- Boiling Hot Water
- Runny Honey
- Fresh Lemon(s)
- Whiskey
All of the ingredients play an important role in helping cure your cold, leaving one out could result in disaster. They have the following positive properties which you should be aware of:
- Whiskey sooths the pain (all kinds of pain are included in this)
- Lemons cure the throat
- Runny Honey Sweetens the deal
- Boiling Hot Water infuses the above, allowing them to be easily ingested at any time of the day.
Note 1: I am not aware (nor have I been made aware) of any negative properties of the ingredients in Hot Toddy.
Note 2: You will also need a large mug (the lager the better!) to mix it in and a spoon to mix it with.
Preparation
Hot Toddy is best made without measuring the quantities involved, just do it all by eye.
- Start by slicing one whole lemon into four equally sized segments, squeeze the lemon juice from one of these segments into your cup. You can then place the lemon segment into the cup.
- Cover the bottom of the cup and the lemon segment with a generous helping of Runny Honey.
- Cover the Runny Honey with an even more generous helping of Whiskey.
- Fill your mug with boiling hot water and stir (using the spoon) until the honey has dissolved completely.
- Wait for it to cool down to drinking temperature and…..
Enjoy!
Hot Toddy can be enjoyed at any hour of the day when you are feeling unwell. Its also healthier and more environmentally friendly than over the counter medicines. You’ll be back on your feet in no time!
on Sep 29th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Got a sore throat just now and had one of these today, as it happens. Nothing like it for soothing a scratchy oesophagus.
One caveat: it has to be a blended whisky (or whiskey, if you want to be Irish about it). No particular reason, other than it’d be a horrible waste of a good single malt!
on Sep 29th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I’ve just noticed the ‘debug’ tag on this post. You should be ashamed of yourself.
on Sep 30th, 2008 at 12:21 am
@Lamsey, I made use of Famous Grouse, which I have been enjoying responsibly.
on Sep 30th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Bah, you should have posted this last week, this information is no use to me now.
One does wonder though if drinking this fantastic concoction is allowable at work. It clearly should be.
on Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I remember during the Korean war at the battle of hill eerie I got a very servere bout of Influenzavirus B we used saki instead of whiskey and gound ginger instead of honey we called it Spice Toddy due to the amount of ginger we put in. Damn good stuff if I dont say so myself certainly blew my choks away!