Cough remedies was Re: [Sca-cooks] "Tastes of Anglo-Saxon England"

[Naquiba Katira al-Maghrebiyya]

--- Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here is my Cough Toddy for these occasions:
> 
> 1/2 of a lemon squeezed into a coffee mug
> a gloop of honey [say 2 Tbsp]
> 1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger
> 1 shot alcohol of your choice [I like Irish]
> Fill up the mug with the hottest water you can
> stand,
> stir it up and CHUG IT QUICKLY before your taste
> buds realize what 
> you've just done to them.
> Does not taste very good but really cuts the phlegm
> factor.

now why would this NOT taste good?!?  I make a similar
hot toddy with lemon, honey, brandy and hot tea.  I
SIP it and enjoy it.  I don't think the ginger would
be that bad.

Katira

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