Hot Toddy Recipe
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Basic hot toddy ingredients including honey from my bee hives. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Hot Toddy Recipe
It had been raining for several days. Our team was stuck in a building in Southhampton, UK waiting for the rented van to take us back to the hotel. A snafu in scheduling had left our group on call for 17 hours straight working the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day World War II Invasion media center. We were tired, dreaming of hot showers. I had laryngitis from talking so much.
When the van finally arrived, I had to stand out in the rain for half an hour while details were sorted out, staff were shuttled and out of other vehicles and others were briefed on what they had to to. By the time we got to the hotel, I was chilled to the bone.
After changing into dry clothes, I met our team to go over the next day’s schedule and my Navy team greeted me with a hot toddy. Maybe it was the lack of sleep; maybe it was UK whiskey or my laryngitis but I remember that drink being the most delicious I had ever had.
Now just a note for those of you who don’t drink whiskey, you can make this without it and get the same benefit of honey soothing your sore throat.
My bee buddy David has told me this will also work well to help one sleep.
Hot Toddy Ingredients
2 ounces whiskey
1 tablespoon honey
4 ounces water (hot from the tap)
1 teaspoon lemon juice (we use the stuff in the plastic lemon)
1 slice fresh lemon (if we don't have this we don't use it) (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Place the whisky in a large microwave safe mug.
Add the honey.
Pour the hot water into the mug over the spoon you used for the honey to get off the last little drops.
Add the lemon juice and stir well.
Place the mug in the microwave for 1 minute or until it is piping hot, but not boiling.
Add the lemon slice and serve.
Even if it doesn't work on your cold, it should help you sleep so you don't care about the cold!
Charlotte
