Several people have asked for the recipe for Marble Man's "special tea". OK, confession time: this is not something he came up with. I told him how to make it for me and he did a bang-up job. He comes from a long line of tee-totalers (but it was remarkably easy to corrupt him!). When I feel cruddy from a cold, and don't want to take Nyquil during the day, I make this tea remedy and it really helps:
1.5 ounces bourbon, whiskey, or brandy
lemon
2 tsp honey
neutral-flavored tea (Lipton's or Twining's English Breakfast are best for this)
Add hot water, steep, and drink it up while it's hot. Repeat until you can no longer sit up straight :-) Guaranteed, you'll get some good naps in!
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Sounds like the "hot toddy" my Dad used to give us when we were (not too) little and sick. Sleep cures what ails you!
thanks for sharing this recipe, kate! it sounds like it would be great, with or without having a cold! :)
have a great new year!
So you mean beer doesn't work?! Haha, well if it tastes better than Thera-flu, I'll try it!
I don't know what thera-flue tastes like. This is NOT a delicious drink - just designed to knock you on your ass!
Kate
Hello Kate,
Thanks for always visiting me and great comments.
You sure cracked me up with the way you described this recipe...LOL
But I have to admit that...I was given a similar "brew" when sick and living in the country...
~ Gabriela ~
Kate, do I have to have a cold to make this? Sounds like a nice toasty drink, um I mean tea.
I say, let's all go "cough, cough" and head to the kitchen to mix up a batch!
Kate
Hmmm....do I need to be sick?
Sounds like my kind of cure! Is it working?? Do you feel better? Hope you will be able to celebrate tomorrow night!
Happy 2009 Kate!
xox
Constance
yum yum yum!
:-)
i want it with
1.5 ounces bourbon,
AND
1.5 ounces whiskey,
AND
1.5 ounces brandy
but
that is just me.....
oh happy new year to you,
shibori girly.
may you make many bright,
sparkly new treasures
in the coming year.
then show them here.
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