Falling asleep in the middle of the afternoon yesterday should have been a good indicator. But I suppose I was in denial. After all, being sick is no fun. Yes, you get to stay home from the office. But you also get to worry about work piling up and clients frantically calling for help. And, being sick, you don't even get to enjoy your time off.
So, you fight back against whatever microscopic invaders have penetrated your defenses. You hunker down for battle, scrambling the white blood cells and declaring your immune system at DEFCON 1. For a first strike against the enemy, you unleash the hot toddy.
Hot toddy recipes vary, of course. My wife includes honey and black tea. I tend to make it up as I go along. Today, though, I've opted today for the classic recipe*:
Mix double shot of favorite whisky or brandy with 1 teaspoon (or less) sugar. Fill glass with hot water and garnish with clove studded lemon slice and bits of stick cinnamon.
I will now retire to watch The News Hour and ponder the fate of the world. Question at hand: Does the fate of the world matter if I feel like this?
* Esquire's Handbook for Hosts. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. p. 174
4 comments:
I like em with rum and honey, myself. Too bad they don't seem to make sense when you're not sick.
I'm going to have to endorse the black tea and honey approach.
Oh, I like the black tea and honey approach as well. This time, though, I just wanted to go for the EHFH recipe.
Giuseppe, my copy of HFH has the recipe under "Punches (Hot)" and includes a recipe for a bowl of the stuff. Maybe it's for use in lieu of Wassail at a Christmas party? Or maybe it's for when the whole family is sick? The folks at Esquire didn't specify. Rum does sound like a good adaptation, though.
Despite prior reports, I do not typically include black tea but do use honey. Recipe is as follows:
1-2 shots whiskey
2 cinnamon sticks
5 cloves
5 peppercorns
1T honey
1t lemon juice
Boiling water
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