Shannon volmet

Yes, It's that time of year again and I have a stinker of a cold. I was wondering what everyone else uses for their hot toddy recipe. My favourite at the moment is honey, lemon juice, hot water and a goodly slug of Scotch! What's your favourite?

Ancient Mariner

Piping hot milk, add Cognac till sweat breaks out on your forehead, add a few spoonfuls of good honey, sprinkle with cinnamon. Repeat until you fall over. Worrying about tomorrow is for tomorrow.
Per

eastern wiseguy

Standard Northern Ireland recipe....Big glug of IRISH spoonful of sugar few cloves chunk of lemon...top up with hot water and........enjoy. Repeat until you slip into oblivion

Foss

Beat me to it Eastern, wedge of lemon with cloves stuck in it (prevents unsightly sipping) sugar. Then you can debate with a barman/wife whether Powers, Paddy or Bush is best. Taste testing can be damaging.

Wod

No, no, no!

Lime juice, honey and hot water in one glass.

Rum in 'tother.

Never mix them.

angels

Well shannon - mine is your recipe, plus cloves.

The important thing to do is inhale (through the nose if poss) the vapour before drinking it. Helps unclog things.

goudie

I'm beginning to wish I had a cold now. Mind you, prevention...............

OFSO

Honey, whiskey, lemon, hot water - what else ? Milk's not so good as it promotes the generation of snot.

For 11 months two weeks of the year I'm free of such things as colds, but still take a hot toddy as it's nice, all the justifiction you need !

The remaining two weeks of the year is after my annual trip to London, when invariably I return to sunny (and healthy) Spain with a stinker of a cold.

There's a moral to this, but sadly I'm not allowed to miss the annual trip to Europe's own little third-world country in the North Sea.

corsair

Oddly enough as I was driving back from Dublin yesterday in a typical anti cyclonic gloom with the bare trees looking very wintery. I got to thinking it was hot toddy time of the year.

Foss and Eastern, that's not just Northern Irish but all Ireland But it has to be Jameson!

I'm also partial to a hot port!

Foss

Aye Corsair, I know that right enough. Then there's the problem, do you use a fresh glass every time or let the lemons build up, is it honey or sugar from the bowl (yeah honey/throat but who cares to be honest) warm glass or cold glass and how many can you order in a bar politely before the barman gets really cheesed off making hot toddys for about five people. (Once one person gets one, everyone gets one, it's like yawning)

eastern wiseguy

Foss....I always thought Coleraine was the best for heating up....closely followed by Powers.

Hard to beat standing in Fealty's on a miserable Saturday pouring them down your throat....

Foss

You fond of Fealty's? rut roh. Not a bad joint at all.

Walked past there yeasterday (it was early) the sign on the front door had been changed from 'No Alcohol Outside' to 'No Alcoholics Outside'

timmyneedham

Round our way, everyone rocks up to Berry Bros outlet store in Basingstoke to buy some 'King's Ginger' which is a vodka based rocket fuel. It works brilliantly in toddies, with a bit of lemon juice, honey and hot water. Two or three and it's goodnight vienna.
TN

CityofFlight

What are they trying to do, Foss, go out of business?

Foss

Nah CofF, there's plenty of alcoholics to go around. The pub is well known for daft signs and posters.

CityofFlight

Ah, I get it now! They want the alcoholics INSIDE, not outside!

Foss

City. Hadn't thought of that, that would be as good a reason as any. You'd like it, basic, but workable.

CityofFlight

With my ability to tilt a few back, I'm sure I'd get along. Might even learn the language!

Foss

Not a chance, after a couple or few hot toddys and everyone would start talking at normal speed, you wouldn't have a hope.
I'd be scribbling furiously doing subtitles, or saying 'What he meant was...'

CityofFlight

LMAO, Foss!