Hot Lemon Drink

[hairyben]

The mrs was making hot lemon/honey for her sniffles a few weeks back, I decided the recipe could be improved.


For two mugs:

Blend half a lemon with 1 mug fruit juice (apple or blueberry work well)

Chuck in a pan
Add 1 mug water
2 teaspoons brown sugar
Good squirt/dollop of honey
dash of winter spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves etc)

Bring slowly to boil

Sieve into jug. Enjoy


Delicious, and indecently healthy, It's been a nightly ritual ever since.

Vary it to find your sweet spot, I can happily double the lemon but SWMBO likes less lemon/ more sweetness

[Mobile Chicane]

Lose the juice and add fresh sliced ginger.

[shirt]

there seems to be an indecent oversight here, namely a lack of whisky.

hot water
1/4 lemon, squeezed
clove studded slice of lemon
a good wee dram

honey optional

[eddo]

Hot lemon as above but lose the Scotch and use Irish whiskey, much smoother, imo.
Ed

[Anthony Micallef]

Loose the alcohol and put in a soluble aspirin et voila - Lemsip. Used to always make my own when I was younger. Mug of boiling water some lemon, honey and an aspirin.

[shirt]

Anthony Micallef said:

Loose the alcohol and put in a soluble aspirin.

why in all that is holy would one want to do a thing like that?

[escargot]

shirt said:

Anthony Micallef said:

Loose the alcohol and put in a soluble aspirin.

why in all that is holy would one want to do a thing like that?

Quite.

[Del 203]

shirt said:

Anthony Micallef said:

Loose the alcohol and put in a soluble aspirin.

why in all that is holy would one want to do a thing like that?

+1

[Anthony Micallef]

Because the alcohol doesnt really have any benefit if you're ill. Obviously alcohol isnt as much as a necessity for me as it is for some people.

[shirt]

lemsip is the worst thing in the world though, and this from someone who gargles TCP to get. rid of a sore throat! plus you want to be aiming for paracetamol + ibuprofen with flu.

[Anthony Micallef]

No one mentioned Flu! I agree Lemsip isnt very nice thats why if you make your own you can adjust the taste.

Anyway for a cold all you need is Nurofen Cold & Flu.

[shirt]

there is no cure for a cold.

[Anthony Micallef]

shirt said:

there is no cure for a cold.

Really?