Once in college when I was sick....
May. 12th, 2004 12:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johno***Yet another random life story***
As a freshman in college I was puttering through the local convenience/liquor shop. Gathering ginger ale, honey, and lemon juice. Hacking my lungs up and sneezing my brains out, while I shopped.
When I got the counter, the old man running the place added a pint flask of whiskey to the pile.
"I know what you're making, you'll need this too."
I looked at him in amazement, because he had a rep for being hard core about selling alcohol to underage folks.
"It's medicinal. You don't want to drink this stuff for real"
After I was well, I tried it straight and boy was he right. It was some of the worst whiskey I've ever had.
As a freshman in college I was puttering through the local convenience/liquor shop. Gathering ginger ale, honey, and lemon juice. Hacking my lungs up and sneezing my brains out, while I shopped.
When I got the counter, the old man running the place added a pint flask of whiskey to the pile.
"I know what you're making, you'll need this too."
I looked at him in amazement, because he had a rep for being hard core about selling alcohol to underage folks.
"It's medicinal. You don't want to drink this stuff for real"
After I was well, I tried it straight and boy was he right. It was some of the worst whiskey I've ever had.
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Date: 2004-05-12 10:42 am (UTC)Though "lemon to cut the phlegm"-- OH yes. We frequently passed around a bottle of RealLemon concentrated lemon juice to clear our voices during shows, back when I was doing musical theatre and such. It's like Dran-O for your singing voice. Nasty, but it works like *nothing* else.
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Date: 2004-05-12 11:38 am (UTC)1-3 parts honey
1 part lemon
.5 -2 parts alcohol
Warm the tea/ginger ale,
slowly add the honey.
don't even come close to boiling the mix.
Allow to cool to just above normal warm liquid temp, add lemon.
Just before drinking add alcohol.
As others have mentioned the parts of alcohol are mainly based on who's getting it and why.
A little bit acts as a cough suppressant, more as a soporific.