Hot Toddy Recipe
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A hot toddy is a cool-weather glass of cheer with limitless combinations of spirits. Few ask whence the “toddy” in hot toddy comes. This is good, because nobody knows. The closest connection seems to be the name for the sap of an Asian palm tree, but no mention of this ingredient appears in the recipe.
Although popular at ski resorts and inns, the hot toddy is not common in most cocktail lounges. This homey drink is best prepared at home.
Despite its name, the hot toddy should not be served too hot. Heat the mixture in a chafing dish or saucepan until just before boiling, and let it cool a few moments. For added flair, you may also use a hot poker.
- 1 ounce brandy or rum
- 1 ounce honey
- 1/2 lemon slice studded with 2 cloves
- Cinnamon stick (optional)
- Combine the brandy, honey, and lemon slice in a mug or punch cup, and add hot water to fill. Stir with a cinnamon stick, if desired.
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Dictionary - toddy - 5 entries.
1. Noun - A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.
2. Noun - A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
3. noun - A hot toddy.
4. noun - The sweet sap of several tropical Asian palm trees, especially palmyra and
5. noun - A liquor fermented from this sap.
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I've spent many a winter in Donegal...and the local lads order the hot toddy in the wee bar...Get the water in the electric kettle to a rumble, have your glass mug ready with a shot of whiskey, a scant tsp. of regular sugar and the tsp itself sitting in the mug (so it won't crack). Pour your water in, then plop in a narrow wedge of lemon studded with cloves and Sláinte!
Now, we also grew up with the honey version for the miserable cold as well. And great grandma Kate used to add a bit of onion to it for good measure--just so the kiddies went get too keen on it for the ailing!
I've never had a hot toddy with brown sugar, only honey - but I agree with every other part of the first posters ingredients.
As a Yank who spent a year in Dublin, and about half of that time with a cold - I went through lots of hot whiskey. My only question is that when ordering a "hot whiskey" vs a "hot toddy" is there any difference? Is a hot whiskey adding whiskey to tea?
About colds? If you ever get a sore throat I know of a remedy that will cure you in about a day and no doctor bills. Hydrogen peroxide and Scope mixed half and half. Gargle DO NOT SWALLOW!!! It will foam up in your mouth and you will have to spit a lot but it works 10 out of 10 times guaranteed!
The most potent highly effective toddy I ever had was made for me by an Irish friend. I was at the start of a very bad cold. He told me to get in bed. About ten minutes later he came in with the toddy whcih he told me to drink in one shot. I did. I hardly remember y head hitting the pillow. The following morning, no more cold. I'm going to try to recreate it this evening.
Besides being delicious, it makes excellent cough medicine -- my doctor even gave it a thumbs up! Alcohol is a natural cough suppressant and the honey and warm water are soothing on the throat. And you can just keep sipping it without worrying that you're going to OD from some pharmaceutical: if you do "OD," you'll just fall asleep, which is also medicinal!
Totally agree. Hot toddies were THE cold cure used by my Irish grandparents--even on the kids--they wouldn't have dreamed of using brandy or rum (though they did use honey, not sugar).
awfully sorry but a hot toddy is an irish, specifically a dublin drink. its meant to be medicinal
pint and a half of cold water
two to four teaspoons of brown sugar
six to ten cloves
zest of 1 lemon
2 or more shots of whiskey
put in pot, break a boil, add juice of half or more lemons
drink. collapse. love the website, btw.
never with brandy boys and girls. never. can forgive all other ingredient variations, even the cinnamon business