Hot Toddy’s and other hot drinks
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When I moved to Wisconsin for school about 30 years ago, I began seeing a mysterious product in liquor stores: Tom and Jerry batter. It’s the base for a warm milk-based drink (called, not so mysteriously, a Tom and Jerry) that’s a little out of the ordinary. Google will give you many variations of the recipe.
Here's a "I have a cold" winter Toddy.
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 ounces whiskey
- 2 to 3 teaspoons honey, to taste
- 2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice, to taste
- 1 lemon round
- 1 cinnamon stick (optional, for garnish)
- In a teapot or saucepan, bring the water to a simmer. Pour the hot water into a mug.
- Add the whiskey, 2 teaspoons honey and 2 teaspoon lemon juice. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water. Taste, and add 1 teaspoon honey for more sweetness, and/or 1 teaspoon more lemon juice for more zing.
- Garnish with a lemon round and cinnamon stick (if using). En
I don't have a recipe, but I've enjoyed a good Hot Buttered Rum on occasion.
Hot buttered scotch is also outstanding when used in moderation.
A good Gluehwein hits the spot, too.
Not a recipe, per se, but more of a method:
- Start with something flavorful and hot; your favorite herbal tea, perhaps.
- Add a snort of something strong; Brandy, Rum, Whiskey, whatever suits you.
- Add something sour for acid; Lemon is the easiest and most obvious, but even a few drops of vinegar coubld be nice.
- Kiss it with sweetness; Honey, sugar, Maple Syrup...
- Finish with an aeromatic; Cinnaom, nutmeg, mace, cayenne, something for the nose.
One is all you need for a peaceful and restful night.
- Start with something flavorful and hot; your favorite herbal tea, perhaps.
- Add a snort of something strong; Brandy, Rum, Whiskey, whatever suits you.
- Add something sour for acid; Lemon is the easiest and most obvious, but even a few drops of vinegar coubld be nice.
- Kiss it with sweetness; Honey, sugar, Maple Syrup...
- Finish with an aeromatic; Cinnaom, nutmeg, mace, cayenne, something for the nose.
One is all you need for a peaceful and restful night.
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Big fan of the Morgenthaler way
Mine is whisky, butter and honey warm. I leave it up to you as to proportions. But suffice to say, plenty of each.
This is the recipe I use, substituting rum for whiskey.
I need to try the rum version. What kind of Rum do you use?
There’s always Bicardi or Cruzan in the house. Bumbu when I have it.
Hot buttered rum for the household when we are doing the outside Christmas lights and decorations. Just like Spencer Tracy did it in Northwest Passage. I use basic Bacardi dark, as it is mixing with a lot of other elements, and a better spirit would be lost in all of that. I also add a little more cinnamon than Major Rogers probably did.
It seems simple, but the warm glow lingers on for quite a few hours. Perfect against the bitter windy cold this time of year. A genuine classic.
It seems simple, but the warm glow lingers on for quite a few hours. Perfect against the bitter windy cold this time of year. A genuine classic.
Hot chocolate with a generous ounce of Rumpleminz peppermint schnapps. I've tried many combos, but this is the best one.
Followed closely by:
Hot toddys
Hot buttered rums
Gluewhein
Mulled cider.
Followed closely by:
Hot toddys
Hot buttered rums
Gluewhein
Mulled cider.
Forgot about this one, but hot chocolate and brandy pair well together. That’s my warm up after driveway snow removal.
I don’t drink often but coffee and jack and heavy whipPing cream or Tennessee mud as it’s called.
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