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desperance"You sound sick," quoth m'wife.
"I feel sick," quoth I.
"So why aren't you reclining on the sofa with a hot toddy and a book?"
"Y'know, I was just asking myself the exact same question, in almost the exact same words..."
So now I am - but I do also know why I wasn't, before. Truth is - and I hate to admit it! - I am starting to regard the hot toddy mildly askance. It's fine mornings and evenings, when I'm really sick; but this time of day, I really don't want to be swigging something sweet. I find I have less and less tolerance of sugariness, as I age; before dinner particularly, I do not want sweet at all.
Which leads to the inevitable question: where is the savoury toddy of my dreams?
It really doesn't have to include bacon*. But strong alcohol, and something sharp to stimulate the appetite and cut through the clagginess of being ill - citrus or hot sauce or both - and physical warmth, and something emollient to the throat that is not honey or sugar syrup. That's the tricky one. Butter, perhaps? And/or a beaten egg? But it's hard to warm egg without scrambling it, especially if you're not feeling well. And hot buttered rum is a classic, but there's a fuckton of sugar in that. I dunno, people. Give me your best...
*Tho' I am not by any means averse to its inclusion, if need be.
"I feel sick," quoth I.
"So why aren't you reclining on the sofa with a hot toddy and a book?"
"Y'know, I was just asking myself the exact same question, in almost the exact same words..."
So now I am - but I do also know why I wasn't, before. Truth is - and I hate to admit it! - I am starting to regard the hot toddy mildly askance. It's fine mornings and evenings, when I'm really sick; but this time of day, I really don't want to be swigging something sweet. I find I have less and less tolerance of sugariness, as I age; before dinner particularly, I do not want sweet at all.
Which leads to the inevitable question: where is the savoury toddy of my dreams?
It really doesn't have to include bacon*. But strong alcohol, and something sharp to stimulate the appetite and cut through the clagginess of being ill - citrus or hot sauce or both - and physical warmth, and something emollient to the throat that is not honey or sugar syrup. That's the tricky one. Butter, perhaps? And/or a beaten egg? But it's hard to warm egg without scrambling it, especially if you're not feeling well. And hot buttered rum is a classic, but there's a fuckton of sugar in that. I dunno, people. Give me your best...
*Tho' I am not by any means averse to its inclusion, if need be.