Hot toddy

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Hot alcoholic drink with whiskey

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A hot toddy, also known as hot whiskey in Ireland, and occasionally called southern cough syrup within the Southern United States, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or in some recipes, sugar), lemon, and spices, and served hot. Recipes vary, and hot toddy is traditionally drunk as a nightcap before retiring for the night, in wet or cold weather, or to relieve the symptoms of the cold and flu. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as "the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb."

Preparation

A hot toddy is a mixture of a spirit (usually whisky), hot water, and honey (or, in some recipes, sugar). In Canada, maple syrup may be used. Additional ingredients such as cloves, a lemon slice or cinnamon (in stick or ground form) are often also added.

Etymology

The word toddy comes from the toddy drink in India, produced by fermenting the sap of palm trees. Its earliest known use to mean "a beverage made of alcoholic liquor with hot water, sugar, and spices" is from 1786. It is often referred to as a 'Hot Toady'. However, a few other sources credit Robert Bentley Todd for his prescription of a hot drink of brandy, canella (white cinnamon), sugar syrup, and water.

Variations

A cold toddy is made with rye whiskey, oranges, lemons, cinnamon sticks, ginger, Earl Grey tea, cloves, honey, and orange or regular bitters. It is served with ice and stirred until it is very cold.

References

References

  1. (31 October 2006). "Words We Use: The Meaning of Words And Where They Come From". Gill & Macmillan Ltd.
  2. (17 December 2010). "Wondrich: The Essential Winter Cocktail".
  3. Cosgrove, Jaclyn. "Flu myths: The flu shot won't make you sick, and whiskey won't cure you".
  4. "Definition of Hot Toddy". Princeton WordNet.
  5. Moore, Victoria. (18 November 2009). "How to Drink". Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC.
  6. Slater, Nigel. (12 March 2011). "Nigel Slater's classic hot toddy recipe". [[The Guardian]].
  7. Poister, John H.. (1999). "The New American Bartenders Guide". Signet Reference.
  8. "Wisconsin Winter Toddy". Princeton WordNet.
  9. "toddy". Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper.
  10. Lyons, Paddy. (2013). "Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne". Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  11. Baraghani, Andy. (20 November 2018). "Cold Toddy".

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