"Cough Syrup"

Throw in a few cloves as well. I hadn't thought of vinegar, might try adding that next time.

A couple of good size belts of "Nyquill"usually work for me.

Cough Syrup my a$$...replace the vinegar with lemon juice and it's the recipe for a hot Toddy; you're just trying to justify staying up to 0240 getting loaded 😀

We do a simple hot toddy - equal parts fresh lemon juice and Jack Daniels or Makers Mark, add honey to taste, bring to a boil. It's more than getting loaded; some of the alcohol boils off, the lemon juice obviously is full of Vitamin C and other nutrients, and local honey is usually very good for allergies. Plus it helps you get to sleep.

Once in a while I can remember the flavor of Doc Corbin's cough syrup from the 1950's. He was a local doctor in his later years of practice. He made it in a big jar with a glass stopper and poured you out a 4-oz bottle when needed. I'm pretty sure it included molasses, cherry flavor, alcohol, and codeine. Not sure what else. There's a hint of that flavor in Nyquil, but it was much smoother.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drambuie

My father use to take some on winter nights when he had coughs or a chill too.

Sounds like a lot of water!

As the bartender gives her the drink she says,
'I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday and it's today...'
The bartender says, 'Well, since it's your birthday, I'll buy you a drink. In fact, this one is on me.‰Ûª
As the woman finishes her drink, the woman to her right says, 'I would like to buy you a drink, too.'
The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want a Scotch with two drops of water.'

'Coming up,' says the bartender
As she finishes that drink, the man to her left says, 'I would like to buy you one, too.'
The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, I want another Scotch with two drops of water.'

'Coming right up,' the bartender says.
As he gives her the drink, he says, 'Ma 'am, I'm dying of curiosity. Why the Scotch with only two drops of water?'
The old woman replies, 'Sonny, when you're my age, you've learned how to hold your liquor. Holding your water, however, is a whole other issue.'

I skip the lemon juice and honey. I just put the Johnny Walker on ice and go from there!

My grandmother would make a sassafras toddy. Tea, whiskey, lemon, honey and maybe more.
She would brew up a pot full and keep it on a thick metal trivet by the fireplace in reach from her rockin chair.
The room would be like a sauna with another potion boiling away over coals, regardless of it being hot or cold outside.
My aunt brought in a vaporizer after the house went electric.
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