#Hot Toddy

[retropopcult]

vintage cocktails from a 1946 Esquire magazine article, "This Is the Way to Make Your Favorite Drinks"

[lulublack90]

Prompt 11 - Hot Toddy

@wolfstarmicrofic December 11, word count 478

Since they’d left Hogwarts and didn’t have access to the Hospital wing and the skills of Madam Pomfrey, Remus had to make do the best he could after his transformation each month. 

This time, he’d caught a nasty cold, and no matter what potions Sirius brewed for him, it just wouldn’t shift. Sirius had been amazing and had even gone to Hogwarts to beg Madam Pomfrey to come help. It hadn’t taken much. As soon as he said it was for Remus. She’d packed up a medical bag and come back with Sirius. But even she couldn’t figure out how to help him. 

It had been over a week, and Sirius had turned to muggle medicine. Remus could hear a lot of swearing and clattering in the kitchen. Remus hauled himself out of bed and wandered towards the herd of elephants parading in the flat. 

His limbs felt heavy, and his joints ached, but he knew it was good for him to get out of bed, even if it was to deal with whatever catastrophe was going on. 

Sirius stood facing away from him with an array of ingredients lined up on the counter and two mugs. Remus watched as Sirius mixed honey and firewhisky together, then added half a cinnamon stick and poured boiling water from the kettle into each mug. 

The sweet, fiery smell hit Remus, and he groaned. It was the first thing he’d been able to smell since he had got his cold. Sirius nearly dropped the kettle. He spun around, grasping his chest as he chastised Remus for being out of bed. 

“Get back to bed; I’ll be in in a minute.” He said, putting the kettle back on its base. Popped a slice of lemon studded with a clove into the steaming mugs. Remus had no idea what the drink was, but he couldn’t wait to try it. 

He let Sirius usher him back to bed. He flopped back onto the mattress and tucked himself back under the covers. Sirius joined him and passed him one of the mugs. 

Remus inhaled the fragrant steam.

“What is it?” He asked as he blew on the top of it, hoping it would cool down quicker. 

“It’s called a hot toddy. A sweet Scottish granny told me how to make them when I was looking at the cold medicine in the pharmacy. She was quite insistent that it was the only thing that would help,” Remus nodded along and took a sip. It was delicious. Sweet and spicy and warmed him to his toes. He downed it quickly and snuggled into the bed, his eyes growing droopy as he drifted off to sleep. 

When he woke up, Sirius was gone, and he felt better than he had in days. Now, he wasn’t saying that Sirius’s concoction had worked, but it certainly hadn’t done any harm.  

[emmawithtwoms]

Hot Toddy

@wolfstarmicrofic December 11th -319 words

“Sirius… What are you drinking?”

Remus asked, staring at the paper cup that Sirius was holding in his gloved hand. 

“It’s a Hot Toddy!” 

Sirius looked positively giddy while saying that. To be fair, it was his first time at the Muggle Christmas markets, he had never seen them, and he decided that he had to try every overpriced Christmas thing that they offered. Remus was used to them, he saw them every year with his ma, so the magic was subdued, but he loved seeing the sheer joy in Sirius’ eyes at something so simple like wooden houses filled with fairy lights. 

“Love, do you know what a Hot Toddy is?” 

“Absolutely not Moony, the mystery is half the fun!” 

Remus shot him an unamused look, but then kissed his cheek nonetheless. He was a weak weak man. 

“Ok, you try it, darling.” 

“Don’t you want anything?” 

“Nah, I’m ok.” 

Remus was actually waiting for the second that Sirius tasted his drink. He was sure that the beverage was much too sweet for Sirius’ liking, while perfect for Remus, who was actually in the mood for a nice sweet drink. 

“Marlin! This is so sweet that I could become a gingerbread man if I drink it all.” 

“I know.” 

With a swift move, Remus pulled the drink out of Sirius’ hand, 

“I’ll take this, thank you. Why don’t you try the mulled wine? I think it’s more your liking.” 

“Ohhh, I see what you did there, smarty pants.” 

Sirius was not pointing his finger at his face, while Remus held his innocent facade. 

“Care to enlighten me?” 

“You didn’t stop from taking the drink, so you could steal it from my hands. You knew I wouldn’t have liked it!” 

“I have no idea of what you’re talking about.” 

Remus took a sip of the drink and closed his eyes, shrugging. 

“You’re so lucky I love you, Remus Lupin.”

[barbie-cock]

forbidden candy! my Benu Euphoria fountain pen collection looks nice, but i definitely want to get the Pink Champagne edition from GoldSpot (i want like all of these pens). i have all of these with broad nibs because i love ink and want a thick line.

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Dark Ebony Hot Toddy (#4a2207 to #a97204)

[morethansalad]

Non-Alcoholic Hot Toddy (Vegan)

[thesiftedfield]

Spiced Apple Wine Recipe

Fruit juice from freshly sliced apples is used to infuse dry white wine into a seasonal, warming Fall cocktail beverage. Sometimes referred to as “Apfelwein” this classic recipe is updated with cinnamon spices and natural sweetener. Make yourself a carafe of this spiced apple wine recipe and sit back, sip and relax… Photo Credit: The Sifted Field. The Fall season is full of Apple Beverages:…

[mudboysupreme]

[imagineannemorgan]

Hot Toddy.

It's the weather for this tea and it's also the first thing I make when I feel like I'm getting sick.

Ingredients:

Juice if 1/4 lemon

1 tsp honey

Hot water

Nip of whisky. (Optional - if you're under age or don't like alcohol you can leave this out. My grandma used to make me lemon and honey tea when I was sick).

1 cinnamon quill

Method: 1. Bring a kettle to the boil.

2. In a cup of choice, add honey, lemon juice, and whisky (if using). Stir with the cinnamon quill until the honey has dissolved.

3. Enjoy.

[koffeefrkeleven]

It is hot toddy season, my dudes.

[jhsharman]

nothing to sneeze at

Perplexed by the use of the word "hot toddy" -- I assume skipping past an alcoholic drink to something else -- tea for instance. Does this give him away as springing out of a regional dialect?

Coloring a blue gleam into the snow.

We are in some odd thematic territory with this one. See the synopsis at comics dot org: When Archie is attracted to Veronica because she's wearing attractive, skimpy outfits despite the cold weather, Betty decides she'll do the same. Which is almost neither here nor there -- as much an excuse to have Betty drawn in fashionable Mod outfits as to have Veronica in an out of season bikini and probably as important the most exaggerated horny boy response you can conjure. Except this is reprinted in an issue of Betty and Me (how do you think they filled up the expanded 48 pages?) alongside a new story with this premise: Veronica sends Archie a photo of her self uncovered. so Betty sends him a nude photo of herself. Almost the same basic premise -- pull back and it has more trickery and purposeful misdirection between the two. But that story leaves me tilting my head and squinting a bit, scratching my head -- the internal logic of the story itself and its particular subterfuge operates in no universe I am aware.

[rustbeltjessie]

Celebrating Mischief Night with an apple cider hot toddy in my cauldron mug.

(October 30, 2023)

[father-imperator]

no sign that you're really growing up like your dad finally deciding that you're old enough for a full strength hot toddy when you're sick

(btw if you are sick and do not know what a hot toddy is get onto it. get a mug, put in some honey, some lime or lemon cordial/juice, and some whiskey, then fill to the top of the mug with boiling water. i usually do three tbsp honey, two tbsp lime cordial, 1.5 tbsp whiskey, but you can just do it to personal taste. cures a sore throat and heady cough like nothing else.)

[some1s-sista]

Giving up on conventional meds and going to my Nana’s cure-all!

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Flamingo Hot Toddy (#f46633 to #b17506)

[morethansalad]

Cara Cara Orange and Chamomile Hot Toddy (Vegan)