OH MY GOD OM NOM NOM SO DELICIOUS

[rmd]

so, i'm fighting off a cold. last night, i had all the "i can't move, now" apathy and bleargh and stuff, plus an unpleasant hacking cough. i worked from home today to spare my coworkers and hydrated like a hydrating thing, plus liberal use of halls cough drops, and my throat is feeling a bit better. it appears to be what clauclauclaudia has had and i'm just lagging her by a day or two.

and then, today, in between banging my head against HTML 1.1 headers and F5 iRules, inspiration struck.

several years ago, i found an awesome ginger honey tea that i haven't been able to find since. today i said to myself "hey, self! you have sweeteners and boiling water in your house and a big chunk of ginger in your freezer. i bet if you mix them right, you'll have some yummy stuff." and then realized that i had the *perfect* sweetener -- simple syrup with a bit of lemon flavor in it (i'd thrown some lemon zest in while it was cooling and then strained it out as i poured it into a bottle, so it was all citrus tasty with the lemon oils).

so i shaved off slivers of ginger with a paring knife and steeped it in boiling water for a long while and then poured myself a cup and added the syrup to it and OH MY GOD IT WAS TASTY. i think i could feel my throat recovering as i drank it. then i fed some to claudia, and she agreed it was yummy.

i think my next task is to make ginger-lemon flavored simple syrup, with an eye towards being able to just add boiling water to that and have something similar for less effort at the time. and portable - i could bring some of it to work and make tasty ginger tea there.

as it is, i do believe this household has a new thing to make when we're sick and pathetic.

Comments

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

Yay!

My mom would squeeze half a lemon, simmer that and a hunk of ginger in a small saucepan with water, and add honey at the end. Your way sounds easier though.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

you can find honey-based variations upon this in most korean groceries. i keep the ginger around for my throat, but i absolutely adore several of the other flavors just for drinkin' :)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if H-Mart might have it.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

it seems most likely they would. i usually get mine at reliable market.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Not to shortcut any DIY goodness, but the Ginger People make ginger syrup. I find it at Savenor's and make tea with it for Jason whenever his throat or his tummy are unhappy. It's also good over ice cream.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

That sounds yummy.

They also sell a ginger soda for unhappy tummies.

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Republic of Tea (http://www.republicoftea.com/Default.aspx)?
They have a Ginger-Lemongrass (http://www.republicoftea.com/ginger-lemon-grass-green-tea/p/V00661/) tea. I didn't find just plain Ginger-lemon though.

[lioritgioret.livejournal.com]

I want to try all of these now.