A hot toddy, also known as hot whiskey in Ireland,[1][2] and occasionally called southern cough syrup[3] within the Southern United States, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or in some recipes, sugar), lemon, herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot.[4] 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."[5][6]
A hot toddyInformation board highlighting the hot toddy at Ye Olde Red Cow pub in London
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.[7][8]
Etymologyedit
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'.[9] 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.[10]
Variationsedit
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.[11]
^Muirithe, Diarmaid Ó (31 October 2006). Words We Use: The Meaning of Words And Where They Come From. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN9780717151844 – via Google Books.
^Wondrich, David (17 December 2010). "Wondrich: The Essential Winter Cocktail". Esquire. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^Cosgrove, Jaclyn. "Flu myths: The flu shot won't make you sick, and whiskey won't cure you". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^"Definition of Hot Toddy". Princeton WordNet. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^Moore, Victoria (18 November 2009). How to Drink. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC. p. 236. ISBN978-0740785740.
^Slater, Nigel (12 March 2011). "Nigel Slater's classic hot toddy recipe". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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