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Baraka_Guru · 02-19-2009, 06:36 AM

Okay, if I feel a cold or flu coming on, or even if it's just decided to strike, I don't fuck around. I make a tea with the following ingredients:

2 cloves fresh garlic, minced/pressed
1 inch fresh ginger, minced
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
lemon juice and molasses to taste

Simmer the ginger, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and molasses in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes. Add the garlic 1 minute before removing from heat. Let it cool for 2 minutes, and then strain and serve. Drink the entire volume of liquid this yields. Honey, maple syrup, or agave nectar can be used in place of molasses.

I give myself bonus points for not straining it before pouring it into my cup.

02-19-2009, 06:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Okay, if I feel a cold or flu coming on, or even if it's just decided to strike, I don't fuck around. I make a tea with the following ingredients: 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced/pressed 1 inch fresh ginger, minced 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper lemon juice and molasses to taste Simmer the ginger, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and molasses in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes. Add the garlic 1 minute before removing from heat. Let it cool for 2 minutes, and then strain and serve. Drink the entire volume of liquid this yields. Honey, maple syrup, or agave nectar can be used in place of molasses. I give myself bonus points for not straining it before pouring it into my cup. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot