579067 Wed Dec 10 13:40:20 -0800 2008 9 36 Spirits 0 4236518 Its cold and dark and I have a hankering for something warm and winter-y. There are tons of recipes but who has thoughts...honey? honey liquer? cinnamon? Rum? Bourbon? I had one recently with Wild Turkey (it was thanksgiving so it seemed festive) but I was interested in something a little...smoother than wild turkey provides. Opinions? Wed Dec 10 13:40:20 -0800 2008 202289 megapax 1 4236568 Brandy. Honey. Lemon juice is good (brandy, honey, lemon juice and hot water makes excellent cough medicine!), or maybe a splash of a citrus-flavored vodka or an herbal aperitif. Wed Dec 10 13:56:37 -0800 2008 4236518 10159 Ruth Lafler 2 4236675 yum-that looks good. i love brandy. Wed Dec 10 14:23:36 -0800 2008 4236568 202289 megapax 1 4237778 Brandy is good. I also like a good sweet dark rum like Gosling's. Wed Dec 10 22:11:10 -0800 2008 4236518 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 4238471 Hot buttered rum. There are of course a gazillion ways to make one. I will rummage around and see if I can find the very excellent way of making one that I got from the bartender at the King's Arms Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg and post it. That and the now defunct Ha'Penny bar in Harvard Square in Cambridge made the best two I've ever had, and they were nothing like one another. Aha! Found it... This is so simple and good I almost hate to share it: Colonial Williamsburg King's Arms Tavern Hot Buttered Rum 1 mug of hot apple cider add 1 tablespoon (or 2....) of (dark brown sugar and butter) (creamed until smooth) add 1 shot of rum (they use capt. morgan's spiced rum) stir twice and serve. Thu Dec 11 08:02:36 -0800 2008 4236518 83832 fussycouple 2 4254771 THANKS--mmmm love that hot buttered rum! Wed Dec 17 14:34:40 -0800 2008 4238471 202289 megapax 2 4255128 Stupid question - but how do you cream the sugar and butter in such small quantities? Or do you cream equal portions of each (ie: as you would for baking) and set it aside to make the drink? Wed Dec 17 17:20:22 -0800 2008 4238471 12842 The Oracle 3 4258916 i creamed half a cup of each just like I would for baking, and put it in the fridge. Fri Dec 19 03:59:09 -0800 2008 4255128 83832 fussycouple 1 4264322 I'm wondeding about Tod's well in edunburgh. Could it be that it was the water source for scotch that may have been used in one of the original Hot Tody's recipes. Warm Butter,Scotch, honey for a restless night in the British isles. Sun Dec 21 13:52:20 -0800 2008 4236518 250334 BerberALFONSO 1 4266738 i'm a minimalist when it comes to toddies, and if you're using good spirits, you might want to be too! 1 shot of...(scotch, whisky, rum, brandy, cognac, etc) 1 lemon wedge studded with a couple of cloves, maybe an allspice berry HOT water. wedge and spices go in first, then water, then the booze. add a subzero manhattan night and a walk from the train in the snow, and enjoy. feel your toes come back. repeat. Mon Dec 22 13:03:02 -0800 2008 4236518 227301 jdwdeville