Comments on: Could Your Common Cold Remedy Be Killing You? Try A Hot Totty

By: nique

nique — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:14:22 +0000

I have been reading these posts and I’m lol. But I have heard it works and I’m not a drinker either, but I’m sicker than a dog right now and uncomfortable. So…… here I go getting ready to mix up my own hot totty lol. But thanks for all the advice.

By: bre

bre — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:31:06 +0000

i think 2 each his own, i dont drink, but i,m sick as all hell right now and would love any remedy that would work. thanx

By: CGTotty

CGTotty — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:04:49 +0000

It’s toTTY !! Trust me – it’s an old family concoction – here’s the original recipe:

Equal parts bourbon ( or dark rum), lemon juice, and honey; mix, heat, stir, and guzzle it ’till ya feel better or feel nothing at all !
Enjoy

By: mark

mark — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:35:38 +0000

well it does work, i have a bs in sports nutrition and the best one i have drank my grandpa made and is two shots of brandy half a cup of honey two tablespoons of suger and one shot of lemon juice what it does is relax the cilia which are tiny hair like particles in the throat “hint when you have a cold the mucus irritates these cilia which causes you to cough” so the totty or toddy “which ever you prefer” numbs these structures and allows you to drift off to sleep without coughing and gives you that nice relaxed feel, its not a cure it just helps you sleep. Sleep is when the body starts repairing itself by the way but i will save that one for another topic. Everyone is different it may or may not work depends on your alcohol tolerance!

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:00:32 +0000

A friend of mine drinks it, he says use straight lemon juice and any brown liquor…..most commonly henessey….idk….all I do know is shortly after, he passed out….lmao

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:37:04 +0000

Hmmm, I think I will try it with dark rum, no whiskey… and don’t like whiskey. It would make me puke out any toxins sitting in that digestive tract, although maybe thats what the original 8oz recipe was made to do

By: Ken Savage

Ken Savage — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:44:27 +0000

sounds good Brooke. Thanks.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:18:18 +0000

Well IDK how ever its spelled…this is a hot totty recipe..

1 shot whiskey (ur prefrence)
2 Tbls honey
3 tsp lemon
3/4 cup full of hot tea

This is sooo good and sure to warm your sore throat

By: Linz

Linz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:35:55 +0000

I know original post is almost a year old…but I think Erin was joking with the recipe. At least I laughed out loud at the last line!

By: Rie

Rie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:33:50 +0000

Brian- (I know…post is a few days old)
That is exactly what I do. I can’t really stand the taste of alcohol so I can’t bear to drink it mixed into something else, but if I down a shot and then chase it with the hottest tea I can standm go to bed in the warmest pj’s I can find, and sweat my a** off all night…I usually feel a lot better in the morning! This works really well when you have a fever too. But it may make your body temp rise a bit, so only try it if your fever isn’t too high.
Hope everyone feels better!