It also sounds like a good home remedy. IIRC thereās evidence that gingerās good for the stomach, but Iāve found that even with common colds, just handling the ginger (breathing in the fumes) can be helpful.
A late happy birthday to vodka then!
This thread needs more alcohol. Hereās one of my personal favorites.
1 part tequila
2 parts sangrita
1 part grapefruit juice (usually substituted with grapefruit soda, like squirt)
A pinch of salt
lime
Tabasco sauce to taste.
Pour everything in a glass, stir. Drink.
This would be great with Jarritos in place of the grapefruit juice
Take one part whisky.
Take one part whisky.
Take one part whisky.
Mix and consume. If youāre feeling fancy, use a glass.
It certainly seems to be a salve or temporary respite for me tonight. That and autocorrect.
A Mexican waiter recommended a Michelada to me recently, and for some reason I said āsureā, and was amazed. Even though all of the individual ingredients sounded awful ā cheap Mexican beer, Clamato, Maggi sauce, tabasco ā somehow when you put all of them together on a hot summer day, you get something savory and unexpectedly delicious and refreshing.
You know, thatās the second time this week Iāve heard that drink refered to as a michelada, I need to go out drinking more often. Around here we would call that a clamato, probably because thatās the main ingredient.
A michelada would be beer, lemon and a pinch of salt.
But yeah, when my wifes family comes over we make sure to have a couple of large bottles of clamato on hand 
Plus, itās WAY better than a US-Midwest āred beerā, thatās just cheap beer and tomato juice. I once worked the 7 am shift at a bar next to a factory. Thatās a very popular drink, but blergh without the spice!
Oh god. I know it too well.
I once worked on a community theater production of Lord of the Rings, and our Gandalf was a guy who was a professional Santa Claus ā huge guy, huge white beard, huge voice. After the first night of rehearsal, he said heād see us all at the bar and headed over. When we got there, heād bought us all a round of his favorite drink ā Bud Light and tomato juice. He grinned and boomed, āIām an ex-Marine! This is what we called ābloody horse pissā! Drink up! HO HO HO!ā
Eeeeew. Very few things sound more disgusting than ābloody horse pissā, and Iām going to have to go bleach my brain, lest I inadvertently think of some of thoseā¦
At the North Pole they call it Bloody Reindeer Piss
What is really called forā¦
Substitute cheap Canadian beer for Mexican, Worcester sauce for Maggi, and youāve got a very Canadian redeye.
Currently having my own modification of a recipe for a ākentucky buckā that I saw today (I didnāt have some of the ingredients, so hacked it together from what was on hand). My version:
2oz bourbon (Buffalo Trace was what I had on hand)
1oz sweetened lime juice (Roseās)
2 maraschino cherries and half a spoonful of the syrup
one shot of bitters (some handmade bitters from a kickstarter)
one small bottle of spicy ginger ale (Red Rock)
The result came out a lot better than Iād expected, and very drinkable. I do think it needs some tweaking, though Iām not entirely sure what to tweak. The original recipe called for a strawberry, lemon juice, and simple syrup (as well as some different proportions), but Iāll have to make do with whatās on hand. Might try cranberry or prickly pear bitters next timeā¦
Hence the title, I suppose.
Long term: cause of.
Short term: solution to.
But thanks, Ma. We do trust you.
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