Comfort Drinks
I blogged about comfort food last week. This week, I got to thinking about comfort drinks. You know, those hot, comforting drinks that just make you feel cosy and safe.
Here’s my list of top comfort drinks:
# hot milk with honey - especially when coming home cold and late on a winter’s evening and you need something soothing to wind you down, ready for bed
# creamy hot chocolate - I tend to prefer this earlier in the evening as it’s usually too rich and makes me feel a bit too full to be going to bed right after drinking it
# hot Milo - mmm, this reminds me of my childhood in Malaysia
# hot Ribena - another childhood reminder. We used to have this in Malaysia if we were sick and in bed.
# hot toddy ie hot water, whisky, lemon and honey - great for colds and flu in winter. I enjoyed a big mug of this every evening for a week recently when I was down with flu - until we ran out of the cheap whisky and found a 40 year old Johnnie Walker at the back of the cupboard, which was too good to mix. That was when we turned to neat vintage whisky instead…. which worked pretty well, too!
What’s on your list of top comfort drinks?
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November 28th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I’m a big fan of Marks and Spencer Mulled Wine - one of the few good things about winter. Other brands just don’t get it quite right.
The perfect accompaniment to sipping the wine is to either be chewing on, or sucking on, a segment of Terry’s dark chocolate orange. Hot wine and melted chocolate is a marriage made in heaven!
November 28th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Oh, yes, mulled wine is a great winter warmer, Mel. But I’m not entirely convinced about mixing it with chocolate… I guess I’ll have to try it and see.
November 29th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Mango lassi! The sweet, not the salty. Add a samosa, and you’ve got lunch.
BTW, if you don’t want that chocolate, pass it on this way!
November 29th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Cheryl, I’ve never come across salty mango lassi before. Can you elaborate?
November 29th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
It may be peculiar to my family, Yang-May.My brother-in-law liked to sprinkle salt in his mango lassi, and everyone wondered how he could drink it. It’s not the norm! Usually, sweet lassi has sugar or fruit and perhaps some cardamon in it, and the salty lassi leaves out the fruit entirely, in favor of cumin and green chili.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Cheryl - the savoury lassi recipe sounds intriguing: sort of like Indian gazpacho perhaps?
December 1st, 2007 at 7:41 pm
I can’t seem to find Ovaltine or Milo in large Western or oriental supermarkets in London. My local Waitrose doesn’t stock it either. Anyone knows where I can get it in London?