Ahira's Hangar

Hot Whiskey
submitted by: Stonemaybe

Half-pint tankard or large mug. Add a large teaspoon of honey (sugar if you don't have honey), two wedges of fresh lemon, each with three whole cloves stuck into them. Pour in boiling water to nearly the top, and add a large measure of whiskey. Get your head over it and inhale while it's steaming, stir it, and then sip slowly when it's cooled a bit.

Sounds like a perfect thing to inhale/drink/gargle when you have a horrid cold or sore throat. One of my friends who used to be a singer always tell me to make a mixture of three equal parts:

lemon juice
honey
gin or whiskey

and use it to gargle with (NOT DRINK) when you have a horrid sore throat. It does seem to work for me, but you have a really bad taste in your mouth for days afterwards if you gargle with the gin mixture.