Recipe time!

So not much has been happening around here. A lot of the same old stuff. So here is a little recipe for those battling from a cough and cold. This little syrup will put some hair on your chest and get rid of any phlegm in your throat. It is a cough killer. Just beware that it also a breath killer, so follow it up with some mouth wash or hierba buena.

Ultimate Cough Syrup
3 ounces minced garlic
1/2 pint vinegar [I used apple cider vinegar]
Sugar

*Bruise and mince the garlic to get it as juicy as possible.
*Put the minced garlic in a jar with a lid. Pour the vinegar on top, and put the lid on. Let this macerate (soak) for 4 days if you can. Shake it twice daily.
*After four days, drain and strain the maceration. I do this buy putting unbleached organic cotton (or cheesecloth, muslin) on the mouth of another jar. Slowly pour into the cloth to let it strain out the garlic. When the liquid is captured, squeeze the garlic in the cotton to get out every little bit.
* Now make it into a syrup by adding sugar. The recipe I have calls for a pound of sugar to be added to the mixture. I tried and failed to get the garlic infused vinegar to digest all that sugar. So mix in enough sugar that it is completely absorbed without crystallizing. The guideline is usually 1 part solvent to 2 parts sugar. So keep that in mind.

With the correct amount of sugar, this syrup does not need refridgeration but since you probably have a refridgerator, it doesn't hurt to store it there. Shake before use and the normal dosage is 1 teaspoon three times a day.

Yum.