Fire Cider ~ Good for cold and flu season

[donnay]

Fire Cider ~ Good for cold and flu season. I just made a batch of this and wanted to share the recipe gearing up for the winter ahead.

Fire Cider

½ cup grated fresh horseradish root
½ cup or more fresh chopped onions
¼ cup or more chopped garlic
¼ cup or more grated ginger
Chopped fresh or dried cayenne pepper ‘to taste’. Can be whole or powdered. ‘ To Taste’ means should be hot, but not so hot you can’t tolerate it. Better to make it a little milder than to hot; you can always add more pepper later if necessary.
Optional ingredients; Turmeric, Echinacea, cinnamon, etc.

Place herbs in a half-gallon canning jar and cover with enough raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar to cover the herbs by at least three to four inches. Cover tightly with a tight fitting lid.
Place jar in a warm place and let for three to four weeks. Best to shake every day to help in the maceration process.
After three to four weeks, strain out the herbs, and reserve the liquid.
Add honey ‘to taste’. Warm the honey first so it mixes in well. “To Taste’ means your Fire Cider should taste hot, spicy, and sweet. “A little bit of honey helps the medicine go down……”
Rebottle and enjoy! Fire Cider will keep for several months unrefrigerated if stored in a cool pantry. But it’s better to store in the refrigerator if you’ve room.

A small shot glass daily serves as an excellent tonic Or take teaspoons if you feel a cold coming on.

Take it more frequently if necessary to help your immune system do battle.

http://freefirecider.com/rosemarys-story/

[opal]

what? no lemon?

I think that honey to taste for me would require a 1:1 ratio.. looks powerful

[donnay]

what? no lemon?

I think that honey to taste for me would require a 1:1 ratio.. looks powerful

I have seen some recipes to use citrus (Lemon or Orange) but I used the above recipe last year and it worked good for me.

[Suzanimal]

what? no lemon?

I think that honey to taste for me would require a 1:1 ratio.. looks powerful

Lemon?! Where's the whiskey?

[Working Poor]

Since I am allergic to bee products I would use cane juice to sweeten but it sounds like a good recipe

[donnay]

Since I am allergic to bee products I would use cane juice to sweeten but it sounds like a good recipe

Try organic maple syrup.

[donnay]

Lemon?! Where's the whiskey?

That's a hot toddy. You drink that when you are sick. The Fire Cider is prevention.

[Suzanimal]

That's a hot toddy. You drink that when you are sick. The Fire Cider is prevention.

Ah, I've always just gone straight for the cure.

[RJB]

That looks like a good marinade as well. Thanks!

[RJB]

Ah, I've always just gone straight for the cure.

I make mead (honey wine) and add medicinal herbs. I have different brews for different ailments. The alcohol and the yeast extract medicinal properties that are left behind by water alone.

Ail and ale come from the same root word. In the old days they brewed with all kinds of medicinal herbs. (The stuck with hops because the sedation led to less bar fights and it tastes pretty darn good too.) An alehouse was full of medicinal brews for what aled you and the brewer was usually a good herbalist.

We've lost that over the years

But not at my house.

[phill4paul]

This sounds damn good. Who cares if it's good for me?

[Champ]

Been using this for months. Awesome product.

I actually like the taste of apple cider vinegar. This will clean your system out if anything is ailing it.

[donnay]

That looks like a good marinade as well. Thanks!

Uh huh for stir fry.

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[donnay]

Bump for Flu season.