Whiskey Cough Cure Recipes

Steps:

• In a small fruit jar, place the whiskey and honey.
• Crush the peppermints well (this just helps them dissolve) and toss in the jar. If you need it, add the sugar, but if you don't need it, don't add it.
• Let sit and the peppermints dissolve.
• When you need it, take a spoonful; tablespoon if it's very bad, teaspoon if it's light. It's alright to give this to children, just make it more diluted with water.

Steps:

• Black strap molasses is recommended.
• Let 1 cup horehound tea steep for about 3 minutes, or to taste. ( Made into tea with 1 cup boiling water). Do this with a regular coffee pot.
• In a saucepan with the sides buttered, add 1 cup horehound tea, 2 cups of sugar and 3 tablespoons butter + molasses.
• Bring to a boil with medium heat and continue to boil until temperature on a candy thermometer reaches 260-270 degrees. (This is really important because if it goes higher than this, the rolling and twisting becomes unmanageable. Gets hard to fast.).
• Pour into a buttered pan and let set until cool enough to handle.
• Pull candy with buttered hands, twisting into ropes 4-5 inches long. Snip into pieces with kitchen shears.
• When cut, place all the pieces in a plastic container with sugar and shake for coating.
• NOTES: to prevent unnecessary crystalization, never stir the pot or scrape the pan.