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(28 December 2017, 17:18)CharlesHarris Wrote: MB, don't forget The Pusser's Rum!

I generally go the other way being from Kentucky.

In the past my favorite cold weather drink was the famed "Hot Toddy". A generous splash of bourbon, a spoon of honey, a squeeze of lemon and fill the glass with scalding water.

Now that I am not allowed sugar I just drink it straight up.

I have not tried the artificial sweeteners in a toddy. I might try that.

Back about two decades ago we were at a reenactment camp after the site had closed and the weather was a bit chilly. The lads were making hot buttered run in the tin coffee pots; a stick of butter to melt, fill half the pot with Run and half with water.

We were in one of the big tents playing cards and one of the girls knocked back a couple of mugs of HBR and was working on her third and was doing fine when suddenly her eyes rolled back in her head and she went over backwards chair and all.

We assisted her husband in moving her out of the way. It took several of us since she was a sizable bird. We covered her with blankets and she slept for most of the next day!

That stuff will sneak up on you!