News You Can Bruise for 2005 February 15

It turns out the recipe I gave for the cold remedy yesterday was actually Sumana's garbled recollection of the recipe. Here is the real recipe, from her mother:

Start by melting 1/2 t butter or thuppa (ie. ghee) in a pot. Then add:

• 1/4 t turmeric
• 1/2 t ground pepper
• 1/4 t fresh or ground ginger
• 1/2 t cumin (optional)
• A few whole cloves (optional)
• 4 cups water

Boil down to 2 cups and drink with honey. Or add salt and serve it with rice.

Sumana also got me a copy of Make. If I were good at making things I'd be all over that magaine. As it is, I'm only partially over it.