{"id":50310,"date":"2016-06-07T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T06:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/50310\/amanda-a-mangia-hot-toddy-the-cold-cocktail\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T06:30:05","slug":"amanda-a-mangia-hot-toddy-the-cold-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2016\/06\/07\/amanda-a-mangia-hot-toddy-the-cold-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda A-mangia: Hot toddy &#8211; the cold cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is probably no scientific proof that they work, but they sure make us feel better.<\/p>\n<p>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n<p>2 Tbls brandy or whiskey, but OBS will also do it<br \/>\n1 Cup boiling water<br \/>\n1 Tbls honey<br \/>\n1 Tbls lemon juice<br \/>\nA sprinkling of cinnamon or a star anise (optional)<\/p>\n<p>METHOD<\/p>\n<p>Add boiling water to the rest of the ingredients. Stir until the honey has melted. Cuddle up in bed and drink your toddy while it&#8217;s still hot.<\/p>\n<p>This basic recipe is just a starting point for experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>Other possible additions are rooibos tea, fresh ginger, lemon zest or other spices like cloves or nutmeg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s one way to sweat out that cold when you\u2019re feeling under the weather. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":50311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2704,2681],"tags":[4830,4831,4832],"class_list":["post-50310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-basic-hot-toddy","tag-hot-toddy","tag-the-cold-cocktail"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["basic hot toddy","hot toddy","the cold cocktail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}