best medicine

as with most foreigners living in korea, i have had many colds this winter. there's something about these korean colds which makes them seem far worse than any cold i can remember having back in canada. i have discovered the best cure and i encourage all of you to try it the next time you feel the sniffles and body ache coming on. this is it:

1.5 to 2 liters of water
a handful of ginger root
one lemon
one orange
honey

you clean the ginger root and slice it as small as you can or grate it. add it to a pot containing the liter and a half or 2 of water. you add to that, the juice from both the lemon and orange. peel the rind off the orange and lemon and add that to the pot. bring this mixture to a boil and then simmer for about 5 or 10 minutes. strain it as you pour it into a mug and add a spoonfull of honey to each mugfull you drink.

drink as much of that citrus-ginger-honey tea as you can over the next day or two (you may have to make a couple of potfulls---i do!) and i'm pretty sure you'll be feeling much better!