The Perfect Hot Totty Recipe

The perfect Hot Totty

The past couple of weeks have been tough – From Hong Kong to Sarah’s Birthday to the Influence Conference in the Hunter Valley to a week of events, I’ve been running myself ragged. So much so that yesterday morning I woke up coughing up all colours of the rainbow (a pleasant enough image for you all, I’m sure).

However, today I feel pretty good. And do you know why? It’s because of a little drink called the Hot Totty.

When I was in Ireland back when I was 18, I got pretty sick. I prescribed myself to a diet of Hot Tottys, and my cure could almost be considered miraculous. Since then, it seems I’d forgotten their medical power to battle the cold, until last week when I made one for Lauren when she was a bit crook.

Anyway, to get back to the subject, I have perfected the Hot Totty. I’ve just finished my course for the evening, and fully expect to wake up feeling well tomorrow.

If you want to know how to make the perfect Hot Totty yourself, check below:

Not Enough Sense To Make Change

Funny thing happened to me yesterday: Lauren and I had decided to try a new recipe for dinner (Lion’s head meatballs, for the curious) which required dried chinese mushrooms – not something we keep a lot of lying around the pantry.

So anyway, I went to get my haircut yesterday morning in Camden, and when I couldn’t get in for a coupl of hours, I decided I’d pop into Coles to pick up the dried mushrooms. When I got there, a packet of sliced dried shitake mushrooms was $2.40. Checking my pockets and wallet, I only had a $50 note or $2 in change. I decided to walk out, and pick it up when I came back in to get my haircut proper.

When I got home, I grabbed the extra 40 cents, and then added another 50c piece “just in case”. Then, once I’d had my hair cut, I hopped in the car and started driving home. “Dammit!” I exclaimed. “I forgot the mushrooms!” So instead of going around the block, I decided to drop into Woolworths on the way home.

When I got to the Asian section, instead of being $2.40, they had whole dried shitake mushrooms for $3.00. Checking my pocket again, I had $2.90. I was foiled again!

On a side note, the dinner was nice, but a bit too much effort for the end result, and probably won’t get cooked again.