Recipes Slowing Covid

Recipes Slowing Covid
by Marlow

A recipe that comes to mind over the entire pandemic would be a brew that my father stumbled upon when he was looking at posts through facebook. There were times when I would awake and smell something from the kitchen that did not seem right in the slightest. Keep in mind my father and my father alone is the only one who makes the concoction, and for good reason. For one, I have never seen him prepare anything besides dishes that he learned from back home in Nigeria, so to see him prepare a beverage was something to witness. My mother is the Martha Stewart of the household and he could probably give her a run for her money. Not to get too off track, the brew that my father makes does not have a formal name to my knowledge. The main and constant ingredient in this refreshment has to be ginger, and ginger root to be precise. To begin the creation of this beverage, you must bring a medium size pot of water, bring it to a boil, and add the sliced and/or minced pieces of ginger root. 

Once the brew has been sitting for about four minutes, then you add fresh lemon juice squeezed from a lemon (though, if you use the juice from a bottle that is perfectly fine as well). Along with lemon juice, you add cayenne pepper, garlic, honey, and turmeric powder. Now I know that these assorted items may have no business being boiled, let alone consumed, on any basis, but the benefits of drinking it are abundant.  For starters, the ginger root helps inhibit the growth of bacteria, thus lowering the risk of infections from foreign antibodies and the possibility of infections. Ginger is effective in treating nausea, and morning sickness as well. A fair warning must be issued about this beverage before going about and creating it; when I first drank the ginger mix, I just about spewed it up. 

The reason for that is due to me not realizing that those combined ingredients had an immense taste that was far too overpowering to be downed in fifteen seconds, as originally intended. I then realized that this drink was best to be consumed slowly, similar to how someone drinks tea, but a lot slower than that. Though this concoction does seem a bit odd and not worth the effort of making, the benefits of drinking this beverage far outweigh how it may taste. I know this might seem short but the ginger brew is practically the only thing that is currently giving me some sort of comfort during this time. Each disgusting sip of it is a step in a better direction health-wise and I hope it can help benefit someone else as well.