Covid 19

So what a world we are in now with Covid-19 and Ukraine.

I was very scared to catch covid because I have mild asthma and diabetes, have managed to not catch covid for 2 years until Jan 31-2022 when I had the worst sore throat that I'd ever experienced. It felt like I had swallowed a razor blade. I knew in my heart that it was Covid so I took a RAT test and there was a faint second line. At first I wouldn't believe that it was positive so waited 2 days to be able to go to a testing station to get a PCR test. 

Luckily we had stocked panadol and nurofen, two medicines that we needed and ate like lollies. the panadol helped with the headaches and the nurofen helped with the body aches. Wish I had dry throat cough medicine too because my throat was very sore. So I made this throat tonic that I found on a blog by Down to Earth  

3 - 4 inch long piece of ginger

2 lemons thinly sliced

1 litre water

1/2 cup raw honey

In a medium saucepan add the water, ginger and lemons and bring to a boil. Gently simmer for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat, put the lid on the saucepan and let it sit for two hours. Add honey, stir until its completely dissolved and pour into a sterilised bottle.

You can keep the ginger and lemon and recycle it, going through the above process again. The flavour wont be as strong but its definitely worth getting two batches.

To make up the tonic for use, make a hot tea with it by adding boiling water to 2 tablespoon s of syrup, add it to the black tea using the same amount or make it into a cold drink.

I hope you dont get covid, its not very pleasant, I reckon we got the middle version. 

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Pantry Cleaning Out

This lockdown from the Corona Virus is spurring many people on to do stuff around the house. Well I now have the opportunity to clean out my pantry that was needing it badly. Because I cook many cuisines, I have lots of different items to cook these.

 I have a small walkin pantry

 I definitely need split shelves, as you can see the wasted room in each shelf that I could fill and make it neater and easier to find...someday

 All items out on the tables so I can fumigate and wipe down all the shelves and walls to give it a real good clean

What are you doing for your self-isolation or lockdown?