Oberon Zell-Ravenheart's Pepper-Up Potion.

[full_metal_ox]

(Prompted by underused's request for suggestions on what to do with a surplus of horseradish.)



This formula for a cold-and-flu-fighting vegetable juice cocktail comes from the "Healing" chapter of Oberon Zell-Ravenheart's Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard (2004, New Page Books), a tutorial on Neo-Pagan witchcraft as framed in Harry Potteresque terms (1); I've taken the liberty of naming the recipe accordingly.

2 cups V-8 juice
Juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
A few cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon grated horseradish
A pinch of cayenne pepper

The recipe specifies only that the above ingredients be "blended well", so presumably the above are to be tossed in the blender or juicer; Zell-Ravenheart advises, "Hint: the horseradish helps open blocked sinuses. Add more if you can tolerate the taste."

(He also adds that "half a teaspoon of grated horseradish, flavored with lemon juice, can be taken twice a day for sinus conditions. Horseradish has loads of vitamin C and also helps clear mucus out of the human body.")

(1) ETA: in light of ongoing revelations, Zell-Ravenheart has since distanced his curriculum from the British Wizard Franchise.

Comments

[underused]

Ok, well this just sounds delicious. It's really not that far from a Bloody Mary, is it? I'm def going to try it (when I have some V8) and will report back.

Thank you full_metal_ox!

[full_metal_ox]

Being a nondrinker, I was thinking more in terms of a gazpacho--and I suppose this could be heated in cold weather to serve as a therapeutic tomato soup.

[underused]

Ooh, that sounds delicious, too.

I don't eschew alcohol, but I might have ten drinks a year. Heh. At some point I very randomly developed a bad reaction to vodka (an allergy, I guess?) so the odd Bloody Mary (one of the few drinks I love) is definitely missed.