A Gogl Mogl - Bubbe's Recipe for the Common Cold

The Gogl-Mogl, sometimes spelled guggle-muggle, is a hot foamy drink imported from Eastern Europe. Its adherents wax poetic about its miraculous ability to cure colds and sore throats.

From time to time, we see references to it on Jewish websites. Yesterday we came across a new video showing how to prepare it on the Yiddish Forward website and since we're in the middle of winter and flu season, we thought we'd share it with you today.

Maybe it's the honey, the hot milk, or the raw egg that's the active ingredient, but we think it's the shot of whiskey, rum, brandy, or Slivovitz that does the trick. Curiously, this last ingredient is not even mentioned in the recipe presented in Yiddish with English titles by Eve Jochnowitz in the video.

L'chaim!

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