‘Influenza Sorbet’ is the New Chicken Noodle Soup

Reptar Bars a la Rugrats. Updated Thin Mints (cupcakes). A new level of PB&J. We here at Foodbeast have a strong and enduring love for the classics. We love, too, when someone has the wherewithal to keep said classics clean and snappy and relevant to the fast-paced world of 2013. Where would we be, for instance, without the soothing effects of grandma’s chicken noodle this flu season? Dead? Probably.

And while soup doesn’t necessarily translate into great ice cream, Jeni’s Influenza Sorbet (now called “Hot Toddy Sorbet” so that it puts you in the mind of Usher, and not illness, I assume) effectively whips together the age old combination of whiskey, honey, and lemon into a delicious and healthy-ish dessert. It incorporates all that stuff you’re supposed to eat when you’re sick: ginger (for nausea), cayenne pepper (congestion), honey (cough/sore throat), orange and lemon juice, because citrus, and, of course, a little Maker’s Mark whiskey (recently watered down, did you hear??).

Okay, so maybe it’s not really “healthy” per se. But when you’re sick, calories don’t count. Obviously.

Jeni’s Influenza/Hot Toddy Sorbet $12.00/pint @ Jeni’s 

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