is a Japanese
drink consisting of heated
sake
Sake, also spelled saké ( ; also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indee ...
, sugar and a raw
egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...
. It translates as "egg sake", being made of the
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
卵 ''tamago'' (egg) and 酒 ''sake''.
Use as a cold remedy
Tamagozake is a traditional
home remedy
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the ...
for the
common cold in Japan, however there is no medical proof of its efficacy.
Even though it is an alcoholic drink, it is sometimes given as a cold remedy to children as well as adults, much as
hot toddies are used in Western countries.
Recipe
Like most home remedies, there are several variant recipes for tamagozake, but the basic properties are the same.
Ingredients:
* 1 egg
* 1 tbsp (15 mL) of honey
* 200 mL of sake
For a non-alcoholic version, milk may be used as a substitute for sake.
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