Onion Syrup Cough & Cold Remedy

Ingredients

• 2 yellow onions, chopped or vidalia onions or red onions
• 1/2 cup sugar, more if necessary

Directions

1. 1

   Use a clean 1 quart glass jar for making syrup and storing.

2. 2

   Layer small handful of chopped onions and about 1/8 cup sugar. Keep layering until jar is full. You can use more sugar if needed. The recipe-meister wanted a definite amount so I guesstimated at 1/2 cup for the whole thing. You just need to be sure that the individual bits of onion are well coated with sugar.

3. 3

   When finished layering, just close up the jar, shake it up a bit so the onion is all coated and leave it on the kitchen counter. In about 2 hours the onions will have reduced by about half because the sugar pulled the water and the beneficial therapeutic compounds out of them.

4. 4

   In 12 hours its done! You can begin using the syrup at this point. It will still be giving off syrup for two or three days, so that is when I remove the spent onion bits (they gave it all they've got! LOL) and put the jar of syrup away for when needed.

5. 5

   Serve by the teaspoonful when needed for coughs and colds.