From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2024-06-19, songbird wrote:   
   > cshenk wrote:   
   > ...humidity, heat...   
   >> It takes time to get acclimated.  I'm sure you'll do fine.  One thing   
   >> that really helps it to be well hydrated.  Use powdered gaitoraide   
   >> (cheaper by far, look to Amazon as a good source).  2 16oz waterbottles   
   >> a day at least.   
   >   
   >   no thanks, i drink water, i get plenty of it, as for   
   > sugars and salts i prefer to get those via food.   
      
   While a good plan in general, drinking _just_ water can lead to   
   complications when you're working / sweating, to the point of making you   
   sick before you sate your thirst.  Granted, I may be over-estimating how   
   active you actually are (and how hot it is where you are, we're getting   
   100-104 on the heat index here).   
      
   As an alternative, you can make switchel (aka "haymaker's punch",   
   or "ginger water") -- water, cider vinegar, ginger, and sweetener (a   
   mild flavored honey works well, though most any sweetener will work --   
   molasses, pure maple syrup (i.e. NOT "Maple Flavored Syrup"), raw sugar,   
   etc.)   
      
   I originally got the general recipe from leafing through a reproduction   
   colonial era cookbook at Williamsburg or similar "living history" museum   
   from the Revolutionary War era. These are the measurements that've   
   worked for me to take it down from "makes 10 gallons" ;)   
      
     1T fresh ginger OR 1/2 tsp dried/ground ginger   
     1/4c (~60 mL) cider vineger   
     "sweeten to taste" (1-2T honey)   
      
   In a 1 quart (1 liter) container, dissolve the honey in the vinegar,   
   then mix in the ginger.  Add enough water to fill to the quart / liter   
   mark. Ideally let it 'steep' for an hour or two, to let the ginger   
   mellow out a little bit ... but it's not *too* bad to make it then drink   
   it right away.   
      
   No clue whatsoever on "nutrition info" though   
      
   HTH :)   
      
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