What's your favorite cold remedy?   

Ok, I am not sure where you are located, but if you can find it, get some Dr Pepper made with pure cane sugar. Pour a 12oz can into a pot and add the juice of one lemon. Add 1 whole lemon sliced. Bring this to a boil and boil for 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool to a drinkable temperature. Pour into a coffee mug and sip while inhaling the fumes. I know it sounds crazy, but every time I have ever had a cold, this is what my mother would give me growning up and I still use it today at 34. It works. I swear it will cure a sore throat and ease a cough in 1 day.

You can use regular old high fructose corn syrup Dr Pepper too, but you have to do it like twice a day for 3 days. It will help though.