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Default Chicken soup and other sick foods


"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
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> There's a cold running around in our house, so I made chicken soup today.
> I should've made more; I'm on the last bowl now. Made the stock out of
> three pounds of chicken feet, so it's stellar -- gelatinous when cold,
> just perfect when hot. Onions, carrots, celery, chunks of chicken thigh
> meat, salt, pepper, noodles. Simple and delicious.
>
> For lunch, I had one bowl plain, and another bowl with some kim chee
> tossed in. SO good, and clears out the sinuses.
>
> Another soup I love when I'm sick is the potato/tomato/onion thing the
> maid in Spain made for us when we were little, but no one else in my house
> likes that, so I made chicken soup instead.
>
> I know we've had this thread before, but what do you eat when you're sick?
>
> Serene
>


Feed a cold starve a fever

It really depends on the illness.

Sore throat

Jello
Cottage Cheese
Smashed potatoes
Yoghurt
life savers (preferably cherry)
Strawberry shakes
Ice Cream

Head Cold (URI)
Hot soup almost any kind
Hot tea with a shot of brandy, bourbon and a slice lemon ( many of these),
and a cube of sugar
Jello shooters.
Hot cider
Lipton chicken noodle soup.

Dimitri