 Ouch. Ouchouchouchouchouch. Ouch. Forgive any egregious typos or inelegant phrasing, but I'm currently propped up on a mountain of sofa pillows, trusty whippet wedged under my knees, with my teeth gritted, trying not to whimper too pathetically and about to go out of my mind with want for Cream of Wheat. Yeah, I'm a food editor and probably oughta be keeping up some pretense of all my meals consisting of ethically sourced organic hogget terrine and all manner of complicated grains misted in butter from cows that vacation in Biarritz. But right now, I'm laid up with nasty back spasms and I just want hot cereal. Bread and butter would do, too - just the generic, but satisfyingly crunchy Italian roll that came with the Papardelle Bolognese my husband and I ordered in the other night. Or eggs, nothing fancy, just very lightly whisked, fried in bubbling butter and flecked with Tabasco - maybe a sprinkle of smoked salt if I don't have to reach up too high in the cabinet. When I'm down for the count, I go back to the basics. This doesn't mean dull, necessarily - just familiar. To me, the apotheosis of that is Cream of Wheat cooked cement hard, with a dash of hot sauce, crunchy salt and a shaving of whatever hard cheese is in the house - Parmesan, Romano, Asiago. I go savory because sweet makes me feel like an invalid and I'm incredibly bad at being coddled. The hot sauce allows me to feel as if I have a fighting chance, and if there is bread, it's got to be almost cruelly crusty, so I can wage battle against my food, even if the rest of my body is at war with itself. (And...crap - the whippet just ate my toast.) |
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Flu or cold symptoms – poached eggs on toast and ginger ale. Sore throat – saltine crackers and hot tea – the scratch of the saltines going down always felt good on my sore throats for some reason!
Spicy chicken wings, Powerade Zero and lots of water. But it's been a long time since I've been sick.
Soup, particularly chicken noodle, but whatever kind it is it should be almost too hot to eat so you also inhale the hot vapors and liquid that often loosen the junk in your throat!
When I'm sick, I like my personal chefs to make filet mignon and lobster with...
...okay, nevermind, I don't have any personal chefs. I was just bemused at some of the people here who are sick enough to crave special foods but not so sick that they can't spend an hour in the kitchen whipping up the meal. Hint: if you're feeling well enough to be on your feet making a complicated dish when you don't have to, you're not really that sick.
tomato soup with an egg poached in it.
Depends on how sick I am... For cold/congestion I crave really brothy homemade chicken caldo. If I'm getting over a stomach bug it's soft boiled egss and toast or saltine crackers. If I was in your situation I'd be right there with you with the cream or wheat, but with chocolate chips, or mac & cheese from a box (I know, it's wrong).
Oh, or Vietnamese food...Not sure why, never ate it growing up, but there isn't much a really good bowl of Pho can't solve, and if it is really tough, spring rolls.
We never threw out bones from just about anything – beef, chicken, pork (fish bones we buried as fertilizer by the plum tree) – and my dad would make the most amazingly protein rich broth out of the bones. It would take two days in the oven, then reduce stovetop, poured over steamed rice and sprinkled with a little soy sauce.
take a wild guess
Wholesome old fashioned oats with butter and honey!
Cheese grits with bacon...or homemade cream of mushroom soup.
Must use the Campbell's Tomato BISQUE soup not regular...much better flavor.
I usually crave Kentucky Fried Chicken's mashed potatoes with extra salt.
Grilled Cheese...the greasier the better and chicken noodle soup! Or mashed postatoes with gravy
Tom Kah Kai always does the trick for me. It's spicy, sweet, and savory as well as being a warming soup.
Menudo settles the stomach, clears the head and restores strength better than anything I know.
When I get a cold, I first, order a pizza. I don't know why, but I seem to crave takeout pizza with a cold. I also like to drink tea as hot as I can possibly stand it.
When I'm sick my dad would make me drink red or pink gatorade/ 7up and eat salteen crackers with chicken broth. I never Drink red or pink gatorade if I'm not sick because it makes me think of being ill :)
If it's a cold or the flu – mac and cheese, or a grilled cheese with pickles and ketchup and tomato soup. When I was on chemo (I know this sounds weird but it is what it is!), the only thing I could eat was cantaloupe and some hot & sour soup.
A spicy chinese food with fried chicken and egg rolls with the spicy mustard! the mustard clears my head
My grandma used to cook this flower-shaped rice noodle to an oatmeal consistency and mix it with an egg and some sugar. Now that I can't find the rice noodle anywhere, I simply just substitute it with oatmeal!
Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.
When I feel like crap, I run down to subway and get a plain turkey sandwich with american cheese. It's bland, it's not terribly heavy, and I don't have to make anything. Good comforting sandwich.
Oreida Zesties (fries). When I have a cold, it seems like nothing has much flavor. The combination of crunchy outside, soft inside and some spices just does the trick for me. I never eat them otherwise.
Grilled cheese and Tomato soup.
captain crunch cereal
Has to be cherry jello, mashed up with a fork (the elementary school cafeteria used to call this Riced Jello) ... with milk on it. Never fails to make me feel better!!
When I'm not well,or my kids aren't I make chicken soup with rice noodles,ginger,garlic, mushrooms and a handful of baby spinach in the bottom of the bowl. The ginger settles the tummy,the garlic has anti-bacterial properties, the just wilted baby spinach is a shot of iron...and the rest is just yummy. Guaranteed to make you feel better.
Chicken /Ham Hock Soup. Chinese mother's – even better than a Jewish mothers.
I crave sour things, especially yoghurt. My mom makes this spicy sour semolina porridge with ginger, onions, butter, chillies and yoghurt. That seems to take all the ills away.
If I'm feeling headachy and nauseous, all I want is spicy food, Morningstar veggie sausage links, dill pickles, and sea salt. A lot of times I'll eat the salt straight up - I just put some crystals in my hand and lick them up. (Pink Hawaiian sea salt is the best for that.) Weird, maybe, but soo good and definitely helps stave off a migraine.
Oh, and hot plain pasta with tons of melted butter (and...salt).
Malt O Meal is what I always associate with my Mom making when I was sick and I crave that anytime I start to get under the weather.
I'm rarely ever sick but once in a while I get a cold. I have two remedies for that. First and easiest is hot lemonade or limeade (no powdered stuff–fresh-squeezed or frozen) with Canadian whiskey and honey. If I use frozen lemonade or limeade, I squeeze a couple wedges of fresh lemon or lime into it to make it tangier. Heat to steaming, add whiskey and honey to taste, and enjoy.
Second necessity is homemade chicken noodle soup. Roast chicken pieces in the oven, cool, remove bones and skin. Deglaze baking dish and add drippings to soup pot. Place chicken meat in pot with rough-cut carrots, celery, and onion. Seasonings (fresh if available): thyme, oregano, bay leaf (can be bundled into bouquet garni). bring to simmer. If you have leftover chicken or turkey broth in the freezer, use in place of some of the water. Can also use prepared, low-sodium broth for quick & dirty prep. Cook until vegetables are mushy, then fish them out (can be added to dog's dish or composted). Also fish any large herbs out (easy, if you've tied them in bouquet garni). Add Reames or similar frozen noodles (or knock yourself out and do homemade). Yes, in a pinch, you may use dried noodles, but they're not as good. Add sea or kosher salt to taste, along with a generous squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice and freshly ground pepper (or lemon pepper). A dash of Tabasco or Cholula never hurts. Soooooo good when you've got a cold. Dip crusty french bread in it and slurp all you like.
Buttered cinnamon toast and real hot cocoa!
Cream of chicken soup made with milk over rice. Magic cure for what ails you.
Matzoh ball soup – small but dense matzoh balls, with as condensed a chicken broth as you can make it, and (unless I'm too sick to manage chewing) some nice chunks of chicken and slices of carrot. Works wonders for almost anything except sinus congestion; for that I want my wife's nuclear chili or, if she's away on Grandma duty, some hot and spicy stir-fried chicken with zucchini, mushrooms, and peanuts.
Chicken matzo ball soup.... 'nuff said.
potato pancakes with sour cream and applesauce
Lipton chicken noodle soup. Home-made mac and cheese. Home-made (not out of a can) biscuits with butter and honey. Sprite or 7-Up. All prepared by Mom. For some reason, having someone else make it (especially Mom) makes all the difference.
Chicken soup... and tons of vanilla ice-cream with Canadian Maple syrup, or cocoa powder and mushed up.
My college roommate would always eat a whole can of frozen orange juice concentrate if she thought she was coming down with a cold, partly for the extra vitamin C and partly because it was good.
I was always given 7-Up for an upset stomach, now I still associate it with that and don't often want any.
For some strange reason I crave Pizza Hut's Wing Street boneless wings, medium, with blue cheese dressing and a regular Coke or Pepsi. If not available then a McDonald's sweet tea and fries. The strange thing is that I don't like these foods when I am feeling well. These things were not available so readily when I was a child, so this isn't a childhood comfort though I do appreciate a good grilled cheese and tomato soup!!! Thank goodness I don't feel sick too often!
when i have an upset stomache, i get my mommy to make me cinnamon toast.
a nice pb&j heavy on the PB is good too (not while nauseous hah) just for comfort reasons. all i ate after a break-up.
or some grilled cheese and soup
or my mom's spinach lasagna!
i could go on haha
Tomato soup and grilled cheese!
Plain, butter noodles. Salted and coated with a butter-substitute spray. Weird, but it does it for me.
i love this too! sometimes with cheese melted over top too
I'm currently nursing a very strong cough, complete with chills and dizziness. All i've managed to eat today is a strawberry popsicle. When I was little and sick my mom's favorite "sick treat" for me was a bagel with strawberry cream cheese. I think I'm just a strawberry kind of girl!
Crunchy bread though, sounds great right now.
Food from childhood: Macaroni & tomato sauce or cheese potato soup. I can't stand chicken noodle soup since I used to get sick alllll the time and eat only that. I also have an aversion to crackers with soup.
Also, baked potato loaded with cheese and a bit of butter. Or any type of potato, really. Potatoes are probably my number one comfort food / sick food.
Pho, chao (rice porridge), hot condensed milk (1 part condensed milk and 4 parts boiling water), 7up if nauseous, and if I can't sleep, poaching an egg in a little water and a good helping of brown sugar. Linguini with butter, parmesan, garlic and cayenne for generic blah days.
I remember when I was about 12 I came down with a pneumonia, and all I wanted to eat was mashed potatoes. As is the case with pneumonia, I didn't actually any mashed potatoes, or anything at all really, but it sure sounded good in theory.
First and foremost – ginger ale – always works to settle my stomach. After that – chicken soup, soft boiled eggs and toast
I was sick at the start of October.
By coincidence about 3 days prior, I made a huge pot of chili and a chocolate cake.
That was all I felt like eating: the chili and chocolate cake.
Ordinarily when I'm sick, I head for the ole standard of chicken broth with egg noodles and toast and ginger ale. Not this time.
There's these evil little chicken snacks in the freezer Aisle made by Tyson. They're mini chicken cordon bleu and I believe they have one more with cheese and broccoli. The ingredients are stuffed inside a piece of fried breaded chicken. Great if you're sick.........
Ginger Ale, Gatorade (fruit punch), Coca Cola, Hot Tea
Popsicles
Wonton Soup
Saltine Crackers
Banquet Chicken Pot Pie
Stove Top Stuffing
Pizza Hut Pizza (pepperoni)
Starbucks. If I'm under the weather I crave a tall, peppermint mocha, stirred. It makes the world bearable.
Lots of crusty bread, warm brothy soup, mashed potatoes, oatmeal, pancakes...
mmm
although I crave these all the time anyway!
If I have a cold/flu, I want homemade Greek Chicken Soup. Also milk toast for breakfast. Hot tea. Gingerale. All childhood things. Unfortunately, I have to make the soup if I want it. But it does make you well, just like all chicken soup. But if I have an upset stomach, I crave pizza, oddly enough.
apricot nectar or strangely cream of mushroom soup sometimes but mostly the nectar!!
Mashed potatoes, real or instant with butter, salt and pepper. My sister (a RN for 30 years) gave our family this tip long ago and it has never failed to sooth our tummies and send us on the road to recovery!!!!!!!!
That was a complete wasted of 3 minutes.....
Amazing,That's what your boyfriend said!
Hot beef broth and unbuttered wheat toast
Sounds like the author of this article is allergic to gluten and hard cheese. It's not uncommon, in fact it is very common, for us to crave the foods we are allergic to. Your back spasms could very well be from allergies to the foods you crave. It's easy to find out if this is true. Stop eating anything with gluten (all wheat based foods, you'd need to check labels or only prepare foods from fresh food) for about a month, then have a big bowl of cream of wheat for breakfast a couple of days in a row, and eat a lot of your favorite bread with butter for lunch and dinner. If you are allergic to gluten, it is likely that you will experience some undeniable symptoms. Gluten allergy can manifest in many ways, from mental problems to physical symptoms. The allergy is usually easily detected after undertaking a fast long enough to give the body's antibody mechanism the chance to quit making antibodies, then re-introducing gluten to your diet.
true
I crave steak. The rarer the better...my wife has to have chicken and rice
Homemade arroz con pollo.
Hot rice pudding (we call it "milk rice" in Germany) with cinnamon sugar and browned butter. A childhood favorite that will make me feel better right away.
Saturday I had to drive 10 hours so I couldn't take the pain med prescribed for the tooth that is trying to leave my head. I was starving and could not chew. All the rest stops had nothing but crispy fried chicken, Whoppers and crusty pizza. Not even Mac N Cheese which is what kept clouding my vision through my throbbing pain as I drove. After about the 7th hour and 12 rest stops, I was so desperate that the tiny dab of mashed potatoes with a little puddle of brown gravy at Roy Rodgers looked like mother's milk. And a tiny portion of soupy 'baked' beans with fakon flecks. I thought I was in heaven. Hot, soft, and OK way too much salt. I could barely get it down. Then, during the last few hours, I dreamed of being able to just stick my head - face up with open mouth - under Niagrara Falls.
Those falling tourists boats are a pain in the jawbone tho.
Hawaiian Punch, when I'll not feeling well I crave it. Otherwise I never drink it. The other choice would be gravy – on anything.
I always know I'm starting to feel better when the INTENSE craving for pepperoni pizza starts coming on!
For me, it's milk toast. Spread darker-than-usual-toast with butter (preferably), pour a little bit of warm milk on it, enough to make it soggy but not soupy. On occasion a flat 7-Up.
Thanks for answering a question I hadn't asked but came up over the weekend looking over the old Fannie Farmer cookbook – what the heck is milk toast? You describe it as yukky as it sounds – I can't imagine that as comfort food but to each his or her own!
Oh yes! Milktoast! My mom would make it for me when nothing else would stay down. Its better than soup or oatmeal; the first solid food you can handle.
Think about how pancakes taste when hot butter is all melted over them? You know how a glass of warm milk at night makes you sleep good? Well, now imagine real wonderful toast - well toasted, with butter melted all over them. Put them into a soup bowl, and pour warm, heated milk over the toast. The butter, milk and toast flavors blend to a warm, cozy, maybe your stomach cant handle anything else, but you sure can handle this, its just toast and milk see, kind of experience. And the next thing you know you feel a little hungry and then you feel warm and cozy and then you sleep. Sigh.
Yes, milktoast. It was almost a lost art, but is having a come back~! Especially when served by a caring, loving mom or dad.
Hot chocolate & toast. Real hot chocolate made with whole milk slowly heated on the stove & 2 heaping spoons of Hershey's powder with wheat toast & lots of real butter. Dip the toast into the hot chocolate. Cures everything.
Pho with extra red cock sauce
That would cost you $450.00 in Vegas...
I love Rooster Sauce.
Rice pudding with raisins and english muffins with marmalade. Reading material: any of the Horatio Hornblower novels.
Horatio Hornblower was a liberal stooge.
See what happens when you take a couple days off? Our Brother from another Mother is about to Blow chunks,or possibly new brown paint in his office!
I did before work and on my lunch break, which I immediately replaced with a banana pepper and small bowl of chili and a glass of icewater. And a multivitamin.
Besides, what man in his right mind wants "blower" as a part of his name???
Me.
I usually lose my appetite but sometimes I crave heat. Either soup or something super spicy. Heat.
@jtr Ice cream and chocolate are my downer medicines but they just don't work for sickness!
Oranges!
Vanilla ice cream and orange juice. Tastes like a creamsicle, brings you fever down and your blood sugar up. I've been known to resort to this after a bad day at work also.
good one !
I find ice cream to be the one cure all!
Single malt Scotch whisky!
Around here (Michigan), if your stomach is upset, Vernors Ginger Ale is the way to go.
7-UP!!!!
Buttered toast broken up by hand into a mug with soft boiled egg and salt and pepper mixed up with it. Every time.
I know most prefer Chicken Noodle soup but Minestrone usually does it for me....and a bunch of saltines, of course. Hot Apple Pie seems to help me too.
Grew up in Alaska and it was always Milk Toast- toast with LOTS of butter then sprinkled with sugar and warm milk poured over it.
I drink coffee when I'm well and tea when I'm sick. My body asks for tea.
I'm not a fan of creamy soups when I'm sick, but chicken noodle and minestrone are at the top of my list. And toast. I also like an orange-banana smoothie when I can get it, and lots of herbal tea and water to keep me hydrated.
Instant noodles or pho, Anything with lots of msg in it.
Gotta be chicken fried rice with spicy mustard! Must. Have. It. The mustard clears my nose right out and the chicken, rice, and veggies just hit the spot.
Blueberries are my go to. Fresh picked never refrigerated are the best. They got me through ver bad case of strep as a child now I still go to them when I feel bad.
with an upset stomach, rice and green beans. A cold, poached eggs on dry toast or chicken noodle soup with tons of fresh ground pepper.
for a cold, not a cold poached egg. That would be nasty........
GRITS! Buttery, cheesey, and slightly salted grits.
Unsalted, plain, unbuttered popcorn is what I want when I'm sick.
One other thing...Kraft Mac & Cheese from the box. For me that's the ultimate comfort food...not specifically when I'm sick, but when I want food comfort. It has to be from the box!
Bread!!! The only time I don't want bread is when I have a cold or flu and then I usually don't eat at all or if I do I'll make some soup (with bread).
Potatoes! mostly baked or mashed...to the point that my parents actually gave me the nickname of "Tuber Terror" as a child
I'm a big fan of cream of wheat when I'm sick.
Otherwise, I'll just use chicken broth and some small noodles and add parmesan cheese.
Very simple, very plain.
Cereal anyone?
Soup made with vegetable stock and noodles like penne, mixed with carrots, celery, and spinack. Seasoned with rosemary, italian seasoning, ans sesame seeds for texture. Topped with shaved pamesan, and some red pepper flakes for congestion. Yum!
Green Chile Stew. :)
Only Hatch chiles will do. Good call!
For a cold, the largest bucket of broccoli/cheddar soup I can find eaten with a loaf of crusty sourdough (feed a cold, right?).
Grilled cheese sandwich (my any time comfort food), saltine crackers or dry toast if I'm really sick, soup, or scrambled eggs. And hot tea is a must if I'm sick with a cold or the flu.
Fast food, oddly enough. I don't really eat it any more, but if I've got a terrible cold, I always crave a burger and fries from Wendy's or McDonald's. It probably comes from when I was a kid; it was a treat for us to get a Happy Meal, and on the rare occasions we were sick, we'd be allowed to have one. Maybe the treat made us happy and made us feel a bit better?
If I just feel bleh (like, coming down with a cold, but not quite there), peanut butter toast is almost all I eat.
A whole can of chicken noodle soup in a big bowl with almost an entire sleeve of Saltine crackers crushed up in it. If I'm especially hungry I'll make a side dish of a grilled cheese sandwich to dip into the broth before the crackers soak it all up. Two pieces of American cheese on potato bread cooked to a golden brown.
Mashed ripe bananas in a little bit of milk. It has magical properties. Helps you to sleep, makes you feel better, and it keeps the hungries away. My grandfather was a doctor and he always prescribed that, and it always worked. Even now. Scientifically, maybe the potassium helps, but it's still better than Chericol (for those of you who remember that crappy tasting way to deliver codeine to children.) I never want it when I'm healthy, but move that whippet over and let me at the mashed bananas!
interesting...weird, but interesting. I'll try it next time.
If it's a cold or flu type illness then I want scrambled eggs, light white buttered toast and a cup of tea. Anything else, I want a big bowl of ice cream...I'm an "icecreamaholic"....it's my comfort food.
When I'm sick, I always want Mickey D's – hamburger, fries and milkshake.
When I'm sick I go by these intials. B.R.A.T. which means broth, rice, applesauce and toast. Works wonders especially for a sick tummy. If i do not want to eat but I know I should, I like the sugary children's cereals.
hot apple turnovers and ice cold milk
My Mom always made a poached egg on milk toast when I was sick. To this day, that's what I want when I am really, really ill. Otherwise, soup.
If it's a stomach illness, I crave Cream of Rice, but if it is influenza, a bad cold, or recovery from surgery, I always crave a big, gourmet hamburger–not something from a fast food place, but a really good one....
If you're tough enough, chicken noodle soup showered with cheyenne pepper: clears the sinuses and makes a soar throat go numb.
The key is in the Pink Cupcake.
If I have a stomach bug it has to be toast and coca cola (no ice) but if I have a cold, tea, scrambled eggs and hot soup. If it is strep throat then nothing except hot tea.
American Chop Suey has a way to cure my ills.
Chicken and Dumplings, piping hot, is the only thing I want when I'm sick. That and Horehound candy.
Mmm, me too! Homemade chicken and dumplings, with extra dumplings!
Grilled Cheese with Vegetarian Vegetable soup with about half a tube of crackers in it with tobacco
Mmmm... tobacco.
Sorry..I just caught that..TABASCO..lol
ROTF LMAO !! yum ;-p
i hope you get to feeling better soon.
When im sick butter beans and ham with peppers on the side and sweet cornbread with a glass of milk usually make my tummy worm and makes me feel cozy. A cup of hot chocolate with a little malt in it makes a great desert and tops it off.
burn one down
good for any ailment :-p
I always crave fruit juice when I'm sick. I'm not too picky about food (usually because I can't taste it), but I'll crave fruit juice to the point of crying with frustration if I'm too sick to go out and get some. I've learned to keep a can of frozen juice stocked just in case. ;)
When I was a kid, my dad would always make me a grilled cheese sandwich, chicken noodle soup, and to drink: gatorade and ginger ale. To this day, whenever I'm sick I still eat and drink that exact combination... works every time.
I should also say... the ginger ale HAS to be Schweppes... and preferably from one of those mini glass bottles. Way more carbonation than from a big bottle or a can.
A poached egg on toast – my mother always fixed this for us as children when we weren't feeling well.
campbells double noodle with a little bit of water and a TON of garlic (not the powder kind...fresh or diced)
when I get sick all is want is Orange Juice. to be picky I like Tropicana no pulp, super cold
Ginger ale, homemade chicken soup with noodles, a gallon of hot tea with honey and lemon, and toast with butter and jam.
Definitely yes on all of those. Also, I like to put freshly grated ginger in a tea ball and pour boiling water over it, then I add fresh lemon juice, blue agave nectar and a pretty big pinch of cayenne (takes the chill off). And there's always homemade chicken soup in the freezer this time of year, 'cuz ya just never know who's going to sneeze in your direction!
A big bowl of cheese grits – instant grits and a slice of processed American cheese.
Peanut butter - on crackers, bread or toast, with or without jelly. If chicken soup is jewish penicillin, then peanut butter is Virginia penicillin. Almost worth getting sick for!
Hot egg noodles with tons of butter and sprinkling of whole peppercorns. My grandmother would make big bowls of this plus chicken soup with more noodles.
I often want a Happy Meal when I'm sick (cheeseburger & fries) and I never want it when I'm well. Also, toast and butter is good and I agree with many others that Hot & Sour soup is perfect
Cream of Chicken soup made with milk and served over toast. This is what my mom would make us when we were sick we could have this and some sprite it is still what I want when I am not feeling good. I made it for my roommate in college when she was sick. Some people think putting this creamy soup over toast is a little odd but don't knock til you've tried it. Oh and whatever you do make the soup with milk NOT water!
2nd post about toast with hot milk/soup poured over it. Never heard of that – must be a midwest/northern thing?
that is funny, was thinking it was a baltimore thing i have only ever heard of/had it here. also what is with all the milk/cream when folks have a fever; i thought you are not supposed to eat any dairy w/ a fever????
@lisar, I lived in Baltimore but never heard of that – but baltimore did introduce me to ketchup & eggs, peanut butter & dill pickle sandwiches and blue crabs! I think the rule of thumb is no dairy if you have the gut bomb:)
Salty stuff – ridge potato chips, chocolate chip cookies and diet coke. everything else usually tastes awful when I'm sick
whenever I get a fever I crave sprite
Potato soup made with half and half and chock full of onions. With toasted thick bread and butter.
We have two down today-First,Our Fearless Leader and second Jdizzle. It's the Broncos fault or maybe 'cause the BILLS Won a game?
I still made it to work, but it's touch and go. I drank on an empty stomach during the game. No bueno.
ooooohhhh!
that is not good. I will type in small letters, so as not to appear too loud...my condolences friend!
Shhhh..Nap time is around the corner!
I love you Jdizzle.
Cold fresh fruit.
Large baked potato with butter, sour cream, bacon bits, cheese, and chive. Two of those and I'm good to go.
That sounds good right now!
Mrs. Grass chicken noodle soup, grilled cheese, 7 up and long naps under warm blankets! :)
a mug of peppermint hot chocolate and a grilled cheese sandwich while wrapped in a robe watching tv. makes me feel better all the time
peppermint hot chocolate sounds fantastic. I'm going to add that to fee-better meal next time I am sick. Maybe I won't even wait unitl I'm sick. Yum.
Fast food actually. When I was younger and sick I'd get a heavy craving for buttered toast. But these days whenever I'm sick, I go out and get either Wendy's or McDonalds and it is perfect. Most of the time the french fries end up tasting like cardboard because I'm sick, but I still love them for some reason, and the soda and the hamburger are extra delicious I don't know why. It always manages to settle my stomach, and helps me sleep too.
I'm never sick.
'Nilla Wafers...
i like comfort foods. soups. anything bland
Chicken soup rules!
Hot and Sour soup, toast with three times the normal amount of butter, and ginger ale.
Depends on what I'm sick with. Really, really sick with the flu for instance, I want milk toast (hot milk poured over buttered toast) or chicken noodle soup. If I have a stomach problem (virus or just upset) I want nothing but toast and tea until it is getting better and then I want a bowl of Hormel chili with beans and a dill pickle. Weird huh!
My kind of girl! My grandma's name, even, so that must be where it started. Never, EVER chicken soup, though.
Beer and Pizza
Snicker, now yer talkin'.
Enough tequilla and nothing hurts.
I'd say it depends.. I have Lupus so when i get sick i get REALLY sick... If it's stomach issue it's pumpernickel bread (not toasted of course) and butter or english muffins and butter with Pepsi and Tums... i always do pepsi when i'm sick... if it's like the flu i have NO appetite, and generally will only eat one meal so i can take my meds and i tend to crave things like pizza and chinese food or tostitos and cheddar jack total junk food that is not good for you....throw in some say yes to the dress, or millionaire matchmaker, orNCIS and I'm set... if not harry potter works Just fine!
toasted sour dough bread with melted cheese in the broiler (open faced) and chocolate milk
poached eggs – everytime – my body must crave the protein for healing.
I crave potatos. Made any way. Mashed, fried, au gratin, baked, etc. I most often fill my need with McDonald's french fries. I don't eat anything else there(yuck), plus they are a quick fix. As long as they are not too salty. I also crave soup. Especially if I have a soar throat or upset stomach. Since moving from PA to ND I have grown a fondness for knoephla soup.
When I was sick as a kid, my mom would make me tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich made on thick slices of bread. To this day, whenever I don't feel good (physically or mentally), that is what I crave, and it almost always makes me feel better.
BINGO
Nothing makes me feel better like Tortellini, especially the meat ones. Served with some Ginger Ale, it never fails to make me feel a bit better.
JELLO. Cherry, if I can get it please.
totally agree with the Jello – but hot not cold! It feels good to hold & sip something hot, it is something you can actually smell when stuffed up, and it is thick enough to coat the throat. Plus cheap, simple, and fast.
I also associate Graham Crackers with being sick – now it is about the only time that I eat them.
ice cream. mint chocolate chip. that's it. :)
While I'm still sick I never want much more than something to drink and maybe some soup. When I was growing up, my mom would always make a batch of Jello as we were starting to get better from being sick. That was the first thing we'd eat on the tail end so I've always associated that with getting over an illness.
Crunchy eggrolls, wonton soup and grape juice (not at the same time). Before my Dad passed away, I wanted his version of potato soup and sweet tea while I watched The Price Is Right. Ahhhh, the good old days!
When I am sick I crave oranges or cuties. My Dad would roll the Orange on my forhead till the fever would break and then cut the orange up for me to eat. To this day that is what I crave when I am sick
Whenever i'm sick it never phases my eating habits. I eat the same heathy foods everyday... it's probably why i never get sick.
fazes. Sorry, pet peeve. ;-)
Yay Vernor's. The spices tickle the nose and the ginger settles the stomach. With a few saltines, I'm ready to face the tissue box and any old Cary Grant movie.
Tea. Tazo's Wild Sweet Orange with raspberry syrup works wonders. During a hard respiratory infection (I don't do mere colds), I can easily go through a box of teabagas. Avgolemono soup OR tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich (no Krap Singles). And buttered rice.
Brie with Triscuits!
fried grits! My mom would occasionally mix in eggs and bacon and cheese with grits from the day before – put it in a bread pan in the fridge, let in coagulate, then slice and fry.... hot sauce and black pepper on top – perfect!
Interesting – I've eaten it hot like that, all mixed up but never cooled down, sliced and fried. Worth a shot!
Mom's homemade potato soup & ginger ale. It works for every time I've ever been under the weather. Got dry sockets from having my wisdom teeth removed at 14 and was on a liquid diet for a week. Mom put my soup in the blender until all the potatoes and ham and tomatoes and stuff were all smush. It was awesome.
i just puked in my mouth a little!
Sounds good to me. Don't know what's up with junkntrunk.
i don't eat when i'm sick. usually how i know i'm sick. lol tummy upset or can't taste anything i wont eat.
Homemade chicken soup if available, if not, Progresso or Campbell's Chunky suffice. Verner's Ginger Ale for a sore throat does wonders, as does 7up. I don't like spicy food when I'm sick, and I prefer softer bread if I have a sore throat, the crusty bread is delicious but can feel like you're swallowing a mouthful of tacks if sick.
Waffles or pancakes if I am really sick...otherwise the usual comfort foods that mom used to make.
Follow these instructions exactly as prescribed-Fill bathtub with Hot water.Get in tub. After water has cooled slightly-place dog in tub at your feet and have him wag tail vigorously to achieve a whirlpool effect! If this does not work-take one large empty glass,a fifth of Jack Daniels,fill glass with Jack Daniels and drink all of it. Repeat if necessary. After an hour you won't care if your sitting or standing. GET WELL SOON.
ROFL
Crying!
LMAO! Sounds like a plan!
Doctor's orders...I love it.
I am so trying this the next time I get sick...
Whenever I am sick I crave a bologna sandwich on white bread and Chef Boyardee ravioli.... that's pretty sick in itself but works for me!!
I love hot steaming vegetable broth with crushed red peppers and ground black pepper. Soo soothing.
That sounds good
Lipton Chicken Noodle soup and apple juice. Don't know why the combination but it works for me. Never drink apple juice at any other time
Yeah, I like the Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup from the box. Can't eat anything too chunky when I'm sick. And ginger ale.
Lipton's alligator-shaped chicken noodle soup and ginger ale for cold & flu. Applesauce with cinnamon for comfort food. Peanut butter and honey with banana slices on toast for a treat.
Special stuff from childhood.
1. Hot tea is my special Snoopy mug that I've had for 25 years
2. Chicken noodle soup. Lots of chicken and thick noodles. NOT from the can but home made. yummmm.
3. As I become better I'll expand into full breakfasts with sausage, eggs and toast.
Makes me want to be sick (or at least pretend to be sick) again :-)
Food from childhood – Pastina, preferably Ronzoni w/butter & locatelli romano cheese. If I close my eyes I can see my nona carrying the bowl with the little pink roses around the rim & my mickey mouse spoon.
You know, I got looking for pastina and cannot find it. But I agree with you.
Pastina with butter and cheese. Perfection in a bowl.
Ah yes, pasta with butter, grated or shredded romano cheese, a little salt and pepper. It is so bland yet so simple and good I could eat buckets of it. Sometimes when I'm sick I make what I call "Italian Chicken Soup." It is any chicken noodle soup prepared according to directions, but I add a generous amout of granulated garlic, and a couple of tablespoons of red pepper flakes, the kind you can put on pizza as a fiery garnish. It certainly helps with clearing congestion.
I love pastina with a little cheese. My Gran sometimes made me pastina soup with some egg drops in it. I make it now whenever I am home sick
How sweet!
PASTINA! Yes. Best thing my stepmonster ever did for me. In the purple ceramic bowl with a spoon. Especially after I got my braces tightened!
Funny, all the lunchtime polls I have read and pastina is the first thing that made me post!!
Definitely Pastina! In my case, it's Barilla brand now, with Parm Regg, Ricotta and eggs stirred in. Sometimes for a little extra oomph, I'll cook it in chicken broth rather than water. Heavenly.
any crunchy plain bread with a lot of butter-toast, bagel, but heavy on the butter!
Campbell's Chicken and Stars soup and Vernor's Ginger Ale :)
I love Vernors too – I always try to have some on hand when I under the weather. It is hard to find now that I have moved away from Michigan.
Peanut butter toast.
I don't know why, (well, I do, it's because that's what my mom always made for me when I was little) but it's just soothing to me weather it's a fever, injury, or stomach bug.
Tyler, you hit the nail on the head. Peanut butter (on whole wheat toast) is so soothing and neutral for me, plus it takes almost no effort to make. True medicine!
Yes, it has to be wheat toast. White toast with PB doesn't have nearly as good of a soothing effect.
Childhood meal: grilled cheese, SpaghettiO's, chocolate milk and Empire Strikes Back. Feel better, Kat!
I second this meal...all except the star wars ;)
I third that, more specifically 'carnation instant breakfast' (mixed in the blender w/ ice cream). Price is right instead of star wars!
The Star Wars stuff is what makes it awesome! But if you don't like the Star Wars stuff, we can find some Holly Hobby stuff for ya, amayda. :-)
Ha ha :)
*ginger ale too
Spaghettio's and chocolate milk??? :-/
ANY kind of chicken soup, but am particularly partial to Campbell's Chunky. Also cannot go wrong with white or rye toast, spread with either peanut butter or butter (melted, of course)
Best to you Kat..Back issues are hard. You can't stand, can't sit, can't lie down without pain.
Ginger ale for a stomach issue; Campbell's chicken noodle soup (NOT the low sodium kind) and either grilled cheese or PB&J – everything my mother gave me when I was a kid and sick.
Sometimes I need scrambled eggs – just plain old scrambled eggs and toast.
The most important thing though is that someone else make it for me – it's nice to feel pampered when you don't feel good.
Ramen soup always seems to make evil germs take a step down, especially the spicy kind that burns and soothes the raw throat and clears congestion all at same time.
That's awesome you said ramen. I'm currently home sick today and all I've been doing is napping on the couch, watching netflix and eating tons of ramen and drinking hot tea. Makes me feel a ton better. Even helped when I had swine flu last year!
I hate to say it but that stuff looks like Underwood Deviled Ham in a can. Kat,teach the dog to walk on your back-kinda like them little Japanese girls but they have more wiskers. It'll loosen up the back till the Hubby gets home.
Hot & Sour soup will cure what ails ya.
Yes!! This is exactly what I want when I have a cold. People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them.
Not crazy at all. YUM!
Yess! Hot and Sour soup will cure anything!
Absolutely!!! Hot and sour soup!!!!! If I feel I am coming down with something, I'll stockpile one or two large containers from my local carryout . . . .
That's all I could eat for the 1st 3 months of my pregnancy. Still good for an upset stomach.
hot and sour soup is also an amazing hangover cure
I'm with you on the Hot & Sour soup. Just recovering from a cold. Hit the chinese restaurant for hot & sour soup three times. Clears the sinuses and gets the endorphins going.
Hot and sour soup or chicken tortilla soup. Either one just makes me feel so much better.
Similar to hot & sour soup for its curative effects, I like Thai tom yam soup to clear my head. Knorr makes boullion cubes of the broth. You don't even need to bother with the bamboo shoots and straw mushrooms. The lemongrass, ginger and chiles clear the sinuses in no time flat.
By the way, sorry to hear about the back spasms. Hope you feel better quickly.
Thank you! Traveling too much, I think. Doing my best to relax. I am very, very bad at it.
And your undeniable addiction to lunchtime polls? ;)
Comfortable a familiar foods, mostly, but they largely depend on what I'm sick with. Spicy foods foods for stomach aches, sour (lemony, I mean) foods when I'm congested, waffles and ice cream when I'm just generally achy and upset (It's filling and sweet.)
Every so often I want something I never normally eat when I'm sick. I guess it's something my body is lacking at those times.
Close to the same here. Lemon and ginger when I have a stomach ache, spicy foods if I'm congested... Homemade fries (sans the grease, just pan cooked) or mashed potatoes. Although I crave a big 'ole spicy Black Bean burger or Boca burger if I'm just down in the dumps.
Tomato soup with cheddar and Tabasco, along with a pepper jack grilled cheese is what works for me.
Yup – tomato soup and grilled cheese – except my grilled cheese is always sharp cheddar. Yum, this is making me hungry.
I'm drooling! Yum!
I liked the sound of your dish! I'm makin it!
Tomato soup and grilled gouda cheese sandwich
Soup, especially ramen or other soup heavy on the noodles. Soup and toast. Or soft poached eggs and toast. If it's not a congestion issue, home made tapioca pudding made with whole milk. Tea, preferably Earl Grey, with honey and lemon. Classic Coke or Gingerale to drink with the carbonation stirred out of it for flu/stomach bug, and Miso soup, with (gasp!) no noodles.
Yes on the ramen! I usually crave salty. Ramen, chicken noodle, chili dog, etc. But I crave salty foods all the time...
If you like ramen you should try Vietnamese Pho soup if you get a chance
Gadzilla, we like the same things. Noodle soup... mmmm....
I love the Campbell's Homestyle chicken noodle soup. Or Lipton's "is it soup yet" chicken noodle. Salty, savory, and noodly.
When nauseated, the only thing that soothes my tummy is a glass of Coke Classic without the fizz
Cream of Wheat does it for me!