My friend Sarah, cleverly titled a post on her blog, Fast-food Beer Goggles. It made me laugh when I read it because I instantly knew what she was talking about. I don’t need to explain right?
I don’t have a funny name for why Saltine Crackers suddenly taste so good when you’re sick (yes, I think I’m sick again) but I think it has to do with not being able to taste anything but salt. I find myself lying on my couch making a giant mess of crumbs, while savoring saltines like they are fine pastry. A skimpy can of chicken noodle soup with mushy stuff in it, also becomes a delicacy, preferable to a good home-made soup packed with meat and veggies because your body is just repulsed by protein, fat, fiber, and anything nutritious. The warm salty liquid is also soothing to a sore throat.
What’s your sick food?
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orange sherbert. it has vitamin c i think.
Campbell’s curly noodle soup. I’m 24 years old and to this day I love those curly noodles. There’s something comforting about the chicken broth and spirals. Cheers:)
Oog. Those canned noodles are narsty. But I do share your affection for saltines, though I like mine unsalted.
Best remedy for cold / flu is Tom Yung Kung – spicy thai shrimp soup with lime leaves and chili. Melts the mucus membranes, chases out all the bad stuff. Green papaya salad is a close second.
Progresso makes the best canned soup.
i’m partial to the campbell’s soup and saltines myself, but my dad will have none of it, and will only eat scrambled eggs. he refuses the campbell’s because he says he can see the oil swirling on top and it makes him sick(er). seriously though, every time he gets a cough, i have to make him scrambled eggs.
Lipton’s Chicken Noodle soup with wheat thins to eat the noodles! Sometimes Saltines but always love crackers. And the gingerale in the tiny green bottles. My great grandmother thought it cured all childhood ailments.
Cup-O-Noodles! They’re the bomb for when you feel like crap! (I think I just wrote their next slogan) Yes, they have tons of fat and sodium, but hey, how often are you sick and get to indulge?
I always crave Chinese food. I love a good egg drop wonton soup when sick.
Coquet’s cache, Haha Orange sherbert….I’m going to eat ice cream for the calcium.
Shannon, generally, I don’t like Campbell’s but when I’m sick, it’s good stuff.
Soopling, unsaltine’s?
delectabill, if only I could get some real Thai food in Manhattan.
anonymous, let your dad have some saltine’s with his eggs next time.
alex, gingerale is certainly the old classic.
Troyboy, have you tried Asian Ramen? It’s what cup-o-noodles got it’s concept from.
Kasi & Stephen, I agree….wonton soup, hot & sour soup, any of the noodle soups!