I'm sick, with chills, I need Chinese hot and sour soup!
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Eddiebaby1
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Sorry. Remains of the soup still on the stove cooling.
Currently in the pub down the road for quiz night and the girls from the local lap dancing venue in Aldershot have turned up for pre-work drinks. Scary ladies.
Country life eh?
Szechuan?
mr natural
Friend of Leo's
I eat fish. Any kind. Usually works for me.
memorex
Poster Extraordinaire
Your post reminded me that there's two quarts of my wife's home made chicken soup in the deep freeze. Guess what's for dinner?
with a head or chest cold/flu hot clear liquids, consume or WonTon soup, tea(no sugar ,no milk) cold clear liquids apple juice, cranberry juice, etc.( avec vitamin C) 2 X Tylenol , hot soak in the tub, sleep and plenty of it.
if the infection is viral none of this helps the process but it feels good , viruses will run they're course , so rest and lots of it
if any of this persists for any time see a doctor
stomach ailments , the brat diet,( bananas, rice, apple sauce , toast) clear coffee ( maybe) or tea. Kaopectate if needed or Immodium
Thats what I do
if the infection is viral none of this helps the process but it feels good , viruses will run they're course , so rest and lots of it
if any of this persists for any time see a doctor
stomach ailments , the brat diet,( bananas, rice, apple sauce , toast) clear coffee ( maybe) or tea. Kaopectate if needed or Immodium
Thats what I do
@rjtwangs
I always keep a stock of this stuff, called Samyang Buldak, strictly for medicinal purposes:
It's available at most Asian food shops, and via Scamazon as well. It's inexpensive. It's HOT. That chicken on the label is not crying because his cousins were sacrificed to make the chicken flavor. He's crying because the steam from this stuff is like CS gas.
Make it with canned chicken broth, toss in some chopped veggies and maybe some spicy sausage, shrimp, or whatever you like. It will clear out your sinuses and blow out your eardrums like a Politzer bag.
Feel better!
I always keep a stock of this stuff, called Samyang Buldak, strictly for medicinal purposes:
It's available at most Asian food shops, and via Scamazon as well. It's inexpensive. It's HOT. That chicken on the label is not crying because his cousins were sacrificed to make the chicken flavor. He's crying because the steam from this stuff is like CS gas.
Make it with canned chicken broth, toss in some chopped veggies and maybe some spicy sausage, shrimp, or whatever you like. It will clear out your sinuses and blow out your eardrums like a Politzer bag.
Feel better!
My life improved when a Korean Fried Chicken place opened up nearby. Bul-dak literally means "fire chicken" and before the noodles caught on, meant chicken dipped in a volcanic sauce. Wiki explains:
Buldak became popular in South Korea during 2004, primarily for its extreme pungency, as the country's long-term recession and economic downturn caused the local population to seek out spicy food to relieve stress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buldak
Buldak became popular in South Korea during 2004, primarily for its extreme pungency, as the country's long-term recession and economic downturn caused the local population to seek out spicy food to relieve stress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buldak
hdvades
Tele-Afflicted
Amazon wants $34 + $20 shipping. I was going to order some but...that sure ain't inexpensive. We've been getting Nissan Hot and Spicy FireWok Molten Chili Chicken Flavor with Fire Sauce packet included. $2 for a 2 serving tub.
Yeah. Convenience costs money.
Get it at a local shop...way cheaper. Same goes for spices: you want a pound of red pepper flakes? It's expensive in a typical grocery store. But in bulk from an Asian or Indian food market, cheep cheep!
This is going to sound very strange, but hear me out.
I grew up next to the town's old retired country doctor who gave me the cure for the cold back in 1974. He told me once that they used to tell patients to eat chocolate with medications. Not to hide the taste, but that the acidic value of the chocolate would prolong the medication's effects. A strange theory and sounded unlikely, but he swore that was what he was taught in med school back in the early '40's.
Anyway, he came up with the idea one day that if you could alter your body's ph ever so slightly, it would kill off viruses in their early stage. To put it to the test, he suggested that we eat devils food cake and drink OJ the first evening when we felt ourselves getting sick. The combination he felt would alter your body ph if you ingested enough of that combination.
I know how dumb it sounds and I am sure there are medical folks laughing at this right now, but know this, nobody in family has ever had a cold in 40 years following this method. Not kidding, it has always worked on the cold if you did it in the first 24 hours of feeling sick. I even told co-workers over the years and had many came in to work the next day shocked that it worked for them as well.
I assumed it was just the mass calories and nothing more, but the trick never worked using other high cal items like pie or cheesecake...only the combination of devils food cake and OJ. It doesn't taste very good together, but I still use that method when I feel run down and getting the sniffles. It hasn't failed yet, so I keep going. Several slices of cake and a quart of OJ...never failed.
I grew up next to the town's old retired country doctor who gave me the cure for the cold back in 1974. He told me once that they used to tell patients to eat chocolate with medications. Not to hide the taste, but that the acidic value of the chocolate would prolong the medication's effects. A strange theory and sounded unlikely, but he swore that was what he was taught in med school back in the early '40's.
Anyway, he came up with the idea one day that if you could alter your body's ph ever so slightly, it would kill off viruses in their early stage. To put it to the test, he suggested that we eat devils food cake and drink OJ the first evening when we felt ourselves getting sick. The combination he felt would alter your body ph if you ingested enough of that combination.
I know how dumb it sounds and I am sure there are medical folks laughing at this right now, but know this, nobody in family has ever had a cold in 40 years following this method. Not kidding, it has always worked on the cold if you did it in the first 24 hours of feeling sick. I even told co-workers over the years and had many came in to work the next day shocked that it worked for them as well.
I assumed it was just the mass calories and nothing more, but the trick never worked using other high cal items like pie or cheesecake...only the combination of devils food cake and OJ. It doesn't taste very good together, but I still use that method when I feel run down and getting the sniffles. It hasn't failed yet, so I keep going. Several slices of cake and a quart of OJ...never failed.
They know me at the local Asian grocery. K-Pop group Itzy was playing and I tried to do the shoulder dance
They thought I was having a seizure
They know me at the local Asian grocery. K-Pop group Itzy was playing and I tried to do the shoulder dance
They thought I was having a seizure
If I see you in there wearing your little sailor girl dress, I will disavow knowing who you are.
Just sayin'
jackinjax
Friend of Leo's
Growing up my dad's remedy for anything that ailed you could be taken care of with a healthy dose of Pluto Water or Citric of Magnesium. "When's the last time you hmmed (code for had a bowel movement)?"
Fretting out
Doctor of Teleocity
There is legitimate science behind this and kind of like the warning not to drink grapefruit juice with certain medications
Will chocolate do the same thing? I don’t know
CV Jee Beez
Tele-Afflicted
Get well! I seem to want New England Clam Chowder when I get sick.
I don't know either, but that doc was one of the wisest people I ever met. I was ill at age 6 with a severe sore throat, high fevers, etc. and was sent to see a throat specialist who diagnosed it as a strep and sent me on my way. The fevers kept getting worse despite the antibiotics. Then that country doc stopped by our house to borrow a chainsaw. He looked at me and asked how long I had Scarlet Fever?
Two days later, lab confirmed that I did have Scarlet Fever. I spent the next 2 months on 3 different antibiotics and taking ice baths to control a fever that would routinely reach 104.
That doc was good.
I took a Chinese cooking class years ago. 8 week course. Taught by a small, Chinese woman. I learned a lot. This recipe is the one I used mostly out of the class. A recipe is not bible. Just a starting point. Use what ya want, or add to it. I invited a family for dinner and was prepping this while they visited. The wife said it looked kinda gross. When it was served, she then said she could make the whole meal just out of the soup! White pepper makes it hot. Pickled turnip makes it sour.
maxvintage
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Slice some fresh ginger and some lemon and make tea. This summer I got the well-known unmentionable virus while traveling by myself in ireland, and I swear ginger tea sped my recovery
