What is your go-to sick food?

littlemushroom · April 2015

Tom Yum Chicken Soup. All the lemony, spicy, chicken brothy goodness. Soooo good.

cupcait927 · April 2015

@hellosweetie1015 yeah, the complete recall was just announced yesterday I believe. We don't have Bluebell up here but I was watching the national news last night and it was one of the featured stories.

sarawifenow · April 2015

I was so bummed when I found out about Blue Bell. I love their plain vanilla. It was so yummy!

wandajune6 · April 2015

Matzo ball soup cures all that ails. Pho is wonderful too.

If my stomach's unhappy, I want ginger ale and saltines or matzo. The only acceptable time to consume Gatorade is after a long bout of vomiting. My mom gave it to me then and I still associate energy drinks with puke.

littlepep · April 2015

Sorry you aren't feeling well!

I always like sprite when my throat hurts. The bubbles make my throat feel better for some reason. Also tea.

Food-wise, I typically eat grilled cheese and tomato soup, but like lolo, I just bascially want that all the time.

knottie9c5ed33df4bbd226 · April 2015

When I was growing up and sick my mom would always get me soup from Panera and breadsticks from Pizza Hut with a ginger ale so now I still do that for myself when I'm sick (although she always still offers!).

novella1186 · April 2015

Last time I had a nasty sinus infection for 2 weeks, it was hot toddies, hot tea, ice cream, and fast food. No idea why, but I was super hungry all the time and all I wanted was the unhealthiest crap I could get. Cheeseburgers, nachos, fried chicken. Way worse than what I normally eat.

When my stomach is bad (which is a lot) all I want is ginger ale and tonic with plain white rice.

Hangover sick? Chicken nuggets and fountain coke.

knottie9c5ed33df4bbd226 · April 2015

lyndausvi said:
Sorry you are not feeling well.

I don't have a go-to-sick food. DH likes the boxed Lipton chicken soup with no chicken with extra noodles. I guess his mom made it for him. He loves that stuff when he is sick. I have to make sure the extra noodles are in house just in case.

You can get chicken soup without the chicken?? I'm intrigued..that sounds really good. I am all about the noodles and broth.

arrippa · April 2015

TrixieJess said:

arrippa said:
I have to go all the way to Chinatown for Pho but it's so good.
It depends on what kind of sick I am. For the cold or flu, I usually have soup and grilled cheese. I had food poisoning a few weeks ago and that was strictly Gatorade and crackers.
You can get Pho all over the place where I live. The joys of having an International College, a college and a University in a small city.

I am sure I can get Pho in most parts of the city but the good Pho is in Chinatown.

lyndausvi · April 2015

hicoco said:

lyndausvi said:
Sorry you are not feeling well.

I don't have a go-to-sick food. DH likes the boxed Lipton chicken soup with no chicken with extra noodles. I guess his mom made it for him. He loves that stuff when he is sick. I have to make sure the extra noodles are in house just in case.
You can get chicken soup without the chicken?? I'm intrigued..that sounds really good. I am all about the noodles and broth.

not this:

They have ones with extra noodles, but DH prefers when he adds his own.

ashley8918 · April 2015

ShesSoCold said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

ShesSoCold said:
Sore throat? A chocolate milkshake (made with vanilla ice cream, not that chocolate ice cream shit).

Otherwise ramen noodles and boxed macaroni and cheese.
A chocolate milkshake made with Bluebell Dutch Chocolate ice cream is heaven in a cup. I'm willing to forgive this though because you're in BC (eta... I think? Went to confirm and you don't have a location) and I'm not even sure Bluebell exists up there.

Dammit now I'm stopping to get a half-gallon of Dutch Chocolate ice cream tonight on the way home.
I'm actually outside of Chicago. I don't believe we can find Blue Bell here. I've heard about it though. But whenever I go to an ice cream place and ask for a chocolate shake with vanilla ice cream they look at me weird. It's way better with the syrup.

I've seen it at Target in the burbs. But no thank you to Listeria.

ashley8918 · April 2015

hicoco said:

lyndausvi said:
Sorry you are not feeling well.

I don't have a go-to-sick food. DH likes the boxed Lipton chicken soup with no chicken with extra noodles. I guess his mom made it for him. He loves that stuff when he is sick. I have to make sure the extra noodles are in house just in case.
You can get chicken soup without the chicken?? I'm intrigued..that sounds really good. I am all about the noodles and broth.

This is LIFE. Get some!

JennyColada · April 2015

Mac and Cheese. Or ice cream, depending on what kind of sick I am.

hellosweetie1015 · April 2015

sarawifenow said:
I was so bummed when I found out about Blue Bell. I love their plain vanilla. It was so yummy!

I am absolutely ice-cream depressed about this. It's going to be difficult, I suspect, for them to bounce back. They've never, ever had a recall before this, but I've never heard of a brand's entire production list being recalled before, voluntary or no. Which makes me insanely sad - it's the absolute best ice cream brand in grocery stores. And it's the best ice cream I've ever had.

climbingsingle · April 2015

Matzoh ball soup and Mac and cheese (or a grilled cheese).

sophhabobopha · April 2015

Soda and pizza, haha. I just had to go four days without my anxety meds, so I'm going through withdrawals. Not fun.

sophhabobopha · April 2015

wandajune6 said:
Matzo ball soup cures all that ails. Pho is wonderful too.

If my stomach's unhappy, I want ginger ale and saltines or matzo. The only acceptable time to consume Gatorade is after a long bout of vomiting. My mom gave it to me then and I still associate energy drinks with puke.

I'm the same way with applesauce!

yogapants · April 2015

Pho for sure.

Maruchan Ramen doctored up with onions, carrots, mushrooms, sriracha, oyster sauce, etc. An ex introduced me to this method of making ramen and I'm basically forever in his debt.

Chicken and dumplings.

Rice. Especially Rice-a-Roni brand rice pilaf or wild rice. I could eat an entire box in one sitting.

photokitty · April 2015

KFC mashed potatoes and Apple juice with a straw. My family knows shit just got real when I ask for that combo.

CMGragain · April 2015

Magnum double caramel ice cream bars.

About Blue Bell, I believe it wasn't so much a factory issue, but their milk supply was contaminated.

afox007 · April 2015

The only two thing I can or want to eat when sick are ramen or a McDonald's double cheese burger.

When I was younger and my dad was trying to figure out the whole having a kid thing I got sick and to cheer me up he brought home a happy meal. It worked and to this day I can have the stomach flu and still keep down a cheeseburger.

larrygaga · April 2015

Pho

Or just Mrs. Grasses if nobody will get Pho for me. I wish I knew how to make it.

For stomach aches I always grab a yogurt.

Cookie Pusher · April 2015

I love congee. It's a Chinese rice porridge that you can add pretty much whatever you want into. Fancy places will use preserved eggs, roasted duck, etc. Other places will used dried fruits and nuts to make it a sweeter dish. I make mine with scallions, ginger, and whatever leftover meat and vegetables I have in the fridge because when I'm sick, I want to eat ALL the things.

ElcaB · April 2015

Ice cream. Popcorn. Soup.

KatWAG · April 2015

Mrs Grass chicken noodle soup with extra noodles.

themuffinman16 · April 2015

Anything potluck? Forgive me... I've been drinking

hellosweetie1015 · April 2015

CMGragain said:
Magnum double caramel ice cream bars.

About Blue Bell, I believe it wasn't so much a factory issue, but their milk supply was contaminated.

This has gotta be right. I think I read that they'd tested a bunch of food-contact surfaces and found no signs of listeria.

@larrygaga I think I've got a pho recipe. I can give it to you? I mean... It's not a thing you want to make if you're already sick, but if you're able to feel it coming the day before it actually hits you, it's simple enough to do.

theartistformerlyknownas · April 2015

I'm not even sick but I'm dying for ramen noodles now.

Cookie Pusher · April 2015

lolo883 said:
I'm not even sick but I'm dying for ramen noodles now.

Wait, are we talking this?

Or this?

theartistformerlyknownas · April 2015

Cookie Pusher said:

lolo883 said:
I'm not even sick but I'm dying for ramen noodles now.
Wait, are we talking this?

Or this?

I'll take either!

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