What do you eat when you are sick?

bbro · 08-18-2008, 01:33 PM

I am unfortunately sick right now with a crappy cold. I am trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. Something preferably really simple since I am fending for myself. I can't even decide on fast food for pete's sake!!

Anyway, I was just wondering what you like to eat when you are sick. Maybe I'll get some ideas.....if I am still awake

lookout123 · 08-18-2008, 01:36 PM

honey nut cheerios

HungLikeJesus · 08-18-2008, 01:50 PM

Open-face roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes, and gravy and butter over the whole thing.

Chocolatl · 08-18-2008, 02:17 PM

For a cold with gastrointestinal side-effects, I end up eating lightly toasted bread and lemon-lime soda or ginger ale.

For a plain ol' cold, I like salty soups. Chicken flavored Ramen or something out of a can, or if I'm feeling a little more energized, chicken tortilla soup made in the Crock-Pot. Long cook times make stuff pretty easy to digest, and a one-dish deal means less to clean up.

Get well soon!

limey · 08-18-2008, 02:18 PM

Soft boiled egg mushed up in a cap with a little butter and mayonnaise.

nowhereman · 08-18-2008, 03:23 PM

Chicken broth with lots of garlic and onions - maybe some pearl barley or ouzo pasta.

classicman · 08-18-2008, 03:34 PM

Chocolate brownies & nothing else

Laurie Henderson · 08-18-2008, 04:16 PM

Stomach issues are usually dealt with by eating pretzels & a brown soda - too much citric acid in the clear sodas.

Colds? nothing like chicken noodle soup... sometimes add a little parm cheese.

dar512 · 08-18-2008, 07:39 PM

Lemon drops help with a sore throat almost as well as Hall's - and they taste better. I also find that lemon drops and lemonade help with chest congestion.

When I'm getting over a Crohn's blockage, it's clear broth and popsicles.

Pico and ME · 08-18-2008, 08:09 PM

Lots of tea and toast.

And hot chicken noodle soup to clear my nasal passages.

jinx · 08-18-2008, 08:24 PM

Spicy... hot.... chilies, cayenne, garlic, horseradish, wasabi... and Vitamin C.

zippyt · 08-18-2008, 11:04 PM

Chicken and stars soup , float salteens , and sprite to drink

Tea , eather Mint with local honey ( If Im feelen Sinusy ) Or Big mugs of English Break fast , with sugar and milk

Aliantha · 08-18-2008, 11:17 PM

lately, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I find I'm feeling sick all the time except when I'm eating. Hmmmm...this is a problem. lol

But if I'm really sick from something, I usually like honey on toast with a cup of tea.

Sundae · 08-19-2008, 04:39 AM

Heinz tomato soup.
Scrambled eggs on toast.
Lucozade.

That's what my mum fed me when I was ill and I revert to as comfort food.
But to be honest, if I'm really ill I will just drink water - it's all I can manage.

Pie · 08-19-2008, 07:32 AM

stomach issues -- rice with buttermilk and fried omum (ajwain)
cold -- good wonton soup or matzoh ball soup
congestion -- pasta with anchovies, garlic, chilies and Parmesan, squeeze of lemon

08-18-2008, 01:33 PM	#1
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	What do you eat when you are sick? I am unfortunately sick right now with a crappy cold. I am trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. Something preferably really simple since I am fending for myself. I can't even decide on fast food for pete's sake!! Anyway, I was just wondering what you like to eat when you are sick. Maybe I'll get some ideas.....if I am still awake

08-18-2008, 01:36 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	honey nut cheerios __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-18-2008, 01:50 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Open-face roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes, and gravy and butter over the whole thing. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-18-2008, 02:18 PM	#5
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Soft boiled egg mushed up in a cap with a little butter and mayonnaise. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-18-2008, 03:34 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Chocolate brownies & nothing else __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-18-2008, 02:17 PM	#4
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	For a cold with gastrointestinal side-effects, I end up eating lightly toasted bread and lemon-lime soda or ginger ale. For a plain ol' cold, I like salty soups. Chicken flavored Ramen or something out of a can, or if I'm feeling a little more energized, chicken tortilla soup made in the Crock-Pot. Long cook times make stuff pretty easy to digest, and a one-dish deal means less to clean up. Get well soon!

08-18-2008, 03:23 PM	#6
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Chicken broth with lots of garlic and onions - maybe some pearl barley or ouzo pasta.

08-18-2008, 04:16 PM	#8
Laurie Henderson Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 38	Stomach issues are usually dealt with by eating pretzels & a brown soda - too much citric acid in the clear sodas. Colds? nothing like chicken noodle soup... sometimes add a little parm cheese.

08-18-2008, 07:39 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Lemon drops help with a sore throat almost as well as Hall's - and they taste better. I also find that lemon drops and lemonade help with chest congestion. When I'm getting over a Crohn's blockage, it's clear broth and popsicles. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-18-2008, 08:09 PM	#10
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Lots of tea and toast. And hot chicken noodle soup to clear my nasal passages.

08-18-2008, 08:24 PM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Spicy... hot.... chilies, cayenne, garlic, horseradish, wasabi... and Vitamin C. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-18-2008, 11:04 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Chicken and stars soup , float salteens , and sprite to drink Tea , eather Mint with local honey ( If Im feelen Sinusy ) Or Big mugs of English Break fast , with sugar and milk __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-18-2008, 11:17 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lately, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I find I'm feeling sick all the time except when I'm eating. Hmmmm...this is a problem. lol But if I'm really sick from something, I usually like honey on toast with a cup of tea. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-19-2008, 04:39 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Heinz tomato soup. Scrambled eggs on toast. Lucozade. That's what my mum fed me when I was ill and I revert to as comfort food. But to be honest, if I'm really ill I will just drink water - it's all I can manage.

08-19-2008, 07:32 AM	#15
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	stomach issues -- rice with buttermilk and fried omum (ajwain) cold -- good wonton soup or matzoh ball soup congestion -- pasta with anchovies, garlic, chilies and Parmesan, squeeze of lemon __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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