Jut curious about something ....

When you were a kid, and you were really sick, did your Mom (or Dad) make you any special foods or drinks, to help you feel better?

If so, do you have a special fondness for that food today? Also, were they foods that you only got when you were sick, or did you eat them when you were well, also?

Just curious if the "comfort foods" of our childhood have any special place in our adult food preferences.

Diana

My mother's standard "sick" menu was a plate of toast with jam and a warm sprite or ginger ale. Bless her heart ~ somehow that always made us feel better.

Now, when my kids are sick, they get toast as well, but I don't make them drink warm soda :). Usually, it's herbal tea.

My other favorite was a large, round tin of pastilles, which were some kind of hard candy covered in powdered sugar. I used to hope for a sore throat so Mom would buy me pastilles!

Hope you're well, Diana!

Jennifer

PS Don't forget chicken soup ~ part of every Jewish mother's get well arsenal.

Orange sherbet ice cream. Whenever I couldn't hold down food and finally could again this is what I would eat. I still do this. Either that or a Strawberry Sundae from Dairy Queen.

Actual "sick" food; Apricot Nectar, very cold. Nothing is more soothing and sustaining for a cold with a sore throat that makes swallowing hard.

Real emotional comfort; Fig Preserves. Granny had a fig tree, and we would get up to beat the birds. When we had enough, she would put up a batch. Nothing takes me back to being a kid like the taste of figs and fig preserves.

Talyseon.

My sick comfort food was pastina - still is.

My mother traumatized me though. When I was little and would get sick, the doctor told her to get me to drink coke syrup. So she would go to the soda fountain and get a cup of the syrup. I would not drink it. She had to hold me down on the floor and try to force me to take it off the spoon. To this day, there's no way I will drink any colas.

Patti

My mom always fixed us kids Lipton Noodle Soup. It hold special memories to this day. I always think of Mom when I eat it.

Baked potato with butter and sour cream. Love it still.

Also, bananas and sour cream with lots of sugar on top.

Rudi

Hi Rudi,

Yikes! Did you HAVE to say ..... POTATO? You know that word always brings that evil SpudLovin' Troublemaker to the Boards!

Wondering if my kids might like sour cream with bananas. Hmmm....

By the way, this thread is dangerous to my diet. Guess what I just made and ate for dinner tonight? Yes, pastina. Topped with salt, margarine AND cream cheese. First time eating it in about 15 years! (the whole family enjoyed it, though)

Diana

My "sick food" was cherry jello with Cool Whip. But, now as an adult I can't eat it because I associate it with being ill. :(

Julie

So, do you eat lime Jello, instead?

Hi Smorgy,
I'm sure your Mom had many wonderful traits, but I'm afraid that banana puree does indeed sound awful.

I didn't like bananas when I was a child, but I like them now.

Diana

Uggh.. Smorgie, I'm joining your banana-hating club. Question: What's worse than banana puree? Answer: A brother who smushes it in your face...

Although, I have heard that putting a banana peel on your forehead will soothe a migraine in no time. Have I tried this? No, for I will never get that close to my culinary nemesis!

*evil laugh*

Jennifer