What food do you crave most when you are ill?

[yellowdogintexas]

Mine is Lipton Chicken Noodle soup; I will accept Ramen if necessary but prefer the Lipton's


or a baked potato ...my mom would always feed us baked potatoe when we were finally hungry after a round of bad upset stomach virus.

And when I have a cold, I can only drink tea, not coffee. First sign I sometimes have that a cold is coming on is that I wake up in the morning and do not even have interest in a cup of coffee.

[Left Is Write]

1. I'm similar.

I like Cup-O-Noodles when I'm sick. I never eat Cup-O-Noodles otherwise. I also like "white" foods like mashed potatoes or macaroni and milk.

Coffee - same thing. I know I'm really sick if I don't want my morning coffee. I like black tea with honey.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Soup, yeah. But hand-made. With every conceivable veggie in it. (nt)

[kslib]

3. Beef broth and soda crackers

not together though

[Patsy Stone]

4. I have one right now

Matzo Ball Soup, with noodles.
Mashed potatoes.
Big, thick egg noodles with cream cheese and butter (Grandma's comfort food).

All carbs, all bad. Aren't we supposed to avoid dairy products? Maybe, but I don't care. :)

[trotsky]

5. Saltines and 7-up.

My mom always made me eat those when I had an upset stomach from being sick.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. Same here.

Or chicken noodle soup.

[TX-RAT]

6. Crown Royal over ice.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. Cream of rice

cooked thin with a slight dusting of sugar.

:-)

[Sanity Claws]

9. Me too

I want chicken soup but prefer Progresso. Lipton is good though. Forget Ramen.
Toast with butter is good, as well as tea with milk or lemon.
I guess we're both used to a regular American diet. I wonder what someone who was raised on a different type of cuisine would want.

[maveric]

10. Tomaote soup with toasted, whole wheat, peanut butter sandwich.

Just something I picked up from my dad.

[SmokingJacket]

11. When I was pregnant, I could only eat weird things:

spaghetti from a can

lifesavers

peanut butter cups

[Modem Butterfly]

12. Plain popcorn and cherry 7-up

Soothes my stomach.

[LiberalEsto]

13. Tea with ginger marmalade stirred in

is my favorite for a cold or cough.

For bronchitis: Peppermint tea with lemon, honey and a dash of cayenne pepper. You can also add some regular tea for caffeine.

For a tummy virus: Rice cooked with a couple of sliced carrots. A dash of soy sauce on it, and if you can handle it, a spoonful or two of plain yogurt.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. If it's a cold I have

I always want my homemade veggie soup. I make a double batch everytime and keep half in the feezer so I don't have to cook if I get sick.

[u4ic]

15. Split pea soup

Borscht (don't like it when I'm healthy)

And when I have a tummy bug but CAN keep foods down: Chinese, especially rice & veggies.

[n2mark]

16. Vegetable soup or Chicken Noodle soup

[vixengrl]

17. Poached eggs on toast.

With a cup of nice hot tea.

[miss_kitty]

18. I just want everything I can not have.

like some alcohol, ice cream, candy-just stuff I KNOW I'm going to regret eating.

[Cadence]

19. Apple juice and saltine crackers.

[SKKY]

20. NyQuil.

NyQuil, NyQuil, NyQuil, we love you, you great big fucking Q!!!!

[aQuArius]

21. Grilled cheese sammiches!

[Radio_Lady]

22. Lots of lime-flavored Diet Coke!

Have you tried it?

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. Never fails, after being sick when I'm a little better I want red meat

usually a hamburger, or if I'm really sick and then get better maybe a steak, and I don't like steak that much normally.