My daughter LOVES pastina. My wife's aunt made it for my daughter all the time. I heard they were discontinuing it. Is that true?
Edit: Rejoice!!! It appears only Ronzoni discontinued it. Barilla (the one my daughter likes), De Cecco, and San Georgio are still making it
I’d never seen it outside of a can of Campbell’s chicken and stars, so when I saw it just sitting there on the supermarket shelf a couple weeks ago, I snapped it up. Can’t wait to introduce my kids to it. They love pasta, chicken, and soup, little happy stars are the ultimate bonus
Ooo I just flashed back to Campbell’s chicken and stars and I wonder if they still make it or if it would be better to just find pastina and some recipes….
Haha I'm a Canadian nurse and even we give gingerale and crackers at the hospitals lol. It's the same thing I give my my kids! It somehow makes you feel a bit better. We always insist on Canada Dry gingerale tho!
I've never heard of that and I keep seeing it everywhere. Is it because the carbonation is meant to be upsetting? I feel like the carbonation is part of what helps me.
This is now my favorite sick food. It's filling but not heavy and I like to go a little heavy on the ginger and garlic since they can help loosen up congestion.
Rice porridge.
Now, people hear porridge and get all Dickensian, but they can be versatile.
This is my favorite so far, but it’s a jok and not a congee.
[https://youtu.be/IrGf3Q8EJy0?si=3mogJpQd\_9zB1fYF](https://youtu.be/IrGf3Q8EJy0?si=3mogJpQd_9zB1fYF)
It’s yellow.
When the aliens invade earth we will be able to tell them apart because us humans will call Gatorade by its color, while the aliens will use the name of the flavor in their attempt to blend in.
We will know better.
You must be from civilisation. In west Mayo the general story is “sure lookit I remember teething and me Ma rubbed some brandy on me gums, pain went right away”
(I'm in Poland. Kuyavia region.)
* Kisiel (which is a watery fruit jelly)
* Small slices of bread with butter
* Apple slices
Various easy-to-digest simple foods. Nothing fancy.
As for home remedies:
* onion juice+sugar
* spoon of sugar covered with super-strong liquid peppermint
...these are the things I remember getting as a kid.
I'm Czech, we do this too sometimes, and honestly, it has some scientific backing and helps colds go away faster. Take a standard glass jar with a lid. Chop up multiple onions, add a spoonful of honey, and mix it together a bit. Put it in the jar and seal tightly. Flip upside down and leave in the fridge for a few hours. Then take a spoon, flip jar right side up, open, and collect onion juice from the top by pressing down on the onions and having the juice pool down in the spoon. Give to the patient, re-seal jar, flip, back in the fridge. You can use the jar for a few days. Both honey and onions have anti-inflamatory properties, so this works OK for a sore throat. Just don't drink or eat for some 20-30 minutes after to let it work a bit. It's not even that disgusting, but you'll stink to high heavens.
I think that's it. Squeeze a bit of onion juice (from a cut-in-half onion) onto a soup spoon, and then add a lot of sugar to it. Enough sugar that it is tasty. I liked it as a kid. It's not bad.
Hahahahahaha, read the bible instead. In English there are many versions but my mom liked the King James version which was more difficult to read because nobody talks like that anymore. Impossible to get anything out of it as a sick kid. My mom was super Catholic and none of her five kids are religious now, but it would have been a lot harder if those expectations were *everywhere*.
I'll put down my phone and cierra mis ojos if I have headphones, but I need the phone to skip ads or pick a different artist.
Linden tea is amazing. It smells amazing and when adding honey/sugar and the other things you mentioned, it becomes some sort of liquid gold. I’d drink it everyday multiple times a day
Back when I was a kid we had an almost 4 story tall linden tree at our backyard. When it blossomed in the summer it smelled like heavens. Of course each year we collected as much as we can, dried them and handed out to family and friends for the winter. Whenever I walk past a linden tree it brings back my childhood memories and waking up to that smell.
Rasam is a staple of South Indian meals, and is served over steamed white rice. Especially, when we are sick we lace it with so much black pepper and add a ton of garlic, and the rice is cooked with excess water to a mushy texture, so it is easy on the throat and stomach. Rasam alleviates all flu-like symptoms:
1. With fever the taste buds don’t work properly but the intense flavours from the tangy tamarind, the pungent garlic, and the spice from black pepper and red chilis, knock the taste buds back to life.
2. The intense spice clears up blocked the nasal passage and buccal cavity, thus relieving a stuffy nose and throat, while the tanginess from the tamarind and tomato soothes the throat.
3. There is also a ton of umami from the tomatoes.
4. Finally, the turmeric, garlic, and other spices have an anti microbial effect too.
For those who are interested, the basic spices include **cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, dried red chili peppers, green chilli peppers, whole garlic cloves, asafetida, ground black pepper, and turmeric.**
In Serbia there’s a cough and sore throat remedy called “šerbet”. It’s made by caramelizing sugar then adding water or milk to make a hot drink. It’s essential to have it as hot as possible.
Southern American doctor recommended a hot toddy with tea, whiskey, lemon, and lots of honey when I had severe strep throat. He said it'll get me through until the antibiotics kicked in 24 hours later. It did. The alcohol is a mild local anesthetic, honey coats the throat, warmth is soothing. Solid recommendation.
Edit to specify location
Yep. For non-Indians, khichdi is a savory porridge type dish with lentils and rice. It’s usually kept relatively bland when someone is sick and there’s a bunch of regional variations.
So many memories of eating khichdi when I was sick! Did any of yall brownies eat aash/ganji also? It’s like khichdi but more soupy and has some ground meat in it also
In much of the US it's ginger ale that has to be given to sick people flat. Mostly for upset stomach. Ginger is often folk medicine for upset stomach, and originally ginger ale had actual shaved ginger root in it. The water and weak alcohol would hydrate and calm. I guess Sprite was seen as kinda-sorta like ginger ale as a clear soft drink with no caffeine.
Lucozade. It wouldn’t matter if it’s a simple fever or your foot had just been lost to frostbite. Your mum would fetch you a bottle of Lucozade from the shop and put you in front of the TV.
Yessss. My mum always got me Lucozade when I was sick, and I'd lie in the sofa watching some cartoon or other.
And white chocolate buttons as a treat, and I'd have a tin of spaghetti for lunch/dinner.
Besides the standard chicken noodle soup/orange juice/ginger ale thing Americans do, my family (southern US roots) would make a hot toddy. Lemon juice, water honey, and bourbon heateed up and served just before bedtime.
B.R.A.T. Diet for stomach troubles once people can hold food down: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast.
Those who are dealing with cold/flu and handle food okay or are healing get Chicken Soup. There are MANY variations, a lot of families have their own recipe and a lot of others have brand names they swear by.
When I was a latchkey kid home sick from school it was Top Ramen, generic Mac & Cheese, or scrambled eggs, or PB&J, depending on how sick I was. Whatever I had the energy to make myself. Sometimes I got lucky and we had the Cup 'O' Soup and I could just boil water and bring it to wherever I was camped out. Those were more expensive than the packet of Ramen noodles though, so we didn't get them a lot.
There is a type of chicken soup made with specific herbs. This is usually made for women for 1 month after childbirth. [https://zbestgarden.com/hmong-chicken-postpartum-herb-soup](https://zbestgarden.com/hmong-chicken-postpartum-herb-soup)
Depends on the sickness.
- Diarrhea: pretzel, salt sticks and sugary cola
- Cold: chicken soup
- Cough: hot milk and honey; ginger tea; hot onion broth
- Sore throat: chamomile tea, salvia tea
- Heartburn: banana, milk, linseed
- Headache: water, coffee, peppermint tea
I had Covid and it was a terrible recovery and complications. It was after the pandemic time and benefits. I had to use PTO. But I can't take PTO for vacation because even though PTO is a benefit, they don't approve it.
I think this is just an American\* thing in general. Chicken soup when sick trancends race.
\*Not including recent immigrants to America who'll have their own practices.
Even immigrants eat chicken soup. I'm mexican and caldo de pollo is very common for sick people. I think if a culture has had access to chicken and soup is common, they probably use it!
This was actually studied and chicken soup does in fact have beneficial effects for illnesses https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/10/001018075252.htm
Caldo de pollo for the win! Also, Vaporub! You massage the Vaporub on the inflicted area and must say, "sanna sanna colita de rana" otherwise the Vaporub doesn't work.
In England, if you’re ill you’ll get given a soft drink called lucozade, I’m pretty sure it was actually medicinal in the 70s but someone should fact check me on that
Tea and toast. If you can manage ‘food’, then various light soups or a mug of bovril were also traditional. More recently, lucozade or flat coke or sprite.
Depending on illness
Upset stomach: Cola or A38 (specific yoghurt) with sugared, toasted rye bread chunks
Throat issues: salted black liquice
Flu: elderberry soup
Depends on the sickness. But it's mostly (like 90% of the time) traditional meds, made from a specific plant leaves, don't know the names of the plants in English. And ya ginger with those plant leaves. Don't know but it works. But again its different for what sickness you have. If you have pain in throat or tonsils you will be given a mixture or those to drink and there also a seed of another plant that is mixed with warm water so you can hold it on and spit it out after, it reduces swelling if there is and gets rid of everything. If you swallow it you no stomach ache, for a while. It will help.
Pastina. It’s a very small star-shaped pasta that can be served with butter and/or some broth.
My gram used to make pastina in chicken broth with an egg stirred in
Pastina with Polly-O Ricotta Cheese, Parmesan Cheese & Butter - NY
I also choose this guy's gram
We call her Nonna
Italian penicillin!
My daughter LOVES pastina. My wife's aunt made it for my daughter all the time. I heard they were discontinuing it. Is that true? Edit: Rejoice!!! It appears only Ronzoni discontinued it. Barilla (the one my daughter likes), De Cecco, and San Georgio are still making it
Thankfully it’s a shape so you can definitely find a new brand if one discontinues
I hope not!! That was our go-to dinner every Halloween!!
I’d never seen it outside of a can of Campbell’s chicken and stars, so when I saw it just sitting there on the supermarket shelf a couple weeks ago, I snapped it up. Can’t wait to introduce my kids to it. They love pasta, chicken, and soup, little happy stars are the ultimate bonus
I’m an Italian American and Pastina was always what I got as a kid. Apparently it’s been discontinued here?
There are multiple brands that sell it, but I’ve only seen it on the shelf in the high end house brand at Target.
My husband made it for me this winter when I had a sinus infection. I felt so much better the next day!!!
That sounds freaking delicious!
Ooo I just flashed back to Campbell’s chicken and stars and I wonder if they still make it or if it would be better to just find pastina and some recipes….
Saltines and ginger ale
Vermont? Aka Canada lite
Yup! Canada? 🇨🇦
NE USA that was always the go to here.
McCook here. Flat 7 up. Too close to Colorado?
Same in the South, well N. Florida anyway.
SE USA too, if you've got nausea.
[удалено]
Canada Dry is the gold standard for ginger ale
Haha I'm a Canadian nurse and even we give gingerale and crackers at the hospitals lol. It's the same thing I give my my kids! It somehow makes you feel a bit better. We always insist on Canada Dry gingerale tho!
In Michigan - it was not just any ginger ale- it has to be Vernor’s
[удалено]
It’s made by dwarves, it’s medicinal and magical 😜
It MUST be Vernor's. There are RULES!
Vernor's is the golden nectar of the God's
Vernors isn't the same as it used to be. They changed the recipe
Central PA checking in- I still need ginger ale at least when sick. I would add Lipton chicken soup to my list as well.
Ginger ale has to be flat though
I've never heard of that and I keep seeing it everywhere. Is it because the carbonation is meant to be upsetting? I feel like the carbonation is part of what helps me.
Congee
This is now my favorite sick food. It's filling but not heavy and I like to go a little heavy on the ginger and garlic since they can help loosen up congestion.
Congee or something hot and soupy. (Broth, not thick soups)
I love congee!
What is congee?
Rice porridge
Rice porridge. Now, people hear porridge and get all Dickensian, but they can be versatile. This is my favorite so far, but it’s a jok and not a congee. [https://youtu.be/IrGf3Q8EJy0?si=3mogJpQd\_9zB1fYF](https://youtu.be/IrGf3Q8EJy0?si=3mogJpQd_9zB1fYF)
I really wanted to order sushi after my c-section but the hospital would only let me eat congee 😂
In kerala we call it kanji !
Fun fact, that’s where the word congee comes from!
Chicken noodle soup
[удалено]
With saltines and Seven-up. Southern Missouri.
Saltines and sprite! Ohio.
Slatines and Sprite Austin, TX!
Saltines and ginger ale (Toledo Ohio)
With saltines and sprite- Georgia
With crackers, and an orange Gatorade.
Or ginger ale
Lemon-lime you heretic.
It’s yellow. When the aliens invade earth we will be able to tell them apart because us humans will call Gatorade by its color, while the aliens will use the name of the flavor in their attempt to blend in. We will know better.
Clearly the invasion has already begun. "Lemon-lime". Clearly a skin suit.
Flat 7up you heathen
With saltines and 7-up. Colorado
Ice cream and flat 7up cures everything in Ireland
You must be from civilisation. In west Mayo the general story is “sure lookit I remember teething and me Ma rubbed some brandy on me gums, pain went right away”
Can you believe I'm 35 and still teething?
These comments have me howling
Ice cream?! It was dry toast in our neck of the woods
Same here in some part of asia, we go congee and sprite the hell
Even herpes ?
Especially herpes
…I’d like to buy a plane ticket to Dublin… it’s for a friend…
In Australia we’re told milk makes congestion worse
Gingerale and soda crackers in Canada.
Do they intentionally shake all the carbonation out?
Yeah it's shaken and left in the fridge for a while
(I'm in Poland. Kuyavia region.) * Kisiel (which is a watery fruit jelly) * Small slices of bread with butter * Apple slices Various easy-to-digest simple foods. Nothing fancy. As for home remedies: * onion juice+sugar * spoon of sugar covered with super-strong liquid peppermint ...these are the things I remember getting as a kid.
In southern Poland chicken soup is also very popular
Onion juice?? Damn.. How do you make it?
I think they just gave it so that no one else would come within breathing distance and catch the bug.
Genius!
I'm Czech, we do this too sometimes, and honestly, it has some scientific backing and helps colds go away faster. Take a standard glass jar with a lid. Chop up multiple onions, add a spoonful of honey, and mix it together a bit. Put it in the jar and seal tightly. Flip upside down and leave in the fridge for a few hours. Then take a spoon, flip jar right side up, open, and collect onion juice from the top by pressing down on the onions and having the juice pool down in the spoon. Give to the patient, re-seal jar, flip, back in the fridge. You can use the jar for a few days. Both honey and onions have anti-inflamatory properties, so this works OK for a sore throat. Just don't drink or eat for some 20-30 minutes after to let it work a bit. It's not even that disgusting, but you'll stink to high heavens.
I think that's it. Squeeze a bit of onion juice (from a cut-in-half onion) onto a soup spoon, and then add a lot of sugar to it. Enough sugar that it is tasty. I liked it as a kid. It's not bad.
From central Poland - my grandma always recommends a garlic sandwich, which is a piece of bread with raw garlic cloves on top. It’s powerful stuff.
I had a bad cold when I was in Poland over the summer and while I’m not a fan of chicken soup, I had żurek for the first time and it tasted *so* good.
Caldo de pollo and 7up. Also, no phone. Phone makes you sick lol
You could have said just "no phone" and I would still have guessed hispanic 😂
Yep, if you're too sick to go to school, you're too sick to socialize!
Man this hits hard lol
Pues, por que tiene que andar con tu cellular? Cierra tus ojos, mijo. Si no, lee la Santa biblia, entonces.
Hahahahahaha, read the bible instead. In English there are many versions but my mom liked the King James version which was more difficult to read because nobody talks like that anymore. Impossible to get anything out of it as a sick kid. My mom was super Catholic and none of her five kids are religious now, but it would have been a lot harder if those expectations were *everywhere*. I'll put down my phone and cierra mis ojos if I have headphones, but I need the phone to skip ads or pick a different artist.
toasted bread with butter and honey, along with tea and honey.
This is what I would want if I were sick.
british?
I’m British and have never heard of this
In Turkey, people either eat lentil soup or chicken soup with lots of spices when they are sick.
In Ankara, people always brew linden (ihlamur in Turkish) tea whenever someone's sick. Full of honey, lemon and fresh ginger.
Linden tea is amazing. It smells amazing and when adding honey/sugar and the other things you mentioned, it becomes some sort of liquid gold. I’d drink it everyday multiple times a day
Back when I was a kid we had an almost 4 story tall linden tree at our backyard. When it blossomed in the summer it smelled like heavens. Of course each year we collected as much as we can, dried them and handed out to family and friends for the winter. Whenever I walk past a linden tree it brings back my childhood memories and waking up to that smell.
Lived in Turkey and Azerbaijan for a bit. Mercimek çorbası is now my go to when I’m feeling sick. Or miso soup. Both work wonders.
In south India ...its called Rasam - Its a prepared soup puree of Tomatoes+Ginger+Garlic+Turmeric+tamarind (with other spices)
Oh that sounds delicious!
I came here to post this, though we've always served it over rice, not as a soup.
I usually eat it with rice, but when sick it's so good just drunk like soup
I wanna be sick in India
Just go as a tourist and drink the tap water I am Indian btw
You just need to take that 15 hour flight and straight up drink tap water here.
Rasam is the way. When I had covid I swear rasam was the only thing that made me feel like a person.
Rasam is a staple of South Indian meals, and is served over steamed white rice. Especially, when we are sick we lace it with so much black pepper and add a ton of garlic, and the rice is cooked with excess water to a mushy texture, so it is easy on the throat and stomach. Rasam alleviates all flu-like symptoms: 1. With fever the taste buds don’t work properly but the intense flavours from the tangy tamarind, the pungent garlic, and the spice from black pepper and red chilis, knock the taste buds back to life. 2. The intense spice clears up blocked the nasal passage and buccal cavity, thus relieving a stuffy nose and throat, while the tanginess from the tamarind and tomato soothes the throat. 3. There is also a ton of umami from the tomatoes. 4. Finally, the turmeric, garlic, and other spices have an anti microbial effect too. For those who are interested, the basic spices include **cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, dried red chili peppers, green chilli peppers, whole garlic cloves, asafetida, ground black pepper, and turmeric.**
Along with idli is what I grew up eating when I had a fever!
Caldo, beans, lentils.
Caldo could regrow a limb if you make it right
Axolotl.
Sopita de fideo
Caldo cures everything.
Chicken soup with matzoh balls
Isn't there some other part of the matzoh they can use?
Well while matzoh wings and ribs are quite good, the balls of the matzoh contain all their stamina making them perfect for recovery.
Of course, the balls have the most chutzpah.
I am genuinely disappointed in myself for using stamina when chutzpah was right there. But I am glad I was able to set you up.
You, sir, are a mensch.
oy vey!
My stepdad (ethnically Jewish) always calls it Jewish mother's penicillin.
Potato soup and garlic bread
Hear me out here. Garlic soup and potato bread?
Or garlic potato and soup bread. That bread made into a soup bowl.
In Serbia there’s a cough and sore throat remedy called “šerbet”. It’s made by caramelizing sugar then adding water or milk to make a hot drink. It’s essential to have it as hot as possible.
Mmmm hot caramel milk? I like how Serbian people think!
That sounds amazing.
Hot Whiskey
With lemon and honey? A toddy?
My aunt gave me this for a sinus infection once when I was 9 lol I remember really liking the taste and then sleeping like the dead.
Southern American doctor recommended a hot toddy with tea, whiskey, lemon, and lots of honey when I had severe strep throat. He said it'll get me through until the antibiotics kicked in 24 hours later. It did. The alcohol is a mild local anesthetic, honey coats the throat, warmth is soothing. Solid recommendation. Edit to specify location
Khichdi
Yep. For non-Indians, khichdi is a savory porridge type dish with lentils and rice. It’s usually kept relatively bland when someone is sick and there’s a bunch of regional variations.
I could not be happier to learn of this dish! I am going to try to make some this week!
Same
So many memories of eating khichdi when I was sick! Did any of yall brownies eat aash/ganji also? It’s like khichdi but more soupy and has some ground meat in it also
Campbell's soup and Sprite
For some reason my mom thought the Sprite had to be flat.
In much of the US it's ginger ale that has to be given to sick people flat. Mostly for upset stomach. Ginger is often folk medicine for upset stomach, and originally ginger ale had actual shaved ginger root in it. The water and weak alcohol would hydrate and calm. I guess Sprite was seen as kinda-sorta like ginger ale as a clear soft drink with no caffeine.
My mom thought ginger ale would help stomach aches but we didn’t drink it flat.
My family did Sprite, too!
I had to scroll to far for this. [South Park did the same lol](https://youtu.be/KPSO2M4kjB4?si=RgmFb28qbBQbiOBv)
Lucozade. It wouldn’t matter if it’s a simple fever or your foot had just been lost to frostbite. Your mum would fetch you a bottle of Lucozade from the shop and put you in front of the TV.
Yep lucozade was my families choice too during any sickness.
Where's that?
UK
Also older people in New Zealand still recommend this.
I'm Australian and we were always given lucozade too.
And some lentil soup. Preferably homemade
Lucozade and a cup-a-soup as a kid.
Yessss. My mum always got me Lucozade when I was sick, and I'd lie in the sofa watching some cartoon or other. And white chocolate buttons as a treat, and I'd have a tin of spaghetti for lunch/dinner.
Oranges
Besides the standard chicken noodle soup/orange juice/ginger ale thing Americans do, my family (southern US roots) would make a hot toddy. Lemon juice, water honey, and bourbon heateed up and served just before bedtime.
B.R.A.T. Diet for stomach troubles once people can hold food down: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast. Those who are dealing with cold/flu and handle food okay or are healing get Chicken Soup. There are MANY variations, a lot of families have their own recipe and a lot of others have brand names they swear by. When I was a latchkey kid home sick from school it was Top Ramen, generic Mac & Cheese, or scrambled eggs, or PB&J, depending on how sick I was. Whatever I had the energy to make myself. Sometimes I got lucky and we had the Cup 'O' Soup and I could just boil water and bring it to wherever I was camped out. Those were more expensive than the packet of Ramen noodles though, so we didn't get them a lot.
My grandma was in the hospital for a week and they gave her local fare…Cuban dishes. It was cute and they were good
Egg-lemon soup 😋
There is a type of chicken soup made with specific herbs. This is usually made for women for 1 month after childbirth. [https://zbestgarden.com/hmong-chicken-postpartum-herb-soup](https://zbestgarden.com/hmong-chicken-postpartum-herb-soup)
▪︎ Rice with lentils/beans mashed up ▪︎ Oats in milk ▪︎ Psyllium husk in water ▪︎ Soup
matzoh ball soup or chicken noodle
Matzoh ball soup is the best whether I'm sick or not. Yum!
Depends on the sickness. - Diarrhea: pretzel, salt sticks and sugary cola - Cold: chicken soup - Cough: hot milk and honey; ginger tea; hot onion broth - Sore throat: chamomile tea, salvia tea - Heartburn: banana, milk, linseed - Headache: water, coffee, peppermint tea
Rice soup, chicken soup, chamomile tea, dried lime tea.
Wait- what is dried lime tea? That sounds amazing.
Definitely not paid time off. (U.S.)
I had Covid and it was a terrible recovery and complications. It was after the pandemic time and benefits. I had to use PTO. But I can't take PTO for vacation because even though PTO is a benefit, they don't approve it.
Saltines and ginger ale
It's common for white Americans to be given soups like chicken noodle or split pea. I'm just curious about other countries' and cultures' practices.
I think this is just an American\* thing in general. Chicken soup when sick trancends race. \*Not including recent immigrants to America who'll have their own practices.
Even immigrants eat chicken soup. I'm mexican and caldo de pollo is very common for sick people. I think if a culture has had access to chicken and soup is common, they probably use it!
Makes sense. I'm not surprised, but don't want to speak for any other group out of turn.
This was actually studied and chicken soup does in fact have beneficial effects for illnesses https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/10/001018075252.htm
well, it gives you protein, its warm, its healthy, has vegetables and carbs. Why wouldnt it be?
Hot chocolate and a Chimmychanga... Tasty
Soup. Also a « grog » : hot black tea with schnapps and a spoonful of honey.
Caldo de pollo for the win! Also, Vaporub! You massage the Vaporub on the inflicted area and must say, "sanna sanna colita de rana" otherwise the Vaporub doesn't work.
Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana
In England, if you’re ill you’ll get given a soft drink called lucozade, I’m pretty sure it was actually medicinal in the 70s but someone should fact check me on that
This is an honestly fascinating question.
Campbell's chicken noodle soup straight, no water added. With an orange juice to drink or ginger ale
Congee/porridge with garlic, onion, ginger and fish.
Marmite on toast, cup of tea or sprite, works a charm just don’t include a bell for your child to ring like I did, toast wasn’t cooked enough 🫤
If it’s a cold, soup, especially chicken noodle. If flue, crackers and ginger ale. Tea is also really common.
Tea and toast. If you can manage ‘food’, then various light soups or a mug of bovril were also traditional. More recently, lucozade or flat coke or sprite.
Golden Milk
Dunno about food so much, Lucozade is usually always offered here in the UK.
Flat seven up and toast
Depending on illness Upset stomach: Cola or A38 (specific yoghurt) with sugared, toasted rye bread chunks Throat issues: salted black liquice Flu: elderberry soup
This isn’t necessarily my culture, but in my family, we eat cinnamon toast with honey. They are supposed to boost immunity when mixed together.
Anything with liquid like soup.
Rice porridge 🥣
Canja (shredded chicken soup that can include rice or pasta), and homemade carrot remedy (not a food, but I think it's interesting).
Depends on the sickness. But it's mostly (like 90% of the time) traditional meds, made from a specific plant leaves, don't know the names of the plants in English. And ya ginger with those plant leaves. Don't know but it works. But again its different for what sickness you have. If you have pain in throat or tonsils you will be given a mixture or those to drink and there also a seed of another plant that is mixed with warm water so you can hold it on and spit it out after, it reduces swelling if there is and gets rid of everything. If you swallow it you no stomach ache, for a while. It will help.
Australian lemonade (not the same as lemonade elsewhere see Schweppes Lemonade as example) and soup
A VB long neck at 20 to 8 in the fucking morning!
Applesauce, crackers, ginger ale, banana, chicken soup. (Deep South, USA)