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Greetings friends! I currently have the flu. Holy poo poo, go get your flu shot if you already haven't. I was due to get mine on Saturday (seeing as I would have sunday free to suffer my post-shot consequences, I always get a little sick). But Wednesday blindsided me and was like, "Hey, you've not been bedridden in months. Let's fix that!" I'm currently quite lucid, having hit the sweet spot of time where all the naproxen, naps, tea, light snacks, and teensy bit of painkillers are combining to make me feel quite okay! So long as I don't do anything silly like move. I expect this to last about 20 more minutes. I am also very fortunate to have my mother in the house, who is happy to provide me with a constant stream of snacks and tea. Love you, Mom. So, what's your best flu season recipe? I wish I could get up and cook, I'm quite bored right now, and I have that calamondin pie I wanted to make. I'm dependant on Dr.Mom's cooking, which is quite good, but we've diverged quite a bit in style. Now, when I'm sick and she's not around to wait on me, my go-to is light sushi (albacore and california rolls) and a quart clear soup from the sushi place down the block. I love you, sushi place down the block. I love you cooking sub-forum. It's very hot now. I think i'm out of lucid oh man this is gonna gently caress up my natnowrimo schedule
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Nov 5, 2015 17:13
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chicken stock.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:47
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Hot toddys, 2, or 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_toddy
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Nov 5, 2015 18:04
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I have some beer (oatmeal stout), beef, barley, and mushroom stew on the stove right now. Basically sear some beef, get a bunch of mushrooms, both diced and sliced, nicely cooked down until they've released all of their moisture, brown some onions, deglaze with beer or red wine, add garlic and thyme, and add the beef and mushrooms along with whatever veggies you want to use up. I have turnips, rutabagas, carrots, and parsnips, so that is what I added. Also add as much stock as you like. Cook for an hour or so and add some barley groats or pearl barley. If you prefer smaller vegetable pieces, add them now instead of an hour ago. I hope you read this through. Cook until it's done and eat up! It's extremely hearty and really soothing. If you like suet dumplings or spaetzle in your stew, have at. There's not much you can do to gently caress up this recipe, since it's stew. Just don't fall into a nyquil fever haze and leave it on the stove for hours and hours or it will be a very hearty puree.
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Nov 5, 2015 20:46
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Eggs, preferably in the form of avgolemono, Greek lemon soup. Get lots of chicken stock (canned is fine when you're sick or busy whatever), add a handful of rice and simmer until rice is cooked. Mix a bunch of eggs (like 1 egg for every 1.5 cups of broth) and a bunch of lemon juice (like one lemon for every 4 cups of broth) and beat that up. Temper that with ladlesfull of the hot soup, then mix it all together. Don't boil at this point or you'll end up with egg drop soup, just heat until thickened. If you're feeling fancy or not sick, throw some fresh dill in there. Four ingredients, you can totally make it when you're sick.
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Nov 5, 2015 22:17
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Oh god I've just realized that I'm out of all stock except shrimp. Must roast a chicken when I'm better. Usually i've got jars of it in the freezer. I'm cold and want Sym's beef stew now.
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Nov 5, 2015 22:25
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Suspect Bucket posted:Oh god I've just realized that I'm out of all stock except shrimp. Must roast a chicken when I'm better. Usually i've got jars of it in the freezer. My freezer is full of suet, leaf lard, knuckle bones, and shin bones this time of year. This is a strategy that will make your winters beefy and warm. Highly recommended.
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Nov 5, 2015 22:32
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:My freezer is full of suet, leaf lard, knuckle bones, and shin bones this time of year. This is a strategy that will make your winters beefy and warm. Highly recommended. I've got quite a bit of fatty pork, but no bones. Pork stock is quite good though. The moment I can stand upright for more then a minute, I'm having spatchcock chicken over sweet potatoes, then making stock. But for now, Raspberry zinger and honey. Crusty Nutsack posted:Eggs, preferably in the form of avgolemono, Greek lemon soup. Get lots of chicken stock (canned is fine when you're sick or busy whatever), add a handful of rice and simmer until rice is cooked. Mix a bunch of eggs (like 1 egg for every 1.5 cups of broth) and a bunch of lemon juice (like one lemon for every 4 cups of broth) and beat that up. Temper that with ladlesfull of the hot soup, then mix it all together. Don't boil at this point or you'll end up with egg drop soup, just heat until thickened. If you're feeling fancy or not sick, throw some fresh dill in there. Four ingredients, you can totally make it when you're sick. This also sounds amazing, by the way. Mm, I have some nice eggs. Ooh, and I could replace the lemon with calamondin, that stuff's sour as all getout.
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Nov 5, 2015 23:07
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After thinking about making stock, I hit up an Asian supermarket and found that they sell chicken bones (mostly backs, rib cages) for dirt cheap so I picked up 3 pounds. My stock smells 'funny', like not chickeny, more gross. Is this a thing? Whole Foods chicken backs don't make stock that smells like this.
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Nov 6, 2015 00:45
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Ranter posted:After thinking about making stock, I hit up an Asian supermarket and found that they sell chicken bones (mostly backs, rib cages) for dirt cheap so I picked up 3 pounds. My stock smells 'funny', like not chickeny, more gross. Is this a thing? Whole Foods chicken backs don't make stock that smells like this. You may have gotten a bad batch. One diseased or gross bone in the lot can ruin a lot of stock. Otherwise, how long and hot did you cook it? Tomato soup today, still not able to stand up for more then a minute at a time. Throat is all sore.
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Nov 6, 2015 23:23
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It started smelling weird as soon as the water started heated up. I typically bring cold water to a boil then immediately turn it down to a bare simmer. Haven't had issues with this method before. Must have been the bones.
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Nov 6, 2015 23:52
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That's a pitty. Something must have gone off. Pro tip, if you don't feel like cooking a chicken (for some reason), getting a rotisserie bird or two before your grocery store closes, as they're on sale then, then picking the meat off. This leaves you with fine stock carcasses. Make chicken salad, chicken sandwiches, ect with the meat, but save some of the dark meat for adding to thinned stock for chicken soup. I might do that instead of cooking the whole chicken myself if i'm not much better by sunday. That or chineese
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Nov 7, 2015 00:45
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Protip in turn: Costco rotisserie chicken is no bullshit amazing. gently caress that dry supermarket poo poo, Costco have it down perfectly.
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Nov 7, 2015 01:03
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Ranter posted:Protip in turn: Costco rotisserie chicken is no bullshit amazing. gently caress that dry supermarket poo poo, Costco have it down perfectly. I do like Costco. Publix fried chicken is pretty darn good as well! I like it miles better then KFC. Sides are better there too, I love the southern potato salad. It's my go-to "to tired to cook, to hungry for salad" meal.
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Nov 7, 2015 01:41
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GREAT NEWS! I am a giant fukkin liar and dont really have the flu! Hooray! I don't have the flu! It's actually hand foot and mouth disease (which is not hoof and mouth disease) aka Coxsackievirus. So I still have to get a flu shot. I started getting these weird bug bites on my hands, and the inside of my throat's covered in them too. I've still got flu-like symptoms and am hella dizzy though.
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Nov 7, 2015 23:03
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Suspect Bucket posted:GREAT NEWS! I am a giant fukkin liar and dont really have the flu! Hooray! I don't have the flu! It's actually hand foot and mouth disease (which is not hoof and mouth disease) aka Coxsackievirus. So I still have to get a flu shot. I started getting these weird bug bites on my hands, and the inside of my throat's covered in them too. I've still got flu-like symptoms and am hella dizzy though. Are you hallucinating bugs crawling in your throat or are you calling pin sized sores bug bites?
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Nov 9, 2015 09:58
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CrazySalamander posted:Are you hallucinating bugs crawling in your throat or are you calling pin sized sores bug bites? They're about bugbite sized on my hands and feet, but pretty small in my throat. They hurt, but don't itch. I'm getting better, it's not as bad as it was with the flu symptoms, but I'm feeling pretty run down. Made chicken stock, but the cleaning of the kitchen and work have me feeling beat. Ordering sushi.
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Nov 9, 2015 23:16
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