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Does Chicken Soup make you feel better?

15 years ago

Does chicken soup really make you feel any better?

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mcmann
15 years ago
I can't answer that scientifically but I know when I have a cold I always heat up a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup just like my Mom did when I was a kid. It's one of my fondest memories and reminds me of my Mother's nurturing.
OklaMoni
15 years ago
But of course it does. Specially the home made kind... you know, chicken, garlic, carrot, a bit of onion, some noodles and a WHOLE lot of love just does!

:)

Moni... a firm believer
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marlingardener
15 years ago
Yes, but not to eat, to make. I went to the funeral of a friend yesterday, and came home and started some chicken soup. Something about chopping the vegetables, stirring the pot and smelling the aroma is very comforting. When troubled, cook.
bigack
15 years ago
Yep, love to make it, love to eat it.
heather_on
15 years ago
It sure does. The other thing that gives me comfort when I have a cold is hot apple juice or cider.
jannie
15 years ago
Yes, and it has to be Campbell's chicken noodle. I had a can last night for dinner. Not the can, the soup inside!
paula_pa
15 years ago
I don't know. When I'm sick, no one ever gives me soup anymore.

When I'm sick, the first thing I want to eat is usually McDonald's (cheeseburger and fries) or farina with lots of milk, butter and sugar. The farina is from my childhood but I'm not sure why the McD's. We rarely ate fast food when I was growing up. It's something DH can easily run out and grab for me, maybe that's why.
Terri_PacNW
15 years ago
Yes it does. But have to go with Moni...homemade is best!

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rachelacey
15 years ago
It really does. The taste, the smell - it's just comforting.
peoniesandposies
15 years ago
Definitely!

However, in our house homemade potato soup made thick is also a comforting soup. (It must be all those bland carbs and the warmth that spreads in you as you eat it.)
marilyn_c
15 years ago
I dunno....I haven't been sick in so long and when I am sick, I am too sick to make chicken soup. However, I had some canned soup when I had pneumonia. It didn't make me feel better but I had to eat something.
susan_on
15 years ago
Yeah, I like chicken soup when I'm sick, but I need lots of crackers.
deemarie5500
15 years ago
We always keep the house stocked with canned Progress chicken soup, tissues, and bottle water during the winter. When we get a cold, that last thing I want to do is run out to the store!
wildchild
15 years ago
I can't stand to eat chicken soup when I'm sick. It's blah and warm.

I usually live on OJ and toast and honey at first. When my appetite returns I want something either cold and crunchy like a sandwich piled high with veggies or hot and spicy like chili or ravioli. As a child I loved tripe in HOT red sauce when I got sick.
cheryl_ok
15 years ago
Yummy! Yes, I believe it makes me feel better. Homemade here also, but when I'm too sick to make it, Campbell's is just fine!
OklaMoni
15 years ago
I cheat! I make a BIG pot ever so often, and then freeze some. All except the noodles.

Thus, when I am sick, I can just put on a pot of water, boil some noodles (me thinks, noodles cooked and then added tastes way better, than cooked in the broth), and thaw and heat my chicken soup. Add the noodles and wa la, yummy comfort food.

Moni

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