Intermission.
I have emerged from my Fortress of Sickitude (fashioned out of old issues of Entertainment Weekly, mortared together with snotty Kleenex) long enough to pose the following question: When you are sick, what do you crave? Old-fashioned comfort food, like the fabled chicken soup? Or maybe something more practical, like a sinus-clearing spicy food?
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October 24th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
I’m internet stalking you.
Head cold: I crave Kimchi Ramen with an egg, side of kimchi
Stomach Flu: Mashed potatoes or polenta
I read about your visit to Kim Bob on 32nd. OMG. For a month, I’ve been trying to figure out where I could get kimbap or how I could get a Korean restaurant to make them for me. ( I can make them myself but to make one or two is pretty sad) I have yet to go to Kim Bob BUT did order from Kofoo today. Their spicy tuna Kimbap is SPICY and their ddukbokee was super YUM.
October 24th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Oh, duh. I’ve had kimchi in my fridge this whole time.
Also, I need to know what ddukbokee is.
Lastly, the epilogue to this day in Chinatown is going to be how I made Dave walk over to the taco place we went to so I could get another fish taco.
October 24th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
I always want tomato soup when I am sick.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:19 am
If I get a bad cold I’m usually eating something Thai spicy or Mexican spicy.
Ditto on the potatoes/polenta if my stomach’s giving me fits.
Sorry yr sick. That totally sucks.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Jo — me too!
Lisa — the worst part? Dave has been out of town since Sunday morning. Worst time EVAR to be sick.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Ddukbokee is a spicy dish of dduk (rice cakes. mochi. usually in cylinders), onions, fish cake, cabbage, gochujang (hot red pepper paste), sesame oil, a little bit of sugar and sometimes a hardboiled egg. Its a mixture of spicy and a little sweet. The mochi is chewy and perfect.
October 25th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
When I have a stuffy head or rattling lungs I swear by pho, with jalapenos or Sriracha sauce added to it. My husband’s standby sick cure is hot and sour soup which is actually a better one because we have Chinese restaurants that will deliver but not a pho place that will deliver.
October 25th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Believe it or not, I always want cheese popcorn. I don’t know why, but I do.
October 26th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Haven’t popped by for a few days…hope you’re feeling better!
Unless I’m at death’s door, I’ll hike it down to K-town for some hae mul cham doo boo.
http://nycinephile.vox.com/library/post/qotd-good-on-a-cold-day.html
October 27th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
If I get sickly, I always go straight for ginger-ale and brunswick stew…it’s my cure-all.