Oh Yeah.
I just had some fried-up “No. 36 BBQ Pork and Rice” leftover from yesterday’s Broadway-Shopping-Mall-Food-Court lunch.
Whilst starving and waiting for the doctor to see me this morning, (my fault – guess who thought her appointment was at 9am and it was- “… what? Scheduled for 6.30pm? I got sent a reminder? You called me on Friday?”) I went to the nearest Coles and bought all my favourite Sick Foods.
- tinned spaghetti (with cheese on toast!)
- tinned chicken soup (although I’ve been eating the same thing at work)
- packet noodle soup (the trick is to fill the mug at three quarters boiling water and the rest with regular tap water so you can slurp it up instantaneously)
- miso soup with soba noodles and tofu
- porridge with copious amount of honey (it’s good for the throat)
- custard rice
- rice pudding
- (all other variants of mushy rice e.g. congee, sloppy risotto)
- and not technically a meal comestible but accounting for at least half my caloric intake currently is – throat lozenges
Sick Foods* are delicious in that super-processed, high-sodium, instant gratification way that is at least some comfort when you no longer have an appetite for coffee or wine.
*Sick Foods are not to be mistaken with Comfort Foods, which is a food-group that contains actually unprocessed, tasty meals like roasts, baked potatoes and home-made soups without MSG. Sick Foods are only consumed concomitantly with the side-effects of illness, namely; loss of appetite, impaired olfaction and dubious gustatory function.