Chicken Soup For The Soul

[chubbyalaskagriz]

What food item comes from a loved one's kitchen- or your own, that just makes everyone feel better- no matter what's ailing them?

My Mom used to perk us up with pie-dough cinnamon rolls. Also- warm rice pudding w/ cinnamon and plumped raisins. And pigs-in-a-blanket for breakfast!

[Mama Mangia]

RX from Dr. Mama -

homemade pizza cures the common cold, the flu, broken or cracked bones, headaches, sick tummies, helps in aiding cuts heal faster, deals with menopause, "monthly" ails (for both men and women), relieves back aches, bursitus, bronchitis, tendonitis, H1N1, depression, erectile dysfunction, herpes, gonorreah, rickets, morning sickness, measles, chicken pox, mumps, fever, earaches, fungus, bacteria, viruses, etc.

Take two party-size ones and call me in the morning!

Better yet - call me before they get delivered so I can enjoy some too........

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

I love the title of this thread!!!

Chicken Soup For The Soul

My best memory for anything that was ailing me was to go have BBQ dinner at Don's BBQ out in the Florida Everglades, Don made the best BBQ ribs in the world, the food was excellent the company great and it always warmed my soul to go there! We would always finish up our day (Sunday afternoons)with a swim in the Air-Boat landing. Nice cooling crystal clear water, a rope swing and just tons of fun. That was the Chicken Soup for my little ole soul when I was a youngster!

[CanMan]

Yes, Pizza! Last night was an extra large deluxe Deli Pizza on special for $5.00. Close enough to being homemade. Too big to fit in my refrigerator or in my smaller top oven so I cut it in half. 2 slices was a meal, leaving 2 slices for breakfast this morning of the half. Process will repeat tonight. Ecstasy!

Next down on the list would be a PB&J Sandwich and/or a Grilled Cheese Sandwich with a dill pickle on the side.

[jglass]

White wine chicken soup with homemade croutons cures anything for me.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Oh yeah, and when I have a stomache virus Ginger AleThere is nothing better!!!!

[chubbyalaskagriz]

I love the title of this thread!!!

Chicken Soup For The Soul

My best memory for anything that was ailing me was to go have BBQ dinner at Don's BBQ out in the Florida Everglades, Don made the best BBQ ribs in the world, the food was excellent the company great and it always warmed my soul to go there! We would always finish up our day (Sunday afternoons)with a swim in the Air-Boat landing. Nice cooling crystal clear water, a rope swing and just tons of fun. That was the Chicken Soup for my little ole soul when I was a youngster!

Your "air boat" story reminds me of "Gentle Ben" and "Flipper"- two TV Shows from my childhood, Cathy!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Kevin "Flipper" was one of my all time favorite shows, and "Gentle Ben" was a breath of fresh air!

Flipper was filmed in my neck of the woods, those were my stomping grounds There is a beach in Miami called "Bear Cut" out off the Rickenbacker Causeway, it was a lovely area and if Flipper and the gang did not pass by there 20 times an episode I would have thought something was wrong! There was a Marina on the other side of the road from Bear Cut, they had a nice restaurant and our favorite outing was to go there real early in the AM for a nice breakfast, the waitress always served our food piping hot and the best over-easy eggs one could ever hope to eat out! I was lucky cause Dad only took the early risers with him, and that was usually me Besides the beach if you kept driving down towards the end of the road that Bear Cut was on you'd come to the Crandon Park Zoo, it was a great Zoo...Hurricane Andrew wrecked it! There was also a fantastic Aquarium out in the area called the Seaquarium, they kept "Flipper" housed there. Miami was a neat place to grow up. Here's a brief list of many more of my favorites, The Venitian Pool, Viscaya, The Miami Planetarium, Monkey Jungle, Parrot Jungle, and The Serpetarium! Skipping school was always an adventure we would take the bus to the beach, or go to Miami International and hang out at the Airport (always a blast), every once in a while I'd travel over to Hialeah and visit my favorite Cuban Restaurant for a meal of Black Beans and Yellow Rice, and I'd always get a case of guilt so I would confess my sins of school skipping to Mom and get grounded . Life was too fun down there in Orange and Avacado land!!!

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Kevin "Flipper" was one of my all time favorite shows, and "Gentle Ben" was a breath of fresh air!

Flipper was filmed in my neck of the woods, those were my stomping grounds There is a beach in Miami called "Bear Cut" out off the Rickenbacker Causeway, it was a lovely area and if Flipper and the gang did not pass by there 20 times an episode I would have thought something was wrong! There was a Marina on the other side of the road from Bear Cut, they had a nice restaurant and our favorite outing was to go there real early in the AM for a nice breakfast, the waitress always served our food piping hot and the best over-easy eggs one could ever hope to eat out! I was lucky cause Dad only took the early risers with him, and that was usually me Besides the beach if you kept driving down towards the end of the road that Bear Cut was on you'd come to the Crandon Park Zoo, it was a great Zoo...Hurricane Andrew wrecked it! There was also a fantastic Aquarium out in the area called the Seaquarium, they kept "Flipper" housed there. Miami was a neat place to grow up. Here's a brief list of many more of my favorites, The Venitian Pool, Viscaya, The Miami Planetarium, Monkey Jungle, Parrot Jungle, and The Serpetarium! Skipping school was always an adventure we would take the bus to the beach, or go to Miami International and hang out at the Airport (always a blast), every once in a while I'd travel over to Hialeah and visit my favorite Cuban Restaurant for a meal of Black Beans and Yellow Rice, and I'd always get a case of guilt so I would confess my sins of school skipping to Mom and get grounded . Life was too fun down there in Orange and Avacado land!!!

What great memories, Cathy- thanx for sharing! In my book- any place one could call "Monkey Jungle" just has to be a kick!

[jpshaw]

Biscuits. My Dad actually made them for me for breakfast. Ten of them open face on a plate with lotsa butter and B'rer Rabbit syrup. Ate em with a fork. And I was a skinny little kid.