Sunday, October 7, 2012

Feed a Cold

R.A.D. Stainforth has the sniffles...


It's good to eat
when you have
the sniffles.

Your head is a bowling ball,
but go ahead, gorge
on chicken soup
and copious whiskey.

Lay it on a pillow,
stuff tissue in the nostrils;
call yourself
Princess Vanilla,
even though you don't look it.

As for starving a fever,
it's a little too risky ―

you always prove 

deliciously beneficial.


tk/October 2012


Sick Woman, 1665, by Jan Steen
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49 comments:

  1. I like Princess Vanilla too! :) Being sick is somehow d only way to get pampered!!!

    Live to die at home!

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  2. Your medical degree is in the mail.

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  3. Having suffered from a nasty cold for the last two weeks.... I wholeheartedly agree!

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  4. ah yes chicken soup and whisky.....do we all have colds this week???

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  5. Chicken soup and whisky - shall remember it next time I get a cold.

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  6. Yes indeed I have my chicken soup in the icebox. I found this to be quite uplifting ... will you are I am sure feeling miserable. Be well.

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  7. That's a good combo for fever, specially that caused due to cold !!!

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  8. sounds like a sound prescription -- I always believe in feed a fever, feed a cold. :)

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  9. hah! came down with my first cold in years- chicken soup and wine was my cure!

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  10. LOL Reminds me of what my teen does when she has a sniffles. Plugs her nose up with Kleenex and lays there in her chair...dying. LOL
    Copious whiskey, sounds good to me. Enough of that you'd never even remember you have a cold!
    Fun read Tess.

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  12. Limoncello from the bottle works wonders.

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  13. Medicative words of wellness. I, too am coughing and wheezing. I have found that "Sleepy Time" tea and some Nyquil help me to sleep.

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  14. Sorry for colds- excuse me while I run away-thanks for the suggestions!

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  15. Dear Tess, henceforth you shall be known as Princess Vanilla!

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  16. Vanilla and whiskey, a combination of magic. To your health!

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  17. "call yourself
    Princess Vanilla,
    even though you don't look it." I love this, may as well think nice thoughts even when unwell.

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  18. Never before have I heard of a cold sounding so good, until now!

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  19. Are those flu shoots ready yet? The flu will be gone before they ever get pushing those needles! In the meantime, I love your remedies here, Tess. Copious Whiskey and sleeping like a princess suits me fine. Thank you for sharing this timely alternative to flu shots. =D

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  20. Being sick never tasted so good. I will be Queen Dulce de Leche ;-)

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  21. oh...the cold!! love the closure, Tess :)

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  22. "...gorge
    on chicken soup
    and copious whiskey..." I'm making a mental note, with winter coming on.

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  23. I personally like whiskey, lemon juice and honey.

    Wonderful poem. As always, you place the bar high.

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  24. :) Love how food, drink and colourful advice always merge into the poetics of Tess Kincaid. Copious whiskey might be a little beyond me... but if the Lady of the Manor suggests it...

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  25. Just how does one know the doctor you call womt be just another pesky Vampire ?

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  26. Copious whiskey is always a good Rx. How fun!

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  27. This Dr Mom says ... a nightcap of hot water, whiskey, lemon juice and a sprinkle of confectioner's sugar. "Down the Hatch,and straight to bed!", as MY mother used to say ...

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  28. Because of you Tess. I will make chicken soup from one of the free range chickens we sell in our little farm store. And when I am done I will force my husband to eat it and listen to my poetry. Life is food.

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  29. Ha! Very cute. She definitely has a certain glint in the eye. As does your poem. k.

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  30. I love this line: "call yourself Princess Vanilla" Big smiles for this! :) ... You write things like this just to mess with him, don't you? ;)

    I'm a bit twisted, so I actually pictured him removing his head and placing it, severed, on the pillow with his hands. That's what I feel like doing when I have a cold.

    Nice touch of fever at the end, taking this in a different direction.

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  31. it has to be the angle of the cigarette. somewhere arc tangent of inhale over exhale is a coefficient of awesome. what...im in calc

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  32. Oh, feed everything..starving is bad for the spirit! Speaking of spirits...cheers!!

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  33. Read this to the Professor this weekend...well, RAD did. Made him smile and I think he's a bit better. This could be the cure for the common cold! He wanted to know who Princess Vanilla is:) Hope you all feel better soon. I'll be preparing whiskey tonight, just in case I succumb :)

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  34. You make a cold almost desirable....love this Tess! :-)

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  35. Great take on the prompt and the use of home cold remedies!

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  36. Good grief: I just went through that and made do with oranges and mint tea.

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  37. Not being a fan of whisky - I will do without it...but will find something to take its place...

    Anna :o]

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  38. Very wise! Being Jewish, I make the best chicken soup. A guaranteed cure! And now I will call myself "Princess Vanilla" as well!

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  39. Whiskey and vanilla... I think she will be feeling better soon.

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  40. Giving up on soup, bring the whiskey...

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  41. Thank you, dear friends, for your kind comments...and thank you R.A.D. for another beautiful read...

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