Saturday, September 16, 2006

chicken soup for the soul

i have a craving for the past few weeks. maybe because i was feeling sick. i felt like a bowl of steaming hot chicken soup. i kept picturing it in my head. how the steam curled out of the bowl. how the meat of the chicken would be so tender that it would just fall of the bones. and the smell!!..boy the smell that would get your juices running.

so i asked josephin for the recipe and the sweet girl went on the net looking for a simple, straightforward recipe for me. at that precise moment my sister calls and when asked she just rattled off the recipe. didnt sound too complicated. peel, cut, boil in big pot. easy.

and i did it!!!.. it was exactly how i imagined it would be. it was FANTASTIC!!.. i made enough to feed a small town ( my estimation needs a little work ) but what the hell..chicken soup for the rest of the week! WOOOHHHHHOOOOO!!

heres my top 5 comfort food

1. ice cream ( cures everything )
2. hot chicken soup
3. strawberries
4. hot crumpet smothered with nutella
5. 'apom balik' ( kind like a pancake with butter, corn, crushed peanuts and sugar on top )



yyuuummmmmm..


ps:- whoever reading this, why dont you list down your top 5 in the comment box?..

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

YAAAAYY!! You did it, you did it! (btw, I'm not here, I'm supposed to be studying right now)

Hmm... Soooo, you want me to list my five favourite comfort foods? I dunnoooo.... I don't really have time. I should be studying. Ah, what the heck. Here we go:

1. Candy
2. Mmmm...tricky, but I'll have to go with candy on that one
3. What else? Candy
4. Let's be adventureous and go with... CANDY!
5. It's difficult to come up with five, you know. Five is a BIG number. But *thinking hard*... Oh, I know. Those sweet soft things of different sizes and colours. What were they called again?

I actually think I can hear the viruses calling me (or maybe it's my conscience telling me to STUDY(!)) I wouldn't mind tasting some of that soup though *Hint hint*

Oh oh (I'm sooo procrastinating right now), I have an idea!! I'll make apple pie and bring it to you and we can have dinner together. Like tomorrow or something?! Are you up to anything tomorrow evening...?

My insomniac brain will try and remember and contact you tomorrow.

I should stop now (but it's oh so fun to NOT study) because my comment is soon going to reach the lenght of your entry.

J'taime and all of that!

- Jo

Anonymous said...

oooo ooo...thats a great idea! the thing is i forced myself to finish the soup yesterday ( had it for 6 meals in a row..yummm ) but i can make a fresh batch for dinner. call me after you are done with uni.

no 6. Jo's apple pie

Anonymous said...

That's marvelous! But don't do it unless you've got the time.

I'll let you know...

Only a couple of more hours until I've written that exam. Yay, I can't wait - to get it over with that is

Anonymous said...

I just have to tell the world now; Sri's chicken soup is the BEST!! I ate it yesterday and it was glorious. So incredibly yummy. I do not believe you anymore, Sri, when you say you can't cook... You sure made a liar out of yourself yesterday ;-)

Anonymous said...

actually.. she can cook very well.. it's just that she's a lazy bum... you should ask her to make chilli con carne.. it's good...

my list of comfort foods...
1. caramel custard
2. keropok lekor (fried fish paste thingy)
3. prawn sambal
4. occasionally coconut candy
5. basically anything fried.. chicken, potatoes,cauliflower.. etc

i know i sound like a pig but these are foods that i don't eat often and that's probably why they are my favourites.

then again...we're from ipoh.. the food haven... it's almost impossible to choose your favourites.. the list can really go on and on...

Anonymous said...

FYI..i cut myself in two places when i was preparing the soup. its a curse "thou shall shed blood as thou tries to feed thyself"

Anonymous said...

It actually changes with my mood dammit!!And i luv food (esp carcasses),how can u be so cruel n make me choose!!
1)Anything chocolatey & that includes liquids (DUH!)
2)Prata
3)Fast food?
4)Marche pepper chicken crepes
5)Roti Kirai(jala or watever other names it posesses),of course with nice thick curry!!(maybe if we're crazy enuf we shld make that one of these dys!)