The flu has hit our household! It's official. Though we are both fully vaccinated with every possible kind of vaccine (clearly not following the mythology of RFK Jr) it has still arrived.
I have had a drippy nose for several days now, out side of the nearly constant post-nasal drip of a 65 year old woman. Now I very clearly understand why me grandma always kept a tissue up her sleeve. I have become her.
I arrived home early from NY anticipating a drive up to snow country in Vermont to see our friends. Yet I found D looking out of sorts, not his usual self. He said, "I'm just tired," but I suggested vitamin C and rest.
Not an hour later a find him sound asleep in bed. Good, he's following advice.
So I set to work. Frozen chicken stock in freezer along with last summer's Italian parsley. Celery, carrots, and some fresh chicken in the fridge as well as some left over pilaf. Perfect!
One time my brother Joe came to stay with use and decided to clean out the fridge. God bless him! I had not idea he had it in him and the next thing you know he has started a pot on the stove with all the leftovers. He made "Refrigerator Soup"! It was the best damn thing I have ever had.
So that's what this is - a bit of vegetables - some leftover pilaf. I baked two chicken breast for the fresh meat and then dripped the chicken schmaltz and crispy bits from the pan into the chicken stock.
By the time I bring it up to D, he's running a fever of 102F.
They say chicken soup is a naturally healing because of the bone broth which heals the gut, the gelatine and glucosamine in the bones and an anti-inflammatory called carnosine which actually reduces sneezing and runny nose.
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