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Default Comfort foods - what to make when the kids are ill

On Fri 04 Jul 2008 07:10:17p, Terry Pulliam Burd told us...

> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:52:38 GMT, "BD" > fired up
> random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>What do your kids want when they are under the weather?
>>
>>Mine want
>>1.Pastina boil some orzo or similar pasta, drain most of the water, add
>>butter, salt and pepper.
>>2. ginger ale
>>3. popsicles
>>

> My mother used to make us "milk toast," which was simply buttered
> toast in warm milk with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top. Don't ask
> me why. To this day, when I'm under the weather, I want milk toast.


My mothe used to make that for me, and to this day I want to wretch when I
think of it. Ugh! There's something about "wet bread" that turns my
stomach, yet I love bread pudding. Go figure...

> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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