For the last few days, here is what I’ve had to eat:
- Half a frozen pizza
- Steak n shake cheeseburger and fries
- Ted Drewes chocolate frozen custard from your grocer’s freezer
- Chocolate babka
- Watermelon
When I was a child and sick, this is what I would have had to eat:
- Chicken bouillon
- Beef bouillon
- Chicken bouillon
- Beef bouillon
The change is the family I married into, where you must tempt the sick person to eat.
“What do you want for dinner?”
“Nothing. Nothing sounds good.” (Codeine stops production of gastric acid and peristalsis. It is useless for stopping my cough. I am keeping the rest of this bottle around if I ever want to suppress my appetite. Or if I want nasty pee. It makes your pee not dilute, no matter how much water you drink. It’s 100% pure pee.)
“No, you have to eat something. What about Eggs Benedict?”
“Bleah.” (hours later) “Honey, can you bring me Moo Shu Pork? That sounds good.”
And really, Moo Shu doesn’t sound that good, but if he’s feeding the dog Swedish meatballs – not leftover Swedish meatballs, mind you – then I should get in on this action.
4 responses to “Not Eating”
My grandfather had bouillon every night. Gak. Paired with unsalted Uneeda Biscuits. Urf.
Your new sick food sounds much better than your old sick food.
That’s because she enjoys being sick now. She used to hate it and encourage it to go away as soon as possible.
Becs – “Bouillon – for when you just really don’t care anymore.” Caroline – It is. Who thought sick could be positive?Hot Mom – Very accurate. I enjoy ill health, at least the food part.