Answer for question 4555.

[elusivek]

[Error: unknown template qotd]As a child, I dunno. I don't remember ever being sick as a child. Maybe I was a healthy child?

I do remember Mom being all eager to try weird remedies... like.... cooking honey and garlic and lemon juice in water, or steaming an orange with a lot of salt, and the like.... in recent years... maybe my Mom was trying to catch up on the past of not really treating us when we were sick?? I really dunno.

I just hate being sick....

The one constant when sickness ensues is just something that isn't really remedial... is congee (or porridge I guess?). It's like a staple when someone, anyone, gets sick. So much so that, nowadays if I do get sick, but am still well enough to go to work, I also order for congee for lunch.

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[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Haha! This reminds me of my high school best friend. She was from China and since I was sick all the time she'd always be bringing me these boiled herbs and stuff and making me drink all sorts of weird things! She def brought me congee too. I think she made it her personal mission to fix it when anyone was sick lol (she just graduated from medical school, go figure). Now that we've both moved away from where we lived before, I don't even know where I'd get congee now! I might have to keep an eye out for it.