With everything that’s going around, what better thing to share than our favorite comfort foods when we’re sick! Stay healthy, everyone!
Jess Marinaro
It’s officially cold season (even though it’s currently 88 degrees outside)! No matter how much I try to prepare, I get sick around midterms in the fall semester like clockwork, so at this point I’m pretty well prepared with how to deal with it. When I’m sick I’m always craving a warm meal, specifically either soup or goulash. I’m a big fan of soup once the weather starts getting chilly (see my article “Being Boring Is Awesome” for an example of my soup obsession), but nothing kicks a cold like my mom’s homemade goulash. Nothing.
Lauren Davies
It is so interesting to me that everybody has at least one food that they crave when they just are not feeling their hottest. When I am sick, I tend to always find myself craving Wendy’s. Specifically, chicken nuggets, fries and a Sprite. I don’t know if it is the salt that I crave or the nostalgia of Wendy’s, but for as long as I can remember, I have always asked for Wendy’s when I am sick. As a kid, my grandparents would bring us Wendy’s for dinner regularly, so it became a definite comfort food for me. Whether I have a cold, migraine or just a bad day in general, Wendy’s always helps me feel a little better.
Nina Fichera
I’ll be honest, I don’t remember the last time I was actually sick, like stayed-home-from-school sick. More often I’ll just get like a symptom that goes away in a couple of days (something I mostly attribute to chugging orange juice when I feel even slightly off). When I do have a cough or a sore throat, though, I go right for egg drop soup. It’s maybe not actual egg drop soup, since it’s literally just noodle soup from a packet with a scrambled egg mixed in, but I swear the last time I ate an entire pot of the soup on my own—and that my sore throat was gone afterward.
McKenna Kelly
One thing about me is that I don’t like soup, especially chicken noodle soup, so when I get sick I tend to crave different things than the average person. If I want something warm instead of soup I will usually have ramen. I also don’t really like tea (I am incredibly picky), so if I want to drink something warm while sick I’ll usually have coffee, preferably pumpkin spice coffee if it’s in season. When I’m sick I tend to intensely crave mashed potatoes and gravy because my grandma used to always make me them when I was sick, and the warmth makes my stomach feel good.
Makayla French
Being sick is never fun, but comforting sick foods always make it a little better. My favorite sick food is ice cream. Specifically, Talenti’s Caramel Cookie Crunch. The coldness of the ice cream always soothes my throat, and the caramel is a sweet twist. Another good sick day flavor if you are not partial to the sweet and saltiness of the Caramel Cookie Crunch is Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food. The chocolate base with the marshmallow is a childhood favorite of mine, and brings comfort when I’m sick.