Food and smiles brighten up a dreary day
If you’ve been following my Tweets, or my Plurks (see the widget on my sidebar), you know that I’ve been pretty much under the weather. Okay – a lot under the weather. And today, well, the visit I’d been anticipating (read my second and third posts down) has already arrived. So there are two things causing my body aches and pains – acute upper respiratory tract infection (it’s not the flu, doc says) and menstruation. Ugh.
So after the doctor’s visit yesterday morning, I walked home. Good thing there was only a drizzle, so my teensy little umbrella gave me enough coverage. I arrived home and found my brother cooking lunch. I had thought he’d have gone by then, but his plans changed apparently. He was cooking an all-time favorite – Chicken Cola. The weather was perfect for having tinola but we didn’t have ingredients for it so kuya opted to make this other comfort food.
Yes, I consider Chicken Cola as one of my comfort foods. We all love it here. Perhaps not because of its sweetness, but because of it brings us back to our childhood. At least it does that to me. No, I don’t have images from the past going through my mind when I eat it, but the feeling is there. The simplicity of life, and the love of family. So when I don’t feel well, chicken cola can help pick me up.
This photo does not do chicken cola any justice. I’m guessing my brother didn’t add enough ketchup to make it redder. It looks quite pale doesn’t it?
Anyway, another comfort food I had yesterday was banana with cheese spread. Ahh. Simple pleasures. Who does not love cheese or cheese spreads? I mean even dogs love them right? And we’ve had Cheese Whiz on bananas since we were kids. I never get tired of it.
I realize now that the photo has some R-18 likeness to it, sorry that was never intended. Haha.
Eating gave me a temporary comfort, but the headache still came in the evening, causing me to miss out on AJ boy’s birthday dinner. I had all intentions to take photos of his well-wishers, his cake, and all his cuteness. But I slept through it.
I do have a photo of this sweet little boy from earlier that afternoon:
June 17, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Parang hindi pa ata ako nakakatikim ng chicken cola na yan. Pero mukhang masarap ah. 😀 And wow natatakam ako dun sa banana na may chizwhiz 😀
June 17, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
uy mukhang masarap yan sis. pwede ba malaman yung recipe? Natawa naman ako dun sa banana photo. di ko napansin yun ah. (Painosente pa ako.)hehehe
June 18, 2009 @ 9:56 am
Banana + Chizwhiz = happiness 🙂
June 18, 2009 @ 9:57 am
Sis, sa manok, just add equal parts ketchup and coke. Bring to a boil and then simmer until the chicken’s cooked. Haha 🙂 Sarap un, pero acquired taste siguro kaya di type ni Alfred.
June 18, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
Nung nakita ko ung pics ng babana, medyo naging green minded nga ako. lol
Tapos nabasa ko ung remarks mo dun sa banana, lalo akong natawa. lol.
Ganda talaga ng mga kuha mo sa foods, katakam takam
June 19, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
Salamat, masarap kasi kunan ng litrato ang masarap na pagkain 🙂
August 26, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
You make me hungry
.-= My X Note´s last blog ..Food Poisoning =-.
August 27, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Then my blog post was effective!hehe 🙂