What’s Your Sick Day Comfort Drink or Food?
What are your go-to comforts when you’ve caught a cold? I go straight for tomato soup; my husband likes mint tea. And my daughter? She gets French lemonade. Hear me out.
Anyone who’s taken a sick kid to the pediatrician has heard the advice: don’t stress about food; just keep them hydrated. The first time Margot got really sick (pneumonia at 18 months), the doctor firmly told me, “Anything to keep her hydrated. Juice, Jell-O, ice cream, literally anything with water content.” I thought he was being dramatic, but I soon realized just how hard-headed a sick toddler can be. We really did try everything, and each tablespoon of liquid was a battle.
I remembered that advice one Saturday, a year later, when Margot had a regular old cold. The three of us were running errands and popped into a local French bakery, where I spotted lemon juice on the menu. Citron chaud, rather — otherwise known as hot lemonade. The menu described it as the traditional French formula: fresh lemon juice, steamed, then cut with a dash of hot water and just dab of honey. In other words, a huge mug of very hot, very sour liquid. I looked at my droopy toddler — lips parched from another week of total disinterest in anything remotely hydrating — and I wondered if it might work.
Reader, she loved it. She practically choked on the first sour sip — then dove right back in. She loved it so much that, after steeling myself, I tried a taste. And instantly, I got the appeal. Citron chaud is bracing and warming — a pleasant jolt to the system. It somehow feels like taking a shot and cozying up with a cup of tea. And sometimes it’s just what the doctor ordered.
Here’s how I make it at home:
Citron Chaud
Serves 1-2
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (4-5 lemons, depending on size)
1/4-1/2 cup very hot water
1-2 tsp honey
Add lemon juice to a saucepan, and set over a high heat until it just begins to simmer. Remove from the burner and pour into mugs. You can either pour the whole thing into one large mug (or a small bowl, if you want to be properly french about it), or divide it into two. Add 1/4 cup of hot water, and stir in 1 tsp of honey until it dissolves.
Now, take a deep breath, and give it a taste. If it makes you shout, “Hoo-ah!” like Al Pacino, then you’ve made it correctly. If, after trying, you want to take it down a notch, then go ahead and add the other 1/4 cup of water and second teaspoon of honey. But if you’re up for it, I encourage you to try at least one cup at hoo-ah level. It’s like a good slap on the back, right when you really need one.
Do you have a sick-day drink or food? I’d love to hear about your comforts or slap-on-the-back recipes!
P.S. Three more warm drinks for winter days, and two ways to make chai.
Tags: cold, non-alcoholic drinks
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112 commentsMolly Baz’s Golden Get-Well Soup has been a sick day staple for a few years now! Love to freeze it to have on hand.
I have two go to recipes when I have a cold, because I HATE cold medicine. When I’m hungry, I steep smashed garlic and grated ginger in no chicken bouillon broth, then cook orzo pasta in it and add a beaten egg at the end for protein. I sometimes add rice wine vinegar and sriracha when I eat it for a hot and sour soup vibe. When I’m trying to sleep, I do a modified hot toddy (no tea, because caffeine keeps me up)
Chicken soup with rice and a whole squeezed lemon
YES- with turmeric, pepper, ginger-, lots of garlic— whatever veggies are on hand. Really comforting.
The Honey, Lemon, and Hot Water Drink shortens my colds and most sicknesses. It will stop coughs, congestion, and sore throats. But you have to drink it all day!
Korean Citron tea – similar to citron chaud but the citrus and rind is preserved in honey. So good. https://www.hmart.com/honey-citron-tea-2-2lb-1kg-/p Another comforting recipe is the taco soup (turkey chile) recipe from Cup of Jo years ago, which remains a family favorite (easy enough for the kids to make by themselves). We just made a big batch while snowed under this week. https://cupofjo.com/2013/01/23/the-best-taco-soup-youll-ever-have/
Mandarin oranges! Sometimes if I hear a loved one is ill, I like to drop off a bag of Cuties to them.
This is a genius — and super-thoughtful — sick-day gift! Low-effort for the giver and receiver, and such a nice (hydrating!) snack. Gonna remember this one!
I’ve got that cold at the moment… When I’ve got a heavy cold, the one and only thing I crave is a massive meat feast style pizza. I want it loaded with pepperoni, extra cheese, bits of bacon, all the meats. I think it’s probably the mixture of carbs, fats and protein that just hits my very specific “spot”. As for drinks, there’s this drink called Bovril. It’s an English thing. Comes in a jar of thick, black ooze. Put a spoonful of that in a cup, add hot water, and you’ve got a broth-type drink of beefy, salty goodness. Needless to say… The pizza is already in the freezer, and I’m about to go and make my bovril.
Late to the party, but I saw the title of the post and thought—I wonder if anyone’s already written in with hot lemonade?! And look at that. Citron chaud is way classier, of course, but in my family we call it hot lemonade and I make it for my kids with lots of honey. Got one sick kid now and coming down with a cold myself. Got a whole weekend planned, now, of lemons, honey, tv, and snuggles. May we all find joy in these times.
OH MA GAWDDD I currently feel like Im going to die with a throat infection that refuses to go and is starting to affect my ears. Mumbai’s AQI is killing us just now. BUT reading this post has helped so much! I love this CoJ community and really wish we could do a meetup in India.
We call this “Sick Girl Tea” in my house.
Not really a remedy but a spicy Thai coconut soup with noodles always makes me feel better when I’m not feeling 100%! I order it take out for lunch while my kid is at school so I’m feeling a bit better when I do pick up/evening routine
I also love Tom yum gai which I think is the one without the coconut and they add tamarind. The hot , spicy, sour aromatic broth makes me feel better every time.
I love a hot toddy! I follow the cookie and Kate recipe!
I live and die by hot water with lemon, ginger, and honey. I used to do slices of ginger but recently started microplaning it, and I can’t go back! It mostly dissolves into the water and is extra warming and gingery. Yum! I honestly sometimes drink it even when I’m not sick. For nausea I also swear by the cure-all from my (Canadian) childhood, Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Which my sister’s Irish partner was horrified to learn about us, because for her, the cure is flat 7-Up! They agree to disagree 😂
I LOVE Canda Dry Gineger Ale when I am feeling unwell.
I LOVE collecting cold remedies. At some point in my impressionable twenties I read about this one and I still use it when I’ve got an upper respiratory infection: roughly chop up a clove of garlic, let it sit for about 2 minutes. Now put it all in your mouth and chew chew chew. Swallow it, chase it with a big shot of whiskey. Go straight to bed. My kids love “honey water” which sounds just like what a lot of people are doing: hot water with honey, a squeeze of lemon.
I need to know more about the garlic and whisky – does it not cause you to be instantly sick?! Do you feel better the next day?
Ha! It ignites a fire in your chest that I would say feels great and the whiskey just makes me sleepy. Which I guess is what we all need most when we’re sick: sleep and rest.
Ginger Ale and chicken noodle soup
Mine is a glass of 2/3 orange juice and 1/3 (ish) Sprite (not 7-Up, *NOT* Sierra Mist). Served cold, no ice. My mom always gave it to me when I was little and now we call it the “magic elixir.” I’ve got my friends, made in adulthood, drinking it when they’re sick too.
I am yet to scroll but surely a Brit has been on already to say Hot Ribena cures all?!
omg,Hannah, yes! hot Ribena!
Yes! If you have the urge to have hot Ribena rather than cold, (and non of your ‘low sugar’ nonsense), then you legitimately have a cold. It’s the law in UK!
Plain old Campbell’s vegetable soup. And yes, hot honey and lemon.
Pho! It is magical
yes to the hot lemon, green drinks, green soup & also not a drink, but we make “vampire” toast. good bread, butter, and a whole raw garlic clove grated with a sprinkle of salt on each slice. maybe it’s the name, but my girls ask for it every time they are coming down with something. also prevention! we swear by the Givol sprays. they are very tolerable & we just line up all the things: zinc, vitamin C, D, elderberry etc. and they use the sprays themselves.
Depends on what it is but for anything with cold symptoms, I tap into my Kentucky birth, and have a hot toddy.
This whole thread is so helpful and interesting, and also made me recall the time a fizzy cold icy coke and a Frito pie cured me of a horrible and undeserved hangover…which is probably a whole other conversation. But it worked like magic. Sometimes unexpected things are medicine, and I guess anything that makes people feel better is splendid.
My whole family has the flu. It’s been so so rough. Have you all heard of viral myositis? My son got it as a symptom and understandable refused to put weight on his feet for three days (it causes severe leg pain) while it dumped snow (25 inches) in upstate ny. Thankfully we were able to meet with an online doctor that helped me convince him to stay hydrated. We’ve been staying well from frozen bagels, seltzer and juice boxes. Wishing you all will out there! I’m so anxious about missing a week of work and school but there’s really no other option in these moments. Xo
Joanna, one of my daughters has had viral myositis twice. The first time was really frightening, she couldn’t walk at all and was only 4 and couldn’t really communicate what was wrong. The second time she was 6, it wasn’t nearly so bad, and she could at least communicate.
We are all down with Influenza A and it’s been so miserable. Jarring to see my fierce and active girl sluggish and ill from fever :( And I’m also so anxious about missing a week of work- with you in solidarity. The only way out is through!
Yes! My son has had this a few times throughout his life. It’s scary but once you know what it is, easier to manage with lots of TLC. Stay brave and hang in there! You’re doing a great job!
Shogayu or ginger tea. Nami from Just One Cookbook has a recipe on her website. https://www.justonecookbook.com/ginger-tea/ It’s very soothing for a sore throat.
Ohhh I can’t wait to try this!
Growing up, my Mom gave me and my sister store bought popsicles and a few magazines to distract us from our illness. Teen, Sassy, and Seventeen had a surprising healing power! My husband and I stick with the popsicle tradition and sometimes I splurge on a magazine. I like making spicy hot drinks with fresh ginger, cayenne, honey, and lemon. I used to add fresh turmeric but once I spilled in bed and the stain was intense!
Reading this while my daughter and I are both in day 2 of the flu. What a great time for your latest post to come! We also do lemon honey water and a ton of hot tea. We always keep Italian Ice on hand for sick days too. It’s a great way for the girls to get a good slow drip of sweet hydration and they never say no to it!
Oh man, I’m so sorry — this flu season is unreal. But I love the Italian Ice idea! It always feels like a little bit of a project to eat, which is also nice to have on a sick day. Hope you two have a solid day of rest and feel better soon. 💛
All I want when I’m sick is my mom’s cure-all recipe —cough syrup and Fanta orange soda over ice. I recommend making it in a blender.
Ha! Now that’s a new one! :)
LOL
Hahaha! I bet it’s even better when your friend Carrie Bradshaw makes it for you while she smokes a cigarette. Love it!
I was sick yesterday and read this post in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. You all inspired my grocery trip when picking up my prescription. So far I’ve made the chicken orzo soup, the lemon/orange/honey hot water remedy, and the apple/ginger/pear drink. Feeling better already, thanks to this brilliant group. I have a birthday this weekend and want to be in celebrating shape – so thanks for helping me get there! And happy birthday to you, Joanna! If memory serves, your birthday is soon, too.
Omg I just made this for myself as im currently under the weather and im obsessed! Its so good and comforting and actually makes my throat feel better. Thank you!
Oh I’m so glad! Feel better!
I do a homemade Hot Toddy or myself when I am sick. Some hot water, lemon, honey, and whiskey. It is soothing and the whiskey calms the cough and helps you sleep.
Hi fellow Erin, I do the same!
So many people eating/drinking dairy when they’re sick! I always understood dairy to be a no-no when sick because it amplifies congestion – but I guess to each her own! I’m a hot honey, lemon, ginger person but I add garlic, turmeric and black pepper. So comforting.
This is a myth: Scientific evidence does not support the claim that eating dairy causes increased mucus production or makes a cold worse. While dairy may temporarily make saliva or existing mucus feel thicker, it does not create more phlegm, and it is safe to consume during a cold.
Tell that to my body…haha…also, thicker mucus is much more difficult to eliminate from the body, making cold symptoms much much much more uncomfortable, imo. “Science” is sometimes, (mostly?), paid for by big ag, and dairy is under fire now because they do not produce dairy with integrity which causes all sorts of problems for both the cows and therefore people who eat that dairy: grain fed cows (a very dumb idea that ensures the sale of antibiotics, not to mention gmo-grain), no mandatory adoption of A2 milk, etc etc…
2 ideas for flu/nausea: make orange jello but don’t add ice or chill–drink it hot in a mug sounds awful but for some reason it stays down when nothing else will. Also this “custard” is nourishing and stays down: 3 slightly beaten eggs 1/4 C sugar 1/4 t salt 2 C scalded whole milk 1/2 t vanilla Combine ingredients. Divide into small cups. Pour hot water into baking pan to 1 inch around custard cups. Bake 325 for 40-45 minutes. (or 1qt. casserole for 60 minutes). milk
My mom used to give us warm liquid jello when we were sick as kids! We drank it out of our Tupperware sippy cups. :)
Just had the dreaded upper respiratory infection. I make mint peppermint tea with honey and lemon. For lunch growing up it was always boxed max and cheese and it still feels like a hug🥰
Warm tapioca, the ultimate comfort food.
I’m a pediatric nurse who works nights. Not my sick food, but my post night shift comfort food – Nutella toast! Decadent, beautiful, carby, puts me right to sleep. It’s 4:58am and I absolutely can’t to get home!
When sick season sets in, I slice up lemons (peel and all) and ginger and put it in a jar with turmeric and black pepper, then fill the jar with honey. Then we stir a couple of spoons of it in a mug of hot water for a comforting warm drink. My daughter calls it “äckelgrejsimojs som funkar” (Swedish for “gross stuff that works”) so that’s what the label on the jar says.
Mina, I love this. If I saw a product at drugstore called Gross Stuff That Works, I would probably buy it.
When I am ill with a bad cold or similar, all I want is spicy laksa. It doesn’t have to be home made, it can be an instant pot from the supermarket but seriously that is all I want. If I can’t get laksa then any spicy noodle soup will do as long as its easy to eat! When we were younger (and I do not recommend this at all!), my Dad swore by a whisky toddy. Shot of whisky (Scottish whisky obviously ;) ), 2 teaspoons of sugar, hot water and a squeeze of lemon. I couldn’t stand them but my sister will still have one today if she is feeling wiped with a cold and swears by them haha. Also when I was a kid, I suffered really badly with tonsillitis and was off school probably every second month with a bout of it. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up so things like ice cream were a real treat. However when I had tonsillitis my Mum would always make sure there was money in the budget for met to get ice cream and ice lollies which was the only silver lining to being so ill!
This is the go-to drink in Spain for colds. I do it simmering thick slices of lemon in water, poured into a glass and finished with a big spoonful of honey. Simple and warming!
Yep, same in Portugal. Lemon tea with thick slices of lemon and the lemon juice, with honey. Sometimes – for adults and before bedtime – a little bit of brandy/spirit. Works every time.
Absolutely. That’s what my (Canadian) mother always prescribed — with just a drop of whiskey for the kids!
Similar idea: hot (weak) balck tea with lots of lemon juice and lots of sugar! This is the go-to drink in Hungary in hospitals or kindergarden/schools – so us locals call it hospital tea or “menza tea” referring to the canteen at schools or kindergarden. My English husband who takes his tea very seriously – black tea, splash of milk- was horrified at first :-) But now he loves it! it also makes a great beverage in the freezing cold, so we often drink it outside during hiking.
Freshly squeezed orange juice with homegrown frozen strawberries for ice cubes. Plus mom love upon delivery
For me, it’s khichdi! It’s an Indian mushy rice and lentil dish with onions, tomatoes and minimal spices. I usually add a bit more ginger and green chillies than the recipe calls for to “flush the sickness out of my system” 😂 The moment my husband has the sniffles or anything else really, it’s time for pastina. We’re an interracial couple who live in a country different from where we’re originally from and have grown up in different parts of the world. I love how our sick foods are not what would be eaten where we’re originally from, but a homage to everywhere we’ve grown up in and lived our lives :)
Also our go to comfort food. I swap out rice for quinoa and it actually makes it healthier but also tastier, especially if you are heating up leftovers.
My mom, and grandma, would make soup with beef bullion and then crack an egg into a bowl and mix in half an egg shell of flour–egg drop dumplings in the soup! I still do that. Also, chicken or beef broth with sniffles (buttered toast strips or soldiers.). Now, it’s chicken soup with lots of ginger, and ginger tea (so much chopped or shredded fresh ginger, boiled in water, with lots of lemon and some honey. For pregnancy nausea–saltines and sniffing green apples. Feel better everybody!
Vegemite toast. Must be prepared, as follows: plain white bread, medium-ish toasted. Add a generous spread of butter, then a light smear of vegemite, right to the outer crusts. Serve and eat immediately, while still warm. Food of the gods; will fix all ailments from general malaise to winter colds to broken hearts and homesickness. Should anyone dare to say otherwise, I will arm wrestle you.
Hard agree. Same dish also works for hangovers and morning sickness (two very different occasions which actually feel remarkably similar)
Honestly I’m not even sick right now, but it is cold outside and I definitely want to try this!
That was my grandma’s recommendation……with a shot of brandy or whiskey!
My mom would make eggs in a pot—basically the same as scrambled eggs but for some reason the pot made them fluffier (and more watery?) and I love them with toast. So comforting. And Kraft Mac and Cheese is so so comforting to me. I am drinking my own medicine ball now—peppermint yogi tea, sleepytime peach tea, a cube of frozen ginger, lemon juice from a bottle, and local honey—wow I am in love! So comforting.
Chicken broth, a mound of thin egg noodles, with a ton of pepper on top. Mmm my ultimate comfort food that I’ve been craving regularly while pregnant too.
Wow this lemon drink sounds truly amazing and I want to try it! My sickness go-tos are throat coat tea, fruit smoothies , miso or vegetable soup and anything spicy.
Mike’s Mighty Good Ramen! I started during COVID and now it’s my go-to when I need to heal. Chicken flavor. Here’s how I snazz it it – I peel down two carrots so I have lots of ribbons, put that pile in the pot with the 2 cups of water and get it boiling to add the noodles. Then the spice packet and lovely garlic oil packet. The carrot ribbons get so tender and when it’s ready I feel so good about consuming two full cups of liquid plus the veggies. Swear it heals me!
Fun post! Love the hoo-ah expressions on your little one’s face. I will give it a try. For myself, garlic soup is my favorite. I serve it very hot, ladled over diced tomato and spinach torn into small bite-size pieces, with a big squeeze of lemon
When I feel really awful and have no appetite at all, the only thing that sounds good is egg drop soup from my favorite Chinese takeout place. I swear, it fortifies me. I believe in the healing powers of Chinese takeout.
I think most Asian foods have healing powers!
Don’t love normalizing going out and about sick, especially in the post 2020 years. Symptomatic folks would be best supporting their community by staying home, or going out in a mask if need be. Tots included. Thanks!
You can’t always plan when you’re going to be sick, or that you’ll have the necessary ingredients to make whatever is going to soothe you when you are. And sometimes there’s no one else to do it for you. I’m going to assume that the people in this thread, who are all being generous and empathetic with their thoughts and suggestions are also showing courtesy and intelligence in real life situations.
I agree AND some people unfortunately don’t get paid if they don’t work. The harsh reality of classism and capitalism is that folks sometimes have to work despite being ill. I’m sure everyone who is sick would rather be home, in bed, warm, and cozy.
It’s unfortunately normal for people to get sick, whether one approves of it or not. Best to take your own preventative steps for keeping yourself well, and maybe always keep a mask handy for your own use.
Y’all got some saucy responses to a kid going to a cafe sick. That’s not a necessity. Going to work or to pick up supplies sick in a mask is a completely different thing. @nobodt you know, you clearly don’t know anyone immuno suppressed (and it’s increasingly common….) I do wear a mask every time I’m in public and I take the as many precautions as I can because I do not get sick time at work. If I don’t work, I don’t get paid.
This is a great post. My family orders pho or we make “sick soup” chicken and wild rice with loads of parsley and carrots. Personally, I also add apple cider cut with 50% sparkling water. I crave it whenever I feel congestion coming on.
Add hot water to mug with a splash of lemon juice + turmeric + glob of honey + teeny-tiny pinch of cayenne + shake of black pepper + nob of ginger. Soothing, warming, and just a touch spicy. If I’m out-and-about, I order an extra hot spiced apple cider from SBUX.
I stand by this concoction! Though last time I was sick, I got so tired getting all the ingredients out for each cup, I simmered a larger batch in a pot to make more of a concentrated ‘elixir’ I then add to hot water.
Hot lemon and water and lemonade iceblocks or frujus. When it’s a tummy bug its nothing and then crackers and then vegemite on white toast, then we try a cheese toastie or a boiled egg in an egg cup and then it’s chicken noodle soup and then build up to full rations and again, iceblocks. Creatures of habit in this house. We don’t eat lasagne. It’s a no no for historic reasons.
Straight bone broth made with two chicken carcasses and a pack of roasted wings, simmered for six hours or Molly Baz’s Golden Get Well Soup!
Whenever we were sick as children my mom would make us a hot lemonade – and now when my 4-year old gets sick (every three weeks since starting school 🤦🏼♀️) she’s always reminding me to make it for him
Pastina! My mom and my Nonna and her Nonna and so forth all make this tiny beaded pasta (boiled with broth and stirred in butter topped with sharp Parmesan) It’s a heavy blanket kind of meal for when anyone was sick. Years ago I was in a severe accident in another county. By the time I made it to a stateside hospital, I was still a level 3 trauma. My mom, finally getting to me, wasn’t even able to stand by my side. I had a neck brace and the emergency room was chaos, so it took me a while to notice that on a chair, with her things, was a steamed up glass container of pastina. And while I was no where near being able to eat my comfort food, it was easily the best meal of my life.
Hot water with raspberry jam preserves mixed in and a big spoonful of garlic honey. Also, tom Kha soup if I can get it.
Vegan pho! My goal this year is to learn how to make it at home.
my ex would make this for me and he called it hot honey lemonade! I still make it, its the best
My go to when feeling the effects of a cold is tea (something with a a bit of a spicy kick to it or mint) in a largish Contigo thermos with the juice of a lemon, some maple syrup, and a few dashes of ground ginger and cayenne pepper. Works every time!
This is not a regular for me but one time I was sick with an incoming sinus infection and just felt crappy. It was right before Christmas and I was over my dad’s house with my siblings. My brother made me an extra spicy Bloody Mary and it magically opened my sinuses and gave me a little buzz. I have tried this trick since then and it never worked like that time he made it for me. Brotherly love mixed in!
I tried hot water with a generous amount of lemon juice, a wedge of lemon, some honey and several big slivers of fresh ginger when I felt like I might be coming down with a cold last month. It seemed to help — or at least it was very comforting!
What a cutie!!
Just here to say that Margot is so precious. :)
Well, I can’t argue with you there. 🥰
Haha, I’m French and it reminds me a souvenir : I was sick and my father asked the babysitter to buy a bunch of lemons and do this recipe, but she didn’t understand and put alllll the lemons in it. I couldn’t get to drink it and my parents sayed I was being dramatic, until they tried it and understood! Also my Chinese once made me Ginger soup. I watched her doing it and got worried as she was adding and adding ginger in it! A real hoo-ah moment but really efficient! Another roomate made me try the rough moldave way : a spoon of a small mashed clove of garlic+honey! Not conforting and can be difficult to digest but cheap and easy!
Jook! (Asian rice porridge) Always with a big dash of crushed ginger. It’s like a warm hug in a bowl. My toddler actually looks forward to being sick since she’s so excited to eat it!
I agree, jook or congee is the perfect comfort food.
This being the first comment I saw made me so happy, it’s my go-to, too! We do bone broth as the base with a giant knob of ginger, sesame oil, scallions, and a little white pepper.
Absolutely, congee with a jammy egg and a drizzle of sesame oil and soy sauce – maybe some shredded chicken if you’ve got it. The total comfort package.
Whenever my daughter is sick with a cold or the flu, I make her favorite Hungarian breakfast: Milk Rice (téjberizs). It’s a lot like arroz con leche or rice pudding, except it’s not nearly as sweet. After years of stirring it for an hour on the stove in a labor of love, I found a way to make it in the Instant Pot, and reader, it’s a game changer. I dump a bunch of soy milk, white rice, water, and a little butter in the pot and push the porridge setting. Once it’s nice and creamy, I add some sugar (again, the key is not a lot) and vanilla. It’s delicious as is, but my daughter’s favorite is with a spoonful of Nesquik and some berries on top. Protein! Carbs! Warmth! Actual food in her system! We put it in a mug so she can hold onto it while she’s convalescing with her favorite movies. Whenever she starts to feel sick, she asks for some milk rice in her love mug.
Oh, that sounds amazing! I love riz au lait (the french version) , I’ll Have a look at the hungarian milk rice !
oh as a Hungarian I love this! and yes tejberizs and also tejbegríz (same but with semolina) is my childhood comfort food. Enjoy :-)
My go-to is Cream of Wheat! My dad would always make it for us when we didn’t feel well growing up, and now I do the same. He would put a pat of butter and a spoonful of white sugar on top. Warm and comforting and yummy!
Same but-Cream of Rice cooked in milk, brown sugar and butter always made me feel comforted as a kid. Still magical.
This, but Cream of Rice! A little butter, a little brown sugar or a spoonful of jam. You have taken me back 50 years, my friend.
Same! Except it was lumpy which I loved. Now when I make it, no matter which version I use, if I use water or cow’s milk, it’s always smooth. I miss the lumps!
Yes, yes, Cream of Wheat is my ultimate comfort food!! And my late father-law- renounced cardiologist Irwin Schatz- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/health/irwin-schatz-83-rare-critic-of-tuskegee-study-is-dead.html. said the cure for the common cold was to, “Put your hat on the hat rack and drink whiskey until you see two hats”!