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Tonight there was Magic soup courtesy of Brightlion. What is the deal with the magic soup, new readers might ask? As most of you know I am a vegetarian (Initially for spiritual reasons as I am Buddhist, and because of food allergies, but also for health ones now). The one exception to this is once or twice a year, usually when I am being prepped for major surgery or am at least a month into a pathogen i can''t shake, I give in an invest in a container of high end chicken soup with galangal from a particular thai place. It was originally a suggestion from my acupuncturist/herbalist back when I was dying. The hot peppers clear sinuses. The galangal, garlic, ginger, and little strips of super lean chicken breast meat are good for fighting viruses. The extra protein is good for wounds. Yes, it sounds silly, but it actually works. The downside is expense and the whole, I have trouble digesting chicken thing. I trade a few days of queasiness for my lungs clearing up faster. I find it's usually worth it. The soup is strongly savory with relatively little fat and not nasty salty like American chicken soup. (I eat a naturally low salt diet. When my sodium gets to low, I get cravings and eat one of the short list of salty foods I can stand. I suspect this is why my blood pressure stays bafflingly low to the continuing surprise of health care providers.) I'll try to eat a little more later, and some more tomorrow, in the hopes I won't be coughing by the time I leave for Philly. Kinder to the folks I will share various airplanes and airports with, and a bit of insurance against all the other travelers will expose me too. I'm going to try to bring masks for on the plane, but I even odds I forget.

One thing of soup is usually three or four days, but I don't have that find of time.