Now Mr S has the sneezles as well.

So I went to see my very good friend Queene Mab this morning (those of you on my friends list may know I am a bit of a soup dragon and have some good recipes for fighting colds).

Here is one of her recipes, so I may make it this evening if Mr S remembers to get the ingredients.

Fry up a chopped red onion, I chopped red chili, I small chopped potato, two very thinly sliced medium sized mushrooms with garlic, mustard seeds and onion seeds and 2 teaspoons of paprika and a pinch of asafoetida to kill all that nasty cold/flu virus.

I like to add a pint of stock, a glass of white wine and a couple of bayleaves, a teaspoon of dried lime powder and a handful each of dried red and green lentils and a tin of tomato puree and a twist of black pepper. Some fine green Kenyan beans chopped into inch long pieces and chopped courgette if available and either a mini red cabbage shredded or a mini cauliflower if there are any.

And let it boil away for half an hour and then add a handful of the tiny shell pasta.

It is delicious medicine and will go very nicely with some crusty french bread and some cheese, I recall there is a nice smelly camembert festering in the fridge which we bought in the farmers market for a start.

Now I am off enjoy some OCDs while I am sneezed on by complete strangers on the tube who have no social skills and do not cover their faces when they cough and sneeze.

Have a good day.

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