Comments on: The Best Laid Plans

By: susanna

susanna — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:53:17 +0000

I love Kedgeree. We make it often, you can also add diced red pepper. It’s good with a dollop of mango chutney on the side. It’s excellent made with smoked haddock. MMmmmmmmmmm. Hope you’re feeling better.

By: Laura Haggarty

Laura Haggarty — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:50:41 +0000

I can at least help with the too-many-eggs problem. Here’s my blog post for you, with my recipes for when my chickens lay too many eggs in the spring: http://farmwifesdiary.blogspot.com/2013/01/too-many-eggs.html

Hope you both feel better soon!

By: mimijk

mimijk — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:21:54 +0000

Only you can make an absolutely nightmarish few weeks, end up with fantastic food and sources of comfort. I’d give your mom a pass on the Halls – I seem to remember my mom having the same lint-covered miracle sure in her purse too – and eh wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. And no, it didn’t work.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:02:28 +0000

I’ve recently discovered your blog and I really love it. Is there a way I can email this entry to a friend? I only see a Facebook button and a couple of others but not an email option. Thanks. And I hope you have a full recovery soon.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:07:23 +0000

Dear Elissa,

I hope you and Susan are better. The flu pretty much sucks. Sorry, but there you have it.

Could we please have your recipe for what Julia Reed calls “pimmenah” cheese? I keep stuffing myself with the Palmetto brand when I’m in Atlanta, since I can never find it in NYC, but, oh, if I could make my own, and if it were good, it would put a smile on my face. If it’s going to be in your book, never mind. I’ll have it then.

I feel funny saying Happy New Year based on what you have just gone through, but I can comfortably send my best wishes to you for a good 2013.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:59:28 +0000

Thank you Christopher. Wish we lived closer too. xx

By: Elissa

Elissa — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:59:06 +0000

Yes, Alyssa. My mother only bought Sucrets for the little tin and threw away the Su.

By: alyssa

alyssa — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:58:21 +0000

oh, elissa, i’m so sorry you’ve both been snagged by this wretched flu.

are you sure what your mother had wasn’t sucrets?

By: Christopher Hirsheimer

Christopher Hirsheimer — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:55:37 +0000

If only Canal House was closer to you wonderful women. We would ditch the Hall’s and feed you XXX chicken broth, fish congee, and more restorative soups. But I love that you are medicating with pimento cheese and kedgeree. You are the best, I just wish you were feeling better. Miserable to be sick.

By: Katherine Whiteside

Katherine Whiteside — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:46:09 +0000

My favorite, yummy sources of probiotics: plain whole milk farm yogurt, Hawthorne Valley lacto-fermented saurkraut, miso paste, and most definitely NO HALLS!! Sometimes I even spread miso paste on flat bread like butter.