Comments on: A Cure For The Common Cold http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold Cooking - Photography & More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-474 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:51:43 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-474 Elsie, Thankyou for the kind words, I enjoy doing it. Let me know if there are any subjects of particular interest you would like to see covered. I am glad you are enjoying Karen's blog, it represents all that is wonderful about the internet and makes up for that which isn't. Miles Elsie,
Thankyou for the kind words, I enjoy doing it. Let me know if there are any subjects of particular interest you would like to see covered.
I am glad you are enjoying Karen’s blog, it represents all that is wonderful about the internet and makes up for that which isn’t.
Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-470 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:14:38 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-470 Elsie, Thank you for your kind thoughts and yes you're right, halloween is no time to be ailing, not when there's woodsmoke in the air and tarte tatin in the making. Word has spread to the marshlands hereabouts and there's been a certain amount of sniggering from the reeds ... they think they've got away with it just because I'm under par! I waved a threatening lemongrass stick in their general direction, not the best of moves ... now they want one of Miles' health giving beverages. Thought I heard one of our feathered friends chirp 'don't skimp on the honey' :) Cid Elsie,

Thank you for your kind thoughts and yes you’re right, halloween is no time to be ailing, not when there’s woodsmoke in the air and tarte tatin in the making.

Word has spread to the marshlands hereabouts and there’s been a certain amount of sniggering from the reeds … they think they’ve got away with it just because I’m under par! I waved a threatening lemongrass stick in their general direction, not the best of moves … now they want one of Miles’ health giving beverages. Thought I heard one of our feathered friends chirp ‘don’t skimp on the honey’ :)

Cid

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-468 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:06:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-468 Miles, I love this blog. I feel transported to Asia (Ihave also checked out Karen's fascinating site to which I will return), snipe valleys, Halloween, Chef's lives, gardens, cookery, photography etc. not to mention a myriad of tips on all manor of things. Cid, a speedy recovery - we don't want you catching cold on your broom! Perhaps you should try to spot the snipe from above and then dive for the kill? Miles,
I love this blog. I feel transported to Asia (Ihave also checked out Karen’s fascinating site to which I will return), snipe valleys, Halloween, Chef’s lives, gardens, cookery, photography etc.
not to mention a myriad of tips on all manor of things.
Cid, a speedy recovery - we don’t want you catching cold on your broom! Perhaps you should try to spot the snipe from above and then dive for the kill?

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-465 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:05:03 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-465 Karen, A great point. Too often we overlook the basic facts about food which is (or should be) to nourish the body. One of the biggest reasons for my love of Asian food is that the majority of it is very good for you. You don't need to be a food scientist to figure out that eating a bowl of chicken broth loaded with fresh herbs, ginger, chilli and garlic is going to be far more beneficial than a ready meal full of salt and e numbers. As to the cost, I grow my own Thai basil, Vietnamese mint etc to keep the price down, it grows like mad and ends up in everything! Your last post on the situation in Burma was remarkable, we have 'talked' before about how certain situations hold media attention for too short a period and it seems to be happening here again. The photo of the monk should be in the food and travel book you both HAVE to write. Enjoy your travels and thanks for taking the time to comment. Go to <a href="http://www.ramblingspoon.com/" rel="nofollow">www.ramblingspoon.com</a> and remember Burma. Karen,
A great point. Too often we overlook the basic facts about food which is (or should be) to nourish the body. One of the biggest reasons for my love of Asian food is that the majority of it is very good for you. You don’t need to be a food scientist to figure out that eating a bowl of chicken broth loaded with fresh herbs, ginger, chilli and garlic is going to be far more beneficial than a ready meal full of salt and e numbers.
As to the cost, I grow my own Thai basil, Vietnamese mint etc to keep the price down, it grows like mad and ends up in everything!

Your last post on the situation in Burma was remarkable, we have ‘talked’ before about how certain situations hold media attention for too short a period and it seems to be happening here again. The photo of the monk should be in the food and travel book you both HAVE to write. Enjoy your travels and thanks for taking the time to comment.
Go to www.ramblingspoon.com and remember Burma.

]]> by: Karen http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-464 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:17:43 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-464 In other words: the daily diet of Thailand. Substitute lime for lemon; toss in a chicken, some coconut milk, garlic and fish sauce; and you've got yourself a curry. Add a few Kaffir lime leaves, and you're getting close to tom yam. I love that about Southeast Asian food. Jerry and I were just discussing the medicinal properties of ancient Lao food. Most cuisines in this neck of the woods were designed for health as well as sustenance. Herbs in such abundance -- better than most pills. I think the West has lost some of that idea: you can eat and drink your medicine every day. Of course, Rod is right. My last bowl of noodle soup in Vientiane the other day would cost me $30 in the US, simply for the herbs. In other words: the daily diet of Thailand. Substitute lime for lemon; toss in a chicken, some coconut milk, garlic and fish sauce; and you’ve got yourself a curry. Add a few Kaffir lime leaves, and you’re getting close to tom yam.

I love that about Southeast Asian food. Jerry and I were just discussing the medicinal properties of ancient Lao food. Most cuisines in this neck of the woods were designed for health as well as sustenance. Herbs in such abundance — better than most pills. I think the West has lost some of that idea: you can eat and drink your medicine every day.

Of course, Rod is right. My last bowl of noodle soup in Vientiane the other day would cost me $30 in the US, simply for the herbs.

]]> by: Miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-463 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:26:05 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-463 Cid & Elsie, No recipe for chest balm I am afraid, if my remedy fails then I blame the butler! Keep looking for the snipe, I'll know if you try and substitute a pigeon! Dr.Collins Cid & Elsie,
No recipe for chest balm I am afraid, if my remedy fails then I blame the butler!
Keep looking for the snipe, I’ll know if you try and substitute a pigeon!
Dr.Collins

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-462 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:29:57 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-462 Elsie, It would be just my luck to find a snipe with no fat at all... that wretched bird will be the death of me ... all those hours spent in marshy waters waiting Elsie, and nothing to show for it yet! In the meantime I have taken a large glass of Miles' cold remedy and it might a fluke but I do feel a bit better. The man's a genius :) Cid Elsie,

It would be just my luck to find a snipe with no fat at all… that wretched bird will be the death of me … all those hours spent in marshy waters waiting Elsie, and nothing to show for it yet! In the meantime I have taken a large glass of Miles’ cold remedy and it might a fluke but I do feel a bit better. The man’s a genius :)

Cid

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-461 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:13:19 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-461 Cid, Don’t suppose you have a recipe for chest balm? Ye olde recipe: Goosefat! I wonder if Snipe might do? Cid,
Don’t suppose you have a recipe for chest balm?
Ye olde recipe: Goosefat!
I wonder if Snipe might do?

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-460 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:46:37 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-460 Miles, Now is the moment for me to try your cold remedy. I shall send my butler out to gather the essential ingredients, then I shall wrap up warmly and go out myself and get the real ones! Don't suppose you have a recipe for chest balm? So let me get this straight... you cook to an extremely high standard, you're a photographer and a 'Dermuid Gavin' of the garden, an excellent blogmaster and now a physician... it's all too much, permission to faint :) Cid Miles,

Now is the moment for me to try your cold remedy. I shall send my butler out to gather the essential ingredients, then I shall wrap up warmly and go out myself and get the real ones! Don’t suppose you have a recipe for chest balm?

So let me get this straight… you cook to an extremely high standard, you’re a photographer and a ‘Dermuid Gavin’ of the garden, an excellent blogmaster and now a physician… it’s all too much, permission to faint :)

Cid

]]> by: Miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-459 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:45:20 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-cure-for-the-common-cold#comment-459 SC, A remarkable story. It fits in with an observation of mine the other day about the amount of allergies we cater for now as opposed to ten years ago or more. We also seem to have developed an obsession for taking a tablet for any situation. That said, we are all living longer! Thanks for a great comment. Miles SC,
A remarkable story. It fits in with an observation of mine the other day about the amount of allergies we cater for now as opposed to ten years ago or more. We also seem to have developed an obsession for taking a tablet for any situation. That said, we are all living longer!
Thanks for a great comment.
Miles

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