Sometimes in spite of one’s best efforts we come to a point where we are simply taken down by the common cold. I could not tell you if it were the regular or swine variant and neither would I be inclined to care, considering that there is little to set the two apart in lethality and also considering that the swine variant was manufactured and hyped in a diabolical money making spin.

Periods of down-time are best spent indoors, away from society, typing away at a keyboard with a cat slumbering beside you, and copious amounts of soft paper to expel into.

It has produced a bit of a dilemma, as I tend to pay ear to old wives tales on such matters. It is said that you need to feed a cold, and feeding myself would have been problematic from the standpoint of my supposed diet.

A container of mostly fresh chili peppers provided the answer. Simply rinse, cut off the stem section, snip the tip, slice down the middle and scoop out any and all seeds.

Chop it up very finely and add to a mix of scrambled egg before popping it into the microwave. The dairy elements added to the egg mix helps to take the edge off the chili and it turns out rather pleasant. It is just as well that a red chili is about four times as rich in vitamin C as a typical orange.

Avoiding dairy products directly before sleep is also something that I normally believe in, and yet my first clue that I had a cold coming on was within the throat. I guess there are no absolute methods of prevention.

And now here I am typing away, a dysfunctional voice and an annoying tingling, almost ticklish sensation in my lungs. Looks like I need to adjust my medication.

Tags: chili, common cold, dysfunctional, hyped, lethality, manufactured, medication, money, scrambled egg, swine, vitamin C

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