Streptococcus: The Anti Food Blog
Well, strep throat certainly is a damper on a food blog. It was five days of soups, and five days in which I probably ate a total of four meals. I had a fever between 101 and 103 last Tuesday that lasted until about Saturday. The Tessalin pearls I was prescribed to numb my throat were useless. They took at least 15 minutes to dissolve, and when they did, I found my entire tongue to be numb but my throat unaffected. I am just now, over five days later, able to swallow most foods with little pain. I can say that I gained an appreciation for having a healthy throat.
I did manage one somewhat memorable trip to Legal Sea Foods in Copley Square with my dad. We split a tray of six oysters to start, as we usually do at Legal, because we have been led to believe that all the seafood is inspected. My Prince Edward Island oyster went down quite easily, so easily in fact that oysters may be my food of choice when I am unable to swallow. The shrimp soup special, which the waitress insisted would have more of an herbal spice flavor than a hot, spicy buffalo chicken flavor, did not agree with my throat.
I decided to go with the Falafel Salmon next. The salmon was served quite hot inside a very thin layer of falafel crust. The falafel worked, but the actual salmon was all I really ate because it slid down my throat with ease. The tea at the end of the meal completed a success experience dining out with strep throat.
It was also my first time eating at the Legal in Copley, and it turned out to be one of the better spots. We sat by a large window overlooking Boylston street on the left and much of Boston on the right. The view made the experience slightly more memorable than that at the Legal near Kendall Square in Cambridge. Although Kendall's Legal is littered with decorations and is one of the nicer versions, the fake boats and extra water-like poles were not as valuable as a view of Boston.
Legal Sea Foods aside, my biggest revelation of the week had to be the usefulness of Throat Coat Tea. My roommate told me about the tea on day two or three of my strep. I used it for days four and five of strep, and it made the world of a difference. It worked better than pretty much anything I had been using, in terms of easing the pain of swallowing so that I could eat and drink. The tea is made by Traditional Medicinals and is available at tealand.com.
I did manage one somewhat memorable trip to Legal Sea Foods in Copley Square with my dad. We split a tray of six oysters to start, as we usually do at Legal, because we have been led to believe that all the seafood is inspected. My Prince Edward Island oyster went down quite easily, so easily in fact that oysters may be my food of choice when I am unable to swallow. The shrimp soup special, which the waitress insisted would have more of an herbal spice flavor than a hot, spicy buffalo chicken flavor, did not agree with my throat.
I decided to go with the Falafel Salmon next. The salmon was served quite hot inside a very thin layer of falafel crust. The falafel worked, but the actual salmon was all I really ate because it slid down my throat with ease. The tea at the end of the meal completed a success experience dining out with strep throat.
It was also my first time eating at the Legal in Copley, and it turned out to be one of the better spots. We sat by a large window overlooking Boylston street on the left and much of Boston on the right. The view made the experience slightly more memorable than that at the Legal near Kendall Square in Cambridge. Although Kendall's Legal is littered with decorations and is one of the nicer versions, the fake boats and extra water-like poles were not as valuable as a view of Boston.
Legal Sea Foods aside, my biggest revelation of the week had to be the usefulness of Throat Coat Tea. My roommate told me about the tea on day two or three of my strep. I used it for days four and five of strep, and it made the world of a difference. It worked better than pretty much anything I had been using, in terms of easing the pain of swallowing so that I could eat and drink. The tea is made by Traditional Medicinals and is available at tealand.com.
posted by Ricky @ 12:43 PM
1 Comments:
Legal Seafoods has a lab where a sampling of all their seafood is tested. It is one of the few establishments where I will eat the oysters, having many years ago experienced the agony of getting sick from oysters...hepatitis A. If you remember, some of the best oysters in Boston, as well as other seafood treats, can be found at B&G Oysters in the South End. It's great fun sitting around the bar watching the food being prepared and there are usually 5 or 6 varieties of oysters available.
rick sr.
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