Sniffles

9 out of 10 times, the best cure for a cold is a big bowl of chicken noodle soup, grilled cheese sandwich and large glass of orange juice. at least, that's been my remedy of choice since my mom served it to me as a child.

still, every once in a blue moon i like to mix it up and throw in a few matzo balls in lieu of noodles. you see, i made my first real jewish friend (as in a jew who does not celebrate hannukah and christmas) as an adult. he worked next to me for nearly three years at fox. during that time, i was perpetually sick and he introduced me to the wonderful healing properties of matzo ball soup in addition to all sorts of other jewish delicacies, customs and yiddish slang (i.e. my nickname was "shikki" for shiksa (non-jewish girl) and nikki).

like i said, most of the time i still opt for the 'ole "chocolate balsamo" standby but tonight as i reached for the pre-sliced cheddar, i changed my mind and instead decided to channel my inner yidishke.

oi!