Martyn Stanley's Blog - Posts Tagged "curry"
A Cure for Sick Bugs
I've still been feeling a bit queasy for the last couple of days. I've also been scrubbing up sick off carpets and bathing children covered in sick - not much reading or writing I'm afraid.
The scientist in me will not die however and I came up with an interesting hypothesis last night. My stomach still fills pretty off, it was worse last night. I dreamed up the hypothesis that although it's often said you shouldn't eat spicy food when you have an upset stomach - maybe you actually should? I mean, what if super-spicy food actually kills off a few bugs and makes you feel a bit better?
I thought this was an interesting enough hypothesis to perform a simple experiment, so for supper I had a 5 Chili rated Chicken Vindaloo with no rice, just a couple of rounds of bread. I finished the entire curry, scraping the dregs out with bread and thoroughly enjoyed it! this morning? I feel great! I don't feel 'better' better, but certainly better than I was last night.
Before I can write a paper on this I could do with some more results, so if you have stomach bug, please, please - HAVE A VINDALOO FOR SUPPER! Then post the results of your experiment in the comments below. If enough people tried this and it proved to work reliably it could make it onto NHS Direct, GP's could start prescribing a Jalfrezi for a mild stomach bug, a Madras for slightly worse one and a Vindaloo for a really bad stomach bug? Maybe they could come up with some REALLY firey ones, prescription strength currys, not available over the counter?
I think it would be awesomeness incarnate to walk into the pharmacist for a prescription strength curry! :)
You never know, a few piping hot curries and I might be fit to start editing Deathsworn Arc 3 : The Blood Queen again and writing Deathsworn Arc 4 : The Temple of the Mad God again. I sent out a few agent inquiries last night, I think when book three comes out - I'm going to increase the availability of paperbacks, with or without a publisher. I just can't wait to get book 3 finished! I know a few people are waiting for it, and I've been promising it for months, but sorting out books 1 and 2 has slowed me down. Yes it's late, but I promise it will be good!
Martyn
The scientist in me will not die however and I came up with an interesting hypothesis last night. My stomach still fills pretty off, it was worse last night. I dreamed up the hypothesis that although it's often said you shouldn't eat spicy food when you have an upset stomach - maybe you actually should? I mean, what if super-spicy food actually kills off a few bugs and makes you feel a bit better?
I thought this was an interesting enough hypothesis to perform a simple experiment, so for supper I had a 5 Chili rated Chicken Vindaloo with no rice, just a couple of rounds of bread. I finished the entire curry, scraping the dregs out with bread and thoroughly enjoyed it! this morning? I feel great! I don't feel 'better' better, but certainly better than I was last night.
Before I can write a paper on this I could do with some more results, so if you have stomach bug, please, please - HAVE A VINDALOO FOR SUPPER! Then post the results of your experiment in the comments below. If enough people tried this and it proved to work reliably it could make it onto NHS Direct, GP's could start prescribing a Jalfrezi for a mild stomach bug, a Madras for slightly worse one and a Vindaloo for a really bad stomach bug? Maybe they could come up with some REALLY firey ones, prescription strength currys, not available over the counter?
I think it would be awesomeness incarnate to walk into the pharmacist for a prescription strength curry! :)
You never know, a few piping hot curries and I might be fit to start editing Deathsworn Arc 3 : The Blood Queen again and writing Deathsworn Arc 4 : The Temple of the Mad God again. I sent out a few agent inquiries last night, I think when book three comes out - I'm going to increase the availability of paperbacks, with or without a publisher. I just can't wait to get book 3 finished! I know a few people are waiting for it, and I've been promising it for months, but sorting out books 1 and 2 has slowed me down. Yes it's late, but I promise it will be good!
Martyn
