I need to figure out what to add to it that isn't a ham product.

My flavor enhancers: garlic, onions, butter, Fish Sauce (like a fancy Thai one), Worcestershire sauce (which Tom Scola pointed out to me is also a fish sauce). Under some circumstances I would use cumin or some curry but probably not with pea soup.

Also, you can try to add some more stock of whatever you're using and cook it down.

IDK, Steph. That sounds like a long time to wait to me, two weeks.

I feel like maybe my doctor told me the 2-week "rule" once. (Not that he wouldn't see me before 2 weeks; just that 2 weeks is a decent average length of time to see if sinus nastiness backs off.) Although once when I waited 3 weeks, I got scolded because apparently I was sick as hell and ignoring it.

Bah. I'm in a world of don't wanna.

It already has plenty of garlic and onions. It was in the crock pot for half a day, so I might try Worchestershire sauce. If I remember when I get back to Chicago.

I've got a cold settling in. I'm worried about what it might do to Hubby.

I spent the Super Bowl with a very unpopulated Knitting Group at Barnes and Noble. But it was a blast: just Irene and myself - knitting and chatting about knitting, spinning, books and movies. Kind of perfect.

The phrase I generally hear from doctors is that a common cold will resolve without medication in 1-2 weeks, or with medication in 7-14 days.

More than two weeks probably means you need drugs, IME.

Connie, Wear a mask and gloves?

57 warming too slowly.

Is there a door you can close, msbelle? I almost passed out from the heat the day mine went off and then I was working in the bathroom.

More than two weeks probably means you need drugs, IME.

Full disclosure: I don't totally remember when this sinus ick started. It's been at least a week, but maybe 2.

I'm really just trying to get out of going to the doctor while wanting to magically get better. I am THE WORST. I am the Desert Bluffs of patients.