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Pepping Up Packet Soup?

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I know this is un-OS of me but I've got a stinking cold and cough so picked up a pack of veg soup locally for my lunch... the dried vegetable soup thats a broth, really.

My question is, could it be pepped up with something spicy? (I usually get spicy thai soup when i've got a cold). If so what would you use and how much?

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  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,674 Forumite
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    pepper sauce? To taste? for me that wouldn't be very much!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
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  • kethry
    kethry Posts: 1,044 Forumite
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    you're not really gonna be surprised that i'm answering this, are you?

    answer: a few sprinkles of dried chilli flakes. :) or a healthy helping of black pepper.

    keth
    xx
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    Try a splash (or, in view of your condition, maybe even a glug?) of good old Worcestershire sauce. (As recommended by :money:himself!)

    Paprika (ground dried sweet peppers) is apparently one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C, whilst cayenne pepper (ground dried chilli peppers) or Tabasco (chilli pepper sauce) would be a more direct counterattack on your germs.
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
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