{"id":2780,"date":"2013-03-01T19:51:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2013-12-13T08:10:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:10:17","slug":"a-chicken-soup-remedy-for-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/a-chicken-soup-remedy-for-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"A chicken soup remedy for grief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a picture of Mother Violet E. Bailey celebrating her 100th birthday last month, in January 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Mother Violet, the lady who raised me and my brothers, passed away 10 days ago and we buried her this past Monday. The grief of losing her has been overwhelming, and has taken its toll on me physically. I’ve had a growing desire for some strong, nurturing soup and having been gifted a whole chicken recently, decided to take it out of the freezer and put it to good use today. What could be a better remedy for mourning and melancholy?<\/p>\n
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Kimi’s chicken soup for a grieving daughter<\/figcaption><\/figure>Ingredients<\/strong>
\n1 bunch of Chinese celery, chopped
\n4 stalks of cilantro, chopped
\n4 scallions, chopped
\n8 quarters ginger
\nsplash rice wine
\n2 x-large carrots, chopped in big-bite sized pieces
\n1 large onion, quartered
\n2 sticks cinnamon
\nCombination of 4 large potatoes: can add sweet or regular
\n3 zucchini
\nSea salt<\/p>\n

Garnish with (optional)<\/strong>
\nThai basil
\nBean sprouts
\nChili pepper slices<\/p>\n

Steps<\/strong>
\nPut one whole chicken in a soup pot and cover it with about 1″ of water. Cook covered over simmer flame, and when foam appears, skim it off. Add celery, cilantro, scallions, ginger, rice wine and carrots and continue cooking until chicken becomes tender. Just before the point it will start falling apart, remove the chicken using two spoons. Put on plate, articulate and let cool. Add onion, cinnamon and potatoes. 20 minutes before the potatoes are tender, add zucchini and sea salt to taste. When the zucchini’s done so is your soup.<\/p>\n

Salt soup to taste and serve hot! You can serve a piece of chicken directly on top of soup in the bowl, or serve it separately on a plate \u2013 either by itself or over rice, if you like. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mother Violet, the lady who raised me and my brothers, passed away 10 days ago and we buried her this past Monday. The grief of losing her has been overwhelming, and has taken its toll on me physically. I’ve had a growing desire for some strong, nurturing soup and having been gifted a whole chicken … <\/p>\n

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