If you have family or friends who have come down with the H1N1 "Swine" flu, or the regular seasonal flu, or just a plain old bad cold, and you want to do something more than just offer your sympathies by telephone, several companies are now doing mail order delivery of homemade chicken soup. One company, Spoonful of Comfort, sends preservative-free, freshly made chicken soup, and it's delicious...almost as good as my Grandmother used to make! Spoonful of Comfort also has homemade rolls and cookies that you can send along with the soup. The soup comes beautifully packaged, and the glass jar of soup itself is protected in foil backed insulated bubble wrap. More information is available at their website, www.spoonfulofcomfort.com.
Another company that has a similar service -- and they also have the option of matzoh balls instead of noodles in their chicken soup -- is Grandma's Chicken Soup. (By the way, their H1N1 Swine Flu Gift Package, which includes soup, plus things like hand sanitizer and tissues, totally cracks me up!) More information on their products is available at www.grandmaschickensoup.com.
(Disclosure -- I have no connection to either company, but Spoonful of Comfort did send me a free sample of their soup, rolls and cookies so I could try them and see if I liked them, and their soup and baked goods were delicious. For more information, please see our Ethics Policy.)
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Thanks so much for telling everyone about our packages! I also love the H1N1, but, our soup with sweet banana bread and lemon bread is also a nice gift! I just wanted to let your readers know that we have been in business for 5 YEARS and have never been busier!
I hate to post a negative comment, but if these companies are so wonderful, why are their prices for soup so outragous. I was shocked when i clicked on the link to view their websites, and seen what they are charging. If you want to help people, you could be a little more reasonable. With the economy the way it is, i find it hard to believe that anybody could afford to send soup for that price. Thanks, but i’d rather make my own soup.