Power of Chocolate

Movie photo  One of the few Johnny Depp movies I like

It has been proven through much research that chocolate brownies are the anti-dote to just about any illness, physical or otherwise.  The chocolate has riboflavin which boost the system and generally makes the sick person feel better.

While this will most likely be disputed, my daughters and I have tested this out many many times and found it to be true, every single time.

One time my oldest daughter (then mid-20s) came by to visit.  We both had miserable colds.  Sick as dogs, as my mother would say. 

We put on Chocolάt, opened a bottle of Champagne/bubbling wine.  Then we baked a large pan of deep chocolate brownies.  While we watched the movie, we drank wine and ate the brownies (not even bothering for them to cool) straight from the pan.

We laughed, we cried, blew noses, and coughed.  We talked about past painful events, apologized, laughed, hugged each other, and fell asleep on the couch. A good memory, happy times were ours.

 

When we awoke, we felt much better.

Brownies always work.

 

Note: Not everyone can eat brownies for a variety of dietary restrictions.  I hope a substitution can be used instead. This is a re-post from 2009, with revisions.