Germany leaves me brothless...

Coughing fits woke me up throughout the night and when waking up this morning my back and stomach muscles were sore. SORE! While this illness could prove to be a great workout I would really enjoy my days more if it were gone. Soooo...This afternoon I thought it would be wonderful to whip us some of my wonderfully spicy Thai Chicken Noodle Soup to help burn up all the nastiness in the chest. I don't think there is any scientific proof to back up that this method works, but it always seems to make me feel better so I just go with it.

There is an Asian grocer just on my corner so all those things that are usually more difficult to find were there and cheap. Turmeric? Check. Soy sauce? Check. Curry paste, coconut milk and fish sauce? Check, check, and check. Now, for a quick walk to the large grocery store on the corner for the chicken and the.....what? No chicken broth!!! Lots of soup, no broth. Okay, a little lie. There were two options for me. One, a very small and expensive jar of broth with herbs and CHICKEN IN IT. Two, bullion. Both with very high sodium content (yes, even more than it's American counterpart) and MSG. I don't like salty food and I really am not a fan of meat in a jar or can. Dunno. Call me weird. I know there is always the option of making my own stock, but with a freezer the third of the size of mine in the U.S. and two other people to share it with I would like to save my little corner of frozen space for, I don't know, ice cream. Anyhow, I went with the bullion. The soup was fine and I wasn't as disappointed as I expected. When I got home I Googled, "buying chicken stock, Germany," and found a discussion forum on the subject. Glad to see I am not the only one with a boggled mind.