Ginseng Chicken Soup

Desperate to do better in my physics test, I asked my classmate how she retained such great mental agility. Her secret was the weekly home brewed pig’s brain soup that her mother prepared for her. It sounded somewhat oxymoronic that one could have better brains by consuming those of a pig. Yes, I was desperate, but I still could not stomach (excuse the pun) this Chinese tonic of last resort. Nonetheless, my mother sympathised with my plight and made me ginseng chicken soup. This ginseng sou