Favorite comfort food?

[lightningandsnow]

I have a bit of a weird one: shrimp tempura. (With rice and miso soup on the side.)

Yours?

[movie_girl99]

1. a good cheeseburger

I dont have them very often but oh my when i need comfort, that's what i go for.

[TK421]

8. Strongly second that n/t

[redqueen]

2. Chicken and dumplings.

Or (oddly), ramen noodles. (I grew up poor :P)

[mcctatas]

3. anything involving a potato...

I have a theory about starch and endorphins but absolutely no scientific evidence to support it :P

[LynzM]

14. Yep.

I don't know about potato carbs, but wheat-based carbs have an effect similar to seratonin. Most people are addicted to them.... :hi:

[mcctatas]

16. OMG!

you mean I might actually be on to something? Here I just figured they had to make me feel better for a reason so I'll make on up :rofl:

[LynzM]

38. lol

Yeah, you might actually look into that... :D (Likewise, something in milk (casein, I think?) is also addictive... )

:bounce:

[emilyg]

42. Yes.

[Pool Hall Ace]

4. macaroni and cheese

or hash brown potatoes

[Symarip]

5. Beer

It's comforting to know the good people at Guinness will always be there for me.

[mcctatas]

7. See I was just going to say that beer is not technically a food...

unless it's Guinness! :toast:

[Jamastiene]

6. That's not really weird.

I tend to like cabbage. I cut off a bit of it and eat it as a snack. When there is cauliflower and/or broccoli around, I'll eat those. If not, I'll eat a little cabbage. Yum! :P

[nomorenomore08]

9. Anything bad for me, basically. Like a bacon cheeseburger with curly fries.

And yeah, tempura is freakin' awesome (I'm a sucker for fried foods).

Finally, damn you Taco Bell, for creating the Big Bell Box Meal! Yet another excuse for me to gorge... :P

[pokerfan]

10. Panda Express

Orange Chicken

[1gobluedem]

11. Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Meatloaf
Mac and Cheese
Spaghetti

[Sequoia]

36. I was thinking of your first choice today.

Very good on cold days with tomato basil and sharp cheddar cheese...grilled with butter on the stove top so the cheese melts better.

Meatloaf (check)
with mashed potatoes

[BOSSHOG]

12. Shrimp PO-Boy Dressed, side order of fried green beans and an ice cold beer

[redqueen]

18. Mmm... shimp po-boy.

I haven't had one of those in too long.

[azmouse]

13. Spaghetti and meatballs.

[MillieJo]

15. Pepperoni Pizza and a chilled coke....

or crisps (pototo chips.)

[Lyric]

17. Beef Stew--the kind that cooks slow for fifteen hours first.

Also: fried chicken, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttermilk biscuits and brown gravy, eggnog, cheesecake.

[rurallib]

19. Spicy chili and a toasted cheese sandwich

a liquidy chili so I can let the juice slither down my throat.

[RushIsRot]

20. A Sabrett hot dog right from the pushcart in NYC.

I want onions in tomato sauce and mustard on it. Also good would be a chili dog with mustard and onions from the South Second Street Coney Island in Monroe, LA.

[DarkTirade]

21. I've got several, but chinese food's my biggest.

It's also my celebratory "I've got enough money that I can afford to waste 5 or 10 bucks." food too. :)

[Lyric]

22. Ooooh, I forgot about Chinese. Although I guess my

pick isn't really "Chinese." I love the pot stickers. I don't get them often, but they are DEFINITELY a comfort food.

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

23. For me it's sesame chicken with either egg rolls or crab rangoons.

The last two depend on which place I get my food. The nice place I usually go to doesn't have very good crab rangoons, but their egg rolls are good. Whereas the cheap little place down the street from me has excellent crab rangoons, but cheap everything else. :P

[Zavulon]

24. Will someone PLEASE tell me how a food becomes classified a "comfort food?"

[lutefisk]

27. Eating comfort food is like nursing (the receiving end) for grown ups, imho

:shrug:

[Capn Sunshine]

29. comfort food is simply prepared and lends a sense of well being

generally speaking it is associated with childhood or happy memories, thus it's different for most folks.

BTW The new restaurant will prominently feature comfort food! ( albeit with a modern treatment)

[grilled onions]

30. What IS Comfort Food?

It might be as subtle as something you had as a child and enjoying it again brings back the days of olde. On the other hand having a bad day often requires nutrition of a certain kind. It's the kind that you don't feel guilty about(at least not right away). You don't think about the calories or the fat content but when you enjoy it(savor it!) it will help a bad day be erased from the mind if only for a little while. It's the kind of food you reach for on a rainy day, a snowy day,the day the phone bill arrives--it's balm for the stomach. Rarely will it be a salad unless it's a costly one. Rarely will it be a piece of fruit or a bowl of veggies. It's the double chocolate chip with caramel and fudge ice cream kind of food. Make a mental note what you consume when you are having a bad day. You will see a trend of the kind of foods you grab for.

[Zavulon]

32. Thanks

I've heard that phrase for ages and never understood it until today.

I guess mine would be onion rings, then.

[astral]

46. I change my vote to sloppy joes

with 1960's hamburger.

[lutefisk]

25. Something like this:

[Broken_Hero]

26. Usually, cookies...

frosted circus animal cookies, or chocolate chip cookies....

[KansDem]

28. Anchovy and jalapeño pepper pizza...

:9

[Kali]

31. soup or something involving melted cheese

[My Good Babushka]

33. Bacon Cheeseburger

and onion rings, strawberry milkshake and a cup of coffee.

[stuntcat]

34. grits

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :9

[crim son]

35. Onion rings.

Just about anything made with ground beef. Hot vegetable curries over rice. Mashed potatoes!

[cordelia]

37. Fried egg sandwich n/t

[Shell Beau]

39. A few: spaghetti, beef stew, BBQ, chicken-n-dumplings, and mac-n-cheese.

Not all together of course!

[graywarrior]

40. Rice syrup or creamed squash soup

[yellowdogintexas]

41. Mexican food. Mashed Potatoes and gravy. mac and cheese.

good home made soup.

PIE

[Robeson]

43. pizza.

[grannylib]

44. Mac and cheese. Chips and salsa. Hot chocolate.

Toast and butter. Peanut butter cookies.

[astral]

45. s'getti with angel hair pasta

and lotsa butter melted in.

cayenne

Parmesan

vegetarian style is fine

[Lucian]

47. Fried chicken.

I haven't had that in forever.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

48. Mac & cheese...

...just had the leftovers last night. I use the recipe I grew up with (elbow macaroni, Campbell's Cheddar Cheese Soup prepared with one can of milk and one cup of shredded sharp cheddar, spray the casserole with Pam to prevent sticking, mix the mac with the soup mixture, spread it evenly in the casserole, add another cup of shredded cheddar on top, sprinkle that with Progresso plain bread crumbs, and sprinkle that with paprika, bake in a 350 oven for 1/2 hour). Even better the next day (like most comfort foods).

My mom had about an 80% hit rate in the kitchen. Mac & cheese, meatloaf, meatballs, pasta e fagioli...the real comfort food stuff...I got all of those recipes and am grateful for it. The other 20%? Nah, we won't go there...

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[old mark]

49. There are so many.....but my real favorite is

French Toast.

Might make some later, now that I'm thinking about it....

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