Best Comfort Food.

I have no appetite and the thought of food makes me wanna puke. I need to eat merely for sustainance, so I shall. Life sucks a bit right now (once again, surprise, surprise) and it probably won't change anytime soon, but I will deal with it tonight with comfort food.

Tonight it's cold pizza that was ordered out earlier and ice cream after.

What's your favorite comfort food, so I can make my menu for the next week?

RL

I like a nice plate of scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage, some grits, and a couple of pieces of toast with jelly.

Is this comfort food? I don't even know! lol!

but bacon is always good.

RL

a couple of home made biscuits with butter and grape jelly. YUM!

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Wouldn't have thought of that.

RL

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Did I just make you cry? :P

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Stir them in, add some cooked, crumbled bacon, top with buttered bread crumbs and bake.

It's definitely not diet food!

Trust me.

Just not any other women, unless they come bearing casseroles...

RL

Lived on that during my earlier leaner days. It's a great throwback for my current leaner days, too.

Maybe I should go home and have Mom cook for me...

RL

go to the trouble of baking it. Just make the mac and cheese and add the rest into the pan on the stovetop. I leave out the milk and add extra shredded cheddar. Drain them 'matos really good tho.

When I was in my 20's and single, I would go lay on the couch at my parents when I didn't feel good and let my mom take care of me. It was just the place to be when I felt crappy.

I'm too lazy to crush them myself

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makes me wanna' curl up.

with milk instead of water. Add a little dill and taragon to the soup.

"I think there's a can around here *somewhere*" he said, feeling late-night snackish.

Also Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mmmmmmmmm.

A whole pack

mmmmmmmm

RL

I hear ya! I could eat a whole friggin pack of fig newtons! I love them!

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its about all I can eat. good thing I find it comforting.

is what I was thinking



RL

Plain salty potato chips with plain M&M's in the same mouthful. Chocolate covered salty pretzels works, too.

Oooh, I love those!

RL

Yes she was a bit of a June Cleaver mom.

salad dressing ingredient, along with soy sauce, vinegar, shredded ginger, and sesame seed. Yummm! Also, peanut butter on bananas, on warm toast, on veggies, warmed on ice cream, the least goes on... :D

and very little cooking, this is excellent and an old roommate of mine used to beg me to cook it when she was PMSing:

4 ground sirloin patties
1 can Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup
sliced mushrooms of your choice
worchester sauce
salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cinnamon (yes, I said cinnamon)

Brown the sirloin patties in a little butter or margarine in a skillet. In a bowl, mix the soup and the rest of the ingredients--the salt and pepper to taste and about 2 teaspoons or so of the garlic powder and cinnamon. (Sorry, I never measure!) When the patties are almost done, smother them with the soup mix and simmer on low for about 5 minutes.

Serve with Garlic Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes

Prepare instant mashed potatoes according to package directions for 4 servings except omit the milk. Add about a half cup of grated parmesan, about 1/2 to 2/3 of a the smallest carton of sour cream and garlic powder to taste. You'll never know they are instant when you're done mixing all of this together.

Really excellent comfort food and not alot of prep!

followed by Frosted Flakes (not any off brand it MUST be Frosted Flakes)

Then there's always ice cream....Vanilla..

is a great idea for comfort food.

It's got to me Quaker Oaks, slow-cooking style.

If that doesn't work try a big stack of pancakes with butter and syrup and a glass of orange juice. Carbs help if yer feelin' a bit down...and besides they taste gooods.

or chicken enchiladas.

and sometimes substitute chicken with fried pork chops with stewed apples.

In Kansas City? mmmmm......those are two of their specialties.

with ketchup, spinach and "bird nests" - grated raw potato fried in small mounds until krispy on the edges and still chewy in the middle - salty and greasy!

but meatloaf, potroast, smashed potatoes are up there. Yes with the tomato soup and toasted cheese samiches! Stuffed peppers. Fish sticks and tater tots. Apple sauce with sugar and lots of cinnamon.

chocolate milk
sloppy joes
overcooked green beans with bacon
almost any kind of soup or stew
a bowl of cold cereal and milk for some (not me but I can see it)
warm chocolate cake with butter instead of frosting
warm brownies and a glass of cold milk
cinnamon toast
good fresh hot bread and butter, or biscuits or cornbread or tortillas

(During a similar bout -- no appetite, didn't want food, lost 20 pounds and you've met me so you know just how much that is on me...)

Chicken noodle soup (aka Jewish penicillin) is good comfort food, as is homemade applesauce. If you're so inclined, baking bread (specifically hand kneading it) can be a good stress reliever.

not that that's a bad thing, but the starvation diet is probably not too healthy...

RL

with a V8. The perfect breakfast. (Tastes best at the Jersey shore, eaten at the beach after a long night at Fred's Tavern in Stone Harbor)

And i swear, since she passed, I haven't tasted anything that good. My mom can't figure out what else she put into her meat loaf. It fell apart, and was the yummiest food I've ever eaten.
Now I think it's rotini and Cheese with Broccoli. Ever since I had my wisdom teeth out and I ate it for a week. it really did make me feel better. Just make sure you eat some fruit with it or there will be no BMs for a week.
Duckie

Also, I add fresh tomatoes to all sorts of dishes -- soup, macaroni and cheese, etc.

A Grillers Prime veggie burger topped with cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup, and pickles is also good.

And you can't beat home-made chocolate pudding for comfort food. It's surprisingly easy to make.

In a saucepan, blend together 1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa, 2/3 cup white granulated sugar, a dash of salt, and three tablespoons of cornstarch.

Gradually blend in 2-1/4 cups of milk (skim is fine). Then cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly and being careful not to get burned by angry, spitting chocolate pudding! :-)

Remove from heat and blend in one teaspoon of vanilla and two tablespoons butter or margarine. I sometimes use peanut butter instead of margarine.

Remember: Some like it hot (but don't burn your mouth).

with rice.

YUM

They make lumpia in groups of hundreds, stocking entire freezers full of them. If you have Filipina aunties, you will always have a good supply.

If you don't have a biological auntie, I suggest cruising bingo parlors and Catholic churches. One of them will notice how skinny you are (regardless of how heavy or light you actually are) and will reward you with lumpia.

Warning: Never tell a Filipina that her lumpia isn't the best you've ever had. :)

haha

I'm white but have made these by the 100s myself. Lots of Filipina friends who helped me master these.

My family loves them of course and have had the bags in the freezer myself.

darn..now I'm craving them! :D

I'm actually eating some right now, except I loaned my rice cooker to a neighbor... So it's just lumpia for me.

My mom came over and made a bunch.

White Castle rocks!

We can only get them frozen here.

RL

No choco-porn required! :rofl:

Of course, teetering at the brink of diabetes, I doubt I'll be splurging anymore. (my sugar levels, since started testing, are all over the place and explains just about everything going on right now... interally at any rate, they don't explain why our government and corporations are ran by evil people.)

tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich

the crappy thing was i had to cook it all myself after not eating for two days with 104 degree fever.

something about northwestern Indian food that brings me great comfort. I don't know what it is.

I'm a third Irish so potato ANYthing makes me very happy.

My 11 yr old son is the same way. He likes to say he has three stomachs:
"one for regular food, one for desserts and one for potatoes"!!

Pretty funny.

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Shine

Cream of Wheat with real sugar and cinnamon...

Pasta...

Beef stew...

Having a whole box of chocolates to yourself!

On the very worst days, that's my idea of a perfect dinner

A little spicy - a little sweet. :)

seriously... is there any food that DOESN'T bring comfort?

ok--some of my favorites

meatloaf w/ scalloped potatoes
spaghetti w/ meatballs
homemade baked beans
homemade pea soup
chicken pot pie
tomato sandwiches
beef stew
stuffed cabbage rolls
hot dog hash

or tater tot casserole.

My Mom's Dumplings. Hmmmmmm.

RL

Last weekend, I made real fried chicken for the first time in years (my wife has this wierd phobia about fried foods), but the best part was having a cold piece out of the refrigerator for lunch the next day.

Mmmm.

RL

Actually anything with cream gravy works for me.
Oh, and beer chili in the winter.

If I were in a situation where the thought of eating made me puke, I'd have some bland comfort foods like mashed potatoes or rice. (Every once in a while I like rice with just butter and salt or rice with butter and cinnamon sugar.)

Other comfort foods...

Macaroni and milk (strange, I know, but I learned it from my dad. It's just cooked macaroni with a little butter and a little warm milk)

Macaroni with butter and Parmesan cheese

Homemade macaroni and cheese (especially with tomato and bacon)

Freshly baked white bread with real butter

Meatballs and ham served with twice-baked potatoes and glazed carrots

Scalloped corn

Hamburger hotdish

Pumpkin or apple pie

Pumpkin or banana bread

Ants on a log (peanut butter stuffed celery sticks topped with raisins)

Scrambled eggs with diced summer sausage (My very wise mother remembered how much I loved that dish as a child and came over to our house to make it for supper for my husband and me the day I came home from the hospital after losing a pregnancy - it was very comforting to have her in my house cooking a childhood favorite for me.)

Cranberry orange relish

Lefse

Homemade soup - especially turkey, ham or potato

Waffles

Grilled cheese, especially if served with a mint-chocolate chip malt

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RL

My kids and I stayed with them for several weeks on summer vacation this year and last.

And yes, they fed us very well while we were there!

My dad makes fantastic spaghetti sauce, and he might ask you to join him in having a Manhattan during cocktail hour.

Count on Mom to make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast once in a while.

Dayum...

I'm so there...

RL

Or Mashed Potatoes and gravy. Or Potato salad.

It has to be starchy, whatever it is.

Lotsa syrup n butter. Easy to make and easy to digest when the stomach is uneasy.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Many a night's depression saved!

Preferably Dairy Queen soft serve when I'm feeling out of sorts.

Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup and Funyuns.

I can eat a whole box in one sitting. I usually do every weekend.

with sour cream AND applesauce.

The oldest "soul food" in the world!