Comfort food

[Morning Glory]

I am certain we must have had this subject come up before - but not for a while. What are your favourite comfort foods? Mine is soup, potatoes (any sort) and eggs. I'm sure there are other things but those are the first things that come to mind.

So what do you like to eat if you are feeling in need of a hug?

 

[Wandering Bob]

Mac cheese probably top of the list. Once heard it described as 'nursery food' - anything that comes under that banner cuts it for me as comfort food.

Agree with you about soup, potatoes/eggs in any combination, baked beans too, I guess

Probably a whole raft of puddings - bread+butter pudding for sure

And the third food type - chocolate...

 

[Morning Glory]

I forgot about macaroni cheese! Yep, that is good. I even liked the tinned version I had as a kid.

 

[Karen W]

Meatloaf and mashed potatoes.
Spaghetti and meatballs.
Roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
Roasted chicken with potatoes.
Rice pudding.
Chocolate pudding.

 

[Morning Glory]

Roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

I love it - in fact I could just eat the trimmings (with gravy) and be comforted!

 

[Wandering Bob]

Rice pudding.

Yes !!! that's a good one too

 

[Morning Glory]

Yes !!! that's a good one too

Skin on top? That was the best bit when I was a kid.

 

[Wandering Bob]

That was the best bit when I was a kid.

still is, isn't it ?

 

[Karen W]

I forgot my guilty pleasure ramen noodles.
My grandma used to make a dish of cooked broad egg noodles with melted butter, & cottage cheese. Delish.

 

[GadgetGuy]

No need for me to cook a whole turkey. Just half a turkey breast is enough for me! Then all the fixins' (side dishes) in very small amounts. No waste, no eating it all week, no extra work, & no ridiculously long prep & cleanup times!! Simple! And no fighting to get all of the leftovers in the fridge!!

 

[Karen W]

I would be happy with just the turkey breast.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Get some sub rolls, put some leftover turkey breast, stuffing, a little gravy, some cranberry sauce, & you have what is called a Thanksgiving Sub!! Hah!

 

[Morning Glory]

still is, isn't it ?

Yes - haven't had a rice pud cooked properly in the oven in ages!

 

[Morning Glory]

My grandma used to make a dish of cooked broad egg noodles with melted butter, & cottage cheese. Delish.

That does sound very comforting.

Why is it that fairly bland foods = comfort? Is it just that as babies and toddlers we were fed bland food?

Breaking that thought - I love chillies and will eat a really hot brain zapping curry or chilli as comfort. All thoughts of anything else dissipate.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I sometimes use those same noodles to hake hamburger or ground beef stroganoff! in fact, I may make some tomorrow.