Favorite comfort food . . .

[Fletch]

My daddy made coq au vin according to Julia Child this weekend. That's going on my comfort list.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Reading an article today about Frito pies (apparently Anthony Bourdain, who's a Hall of Fame a-hole anyway, got into trouble for disparaging them at a local New Mexico diner) got me thinking about comfort food. Not that I consider Frito pie comfort food, it's just the required eats on Opening Day. At any rate, after a quick search...resurrecting this thread...

Butter beans...slow cooked with ham hocks, served over rice. With onions soaked in vinegar. That's my favorite thing to eat in the whole world.

 

[bburtner@moran]

Chicken stew with dumplings.

 

[Foxer55]

Ruby Slippers,

CHIPS AND SALSA. With ginger ale.

Either this, or peanut butter on toast. I live for peanut butter. Sometimes with Soy milk (real dairy causes discomfort).

Although on television I saw someone spreading peanut butter on apple slices, and although this sort of thing goes against my peanut butter-eating principles, I am strangely compelled to give it a go.

I have to go buy some apples next time I'm out.

For a real treat try almond butter on apples or just plain old almond butter, toast or otherwise. A lot more healthful. Get the good natural stuff not full of sugar. Yummy!

 

[Foxer55]

LadyStardust,

Most recently, I have to add those big old-fashioned soft pretzels, piping hot, with a dusting of salt--Mmm! If ever there was a truly, emotionally satisfying and comforting food, they're it!

Don't forget the mustard.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I don't usually have comfort foods, because I mostly eat to live, not live to eat.
However, at this time of year it's Candy Corn and roasted almonds.
I'm currently on a low carb diet, so I can't have homemade buttermilk biscuits, or carrot cake, or pecan pie. Each one is a comfort food.
Since being on low carb, I make blueberry muffins with soy flour, that I can eat several of.
Sounds awful but they aren't bad.

 

[LizzieMaine]

When I'm recovering from a migraine, the only things I can keep down are Lipton's Noodle Soup (the dried kind that comes in a foil envelope) and Humpty Dumpty's Bar-B-Q potato chips. No other brands, no other versions, no other flavors -- only those.

 

[esteban68]

Too much choice really but if I was to pick one then it'd be good old cheese on toast....nice mature English cheddar with a light spreading of a small chunk homemade chutney underneath prior to grilling the cheese.

 

[Zombie_61]

I could be here all night listing foods that I like, but I can think of only two at the moment that I'd consider "comfort" food:

Tuna. More specifically, drained, mixed with a little mayonnaise, and eaten on saltine crackers. It's not flashy, fancy, or hard to come by, but my dad worked for a cannery that prepared tuna for human and pet consumption so it's something I've eaten regularly throughout my life.

Bacon sandwiches. Again, specifically, a couple of slices of bacon between two slices of buttered white toast. From as far back as I can remember, on Sunday mornings my dad would make breakfast for all of us that consisted of eggs, bacon, and toast. Any leftover bacon and/or toast remained on the table for us to snack on throughout the day (dad always prepared extra for this purpose).

 

[Shangas]

CHOCOLATE!!!!

What she said.

Also:

Tuna sandwiches (canned tuna).
Salted potato chips.
Nutella on toast. Nutella is the nectar of the gods. We all deserve a little taste of Heaven.
Cheese on toast. (specifically: Cheddar. Melted.)

 

[Chasseur]

Pies, both savory and sweet. You wrap it in pie crust and its comfort food from heaven!

 

[Sloan1874]

Tablet: infamous/famous Scottish sweetie, made of loads of sugar, butter and condensed milk. Perfect creamy, sugary treat for this time of year. A heart attack in a small block, but what a way to go.

 

[Two Types]

Cheese sandwich, with a packet of cheese and onion crisps on the side.

 

[herringbonekid]

steamed chocolate pudding with tinned custard.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Comfort food. Hmmmm, all I can think of is goat's cheese. Comfort booze is more in my line.

 

[Wire9Vintage]

Banana pudding from scratch with bananas, Nilla wafers, and custard, like my mom made.

 

[BigFitz]

Tomato soup and grilled cheese.

 

[DesertDan]

My mother's lasagne
My aunt's Hoppin' John
Jambalaya (cajun)
Red Chili Con Carne w/ frijoles and tortillias

 

[Justin B]

Beef stroganoff and whiskey.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Comfort food. Hmmmm, all I can think of is goat's cheese. Comfort booze is more in my line.

Comfort Booze....