What do you consider to be a comfort food?

@GardenGerty (157551)
United States
March 6, 2011 9:53pm CST
At different times I want different things. I tend to like creamy rich things. Lately though, I am wanting whole wheat toast with butter and honey. Another really yummy thing that I crave sometimes is a microwaved potato, or sweet potato, with butter. Do you notice, I like butter? I hope I have not made you too hungry. I just finished my toast with butter and honey.
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• United States
21 Jul 11
My comfort foods are things like (chicken or turkey) meatloaf, veggie loaf, pizza, tacos, Indian cuisine (just about anything), macaroni and cheese, and, of course, Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Oh, and then there's mashed potatoes and gravy; can't forget that. Oh, and stuffing with gravy. And chocolate cake... Okay, I think that I need to go eat something. I've found my appetite, which seemed to have abandoned me earlier.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
22 Jul 11
As hot as it is here, only the Ice cream seemed tempting, until you got to mashed potatoes and gravy, that sounded really good. This evening I had a small bowl of corn dip, or corn relish, or as one person calls it, ugly dip. It is good, cold, and satisfying.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Why would he be horrified?
• United States
23 Jul 11
Ooh... corn relish. I haven't had that in a long while. I think that's probably one of those foods that would horrify my boyfriend.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Butter is the best, but you forgot, hot buttered popcorn... I also love chocolate as a comfort food, especially if I am upset or anxious...
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
A little bit of chocolate is good for you. Hot buttered popcorn is good too. I think I like it all.
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• United States
7 Mar 11
Or mix the chocolate with the popcorn. That is my favorite snack when watching a movie, M&M's and popcorn, yum... Now I am craving...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
7 Mar 11
I don't get that much cravings like I used to which is a good thing because I would crave for sweet stuff only my weight has not gone down
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I did good at Thanksgiving, but gained at Christmas and I cannot get it to go away. You must be eating pretty healthy if you do not crave. Good job.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
8 Mar 11
actually I don't really eat healthy just different types of hormones kicking in
@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
7 Mar 11
The first thing I think of when thinking of comfort food is a big pot of chicken noodle soup. Also getting my vote would be chicken 'n dumplings, homemade soup, potato salad, brownies, mashed potatoes and a big pasta salad. There are others which remain my mainstays. It doesn't take much to 'comfort' me. I can't seem to cook these things in small amounts as I always make enough to last for a few days. That way I don't have to cook as often. I just had a bowl of homemade beef vegetable soup and it's always better as leftovers.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I think I will be right over for soup. I like pasta salads we do not do pasta here, except for my homemade lasagna. The other noodles do not seem to agree with hubby. I love my brownie recipe as well. And you know, chocolate is good for you.
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@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
7 Mar 11
C'mon over. Chicken 'n dumplin's in the making on the stove right now. By the time you get here it should be done. And, oh....bread pudding w/creme anglaise sauce for dessert. Still gotta put it together tho.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Mar 11
It depends on what I am craving. I notice you like butter. I love freshly baked bread of a really good wheat bread with the buds of wheat in it and then some real butter on it. Or I go for chocolate nutella on a vanilla cookie or something light. Or I like fruit juice. Or even cinnamon rolls! Now there is my all time favorite! Yum!!
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Mar 11
Wow! That does sound really decodent and Yummy. I like Nutella. Sounds really rich. Don't need much.
• Philippines
7 Mar 11
My comfort food would have to be chocolates, cakes and fries. My comfort drink would have to be coffee especially coffee from Starbucks. I have a sweet tooth and I just can't resist chocolates especially if they were given as gifts. I know they're unhealthy but I try not to indulge with so much comfort food to avoid gaining extra weight.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I have gained way too much weight this year. I deliberately avoided a gift box of chocolates this year, because I will try to finish it off all by myself.
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• United States
7 Mar 11
Don't you folks know that Milk Chocolate is HEALTH FOOD? Think about it. Chocolate comes from a bean and beans are vegetables and vegetables are healthy for you. Milk Chocolate is made from MILK which we all know supplies our bones with CALCIUM. Calcium is good for you. Everyone needs it so they can have strong bones. If we didn't have strong bones we would have soft bones which means that we could not walk because our bones would be soft, like a sponge. So we should all eat chocolate whenever we get the opportunity. RIGHT?
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
7 Mar 11
Comfort food to me is pop corn, I just love it. They say pop corn is good for you but....Ummm I don't think they meant a full bag ha ha ha. Oh I love pop corn. Hugs
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Popcorn is good for you, and has very few calories until you put the oil and salt on it. It sounds good to me tonight too. Yummmy.
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@irishmist (3814)
• United States
10 Aug 11
I have certain comfort meals that I love. My first choice would be meatloaf with homemade mac & cheese ( not baked) stewed tomatoes on the side & corn on the cob. my second choice is lasagna with lots of ricotta & mozzerella cheese, with hot sausage, hamburg, peppers, mushroom and onions, I love an action packed sauce.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Those both sound heavenly. Even better if someone else would cook them for me.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Soup or stew, absolutely those two. When I'm coming in from out in the cold, soup or stew. When I'm tired and weiry, soup or stew. When everything goes wrong, soup or stew. I've been having lots of toast, butter and honey latelu, too. Just ran out of honey. It's my allergy fighing, get up and go superhero breakfast. Either that or oatmeal because oatmeal lasts a long long time and then of course there are my egg breakfasts. My top 3!
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I like oatmeal. I like various add ins as well. Dried fruit, nuts, molasses, pumpkin or peanut butter. Not all of these at one time, though. I have made a lot more home made soups this last year.
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@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
3 Aug 11
Well, what I consider comfort food is pizza. I love pizza and is crazy over it. There are even times that I make my own pizza. I buy a bread and pizza sauce, from there, I get to choose the toppings that I like on top. Well, maybe this craving for me was influence by my childhood days. As you can see, our family can rarely buy a pizza when I was young since its quite expensive.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Pizza is always good and tasty. It can be really healthy and it definitely is filling. I like extra sauce to dip it in.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I have quite a few comfort foods hidden away in my brain. it usually depends on my mood and situation as to which one will appeal to me at any given time. For the most part, chocolate usually reigns supreme with me in comfort foods!
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Chocolate is very popular. I like it as well, but do not get cravings. Possibly because I always have some around and can have it whenever I like.
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@offlimits (596)
• Philippines
7 Mar 11
Gee I didn't have dinner yet, I think I'll go downstairs now to eat.. err okay I'll finish with this discussion first. Haha. I like toast a lot too! What I usually eat is only just plain toast though, but yeah butter is good. I love eating ice cream, usually pistachio, vanilla, or corn ice cream. I love junk foods a lot, I could go on days eating just that. And of course other foods also that I can't remember. Good day!
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
I have never seen corn ice cream, but I have seen jalapeno ice cream. Corn ice cream probably would be tasty, I imagine.
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@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
7 Mar 11
It depends on the mood, actually, but most often I go for sweet and/or salty food. At the top of the list is chocolates! Always a pick-me-upper. Sometimes, too, I long for food from home - food I ate when I was a kid.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Homemade food is simply the best. I like chocolate with nuts and caramel. A kind of chocolate they call a turtle. Yummy.
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@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
7 Mar 11
Mmmm...choco turtle...choco-nuts-combo. Perfect combination! Gotta grab one!
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@mona82 (5)
7 Mar 11
As long as what you eat for comfort makes you feel better, does it matter what it is? My comfort food is gerkins or Walkers!!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Walkers? Is that a shortbread? Gherkins are good. It is funny how we all like different things.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
7 Mar 11
HOME-MADE soup! Spring, summer, winter, Fall...just a hearty soup, of any kind, but more the creamy soups in winter, like fresh Clam Chowder...Bean/Ham, Borscht, and I always have containers of it in the Freezer. BUT, it is most enjoyed with a slice of fresh bread...and BUTTER! I actually think, the truth may be, it is the butter, too...and I just justify it by having healthy soup. Have never been much of a "snacky" food person, but will have a bowl of soup...anytime! And I really have NOT found a canned soup, packaged soup that I like, and I would be that is all in my head, too! Hope you had a great weekend. We had some nice sun here yesterday, only about 45 degrees, but it has been cold enough for long enough..that temp almost seemed balmy! Take care..and Cheers!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
We make a good butternut squash soup with chestnuts in it. I love to serve good bread with my homemade soups. We will have beans and ham and cornbread tonight, if the beans get done. Pretty sure they will.
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• Canada
7 Mar 11
AH...am just conjuring that wonderful food up in my mind, and can't remember the last time I had some good cornbread! I hate to admit it, I have never cooked with Chestnuts...and they sound wonderful, so does the Squash soup. We do have chestnuts that grow here, but they are of the non-productive species called horsechestnuts, pretty trees..but that's about it! Must really put chestnuts on my "bucket list!" do you cook with them often..and what is the flavour similar too..if anything? Thanks..GG!
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• United States
7 Mar 11
Take my word for this but, you do not want to eat horse chestnuts, they are NASTY. If you cannot get the Chinese chestnuts you can substitute pistachios instead. I cannot think of anything else quite like Chestnuts.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
10 Mar 11
I like butter, too, but my favorite comfort food is macaroni and cheese. No, not that stuff in the box! Real macaroni and cheese, baked in the oven. The whole grain toast dripping with butter is good with melted peanut butter and honey. I also like a glass of ice cold milk with molasses in it. Also a poached egg on toast (Thank you Epicurus)' Come to think of it, I have a LOT of favorites. But check this out. You have not made me hungry because I just had a slice of my homemade pumpkin pie with ice cream on top. This was from my Halloween pumpkin which I had not gotten a chance to "recycle" for Thanksgiving...or Christmas. From scratch pumpkin pie is SO good. I saved the seeds, too.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
12 Mar 11
I still have two butternut squash and my giant white pumpkin to cook up. I hope the pumpkin is tasty. We have made soup out of our squash all winter. With chestnuts in it. The pumpkin is so satisfying too. I like to sweeten my pumpkin pie with molasses.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
14 Mar 11
molasses is SO good! Especially homemade, which I don't get too often! My pies turned out quite good. I am eating the last slice now.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
7 Mar 11
chocolate is mine. Hot cold or in between, any way you serve it that is what I want for comfort.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
We could probably serve up quite a meal of chocolate foods. Have you ever been someplace where they have a chocolate fountain?
• United States
7 Mar 11
FIFTY? I would be sick for a month after that. It sure would be fun trying, though.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Yes, we have just had our yearly chocolate celebration where 50 different chocolate venders showed off their new items. YUMMMM
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
7 Mar 11
I am the same but am trying to curb my excesses. I love anything that contains fat. Fat makes everything taste good! Love it!But am now trying to go down a dress size befoe my daughter's wedding in July. I have reduced two dress sizes since last year so I would be happy to go down a further size before her big day. Today was my first day back to exercising. Oh, it is hard to be good!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
It is really hard to be good. I would like to lose a size or two this month, but it probably will not happen. For me it is easier to avoid fat when the weather gets warmer. I know, you guys have warm weather all of the time.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
8 Mar 11
Fat satisfies a need for texture as well as taste.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
7 Mar 11
Yes. Hot weather - very hot weather at times - but I still love food with fat in it
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@rameshchow (4426)
• India
9 Mar 11
I like eating rice with soup. And in the ending i will end with curd rice. And Eating in time is a good habit according to me. I will eat in time with my parents.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
9 Mar 11
I am not familiar with curd rice, but the soup and rice sound good. Eating with the family is very important and comfortable. My son eats with my husband and I, and we wait and are courteous to each other. That is a comfort meal as well.
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• India
14 Mar 11
Now also my mothers is calling me to eat. I am going to eat now. march 14th 9.39pm
• United States
7 Mar 11
Oh darn now I am hungry. I can eat and when I am hungry I really have to or I get light headed. Because of my life changed healthy eating habits, I tend to find a lot of comfort in Special K cereal. Oh don't get me wrong the wonderful steak and whipped mash potatoes for dinner were absolutely yummy. But now it is almost 10pm here and if I get the urge to eat I tend to run for a bowl of Special K cereal with milk. Something I do often. As for butter, gosh I go through periods where I have to have toast just because the butter is staring at me.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
7 Mar 11
Exactly. I tried cutting back on butter at the first of the year,and I have done pretty well, but today I want it. The weather is turning cold and we may have snow for part of this week. I think that is why I want hot things with butter. Cheerios of all kinds are the cereals for me. Or rather, regular, honey nut, or multigrain cheerios. The chocolate, banana, apple, etc. just are not for me.
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