Comfort Food
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128640)
Gainesville, Florida
March 21, 2026 1:18pm CST
I'm playing in a big national paintball tournament this weekend, the first one of the new season. Despite our team being the reigning World Cup Champions from last season, we are playing horrible in this tournament and have lost all our matches so far. We won't be make it into the championship rounds on Sunday.
During a break in the games, I decided I needed some comfort food to help cheer my mood from our lousy game play. I've been craving ice cream for a couple of days now, so when I got back to the hotel I went and got some coffee chai latte ice cream, rainbow sprinkles, and some chocolate syrup. Just the thing to hit the spot and brighten my mood.
The ice cream is going to do nothing to improve my game play this afternoon (if anything, it will make it worse), but at this point it doesn't matter and I'm just going to have fun and enjoy the day.
When you're having a bad day, or just need a "pick-me-up" food, what is your go-to comfort food? Mine is anything sweet, or in this case, ice cream.
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@snowy22315 (208259)
• United States
21 Mar
Usually a good meal of anytime, but yes ice cream always helps!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Mar
The bad part is that I'm lactose intolerant, so eating ice cream is a no-no for me. It will give me a bad stomach ache. But sometimes you just gotta do what you just gotta do, right? lol
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@snowy22315 (208259)
• United States
21 Mar
@moffittjc Right! speaking of ice cream, I got some Haagen Das today. I haven't had it for years, but I used to love their rum raisin flavor, and Cassis was the other one. They had neither but I got some of coffee, toffee, almond butter.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Mar
@snowy22315 Funny you mentioned that brand, because I saw yesterday that it is BOGO out my local grocery store. I'm probably going to get some chocolate chip cookie dough Haagen-Das when I get back home. I know I don't need to be eating more ice cream, but I do love me some chocolate chip cookie dough!
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@Ineeddentures (32903)
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22 Mar
Sorry the tournament isn't going too well
Ice cream will sort it out
What would I go for,
I like Pie,
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Can't eat pie when I'm playing in tournaments. Well, I guess I could, but then I wouldn't want to go back out and play after that.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
@Ineeddentures I wouldn't want pie residue all over my face either, especially since we have to wear face masks out on the tournament field.
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@Ineeddentures (32903)
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22 Mar
@moffittjc
I know what you mean Mon Ami
And you wouldn't want pie residue on your uniform
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@Juliaacv (56051)
• Canada
22 Mar
@moffittjc Oh that is so great.
You've come from the bottom of the heap before and would up doing well by the end of it all.
Good luck today.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Mar
@Juliaacv Thanks for your well wishes for our tournament. We did well on Sunday morning, but in the end we were no match for some stronger teams, and fell in the quarter finals. But I'm not complaining, the way we started off the tournament, we really shouldn't have even made it to the Sunday championship brackets.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
I love salty foods as well. And I'm just like you...coffee is a true love of mine. But not during tournaments. The acidity of the coffee would upset my stomach too much.
And you won't believe this, but our team came back in the afternoon and dominated. We went from having no chance in hell in advancing on to Sunday to squeezing in by the seat of our pants as a wild card. So we stay alive to face another day!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
19 Apr
So sorry you didn’t make it to the championships this year.
. My granddaughter visited us a couple of weeks ago. We went out for ice cream after dinner 3 times. The first was to celebrate her visiting us. 
The second was to celebrate here getting early admission to college, and the third was because we all love ice cream too much!
Personally, I love salty snacks as comfort food such as homemade popcorn or Doritos.
. My granddaughter visited us a couple of weeks ago. We went out for ice cream after dinner 3 times. The first was to celebrate her visiting us. The second was to celebrate here getting early admission to college, and the third was because we all love ice cream too much!
Personally, I love salty snacks as comfort food such as homemade popcorn or Doritos.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Apr
I go through phases where I’ll only eat salty foods, and then other times sweet foods. And then I e creams in a category all by itself!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Apr
@DianneN Vet interesting order of tastes you had! Was it always specifically in that order?
I’m pretty sure everything we eat nowadays is ruins my the insides of our bodies. Lol
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
24 Apr
@moffittjc Years ago, every evening I had to have salty, then chocolate, and end with ice cream. And I didn’t gain weight or get cavities. Probably just ruined the inside of my body 
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@lovebuglena (51993)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Mar
Well, at least the ice cream cheered you up. I love to eat anything baked, be it muffins, danishes, croissants, etc. That seems to cheer me up.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Chocolate is my number 1 sweet addiction. Ice cream is great too, but as far as baked goods, cake will always be my favorite.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar
@lovebuglena I'm the opposite. The more cream or icing on it, the better!
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@lovebuglena (51993)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Mar
@moffittjc I hate cakes that have a lot of cream on it.
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@LindaOHio (221879)
• United States
22 Mar
I LOVE ice cream. Breyers has an oat milk cookies and cream ice cream that is soooo good. I can't eat the regular ice cream. Jelly beans also make me happy. Or pizza or Chinese.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
I have never liked jelly beans, I'm not sure why. But put me in a Chinese buffet, and I can wipe that place out!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Mar
@LindaOHio I had orange chicken today for lunch, from Panda Express. It was delicious!
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@LindaOHio (221879)
• United States
24 Mar
@moffittjc I could go for some orange chicken.
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@LadyDuck (501498)
• Italy
22 Mar
@moffittjc - I always have a little sweet after dinner.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
@LadyDuck I usually will reward myself with a sweet treat at both lunch and dinner. Sometimes with breakfast, but almost always with lunch and dinner.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
I've never had tiramisu, but I know a few people around here that love it.
I'm like you, I have a very sweet tooth.
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@DaddyEvil (174009)
• United States
22 Mar
A big cinnamon roll always help brighten my mood. 
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Amen to that brother! I love me some cinnamon rolls! Now you gave me an idea for what to make for breakfast tomorrow!
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@RasmaSandra (97636)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Mar
I agree that comfort food—food you really like—is a great mood pick me up,
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
It definitely improved my mood. And check this out....winning has a way of improving moods as well. We can back in the afternoon and dominated all our matches. Based on the morning results, we had absolutely little chance of advancing on to Sunday's matches, but after dominating this afternoon, we made in as a wild card for tomorrow!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Chocolate will always be my first love when it comes to sweets, but ice cream is not far behind it.
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@Traceyjayne (11057)
• United Kingdom
21 Mar
Go to ……
Chocolate
Comfort food
mince and onions with mashed potatoes…..
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
I do love me some chocolate as well. Anything chocolate as a matter of fact.
And your comfort food sounds like something the English would eat. Wait....you are from the UK! hahaha
@Traceyjayne (11057)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar
@moffittjc anything chocolate based wins my vote …..
I am indeed from UK ….not sure that’s why I love mince and mash ….but I do ….
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Fried food is not very healthy for you, but that's probably what makes it so tasty and desirable. I also love fried foods.
We did better in the afternoon on Saturday, enough to make it to the next bracket this morning (Sunday), but we finally lost in the semi-finals. We made it a lot farther than I thought we would.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
23 Mar
I'm so sorry about the lousy game! But you are right -- better to indulge in something that sulk. Ice cream is my happy food too. Thick, dark chocolate ice cream.
Thick, dark chocolate ice cream.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Mar
Chocolate ice cream used to be my favorite ice cream, but now I love vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup on top!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Ice cream is the best, especially on a hot summer day!
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@AmbiePam (120006)
• United States
21 Mar
I watched a documentary several years ago about a world championship paintball tournament. I wonder if it is the one you’re talking about. People even came from Europe to compete.
My go to comfort food is probably a hamburger because it’s easy to find if I’m out, or fix if I’m home. Don’t get me wrong, I’d prefer fried chicken. But I only like homemade fried chicken, and it takes too long to cook when I’m in the mood for comfort food.
That picture looks fabulous!
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Not sure if the documentary you watched is what I was talking about. Our World Cup championship happened just this past November.
Although teams from the US dominate the pro field, there are a few international teams that constantly participate and do well: Edmonton Impact from Canada, Red Legion from Russia, and the TonTons from France.
I love hamburgers too, and it certainly is a good comfort food, but they are not always quick and simple to make.
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@FourWalls (86227)
• United States
21 Mar
Early season rust? I’ve found that I don’t like sweets as much as I used to.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
Definitely early season rust. And sadly, the tournament is in our hometown of Tampa. We're the "host" team and we looked like amateurs out there.
But, we did manage to salvage the day. We came back in the afternoon and dominated, and by doing so squeaked into tomorrow's brackets as a wild card. Not great, but at least we gave ourselves a fighting chance.
The bad part is that we are not a morning team, and never have been. We always suck in the morning games, and do great in the afternoon games. But as a wildcard team, we're going to have to play morning games tomorrow. Sigh.
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@moffittjc (128640)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar
I can never turn down chocolate! It's often a go-to for me as well. I will often keep a handful of mini chocolate bars on me to snack on throughout the day.
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