Your Favorite Comfort Foods--and Why

[justabeachbrat]

stress food: potato chips and onion dip. friends know if this is out something has gone really haywire.

my dad's eggs/salsa/bacon/potatoes he used to cook (he's deceased) at just after dawn in the national (state?) park near Yucca Valley (above Palm Springs). Everyone in the house had to get up and go when he was cooking, including visiting kids home from college at break with their friends who had only made it home from partying a few hours earlier. He'd stand at the edge of the hallway yelling "fever in the swamp" to kick off things, other than being a Wva country boy, why, I don't know. Breakfast was seved with champagne/strawberrires in paper cups.

Coffee: Starbucks, with almond syrup and whole milk, anytime.

Onion bagels/light veggie cream cheese. I drove across the country a few years back and was dismayed when found towns with doughnuts only.

[Dionysus]

Pizza and fries.

When I want comfort, I'm too lazy to make homemade things.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Pizza and fries.

When I want comfort, I'm too lazy to make homemade things.

Agreed! If it have to be cooked it requires granny's touch!

[tnxbutterfly]

today is a great day for a carmal apple cider from Starbucks.

[Fleur de Lis]

homemade soups (split pea & pumpkin especially)
pot pie
sushi (when I was surviving my first small-town Indiana winter, this is the only thing that kept me going!!)
lo mein and eggrolls
english breakfast tea

[Tippiechick]

Homemade pinto beans and cornbread
Chicken and Dressing
Boiled chicken - don't knock it if you haven't tried it
Kraft Mac and cheese in the blue box
Home-snapped green beans and ham hocks.

These are the things my family cooks when 1) something special is happening, 2) something bad has happened, 3) the family is together.

[squirrely girl]

i'm all 'bout some mashed potatoes and gravy when i'm sick or just upset.

other than that i'm not sure.

i tend to resort to americone dream ice cream on occasion...

[Scandia]

My best friend does phlegm up when she eats a lot of dairy. But so far that has not happened to me- and I am prone to E-N-T problems. I did feel some relief yesterday- though not as much as the Caramel Apple Spice brings.

[LeslieAGD]

Pizza - It's one of my favorite food and usually even bad pizza is still okay
Kraft Mac and Cheese - I always used to make it with my mom
Rice Krispies - It's been my favorite cereal since childhood
Coffee - I'm Cuban so I've practically been drinking coffee since birth

[ThetaPrincess24]

Donato's Pizza
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Bagel Bites (they make me think of my childhood for some reason)
Chicken enchiladas with chips, salsa, and queso dip
Milk Chocolate Hershey's Kisses
Graeter's Banana Ice Cream
Diet Mt. Dew
Talon Winery's Sweet Jessamine Rose wine
Starbuck's nonfat, sugar free cinnamon dolce latte
Godiva Hot Chocolate

[macallan25]

My mother's chicken and dumplings - always have them Christmas Eve with homemade cornbread. Definitely a comfort food.

BBQ: pork/beef ribs and brisket

2 1/2 inch ribeyes from a small butcher near our ranch in West Texas. Always cook and eat them the first night we get out there.

Mexican food from a few places in Texas: Mostly Austin, Tyler, and a couple in Dallas/Ft. Worth.

[scbelle]

Mom's tamales and enchiladas... reminds me of family get-togethers.
Dad's shrimp and grits... because he makes them at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Mac-n-cheese... warm, cheesy, gooey
Hot chocolate
and beignets and coffee... I miss LA chiccory!

[ForeverRoses]

My Mom's homemade Chicken Soup with Grisnuckle (a type of German dumpling)
Chicken and Dumplings (My Mother in law's recipe)
mashed sweet potatoes

Basically anything really starchy!

[Fawn Liebowitz]

Campbell's Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich

My favorite!

[1908Revelations]

Although these are moreso snacks or junk I love:
Chocolate (not dark), and Breyers Cream Savers Yougart