# Comfort Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087 "2025-06-01T22:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/1 "2025-06-01T22:29:20Z")
Are there any comfort foods that just don’t do it for you? I’d have to say one of mine is mac and cheese. I like it, but I just don’t get the love for it. My homemade version is always a hit with others. It doesn’t matter if it’s mine, someone else’s, store bought, or from a restaurant I’m very neutral about it. On the other hand, I love making a big pot of beef stew. A nice warm bowl of it is comforting. My daughter loves mac and cheese, but isn’t a fan of stew. What comfort foods do you enjoy and which don’t you get the fuss about? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/2 "2025-06-01T22:46:08Z")
Frozen yogurt works wonders. I can’t think of so called comfort foods that are bad, but froyo is the best.🍦 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/3 "2025-06-01T23:26:49Z")
I loathe mac & cheese. I don’t know what it is. I love pasta. I like cheese. Something about that combo just turns me off, though. Maybe it’s because I’m such a carnivore that the thought of eating pasta with no meat repels me. But I can enjoy or pasta dishes without meat. Maybe because they use some sort of tomato-based sauce, like marinara, and that helps. I’d much rather have a big bowl of beef stew, personally. But my personal comfort food is raw cookie dough. I know I shouldn’t eat it because of risk of salmonella, etc., but I love it. I have a slight allergy to eggs, too, so I’m doubly not supposed to eat it. But I do anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/4 "2025-06-02T00:02:53Z")
Applesauce doesn’t generally do it for me. I mean, sure, it’s harmless. But I would never seek it out. All other comfort foods I can think of, I’m probably a fan of if they are well made. Mac’n’cheese, mashed potatoes, fresh bread and butter, pudding … mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/5 "2025-06-02T00:06:40Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Are there any comfort foods that just don’t do it for you? I’d have to say one of mine is mac and cheese. I like it, but I just don’t get the love for it. I’m with you. Not a big fan of chicken nuggets, either. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/6 "2025-06-02T00:17:16Z")
My favorite comfort food is probably chicken and dumplings, but I like so many other one-pot dishes from different cultures it’s hard for me to decide. I’d be equally happy with lamb stew, chili concarne, beef Stroganov, Hungarian gulyas, lasagna with ricotta cheese, and anything else you might plunk down in front of me. One thing I absolutely cannot abide is tofu. Fans of tofu claim it absorbs the flavor of whatever else you cook with it, but it doesn’t. It’s slimy, tasteless glop that adds nothing whatsoever to a dish. In college, I could always tell when tofu was on the menu because the cafeteria reeked with the odor of burned rubber. Fast forward a couple of decades, and I had a girlfriend with whom I celebrated each Valentine’s Day at a Chinese restaurant. She would invariably order chunks of tofu swimming in hot pepper oil with a serving of braised frogs’ legs on the side. Yeccch! 🤢🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/7 "2025-06-02T00:26:27Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > What comfort foods do you enjoy and which don’t you get the fuss about? The first Christmas after my father died, the family was pretty much scattered to the four winds and I found myself alone. Some friends of mine invited me over for Christmas dinner and I had visions of turkey, ham, or something along those lines, but they were having meatloaf. A damned Christmas meatloaf. Turns out they eat their Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. I hate meatloaf. The singer is delightful, but I’ve never cared for the dish. My mother used to tell me it was the same as a hamburger but didn’t have an answer when I asked why we couldn’t just have hamburgers. While I don’t hate mac 'n cheese, I’m indifferent to it. I’ll eat it once or twice a year, but otherwise I can do without it. As far as comfort foods go, one of my favorites is biscuits & gravy. I can eat that stuff for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. As long as there’s room in my belly I’ll answer yes to biscuits and gravy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/8 "2025-06-02T00:27:51Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Are there any comfort foods that just don’t do it for you? I’d have to say one of mine is mac and cheese. I like it, but I just don’t get the love for it. I am afraid Kraft Mac & Cheese is proustian for me, and yes comfort food. I do think that Popeyes also has good Mac & Cheese. [quote=“Patx2, post:1, topic:10 19087”] On the other hand, I love making a big pot of beef stew [/quote] Good stuff, along with some nice crusty bread. Even the canned stuff is okay. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Applesauce doesn’t generally do it for me. Yep, same here. Meh. Grilled Cheese with tomato soup is a good solid comfort choice, but if i have some good tomatoes on hand, I just add slices to the sandwich as it is frying. I use to do that “chicken” noodle soup that is dried and come sin packets? With lots of crackers? But it has faded for me, along with Campbell’s version. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/9 "2025-06-02T00:44:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I use to do that “chicken” noodle soup that is dried and come sin packets? I would love to try some of those sin packets of soup 🤣/jk ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/10 "2025-06-02T00:54:52Z")
Pasta Aglio e Olio is my go-to comfort food. Sooo easy…ridiculously yummy. If it turns on Scarlett Johansson it can’t be bad: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RzncsSIRRus/maxresdefault.jpg "Chef (2014) - Pasta aglio e olio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzncsSIRRus&t=13/) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/11 "2025-06-02T00:59:25Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > As long as there’s room in my belly Eat past the pain! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/12 "2025-06-02T01:00:10Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I would love to try some of those sin packets of soup Gluttony? Sloth? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/13 "2025-06-02T01:02:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > I would love to try some of those sin packets of soup > > Gluttony? Sloth? Gluttony noodle soup with a side of sloth pizza stew would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/14 "2025-06-02T01:07:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I am afraid Kraft Mac & Cheese is proustian for me… Yeesh…that’s fancying Kraft Mac & Cheese up a bit much. > _Don’t use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do._ ~Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/15 "2025-06-02T01:12:56Z")
I’m not all that crazy about chocolate. I won’t turn it down if it’s the only treat available, but if given a choice between a chocolate dessert and something with vanilla cream like an eclair or a custard-filled doughnut, I will take one (or both) of those, thank you. I like Stouffer’s frozen mac & cheese. Don’t follow the directions, however, which say to nuke it halfway, stir, then finish. Nuke it straight through from the beginning-- I think it’s six minutes (or is it nine…?). Anyway, then you get these yummy, toasty bits around the edge of the container. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/16 "2025-06-02T01:14:58Z")
Shepherd’s Pie, pizza, cold Italian hoagies, brown sugar and cinnamon pop tarts, peanut butter M&Ms, and moose track ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/17 "2025-06-02T01:19:35Z")
I just realized my other choice ( than froyo) should be chips. If not for self control I could go through a large bag. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/18 "2025-06-02T01:35:26Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Are there any comfort foods that just don’t do it for you? This was the OP’s question. > [@Ellecram](#): > > Shepherd’s Pie, pizza, cold Italian hoagies, brown sugar and cinnamon pop tarts, peanut butter M&Ms, and moose track ice cream. These are things you **don’t** like? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/19 "2025-06-02T01:45:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Patx2](#): > > > > Are there any comfort foods that just don’t do it for you? > > This was the OP’s question. > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > Shepherd’s Pie, pizza, cold Italian hoagies, brown sugar and cinnamon pop tarts, peanut butter M&Ms, and moose track ice cream. > > These are things you **don’t** like? OOOps I have incredible brain fog tonight lol! Totally missed that one. These are my comfort foods. I am not fond of beef stew, macaroni and cheese and cakes/pies. I also don’t like pancakes and waffles. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/20 "2025-06-02T01:49:00Z")
Not a Mac and Cheese fan. My favorite comfort food is homemade chile. And a bit of magic occurs when Chili is added to Mac and Cheese - it becomes almost tasty if not good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087.md?page=2)