# 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:** 2
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/21 "2025-06-02T01:49:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This was the OP’s question. I guess for me it is ice cream. I like it ok but I rarely eat it. If it is served as a dessert by someone I will have a few spoons of it. I almost never buy it though. Guacamole too but while I do like it for some reason it does not like me so I avoid it. ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/22 "2025-06-02T01:55:08Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I also don’t like pancakes and waffles. Hah! At last someone who agrees with me. (I’ll make a slight exception for waffles if they are made with flavorful ingredients like cornmeal, and they are very crunchy. But once you start tinkering with the ingredients, I don’t think they count as comfort food any more.) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/23 "2025-06-02T01:57:14Z")
Just the idea of tuna melt makes me gag. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/24 "2025-06-02T02:01:07Z")
I love some pasta, too. Spaghetti and meatballs (my meatballs) I’m all in. Lasagna I wil be there, but stuffed shells don’t do it for me. My daughter loves them all, but would rather another pasta besides spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/25 "2025-06-02T02:03:02Z")
Yes, good mashed potatoes any day of the week! For that matter, I could do good potatoes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/26 "2025-06-02T02:03:46Z")
I don’t care for them at all. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/27 "2025-06-02T02:05:12Z")
Agreed ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/28 "2025-06-02T02:08:50Z")
Meatloaf for Christmas, I’d be very disappointed. I do enjoy iit’s something I don’t make a lot and it has to be served with homemade mashed potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/29 "2025-06-02T02:14:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 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. You can have my share of the soup, and please don’t put tomatoes in my nice grilled cheese. 🙂 > [@Ellecram](#): > > I also don’t like pancakes and waffles. Not usually a huge fan of either, but will eat them occasionally (throwing some blueberries in there improves the odds). ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/30 "2025-06-02T02:15:59Z")
Pasta is my least favorite when overcooked, most favorite when al dente. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/31 "2025-06-02T02:17:26Z")
That for some reason makes me think of cheap ramen. Call me crazy, but add an egg and mix it in with some onion and garlic powder, yum! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/32 "2025-06-02T02:18:42Z")
Have never made it but I’ve thought about it. It sounds delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/33 "2025-06-02T02:20:08Z")
What I don’t (do not) understand about a “comfort” food is Pie. My family doesn’t think its dessert without pie. A crust, a filling, a topping. In any configuration. There’s been long discussions about it and the reason it’s so. Because they do agree they prefer pie to any other dessert. The consensus (other than my great culinary skills 😉) is, its comforting. So a “comfort” food. But I don’t get it. Just don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/34 "2025-06-02T02:24:11Z")
I agree about the desserts, I’d rather have pie, or something other than chocolate. Speaking of comfort food, please peach or apple pie! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/35 "2025-06-02T02:27:34Z")
I like Shepherds pie, but don’t make it often. I don’t like Italian hoagies at all. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/36 "2025-06-02T02:29:38Z")
I prefer waffles to pancakes even though the basic ingredients are the same. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/37 "2025-06-02T02:31:47Z")
> [@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. Thank you! I always feel like a Martian when everyone starts rhapsodizing about lumps of usually-mass-produced pasta with melted “cheese-like substance” over it. My kids always wanted the Kraft stuff. Nowadays, they’ll even order Mac’n’Cheese Pizza! Thank God I have health and weight loss as an excuse now… I mean, white bread and cheese? How is that doing my body any good? Now, waffles aren’t much better, but they’re comfort food to me. Ooh, just figured out why! My mom was gone sometimes when we were little, and all my dad could make was waffles, chocolate malts and PB&J. So those are my biggies. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/38 "2025-06-02T02:32:51Z")
Ice cream ordinarily I’d say yum, but it’s very challenging to find actual ice cream these days, ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/39 "2025-06-02T02:34:07Z")
Agreed, no to tuna melts. Just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087/40 "2025-06-02T02:34:49Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The consensus (other than my great culinary skills 😉) is, its comforting. So a “comfort” food. And if it’s _not_ comforting to me, then it’s not a comfort food. So, no, there are no comfort foods that don’t “do it” for me. But don’t mind me. I’m the guy who considers that the reason breakfast is the most important meal of the day is because if one never _breaks_ one’s _fast_, one starves to death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-foods/1019087.md?page=3)