# Let's open a Comfort Food Cafe - what do you want on the menu? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 18, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865 "2021-09-18T10:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/143 "2021-09-24T02:12:42Z")
Franco-American (now Campbell’s) SpaghettiOs with sliced franks. Has to be the franks. Cap’n Crunch original or Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter with whole milk Jif peanut butter smooth and Smucker’s grape jelly on white Wonder Bread with the crusts cut off Grilled cheese sandwich - Sliced American cheese on white bread with butter and Heinz ketchup Manhattan style clam chowder Vegetable soup with alphabet noodles Ritz (or some other non-sweet Nabisco) crackers with Easy Cheez Those little packets of rectangular crackers that come with spreadable cheese and a red rectangular cheese spreader Skyline or Gold Star chili four ways (on spaghetti with onions and a heaping of shredded cheese) with oyster crackers and hot sauce – peanut butter on white bread on the side and a glass of cold milk Soft boiled eggs (really, just warmed through, whites still runny) and buttered toast Indian-style French toast - soft white bread dipped in beaten eggs flavored with salt, minced onions, cilantro leaves, and green chilies and pan fried - with Maggi Hot and Sweet ketchup on the side Black Indian (Assam or Darjeeling) tea with milk and sugar with buttered toast and jam or jelly or digestive biscuits or Britannia biscuits Baked chicken with buttered corn and Rice-a-Roni Hamburger Helper ---
**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:** [September 24, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/144 "2021-09-24T02:59:22Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > That’s just more for me and **ThelmaLou**. Spoon, **Thel**? Yeah, baby! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/145 "2021-09-24T04:38:37Z")
Chicken Pot Pie. I buy Marie Callender. They’re easy to make in batches for a Cafe. First roll out the dough and line aluminum pans. You need to prepare bowls of the precooked chicken and the vegetables. Add amounts to the aluminum pans. Make the sauce and spoon into the pans. Add the dough for the top. They can be baked throughout the day for customers. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/146 "2021-09-24T05:03:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Beef Stroganoff over flat egg noodles. This is the one I came in to say. I think it’s been mentioned another time or two. And bread. Fresh baked bread slathered with butter. And my grandmother’s vareniki. Dumplings stuffed with farmer’s cheese, briefly boiled and then dumped into a mixture of butter and onions with sour cream. They’re a heart attack on the plate but who cares when you only have them once every decade or so! Nowadays, comfort food consists of the daily tall cup of my own freshly made café au lait. And that’s pretty comforting. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/147 "2021-09-24T07:30:51Z")
Gumbo. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/148 "2021-09-24T08:18:02Z")
Denny’s used to have a BLT on the menu. Now, they don’t, at least, not locally. But just ask, and the local Denny’s will make you a BLT. That’s comfort food. It’s even more comforting if the soup-of the-day is mushroom soup. BLT and mushroom soup? Delicious! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/149 "2021-09-24T11:28:36Z")
I’ll see your Indian-style French toast with sweet French toast spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Swimming in butter and real maple syrup, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/150 "2021-09-24T11:43:01Z")
Haricots cannellini à la sauce tomate sur toast ---
**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:** [September 24, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/151 "2021-09-24T13:46:54Z")
I had a fried egg and bacon sandwich on raisin toast at the Waffle House one time in the middle of the night. It really hit the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/152 "2021-09-24T14:27:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ll see your Indian-style French toast with sweet French toast spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Swimming in butter and real maple syrup, of course. You can have it, my friend. I don’t touch sweet French toast. I’ll stick with my savory. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/153 "2021-09-25T07:42:49Z")
French dip sandwich Coke with cane sugar Strawberry milk Snickerdoodles Angel food cake with caramel icing I may have a sweet tooth. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/154 "2021-09-26T12:46:07Z")
Rhubarb crunch. > **[Rhubarb Crunch Recipe - Food.com](https://www.food.com/recipe/rhubarb-crunch-2072)** > > Try Rhubarb Crunch from Food.com. - 2072 [Thread about rhubarb pie etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-on-rhubarb-pie/951339/12) [NSFW Crazy Rhubarb Lady](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkAOsEiIwUE) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/155 "2021-09-26T16:58:47Z")
Yeah, a real chilled Coke in a glass bottle or over ice in a glass glass. Pringles Cheese puffs, cheese balls Campbell’s tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich … I think it’s clear from my choices that I grew up in the ‘70s, when American kids were basically fed trash. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/156 "2021-09-26T22:56:35Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Snickerdoodles These. And not sugar cookies with cinnamon sugar icing, please. Those are imposters and we Snickerdoodle fans will not partake. Also Rice Krispy bars to the menu. Big ones. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/157 "2021-09-26T23:14:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Chicken Pot Pie. I buy Marie Callender. Yes, please. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/158 "2021-09-27T02:24:24Z")
Iowa chops. Pure pork goodness. [![](https://foodandswine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/porkchop2.jpg?w=300) ](https://foodandswine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/porkchop2.jpg?w=300) When fried, goes well with boiled potatoes heated in the pork chop pan with a little added butter. Did someone mention gumbo? A bowl of andouille sausage and seafood gumbo would hit the spot. [https://static.tastyquery.com/image/photo/2014/08/08/502864\_200.jpg](https://static.tastyquery.com/image/photo/2014/08/08/502864_200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/159 "2023-01-09T22:24:42Z")
A nice MLT - mutton , lettuce and tomato sandwich , where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe, they’re so perky\> ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/160 "2023-01-09T22:35:28Z")
For the Hoosiers at home and the Hoosier diaspora- Home made chicken and noodles served over mashed potatoes. Yeast rolls on the side. Sugar cream pie for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/161 "2023-01-09T22:55:26Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > … noodles served over mashed potatoes. Yeast rolls on the side I had two immediate simultaneous reactions: - Jeebus, need some white carbs to go with those white carbs? … and … - That sounds DELICIOUS ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865/162 "2023-01-09T23:00:41Z")
Ever heard of Cheese Frenchies? It’s a deep fried cheese sandwich and delish: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6l4_HEcnn64/hqdefault.jpg "Cheese Frenchee | Deep Fried Grilled Cheese | King’s Food Host Copycat | John Eats Cheap") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4_HEcnn64) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865.md?page=9)