# What's your "go-to" comfort food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548 "2014-07-07T15:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/1 "2014-07-07T15:41:09Z")
Say you’ve had a crappy day and you’re feeling blue - what’s the food you reach for (or prepare) more often than not? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/2 "2014-07-07T17:00:43Z")
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy. Since I don’t regularly have these sitting around I have to go to a nearby cafe and get it. But they do a pretty good job. Hmmm. Maybe I can talk myself into a funk and go there later… ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/3 "2014-07-07T17:11:14Z")
Scrambled eggs with toast. My GTCF since childhood. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/4 "2014-07-07T17:15:33Z")
Sausage, egg, chips and beans. Or more precisely, two English sausages, one fried egg, fries and Heinz baked beans. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/5 "2014-07-07T17:21:36Z")
Kraft macaroni and cheese, which I eat about once a year. Also Coke, which I only allow myself to drink when I’m sick. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/6 "2014-07-07T17:28:00Z")
4 inch diameter Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (like you had to ask). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/7 "2014-07-07T17:38:36Z")
Pasta (if it’s “real” food). Chocolate if not. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/8 "2014-07-07T17:49:19Z")
> [@Bibliovore](#): > > Say you’ve had a crappy day and you’re feeling blue - what’s the food you reach for (or prepare) more often than not? This. But I need green beans too. They must be canned. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/9 "2014-07-07T17:54:11Z")
Enchiladas. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/10 "2014-07-07T17:55:45Z")
Fried potatoes & onions (heavy on the onions), cooked to a tender crisp, in a big, cast iron skillet. Sometimes with franks tossed on top, when it’s close to being done. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/11 "2014-07-07T18:01:21Z")
Spaghetti with meat sauce. Easy to make, delicious, and filling. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/12 "2014-07-07T18:03:25Z")
Breakfast for dinner. Specifically, any combination of fried eggs, breakfast sausage or bacon or ham or fried polish sausage, home style fried potatoes and onions, toast with butter and strawberry jam, ketchup, pickles. A tall iced coke. In front of the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/13 "2014-07-07T18:44:06Z")
Something in between risotto and chicken-rice soup, possibly with an egg on top, if I’m sad and ill. If I just need comfort food, biscuits and gravy hits the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/14 "2014-07-07T19:07:26Z")
You hoity toity folks. Give me Taco Bell. With Fire Sauce. I will inhale some Taco Bell with no shame if I’ve had bad day. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/15 "2014-07-07T19:16:30Z")
What’s this “actual food” thing? If I’ve had a bad day (and I want to compound it with some bad nutrition), I reach for chocolate - maybe chocolate cake, even - or ice cream. Ice cream with chocolate on it. What can I say? I’m a traditionalist. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/16 "2014-07-07T20:03:43Z")
Something involving potatoes. Chips, baked, fried, mashed, whatever. Potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/17 "2014-07-07T20:17:52Z")
I’ve never really understood the term comfort food. When I’m depressed or feeling down, I don’t have an appetite. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/18 "2014-07-07T20:18:30Z")
Arby’s Beef & Cheddar, no Arby’s Sauce, extra cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/19 "2014-07-07T20:53:10Z")
Onion rings. Preferably thin sliced. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/20 "2014-07-07T21:50:28Z")
Kraft mac & cheese in the blue box and dammit, I will eat the whole thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548.md?page=2)