# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/21 "2014-07-07T22:09:40Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > I’ve never really understood the term comfort food. When I’m depressed or feeling down, I don’t have an appetite. Same here. Stress or pressure or unpleasantness in my life usually removes my appetite, like for hours, or even days. I simply don’t eat because the thought of food is faintly nauseating if I’m upset and perhaps also because the gnawing-hungry feeling is a distraction from the emotional upset? That said - I have occasionally craved sugary-fatty things when stressed out. Cheesecake, perhaps. Or donuts or brownies. But that’s rare, maybe once or twice a year. I’ve wondered if an over-abundance of stress hormones starts some physical chain reaction that leads to me craving cheesecake, or brownies. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/22 "2014-07-07T22:31:46Z")
Graham crackers and milk. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/23 "2014-07-07T22:53:23Z")
Mapo Dofu so hot I’m sweating balls and my mouth is numb and tingling, with wheat noodles. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/24 "2014-07-07T22:56:43Z")
Pho ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/25 "2014-07-07T23:00:07Z")
> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#): > > I’ve never really understood the term comfort food. When I’m depressed or feeling down, I don’t have an appetite. Me too. My definition of comfort food is when I’m feeling lazy and I want something tasty to eat. Something aromatic the will fill the house with wonderful smells. Crock pot chili for me. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/26 "2014-07-07T23:11:25Z")
Big bowl of beans with lots of hot sauce, diced onions on top and warm tortillas on the side. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/27 "2014-07-07T23:13:53Z")
Cheese crisp. Or a bean burro. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/28 "2014-07-08T00:35:23Z")
Cream of wheat. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/29 "2014-07-08T00:46:19Z")
Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream, or Amy’s Shells and White Cheddar Dinner (with the gooey cheese packet). Depends on the weather. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/30 "2014-07-08T08:43:03Z")
Chocolate and/or toast with lots of butter and peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/31 "2014-07-08T09:06:23Z")
Anything with peanut butter and chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/32 "2014-07-08T10:29:11Z")
Some kind of candy\*, most often chocolate. \*_Or, as we call them down under, lollies_ ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/33 "2014-07-08T10:55:03Z")
I wish I was one of those people who can’t eat when they’re sad, upset, angry, etc. Comfort eating is my coping mechanism, as my fluctuating weight will attest. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/34 "2014-07-08T12:26:46Z")
Toasted cheese and vegemite sandwiches ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/35 "2014-07-08T13:39:09Z")
My homemade bread pudding (no raisins, sometimes blueberries), made in a small round ceramic bowl (two servings), and devoured semi-hot exactly 8 minutes after removing it from the oven. I’ve also perfected a recipe using pumpkin instead of the bread, and it tastes like pumpkin pie soufflé. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/36 "2014-07-08T14:03:19Z")
Homemade macaroni and cheese ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/37 "2014-07-08T14:23:35Z")
Also, I don’t think of comfort food as food that I eat when I need emotional support. To me, it means food I eat when I want to feel comfortable/nostalgic. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/38 "2014-07-08T14:33:15Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Also, I don’t think of comfort food as food that I eat when I need emotional support. To me, it means food I eat when I want to feel comfortable/nostalgic. When I’m ill, I always make buttered toast cut into three strips. That’s what our mother would give us when we were sick, and I swear nibbling on toast strips is a different experience from eating regularly sliced toast. By some magic it tastes better to me, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/39 "2014-07-08T14:50:53Z")
Fry bacon. Add tin of Heinz (and only Heinz) Baked Beans to the bacon, so that it sucks up all the bacon fat. Serve on toast made with brown bread. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/40 "2014-07-08T16:53:23Z")
It’s a three-way tie:[ul] [li]Kraft mac & cheese[/li][li]Kind-of-tuna-casserole (cream of mushroom soup, tuna, and rice)[/li][li]Häagen-Dazs Rocky Road[/ul][/li] …that said, last night my ex-bf’s dog died: she was my “step-dog” for a couple of years, and for whatever reason I wanted nothing more than a Big Mac. Hadn’t had one of those in at least a year, but I stopped at McDonald’s on my way back from his place and got one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548.md?page=3)