# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**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 9, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/61 "2014-07-09T15:28:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Chili Cheese Fritos. Excellent choice. I’m a big fan of chili cheese anything, really. Fries, tots, hotdogs, and cornbread from the waffle maker are also great topped with chili and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/62 "2014-07-09T23:28:53Z")
I thought my family were the only one’s the ate sugar sandwiches! Hope you remembered the butter, helps hold the sugar on. I don’t really crave anything when I’m blue. My problem is finding anything to eat that doesn’t require much effort if the Hubby is not there to cook for me… Comforting foods at our house are oatmeal or grits or pasta. I do though occasionally get a craving for a huge bowl of greens which will entail a trip to Cracker Barrel. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/63 "2014-07-10T02:18:17Z")
Milk. After a long tiring day, there’s nothing better than going to town on a half-gallon carton of 2% low fat milk. Sometimes I’ll eat a rich dessert _just_ so I can wash it down with milk afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/64 "2014-07-10T07:46:15Z")
My soul mates :)- Pasta with butter and parmesan cheese; grilled cheese and Campbell’s Tomato Soup; butter and sugar sandwiches. If really depressed back in the day [Albany NY area], Central Markets’ chocolate chip cookies made soft by copious amounts of lard. Always, always had to buy two boxes because I’d eaten one walking to the checkout.:eek: ---
**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 10, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/65 "2014-07-10T08:23:44Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > A special treat I loved as a child (but no longer eat) was sugar bread. White Wonder bread, butter, and refined sugar poured on top. Geez, a mom would be reviled and run out of town if she fed that to her kids today. 😃 We did the sugar bread, too, when I was a kid. Loved it. Or we’d go ahead and sprinkle cinnamon on top and stick it in the toaster oven. Mmmmm… ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/66 "2014-07-10T12:33:24Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > We did the sugar bread, too, when I was a kid. Loved it. Or we’d go ahead and sprinkle cinnamon on top and stick it in the toaster oven. Mmmmm… Now cinnamon toast is another matter, and I eat that all the time. You have to make sure the butter/cinnamon/sugar ratio is just right so that it bubbles into a sort of candy coating. And I always lightly toast my bread first, then add the topping and broil until it’s melted and crunchy. Tangent, until you put sugar bread and cinnamon toast in the same sentence, it never occurred to me that I was eating toasted \*sugar bread \*with a little cinnamon. :o ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/67 "2014-07-10T12:48:19Z")
Ramen. No, not the Cup-of-Noodles style “noodles and dehydrated carrot bits swimming in salty broth” kind. I keep on hand a store of [Mama brand](http://www.amazon.com/Packages-Mama-Flavour-Instant-Noodles/dp/B000QFOXTS) ramen, pork or Tom Yum flavor. They each come with three flavor packets: one of the standard bouillon powder-type stuff, one of Thai chili powder, and one of toasted sesame oil. I boil two (three if I’m feeling especially piggy) packets of the noodles, leaving them pretty al dente. I drain away all but a tablespoon or so of the water. I add **one** of the bouillon packets (any more wold make it unbearably salty), **one** of the chili powders, and \*\*all \*\*of the sesame oils. Stir to coat, eat immediately. If I’m angry or have a cold, I also add a tablespoon of Sambal Oelek. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/68 "2014-07-10T16:28:12Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > Ah, the good old days, when sugar wasn’t a four-letter word. We had Sugar Smacks and Sugar Pops. You could spend your entire allowance on candy if you wanted and no one complained. There were rarely healthy Halloween treats given out. > > I keep wishing for this scenario from Woody Allen’s _ **Sleeper** _ to come true: > > Dr. Melik: \*This morning for breakfast he requested something called “wheat germ, organic honey and tiger’s milk.” \* > > Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] \*Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties. \* > > Dr. Melik: _You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or… hot fudge?_ > > Dr. Aragon: \*Those were thought to be unhealthy… precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true. \* > > Dr. Melik: _Incredible._ What’s odd is that the recent reports where Fat is not the Foe have moved this somewhat towards being true. Low Fat dieting was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/69 "2014-07-10T16:32:59Z")
Chocolate ice cream with walnuts or almonds. ---
**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 10, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/70 "2014-07-10T18:06:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What’s odd is that the recent reports where Fat is not the Foe have moved this somewhat towards being true. > > Low Fat dieting was wrong. I know! For years I’ve insisted on using butter (as in Real Butter, not Stuff-We-Want-You-To-Think-Is-Butter) and avoided anything chemical that replaces natural fats. Now I can thumb my nose and go “nyah nyah, I was right”. 😃 Of course, I remember the time we were told apples were unhealthy. And coffee has been good/bad/good. My personal views are that moderation is key, chemicals should be avoided whenever possible, and that if you feed mice a steady diet of anything while keeping them in a cage, they’re gonna develop problems. 😛 And I have whole-heartedly accepted the scientific fact that dark chocolate makes you happy and is good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/71 "2014-07-10T18:46:28Z")
Polenta. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/72 "2014-07-10T19:15:50Z")
Single-malt whisky. Highland or Islay. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/73 "2014-07-10T20:09:09Z")
I’ll never say no to: Mac and cheese Peanut butter on Ritz crackers Grilled American cheese sandwich and Campbell’s tomato soup Pigs in a blanket ---
**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 10, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/74 "2014-07-10T20:28:34Z")
> [@elendil's heir](#): > > i’ll never say no to: > > Mac and cheese > peanut butter on ritz crackers > grilled american cheese sandwich and campbell’s tomato soup > pigs in a blanket Yes. Yes. Yes. BIG FAT YES. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548/75 "2014-07-11T08:30:35Z")
Dal. (tonights incarnation was dal on crumpets with grilled cheese) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-comfort-food/692548.md?page=3)