# Your current/past go-to comfort food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738 "2011-07-12T13:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/1 "2011-07-12T13:40:11Z")
Preferably something non-nutritious that other people are likely to make a face at, ridicule, and not want any of. What you crave after a bad day, a bad breakup, a bad life. For example, I’m fond of canned ravioli. Gooey, bland, does not require chewing. Doesn’t offer much but also puts up no resistance. My father used to pile hunks of bread in a bowl and pour buttermilk over. Although that prolly has some nutritional value. There’s a great chapter on this kind of food in the wonderful _Square Meals_ cookbook by Jane and Michael Stern. May be some overlap with the Hamburger Helper thread, which suggested this topic to me. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/2 "2011-07-12T13:42:08Z")
Spaghetti Os. There, I’ve admitted it. I don’t eat much at all, especially as it doesn’t live up to my memories, but it’s the first thing I want when things go bad. I usually make some pasta and sauce and that does the trick, but my brain says Spaghetti Os. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/3 "2011-07-12T13:53:06Z")
Tuna Casserole. Made with egg noodles to avoid any lingering nutrition from real pasta 😃 With tater tots on the side - deep fried, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/4 "2011-07-12T14:07:26Z")
I usually eat lean cuts of beef, but when I need a dose of happy what I want is a couple of the biggest, fattiest chuck eye steaks I can find. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/5 "2011-07-12T14:23:46Z")
A tall, cold glass of buttermilk. No, I’m not kidding. mmm ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/6 "2011-07-12T14:27:59Z")
toasted cheese sandwich with tomato soup. Must be kraft slices on white bread, real butter, and campbells cream of tomato soup. In the winter my go to non-childhood comfort food is to have a proper cassoulet d’isigney burbling away in the oven, bonus points if it is in my woodstove oven so I get the double whammy of the smell of woodsmoke around the house so it comes in when someone comes in from outside, combined with a pot of coffee and a loaf of bread that is freshly made that morning. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/7 "2011-07-12T14:33:17Z")
My this will make it all better food is a grilled cheese sandwich. I try to limit it to once a year. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/8 "2011-07-12T14:35:14Z")
pizza rolls. I can tear up a bag of them, but I only do it if the hubby is gone so I can destroy the evidence! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/9 "2011-07-12T14:50:31Z")
\*Yeah, baby… that’s what I’M talkin’ 'bout… \* Grilled cheese and Campbell’s tomato soup: absolutely. (I’d like a sweet gherkin on the side, please.) Tuna casserole, yes. Can it be topped with crushed potato chips AND also have deep-fried tater tots along with it? ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/10 "2011-07-12T15:19:25Z")
[A chip butty](http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chip+butty&hl=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=22UcToH5C8WZhQe-vYC1Bw&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1389&bih=1137). Which is thick cut, greasy fries wedged between thick slices of white bread with liberal amounts of ketchup. Carb overload. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/11 "2011-07-12T15:30:42Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > toasted cheese sandwich with tomato soup. Must be kraft slices on white bread, real butter, and campbells cream of tomato soup. This. I would add the soup must be made with milk. Crazy people who follow the label and make it with water are banished from my house. Grated cheddar cheese on top of the soup is just an added bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/12 "2011-07-12T15:34:06Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Made with egg noodles to avoid any lingering nutrition from real pasta 😃 Hmm, think your logic is wrong there. Real dried pasta = wheat & water. Egg noodles = wheat & egg & water. The egg noodles are probably more nutritious, more protein and such. In order to remedy this, I suggest making the tuna casserole with potato chips on top and full-fat Cream of Mushroom soup. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/13 "2011-07-12T15:47:41Z")
Beanie-Weenie. A can of baked beans (Bush’s vegetarian, they taste the way I remember baked beans tasting) and two cut up hot dogs. ETA, Cut Up Hot Dogs sounds like a bad cartoon movie about comedian dachshunds. ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/14 "2011-07-12T16:42:08Z")
Mac and cheese. Oreos and a very cold glass of milk. Anything by Chef Boyardee. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/15 "2011-07-12T16:54:06Z")
Egg noodles with cottage cheese, topped with cinnamon and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/16 "2011-07-12T16:57:37Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > Egg noodles with cottage cheese, topped with cinnamon and sugar. And the Grand Prize for Uniqueness goes to… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/17 "2011-07-12T17:12:25Z")
What they said: grilled cheese and tomato soup. Soul-soothing food. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/18 "2011-07-12T17:16:32Z")
The local Indian buffet - especially the saag paneer and the butter chicken. All you can eat. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/19 "2011-07-12T17:28:01Z")
Mac & cheese and grilled cheese are both great for me. I also sometimes go for the garlic noodles: -Boil spaghetti in heavily salted water. -Drain. -Fry up a dozen crushed cloves of garlic in olive oil in the spaghetti pot. -Mix noodles back into garlic oil. -Top with scads of parmesan, salt, and pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Roseanne\_Valerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Roseanne\_Valerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roseanne_Valerie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/20 "2011-07-12T17:45:52Z")
Many of mine have already been mentioned (Chef Boyardee, especially Beefaroni; grilled cheese sandwiches; mac and cheese), but some that have not been mentioned are: spaghetti and meat sauce (the sauce being Ragu or Prego) with thick buttered garlic Texas toast on the side, BLT sangwiches with a freaking mound of bacon and luscious tomatoes from my garden, all slathered with Hellman’s (begone, evil Miracle Whip!), brown sugar toast (sliced white bread, copious amounts of butter, and even more copious amounts of dark brown sugar, baked in the oven until a buttery, sugary crust is formed), and Velveeta sausage dip (Velveeta, browned breakfast sausage, Ro-Tel, and about a half cup of good sour cream, all melted together). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738.md?page=2)