# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/41 "2011-07-13T01:21:07Z")
Red potatoes, chunked and boiled, add cream cheese, salt, butter, stir so they sort of mash a little but stay really chunky, top with shredded cheese and microwave until the cheese is gooey. Stuff into craw. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/42 "2011-07-13T02:47:26Z")
Crepes. One scoop of flour, an egg, milk until thin, glug of vegetable oil. With butter and maple syrup on top, rolled up. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/43 "2011-07-13T02:50:22Z")
I haven’t made it in a while, but I make a ramen stew with drained ramen, tuna, cheese, peanut butter, and crushed saltines. I fricking love it, but the idea makes people want to vomit. Joe ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/44 "2011-07-13T03:41:48Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/45 "2011-07-13T03:52:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Something else that’s really good is a fried egg and bacon sandwich on raisin toast. They have them at the [Waffle House](http://www.wafflehouse.com/menu). Actually any coffee shop that has the ingredients will likely make one for you. That’s disgusting. 😉 Two over easy, bacon and two slices of raisin toast, buttered (yes, I know it’s the same Goly Oly) with mixed fruit jelly. 😃 Rick Sebek has a new show about breakfast joints. It’s worth seeing because no meal is better than breakfast: [http://video.pbs.org/video/1543948477/](http://video.pbs.org/video/1543948477/) Then there is rice porridge. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/46 "2011-07-13T04:24:29Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I wonder if this is a New York/Jewish thing. I can remember eating this - I think my mom really loves it. It’s a bit like lazy man’s sweet kugel. I’m certainly a New York Jew, and my mother occasionally gave this to me for lunch when I was a kid. I’m part of a Facebook group in which members (all kosher-keeping New York residents, although many grew up elsewhere) post what they’ve made for dinner recently, and someone else in the group posted this within the last few days, so I know I’m not alone. When I was pregnant, this was one of the few foods I could consistently look at. FWIW, I don’t come from a culture in which people eat much in the way of canned soups, so I find everybody’s abiding love of tomato soup from a can to be kinda strange. ---
**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 13, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/47 "2011-07-13T08:25:26Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > FWIW, I don’t come from a culture in which people eat much in the way of canned soups, so I find everybody’s abiding love of tomato soup from a can to be kinda strange. It is a comfort food from nursery school for a lot of us … I did nursery school near the base in Wiesbaden … ---
**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 13, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/48 "2011-07-13T09:25:38Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > It is a comfort food from nursery school for a lot of us … I did nursery school near the base in Wiesbaden … Same in the UK. Canned tomato soup with cheese on toast was a ‘go to’ when you were sick. ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/49 "2011-07-13T13:04:16Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Oh, how I TREASURE my copy of Square Meals by the Sterns! Just reading through it is a comfort! Every chapter is a treat to read! Like the time they were in the hotel and ordered Milk Toast from room service. Or the church-lady recipes like the multicolored jello salad that, when served, “resembles a helping of stained-glass window.” The chapter on 50’s patio food is hilarious! I thought I would die laughing when I got to “Flaming Cabbage Head Weenies with Pu-Pu Sauce,” where you stick a can of sterno into the hollowed-out top of a cabbage, then impale Vienna weenies on toothpicks (for dipping) all over the cabbage. The sterno is just for show. 'Posed to replicate authentic Hawaiian-fire-rituals in your own back yard. > [@DCnDC](#): > > [Fried dace with black beans](http://www.tastyislandhawaii.com/images/fried_dace_opencan.jpg). That’s exactly what it looks like when you open the can, and yes, it tastes just as horrific as it looks, but I grew up eating it and absolutely love it. Okay. I looked at the picture, and I still don’t know what I was looking at. Is this some kind of smoked fish? If so, please tell me more, as I’m inexplicably fascinated by smoked canned fish. ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/50 "2011-07-13T13:16:53Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > Egg noodles with cottage cheese, topped with cinnamon and sugar. I still make this. Total yum. Especially if the noodles are still a bit warm. Western NY Jew checking in. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/51 "2011-07-13T13:25:25Z")
My childhood favorite is spaghetti carbonara. Egg and bacon as the sauce for the spaghetti. My dad used to make this. Its delicious but extremely unhealthy. My wife finds the idea of it way too rich to eat. When I was a kid, I used to love Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and Campbell’s Cream of Chicken soup. I’ve eaten it as an adult but it tastes bland to me now. ---
**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 13, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/52 "2011-07-13T14:45:32Z")
Mac n’ cheese – homemade preferred, but the stuff in a box will do in a pinch. Halushki – fried cabbage and onions with potato dumpling noodles Pagach – bread dough stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese (and sometimes fried cabbage) rolled thin, baked and slathered in browned butter. No wonder I can’t lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/53 "2011-07-14T00:37:04Z")
Baked cookies. Especially any that are chocolate related, be it with chocolate chips in it or chocolate itself. I remember trekking across the campus in the freezing snow late at night up to the snack hut where they sold freshly baked cookies the size of small plates. To get another one of those warm, sweet cookies to soothe my stress and fill my tummy…Oh, goodness…_fans self_ ---
**Author:** ![happycamper\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cab0a1/32.png) [@happycamper\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happycamper_5)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/54 "2011-07-14T00:52:34Z")
- At the risk of sounding precious, my mother’s mashed potatoes. I can make them myself, but it’s never the same. - Cinnamon toast - Biscuits & sausage gravy And now that I think about, my new one (meaning, one acquired in adulthood) is perogies. They can be homemade or frozen, but they must have the bacon, onions and sour cream. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/55 "2011-07-14T01:34:50Z")
Mine are largely non-western. Interesting. A Cuban sandwich and some flan will certainly ease my mind. Ditto lamb shish kebabs. If it’s cold outside, nothing will fill the void quite like rogan josh or lamb korma. And if I’m mad (more likely to happen than being sad/depressed) a definite source of comfort is shrimp cocktail with a kick in the cocktail sauce. That calmed me right the hell down as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/56 "2011-07-14T02:11:46Z")
> [@Roseanne\_Valerie](#): > > 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). Can I come over for dinner at your place? I love all of those things. Oh man, I don’t think I’ve had brown sugar toast in 15 years. I think I need to go shopping for some white bread tomorrow. ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/57 "2011-07-14T03:48:25Z")
> [@fizzestothetop](#): > > Can I come over for dinner at your place? I love all of those things. Oh man, I don’t think I’ve had brown sugar toast in 15 years. I think I need to go shopping for some white bread tomorrow. I’ve set a place for you and yours at our table. Come on over! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/58 "2011-07-14T03:49:40Z")
Fried potato slices. Used to be fried in bacon drippings, until I became a vegetarian. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/59 "2011-07-14T04:25:23Z")
Pancakes made from Bisquick, esp. if hubby makes them and adds a dash or two of vanilla extract. Top with powdered sugar—ommmm.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738/60 "2011-07-18T03:02:09Z")
Curry udon, char kway teoh, Taiwanese spicy beef noodle soup, pasta carbonara… any flavorful noodle dish, really [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-past-go-to-comfort-food/588738.md?page=4)