Comfort Food...

daylilydude · July 26, 2015

Let's hear about some of your "comfort foods" that you and the family enjoy...
Ours is homemade chicken and dumplings... it can be blistering hot outside and a pot of chicken and dumplings will still be no.#1 at this house.

Worth1 · July 26, 2015

Before I run off to the store to get fixings for a hamburger.
I have discovered that there are four definitions of comfort food.
Nostalgic.
Indulgence.
Convenience.
Physical.
Mine would fall under nostalgic.
I would guess I dont eat anything but comfort food.
What else is there, Foo Foo food.

The list would be great for me but I will try.
Chicken fried steak.
Fried chicken.
Soups chowders and stews of all types.
Hamburgers.
Spaghetti and meat balls.
Fried catfish etc.
To me the food I suspect to be in on the Convenience list, (Fast Food?) would be defined as garbage.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · July 26, 2015

Grandma used to make a fine bologna salad when I was a kid.

My indulgence food is pimento cheese spread. I had it last week with a fresh jalapeno chopped up in it. Hot peppers and cheese balance each other out very well.

GardeningCook · July 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by daylilydude

Let's hear about some of your "comfort foods" that you and the family enjoy...
Ours is homemade chicken and dumplings... it can be blistering hot outside and a pot of chicken and dumplings will still be no.#1 at this house.

Along the same lines of enjoying comfort food in the heat, one of my "comfort foods" (being 100% Bohemian Czech) is Chicken in Sour Cream Dill Sauce with Czech bread dumplings. When the garden dill was bountiful in mid-summer, this often graced our family table growing up, & it's been comfort food for me well into adulthood.

Father'sDaughter · July 26, 2015

Number one on my list would be a crusty loaf of bread while it's still warm, hold the butter.

GardeningCook · July 26, 2015

Another purely nostalgic comfort food I enjoy from time to time - as horrible as it sounds - is commercial fish sticks with tartar sauce & commercial macaroni & cheese on the side. Sometimes I do buckle under & make my own homemade & healthier "fish sticks" using fresh Cod, & these days I also add fresh broccoli florets to the mac & cheese, but other times the old childhood favorite is what I need to hit the spot.

PaulF · July 26, 2015

Beef and noodles over mashed potatoes made from real potatoes.

Patihum · July 26, 2015

Chicken fried steak WITH mashed potatoes and cream gravy.

Ham hocks with new potatoes and green beans from the garden.

Biscuits and bacon gravy. Sooo bad for you but so good.

daylilydude · July 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by Patihum

Chicken fried steak WITH mashed potatoes and cream gravy.

Ham hocks with new potatoes and green beans from the garden.

Biscuits and bacon gravy. Sooo bad for you but so good.

OMG... Anyone that knows me well knows I would try and eat a rock it if was wrapped in BACON...

so please tell me about this bacon gravy...

shelleybean · July 26, 2015

Tonight's dinner might fit the bill. My husband smoked baby back ribs over cherry wood most of the day and finished them with a sweet/spicy sauce. I spent most of the weekend shelling White Acre peas (a variety of field pea/southern pea). I cooked those down with bacon drippings and a bit of sugar, salt and pepper until they were creamy and perfect. I crumbled the bacon over the top. They are a pain to shell out but so good. I froze the rest for later. And we had sliced tomatoes out of the garden (Stump of the World tonight). And some small baked potatoes about the size of an egg, which is just right, IMO. I have sour cherry pie here and vanilla ice cream but I'm still too full for dessert.

MissS · July 26, 2015

Meat Loaf

Grandpa's "Prisoner Stew" AKA Lamb stew

A great Italian Beef sandwich

daylilydude · July 26, 2015

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Originally Posted by shelleybean

Tonight's dinner might fit the bill. My husband smoked baby back ribs over cherry wood most of the day and finished them with a sweet/spicy sauce. I spent most of the weekend shelling White Acre peas (a variety of field pea/southern pea). I cooked those down with bacon drippings and a bit of sugar, salt and pepper until they were creamy and perfect. I crumbled the bacon over the top. They are a pain to shell out but so good. I froze the rest for later. And we had sliced tomatoes out of the garden (Stump of the World tonight). And some small baked potatoes about the size of an egg, which is just right, IMO. I have sour cherry pie here and vanilla ice cream but I'm still too full for dessert.

That's why sometimes it's alright to have dessert first

but I digress... it all sounds YUMMY!!

Worth1 · July 26, 2015

I guess of all of the things I like the most is a soup my Mother made and I still do.
I like it so much my (I'm full now and it doesn't taste as good) thing doesn't kick in.
My body wont tell me to stop.

It would start with one of those huge granite kettles you use to cook tomatoes down in.
In would go either ground meat or big chunks of beef from the farm.
Next would be potatoes carrots celery garlic paprika peppers onions sweet peas corn tomatoes I mean the whole garden would go in this huge kettle.
All of the vegetables would be cut in big chunks.
Then it would just sit on the stove and slowly simmer.
She would come along every now and then and taste it and maybe add something.
I remember there would be lots of black pepper and it would settle on the bottom in a layer.

When it was served it would be so hot I would add milk to it to cool it off.
I would sit there and eat till I couldn't swallow anymore.
I liked it with celery salt and garlic powder added to it.

Of course the huge pot had to cool off so as the day went along I would go get another bowl.

I always felt like it was a sad day when it finally played out and there wasn't anymore.

I could eat it every day.
The very first thing I ever cooked on my own in my own place was this soup and I ended up feeding a whole pile of guys with it.

The wolfed it down like it was the best thing on earth, and you know what, 'it is.

If anything can bring back memories it is that huge kettle of soup.
My wife would say how on earth can you eat that every day you have made enough for an army.
You have been eating it for a week.

Comfort food indeed.
Worth

bluee19 · July 26, 2015

Thanks Daylilydude for this thread.

Its going to help me know more about everyone's comfort food. I sure need lots of comfort food. Right now, I am making chicken pho (noodle soup dish), jus wished it was cooler today but will still enjoy!!

pauldavid · July 27, 2015

chicken and dumplings
potato soup
gumbo
fried catfish with tomato relish

sawmill gravy with sausage on top of homemade buttermilk biscuits are my comfort breakfast.

July 26, 2015	#6
GardeningCook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 115	Another purely nostalgic comfort food I enjoy from time to time - as horrible as it sounds - is commercial fish sticks with tartar sauce & commercial macaroni & cheese on the side. Sometimes I do buckle under & make my own homemade & healthier "fish sticks" using fresh Cod, & these days I also add fresh broccoli florets to the mac & cheese, but other times the old childhood favorite is what I need to hit the spot. __________________ My body is a temple. Unfortunately, it's a fixer-upper.

July 26, 2015	#7
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,294	Beef and noodles over mashed potatoes made from real potatoes. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

July 26, 2015	#10
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Tonight's dinner might fit the bill. My husband smoked baby back ribs over cherry wood most of the day and finished them with a sweet/spicy sauce. I spent most of the weekend shelling White Acre peas (a variety of field pea/southern pea). I cooked those down with bacon drippings and a bit of sugar, salt and pepper until they were creamy and perfect. I crumbled the bacon over the top. They are a pain to shell out but so good. I froze the rest for later. And we had sliced tomatoes out of the garden (Stump of the World tonight). And some small baked potatoes about the size of an egg, which is just right, IMO. I have sour cherry pie here and vanilla ice cream but I'm still too full for dessert. __________________ Michele

July 26, 2015	#11
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,149	Meat Loaf Grandpa's "Prisoner Stew" AKA Lamb stew A great Italian Beef sandwich __________________ ~ Patti ~

July 26, 2015	#14
bluee19 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: CA Posts: 214	Thanks Daylilydude for this thread. Its going to help me know more about everyone's comfort food. I sure need lots of comfort food. Right now, I am making chicken pho (noodle soup dish), jus wished it was cooler today but will still enjoy!! __________________ Take care, Bluee19

July 26, 2015	#1
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Comfort Food... Let's hear about some of your "comfort foods" that you and the family enjoy... Ours is homemade chicken and dumplings... it can be blistering hot outside and a pot of chicken and dumplings will still be no.#1 at this house. __________________ Richard

July 26, 2015	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Before I run off to the store to get fixings for a hamburger. I have discovered that there are four definitions of comfort food. Nostalgic. Indulgence. Convenience. Physical. Mine would fall under nostalgic. I would guess I dont eat anything but comfort food. What else is there, Foo Foo food. The list would be great for me but I will try. Chicken fried steak. Fried chicken. Soups chowders and stews of all types. Hamburgers. Spaghetti and meat balls. Fried catfish etc. To me the food I suspect to be in on the Convenience list, (Fast Food?) would be defined as garbage. Worth

July 26, 2015	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Grandma used to make a fine bologna salad when I was a kid. My indulgence food is pimento cheese spread. I had it last week with a fresh jalapeno chopped up in it. Hot peppers and cheese balance each other out very well.

July 26, 2015	#5
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Number one on my list would be a crusty loaf of bread while it's still warm, hold the butter.

July 26, 2015	#8
Patihum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 878	Chicken fried steak WITH mashed potatoes and cream gravy. Ham hocks with new potatoes and green beans from the garden. Biscuits and bacon gravy. Sooo bad for you but so good.

July 27, 2015	#15
pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	chicken and dumplings potato soup gumbo fried catfish with tomato relish sawmill gravy with sausage on top of homemade buttermilk biscuits are my comfort breakfast.