Comfort food
What's your favorite comfort food? Everyone's got at least one food that they like when it's cold out, or when they're not feeling well, or when they've just been dumped. It's usually something that's not good for you that you eat anyway. And I'm not talking about junk food here, I'm talking about a dinner dish or something you make for yourself or for your family.
One comfort dish we always turn to when the weather gets cold is a meal that Bob really likes. He's a finicky eater, so that he'll eat it makes me happy: It's cube steak, dredged with flour and pan-fried, then smothered in cream of mushroom sauce, served over a bed of white rice. Very savory and very hearty, though undoubtedly dreadful for adult arterial health.
I used to love baked macaroni and cheese (not Kraft dinner mind you, the real stuff), then I developed an intolerance to lactose, so that's sort of out. Meat loaf is another good one -- and we have a family recipe that makes it really good, though for convenience's sake I've been using one of those kits you can buy in the grocery store for about $5, and they work out well.
So, what's your comfort food?
Comments
Lamb korma.
Posted by: Corey Tamas | November 12, 2003 01:35 PM
Hot chocolate and buttered toast. My grandmother used to make this for us for breakfast when we were little. It was one of the highlights of staying over night with her--that and the wonderful stories she read to us.
Gee it's working already. I feel very comforted just thinking about it.
Posted by: suellen | November 12, 2003 01:45 PM
Buttered toast, or buttered toasted bagels, are nice in cold weather. There's also instant coffee, but I drink that year round. I rarely like to go to the effort of cooking something more complicated.
Posted by: Alphax | November 12, 2003 03:36 PM
I indulge in Chicken Kung Pao when feeling extremely bad, although I'll eat it on other occasions.
My girlfriend also got me to develop a taste for chocolate, so, like a woman, I often use variations on that confection to cheer up, too.
Posted by: WeebMac | November 13, 2003 04:15 PM