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denise
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Comfort Foods
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Jan 30 15:56 UTC 1997 |
I've been reading/hearing a lot lately about "Comfort Food". So hey, lets
start our own discussion of this topic. What does YOUR comfort food have to
be like--ie, what kind of characteristics and flavors, textures, temperatures,
whatever? And more specifically, do you have any favorite comfort foods?
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headdoc
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response 1 of 64:
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Jan 30 23:06 UTC 1997 |
Chocolate, semi sweet. .with nuts or without.
Chicken soup. . .with matzoh balls or without.
Bread pudding. . . .without raisins.
Hot Cocoa. . .with or without marshmallows.
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abchan
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response 2 of 64:
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Jan 31 04:03 UTC 1997 |
Strawberries
Chocolate
Cookies
If I'm really depressed, anything I like in large quantities.
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void
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response 3 of 64:
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Jan 31 23:28 UTC 1997 |
squashed grilled cheese sandwiches, made on one of those waffle irons that
has reversible surfaces (haven't been able to find a waffle iron like that
in quite a while, though).
waffles
hot chocolate made with real milk
cinnamon toast
lasagna
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mary
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response 4 of 64:
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Feb 1 05:39 UTC 1997 |
Tomato soup, a grilled cheese sandwich, and a good
dill pickle.
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otter
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response 5 of 64:
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Feb 1 12:39 UTC 1997 |
Comfort = warm and creamy. Spinach fettucini with Alfredo and lobster comes
immediately to mind. Oatmeal. Stroganoff. Toast with peanut butter.
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eeyore
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response 6 of 64:
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Feb 2 15:50 UTC 1997 |
french toast
grilled cheese
tomato RICE soup (withut the rice, it's just not th same....:)
shepherd: peanutbutter and strawberry-apple jelly
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coyote
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response 7 of 64:
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Feb 2 23:02 UTC 1997 |
Re #3:
We've got one of those waffle irons, but one of its sides doesn't heat
up as hot as the other :( I think it's a Black & Decker model of some sort,
if you want me to check.
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void
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response 8 of 64:
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Feb 3 09:28 UTC 1997 |
you don't need to check, but thanks for the offer. the waffle iron my
parents have is one they obtained *years* ago with green stamps. i'm not even
sure who made it.
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mta
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response 9 of 64:
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Feb 9 04:17 UTC 1997 |
I, too, respond to warm and creamy. Tuna cassarole made with muc\shroom soup
and fat egg noodles. Stroganoff with yougurt and sour cream. goulash.
grilled cheese. soups.
oh, and good crusty bread with brie or gruyer.
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omni
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response 10 of 64:
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Feb 9 06:25 UTC 1997 |
Grilled Cheese, and a bowl of Cream of Tomato.
Cheese Sandwich with mustard, same soup
Chocolate pudding (the kind that's cooked)
Lasagna
Spaghetti with my mother's sauce
Tiropita (greek cheese pie)
Cheerios.
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valerie
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response 11 of 64:
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Feb 9 19:37 UTC 1997 |
The concept of Comfort Foods mostly puzzles me. But I sure do like warm
fresh-made-from-scratch (nonfat! high in calcium!) chocolate pudding.
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bmoran
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response 12 of 64:
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Feb 10 05:21 UTC 1997 |
I think you got the concept very well!
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headdoc
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response 13 of 64:
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Feb 11 03:10 UTC 1997 |
Valerie, what about the concept of "comfort food" puzzles you?
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valerie
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response 14 of 64:
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Feb 11 06:12 UTC 1997 |
Everything? Maybe it's the idea of using food for comfort. To me, food is
for eating. I enjoy eating food rather a lot. But if I'm in need of comfort,
it doesn't occur to me to whip up a batch of something. I get comfort from
my friends, not my food. It's really hard to have a sympathetic conversation
with a chocolate pudding. :)
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davel
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response 15 of 64:
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Feb 11 12:25 UTC 1997 |
I don't know, valerie. Some of my best friends are puddings.
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mta
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response 16 of 64:
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Feb 12 02:22 UTC 1997 |
Some people found in their youth that people are unreliable sources of
comfort. For us, at least the food was there. It may have been second best
in some sense, but it was reliably there and it didn't blame when we needed
sympathy.
YMMV, of course.
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otter
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response 17 of 64:
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Feb 12 23:05 UTC 1997 |
Comfort foods are those that evoke feelings of safety and satisfaction, "all
is right with the world".
And mta makes a valid point about love/comfort and food. Then there are the
parents who can only express love and nurturing through feeding.
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gracel
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response 18 of 64:
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Feb 13 01:24 UTC 1997 |
Comfort food is what the sympathetic significant other(s) would prepare
to salve your disappointments of the [time period]. I don't think of it
as something to fix for myself.
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headdoc
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response 19 of 64:
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Feb 14 00:02 UTC 1997 |
Grace hit it on the nose for me. "Comfot foods" are foods I turn to which
evoke positive memories of nuturing and comfort from my past. As a child,
I was comforted mostly by others when I needed it. Now, I have learned to
"comfort" myself and sometimes, it involves making an evocative dish. Not
to say that i dont often turn to others-just that it isn't always necessary.
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denise
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response 20 of 64:
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Feb 19 12:12 UTC 1997 |
Misti, I agree... A lot of people [like me] didn't have reliable sources of
friends/support/whatever and thus, was easier to turn to food for comfort.
I often still turn to food when I'm stressed and/or tired [which is not always
a good thing!] I think I have a hard time relating to people when I need the
comfort and help that I'm seeking during the 'stressed' times [having been
burned too many times in the past when having had the courage to ask for help
when asked]; thus, food is the easy out.
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mta
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response 21 of 64:
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Feb 19 23:20 UTC 1997 |
I have less of that problem now, Denise, but when I was a kid my pleas for
comfort and sympathy were most often met with "Don't be silly. Just cheer
up." I didn't know how to "just cheer up." I did figure out how to open a
can of soup and make a grilled cheese sandwhich, though.
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abchan
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response 22 of 64:
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Feb 21 15:44 UTC 1997 |
When I was growing up, the first few years after my sister was born, everyone
was too busy worrying about here to have time for me, because it was expected
that I was already old enough to take care of myself. (I may have been
physically a lot older than her but mentally, to this day, we are not so far
apart in age) I turned to food for comfort. Nowadays I don't do it nearly
as much, with e-mail and all :)
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denise
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response 23 of 64:
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Oct 20 20:52 UTC 2006 |
Any new thoughts on comfort food? For me, I still use food as a 'friend'--
for comfort, empathy, stress release. Its something that's always there for
me, unlike family and 'friends'.
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tod
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response 24 of 64:
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Oct 20 21:01 UTC 2006 |
I keep a case of cans of v8 and packs of gum in my vehicle and office for such
occasions.
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