Audrey Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 When I was a student and had no money, I ate a lot of beans and rice. I think it's funny how my favourite comfort meal still is: Pinto beans - made in the crockpot and just salted, no other seasoning, topped with a wee bit of finely shredded old cheddar cheese, with plain white rice, and steamed broccoli tossed with chunks of pineapple. My dh thinks this is the single most boring meal he's ever seen, and although he will eat it, and he says he likes it, he cannot imagine why it would be anyone's favourite comfort food. So... do you have a favourite comfort food/meal that no one else really understands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 saurkraut, mashed potatoes & ribs or Italian sausages :D The ladies in my family get it, but the men all hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovin Learnin Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Any kind of roasted meat plus rice with gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 My mom's homemade chicken pot pie that I've learned how to replicate exactly! I also love elbow pasta with meat sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Fried potatoes, cornbread and beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 red (kidney) beans and sausage. Cooked all day long on the back of the stove or in the crockpot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Rice topped with cream of chicken soup. With salted cucumbers on the side. I love plain pintos with rice and cheese, though. I could heat that and be happy any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 A dish my mom made that we call sausages and noodles. Wolf loathes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecj98 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I love homemade baked macaroni and cheese with chunks of ham in it. DH says that mac and cheese is not a main dish even if I put ham in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukale Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Chicken and dumplings just like my grandma would make every time I spent the night with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 saurkraut, mashed potatoes & ribs The ladies in my family get it, but the men all hate it. This is what my MIL makes me for my birthday dinner each year. LOVE it. Are you a northerner? I always liked sauerkraut, but my MIL introduced me to the rib/mashed potatoes addition. She's from Pittsburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Homemade chicken & noodles w/ mashed potatoes and corn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Scalloped potatoes. Buttery, cheesy, potatoey. What's not to love?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Beef brisket, shredded on my plate and mixed with lots and LOT of taters that were peeled and cooked with the beef to get nice and beefy-brown, the entire plate then covered in the broth from cooking. A big bowl of fried-up hash made of leftover taters and meat also very comforting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Sour cream chicken enchiladas. Twice-baked potatoes. Refried beans & rice & cheese with taco seasoning in flour tortillas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Beans and greens: lots of garlic cooked in butter, top with swiss chard or kale until wilted, with cannellini or other white beans and broth added. Sometimes I make it with lots of broth as a soup. Marc hates it. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Warm, fresh bread with butter and cheese. Also, homemade Finnish pulla (a sweet bread) and cinnamon rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 White rice with Lawry's Seasoning Salt. Mashed potatoes with gravy. Yummmmm! My mom's pot roast. She cooks it in the oven with cubed potatoes, two cans of carrots, and two cans of green beans. We always mashed the potatoes and carrots together on our plates with a pat of butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Warm, fresh bread with butter and cheese. Also, homemade Finnish pulla (a sweet bread) and cinnamon rolls. Homemade bread with honey butter. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 beans and rice with a fried egg on top pasta and lentils Pot roast and mashed potatoes poor food. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Sourdough bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. And Shepherd's pie made with buffalo or Boca bits. Both together would send me straight to heaven. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 My mom's homemade chicken pot pie that I've learned how to replicate exactly! My answer exactly!! Nothing beats it. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 A bowl of rice noodles topped with grilled strips tofu, shredded carrot and lettuce, sprouts, basil shreds, toasted peanut with a light peanut sauce. Around here this is called Vietnamese Salad, but I put a bit of peanut sauce on it instead of the fish sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 A bowl of rice noodles topped with grilled strips tofu, shredded carrot and lettuce, sprouts, basil shreds, toasted peanut with a light peanut sauce. Around here this is called Vietnamese Salad, but I put a bit of peanut sauce on it instead of the fish sauce. That sounds really, really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggiegal Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Perogies! Preferably boiled, then lightly pan-fried with sauteed onion and slathered in butter and sour cream. Mmmmmm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) Beans and greens: lots of garlic cooked in butter, top with swiss chard or kale until wilted, with cannellini or other white beans and broth added. Sometimes I make it with lots of broth as a soup. Marc hates it. :-( :drool:..I actually make this, but always as a soup. Edited June 18, 2011 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I like pinto beans with butter and salt... cornbread if my mama makes it ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 My mom's homemade mac & cheese, with tomatoes and crunchy breadcrumbs on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) When I was a student and had no money, I ate a lot of beans and rice. I think it's funny how my favourite comfort meal still is: Pinto beans - made in the crockpot and just salted, no other seasoning, topped with a wee bit of finely shredded old cheddar cheese, with plain white rice So... do you have a favourite comfort food/meal that no one else really understands? I think dh and most of my dc would call this meal their favorite comfort food (except I make mine in a pressure cooker & we skip the cheese.) It has become my comfort food, too. When my dc are away at university, this is what they say they miss. DH grew up on rice and beans. We ate rice and beans all the way through medical school, and then ate more rice and beans while living in Brazil. I still fix it two or three (or more) times a week because it's so simple and we love it. Edited June 18, 2011 by Luann in ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 So... do you have a favourite comfort food/meal that no one else really understands? I'm a potato junkie, so anything with potatoes; scalloped, mashed with lots of butter, fried, baked, hashbrowns...aahhh, potatoes make me happy :). But the one dish, if you can call it that, that I absolutely love that my family just doesn't understand is baked beans and potato chips. Give me a can of Bush's baked beans and a bag of Lays potato chips and I'm in heaven. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, daily. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Sourdough bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. And this. And sometimes, I put together a plate of olives and some great old parm on the side...oh my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 pierogis and onions fried in bacon fat... so not a west coast thing :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Seems like there are a lot of faves that involve beans! I'm surprised! I thought I was the only one (it sure seemed like it anyway). I wonder what it is about beans that are so comforting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Cheese on toast is my go to food. And Worcestershire sauce on top if we have some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Broccoli with cheese sauce and brown rice. Lots and lots of it. Saltines and ginger ale when I'm sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 And this. And sometimes, I put together a plate of olives and some great old parm on the side...oh my. I hate olives (they feel like little greaseballs in my mouth but everyone else in my family loves them!!) but I'm with you on good cheese. I subscribe to a magazine that has a cheese centerfold and I swear, I salivate while I read it and fantasize about cheese and fresh bread. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Carol in Cal. Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Well, it used to be Mashed Potato Buds (it's a travesty, but it's MY family of origin's travesty). But now it's clam dip. With Laura Scudder's or Kettle Crisps barbequed potato chips. Or Oscar Meyer Braunschweiger spread on saltines (another family of origin special). Or glop, which is a pasta dish in which you cut little strips of cream cheese, put them in a wide bowl, sprinkle heavily with garlic powder, add a little olive oil, and dump hot, freshly made pasta on top and toss so that the cream cheese melts in and distributes. (Sauteed alliums are good in this, as are sauteed wild mushrooms, and freshly shredded parmesan is good on top, but those are really not the essentials.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Growing up in Newfoundland, it was common to have what we called "cold plates", which consisted of mashed potato salads (plain, mustard, beet), coleslaw, turkey or ham, dressing (what most people know as stuffing). Sometimes people would come around selling these door-to-door for fundraisers, and it was always a major treat if the opportunity came up and we had funds to purchase. I also love plain potato chips and french onion dip. This was a favourite snack food when I was a kid and even though it doesn't quite agree with me to eat it now, I can still wolf down a whole lot of it. Oh, and homemade french fries made in a deep fryer with good potatoes, lots of salt and ketchup. Again, childhood favourite. Yum! My favourite comfort food that I actually make regularly (unlike all this stuff that I just remember fondly lol!) is spaghettini or angel hair pasta with a tomato basil and veggie/meat sauce. Lots of fresh pharm on top. Tomatoes are giving me heartburn this pregnancy, so I'm really looking forward to enjoying this dish again regularly in a couple months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 rice with hamburger gravy, along with sides of English peas and stewed tomatoes. Or lima beans and hamhocks in that big red pot on the stove with corn muffins. Or corn chowder (she baked as a casserole with onions, potatoes, and the crispy topping of crumbled saltines). I sure miss my mom. Funny how favorite foods take my memory back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Baked potato soup with bacon, chives and cheddar cheese. I had this after my wisdom teeth were pulled. It is too hot outside for me to eat soup now while I recover from ankle surgery; maybe I will have to turn the air down a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Potatoes and Weiners. It's something my mom made when I was little, with cut up hot dogs, onions, paprika, and chunks of potatoes. You cook it till it gets mushy. I long for it at least once every winter. I haven't had it in years, my family isn't impressed with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 My grandfather's chicken and dumplings - which, sadly, I can no longer get. : ( Wish I would have paid more attention in their kitchen. I've tried, but I cannot get it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Macaroni and cheese. Tomato jam on hot biscuits. Both made just like my dad used to. (Happy Father's Day, Daddy! I miss you everyday, but know you are looking down from Heaven on my family.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Perogies! Preferably boiled, then lightly pan-fried with sauteed onion and slathered in butter and sour cream. Mmmmmm..... Me too! I don't like them with sour cream though. Baked beans and buttered toast is a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) Biscuits with country gravy (made with bacon, not sausage) Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup (made with 1/2 can milk) with toast torn up and mixed in it. Chocolate pudding (Jello cook 'n serve) with pecans in it, very cold, skin on. Kielbasa, sliced and fried, with barbeque sauce, over mashed potatoes (my mom's concoction). Edited June 18, 2011 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I hate olives (they feel like little greaseballs in my mouth but everyone else in my family loves them!!) but I'm with you on good cheese. I subscribe to a magazine that has a cheese centerfold and I swear, I salivate while I read it and fantasize about cheese and fresh bread. :D You know, maybe you just haven't tried the right ones. I spent the first 35 years of my life hating olives, too. Hating them! But then I was at a local fromagerie (not a typical northern cheese store ;), although I love to go in those and die a little as often as possible, too) and they had bulk bins of different olives. The little spanish olives and the big, black kalamatas are so very, very different than the green pimento stuffed ones or the canned black ones (ick, ick, ick!). And even those vary from region to region - kind of like wine grapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 My favorite comfort food was Lipton chicken noodle soup. But I have been a vegetarian for almost 15 years, so no comfort food for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossboss Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Fideo (noodles) with lots of shredded Mexican cheese and sour cream!!!! Oh....I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it!!!:drool: Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightly Salted Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 A big, mixing bowl sized salad, with all sorts of yummy veggies tossed with Caesar dressing and apple cider vinegar. Heavy on the garlic and onion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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