Nobody asked me, but.... I'll accept your comments (please remain civil!)
It could be anything... cookies and a glass of ice cold milk...
Kinda like grill cheese and tomato soup...
Warm soup on a cold winter day...
Stuff like that...
A Lemon ice in the summer on a hot day...
Nothing like a hotdog at a PHILLIES game... Lets go Phillies !!!!
( sorry charlie...)
There has to be something you like Charlie...
Sue
Like? SURE I like ... or rather LOVE lots of food.
But the pharase when I am down I think of eating..... is not something I'd ever say.
As for Lemon Ice, there's none better than Benfaremo's The Lemon Ice King of Corona
Comfort food, like a Citizen's Bank Park hotdog, something you can't get at Shea Stadium in October (/snark)
Anyway, I constantly get ragged on about why I hate mac-n-cheese, but I'll kill people that get between me and a plate of baked ziti!
When I was a kid, we used to get "short legs", basically, the wing drumstick, from a local tavern in the Juniata section of Philadelphia.
This would be our Easter-eve tradition, as we ate the crap out of them while we dyed eggs.
As we grew older and became teenagers, the dyeing of eggs and subsequently the "short legs" went away.
Those "short legs" invoked a sense of comfort, the prerequisite to Easter morning and the joy we had doing all of the things...the anticipation of the two or three greasy brown bags of chicken wings arriving and being ripped open on the kitchen table...all were part of our Easter experience.
I understand the "Comfort" of these memories. As for the "short legs"? I've not had them in over 25 years, as I recollect...but, I have found chicken that almost smells and tastes the same as those "legs" did all those years ago–Wendy's chicken nuggets are a dead-ringer for the flavor and aroma of the "legs".
I treat myself to those nuggets every once and again, and savor the memories that brought me so much comfort as a kid.
That, in my humble opinion, is what "comfort food" is all about.
I wonder if Wendy's serves them for breakfast?
Trek: I at least have the satisfaction of knowing my reasoning about 'mac and cheese' is not for naught. It matters not to me that you prefer one over the other; but it is refreshing to see there is an exception to the so-called rule (well, beyond me).
Bill:
So for some comfort food is used to stroke ones ego, apparently, and for others to reminisce.
I can relate to holiday fare, as my mom bakes Pizzagaina, an Italian Easter Pie that will send your LDL numbers off the chart by simply taking in its aroma.
But to me that's an annual tradition, like a Thanksgiving turkey (or ham, pasta, etc. if you prefer). I'm still missing something in this discussion...
Well, I won't get all righteous on ya and start quoting eating disorder sites about folks using food as gratification, (but imho, that IS a no-no to banish early on; esp. w/food rewards treating kids like Pavlov dogs...I've seen folks 'potty train' with M&Ms, treat good grades w/ice-cream sundaes or fast food, etc.) bleh...
To me, comfort food falls into the emotional reverie of simpler times. Growing up as a military brat, in Hawaii, Japan, etc. my comfort foods are a bit 'unusual'...saimin, udon noodle soup, huli-huli chicken, that kind of thing, but I think most folks fit your mac-n-chz, mashed potatoes fare...
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