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Posted by Gracie2 on October 25, 2002, at 19:12:32
My favorite comfort food is probably a big piece of hot Texas toast with real butter. Also hot or cold cereal, biscuits with milk gravy, and pasta in white sauce.
I just wondered if comfort food for everyone means loading up on carbs, or is it more of a psychological thing? Low-carb dieting works really well for me, wish I could find a protein
"comfort food".
-Gracie
Posted by IsoM on October 25, 2002, at 19:39:11
In reply to Comfort Food, posted by Gracie2 on October 25, 2002, at 19:12:32
Comfort food means different things to me depending on what my mood is like. Baby comfort food for me when I'm feeling tired is cream of wheat made with milk, not water, & liberally sweetened with brown sugar & evaporated milk drizzled over it.
When I feel more bouncy, there's an East Indian dish I make, altering the original a little. It's sweet & sour okra, not too sweet or sour but full of spices. I feel warm & satisfied after eating it.
And my quick comfort food when I'm in a hurry is whole wheat pita bread, a chunk of feta cheese, a big fresh tomato, & sliced avocado. I could practically live on that, I like it so much. Yeah, I know, I'm weird.
Posted by Tabßitha on October 26, 2002, at 2:07:41
In reply to Comfort Food, posted by Gracie2 on October 25, 2002, at 19:12:32
Protein food just isn't very comforting, unless it's all combined with carbs and/or fat. Think about egg whites-- there's your pure protein. Blech.
Comfort food? Hmm, french fries with lots of ketchup, and grape soda.
Posted by BeardedLady on October 26, 2002, at 5:37:24
In reply to Re: Comfort Food, posted by Tabßitha on October 26, 2002, at 2:07:41
I think comfort food, by definition, is carbs! Think of it—would you rather be wrapped up in a blanket of soft, cuddly bread or gristly steak?!
I'll have to second the Cream of Wheat. My grandfather used to make me that for breakfast every winter day of third grade. I make it for my daughter and sometimes can't resist a bowl myself.
But Gracie, maybe it would help to have some peanut butter on that bread? Or some cheese? (Mac and cheese is a good one, too.)
But is it necessary for our comfort foods to be dietetically correct? Because that negates the whole point of the foods!
I have been eating a piece of bread with peanut butter smeared over it--lots of pb--and then folded over. It used to signify a B deficiency, but I think I have B. Now it's just how I got fat as a child, sitting in front of the TV with my spoon in the Jif.
Comfort rules!
beardy
Posted by Ted on October 26, 2002, at 19:21:50
In reply to Re: Comfort Food, posted by BeardedLady on October 26, 2002, at 5:37:24
The four major food groups are:
Sugar
Salt
Fat
PreservativesAnything that contains any of these to an excess is comfort food.
Ted
Posted by Alara on October 31, 2002, at 0:18:59
In reply to Comfort Food, posted by Gracie2 on October 25, 2002, at 19:12:32
OK, this comfort food must go as it is piling on the pounds:
Potatoes sliced into very thin fries drizzled in a little olive oil and sprinkled with salt and herbs...
From now on, I'm not buying potatoes unless a recipe specifically asks for them. And even then I'm limiting myself to a single one!! Arghh, SPUDS!!!!!!
Posted by Alara on November 1, 2002, at 18:56:16
In reply to Re: Comfort Food » Gracie2, posted by IsoM on October 25, 2002, at 19:39:11
> Comfort food means different things to me depending on what my mood is like. Baby comfort food for me when I'm feeling tired is cream of wheat made with milk, not water, & liberally sweetened with brown sugar & evaporated milk drizzled over it.
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> When I feel more bouncy, there's an East Indian dish I make, altering the original a little. It's sweet & sour okra, not too sweet or sour but full of spices. I feel warm & satisfied after eating it.
>
> And my quick comfort food when I'm in a hurry is whole wheat pita bread, a chunk of feta cheese, a big fresh tomato, & sliced avocado. I could practically live on that, I like it so much. Yeah, I know, I'm weird.
Iso, that's not wierd. It's healthy! I'll bet you don't have any weight problems.I aim to swap one comfort food (potatoes) for another healthier solution, lentil vegetable soup.
My mother always made it for me when I was a child and whenever I eat it now I get that same sense of being nurtured and cared for...Comfort foods can be healthy too.
Posted by Gracie2 on November 1, 2002, at 22:51:15
In reply to Re: Comfort Food, posted by Alara on November 1, 2002, at 18:56:16
My mom was a terrible cook, still is. We ate Cream of Wheat all the time because it was cheap and we were poor. It always had huge lumps in it
that were filled with dry Cream of Wheat. Bill Cosby had a comedy routine on how horrible Cream of Wheat was with these huge lumps in it.
Later, when I had my own family, I found out that you could make Cream of Wheat without lumps. All you had to do was pour the Cream of Wheat SLOWLY
into the boiling water while you were stirring.
It was just incredible to me that my mother, after serving lumpy Cream of Wheat for years and years and listening to us bitch about it, never once picked up the box and read the instructions
about how to avoid lumps. Bill Cosby's mother never did either, I guess.
-Gracie
Posted by Gracie2 on November 1, 2002, at 22:53:29
In reply to Re: Comfort Food, posted by BeardedLady on October 26, 2002, at 5:37:24
I got your back. Jif is the ONLY peanutbutter worth considering.
-Gracie
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