Comfort Food

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

Right out of my youth... with two items to add... thin sliced panfried country ham with red eye gravy and banana pudding.

 

A little bit of heaven on earth and it'll probably speed one's trip to real place right along.

 

:-)

[NASAguy]

Jeff-

I can't believe it, you have mentioned two of my all time favorite desserts! Do you think it is an "Ohio" thing??

[Traveller]

TY

 

I was gonna say speed also; or bumps and Cuervo shots, but I thought that they weren't really part of any recognized food groups. Now that you've laid your lot with a little meth, I feel much better.

 

Later.

 

PS. Wendy, they're not really gonna make us grow up are they?

[Guest cp8036]

Trav,

 

You're close, but I think Herradura Anejo tops things off much nicer. The strong bouquet of Cuervo makes meth unpleasantly bitter.

 

Perhaps some pop-tarts cut into wedges, ala toast points, along with some cool-whip and colored sprinkles.

 

And maybe a mock apple pie. Just kidding!!! WHY did they come up with mock apple pie? Are apples that hard to come by?

[+ deej]

<<For us, "comfort" means carbohydrates flavored with sodium and smothered in cholesterol.>>

 

It's not just southerners. Look at how many folks listed macaroni & cheese.

 

My grandmother used to make killer homemade noodles, so of course my whole family is addicted. Grandma was just stretching a buck. All it takes is eggs, flour, & broth. The eggs usually came from the chicken that made the broth.

 

The noodles were ALWAYS served over mashed potatoes in lieu of gravy. Talk about your carbo loads! Whoa!

 

Any time more than 3 of use get together, somebody has to make noodles & mashed potatos. Even if it's a pot luck get together, someone will be *assigned* to bring noodles.

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

Cuervo... Anejo...

 

Now it is clear that I'm a babe in the woods (as in innocent... almost) but would Absinthe serve? Probably overkill, right? (llterally) :-(

[Guest cp8036]

The folks from the midwest may recognize... Casseroles made with canned soup, such as cream of mushroom, ground beef, and scalloped potatoes. Perhaps was just my Mom that had a casserole a day based on a can of Campbell's soup.

[Traveller]

>WHY did they

>come up with mock apple pie? Are apples that hard to come

>by?

 

cp

 

It's all part of a very complex formula involving intake and days without sleep. I'd need more facts to give you a clearer answer.

 

Later.

[+ deej]

It wasn't just your mom. Any potluck in the midwest will feature at least three of those casseroles. And it wasn't just scalloped potatotes, they also did a lot with Tater Tots and those canned onion rings.

[Guest youngblood]

Well, now that I have exhausted my supply of Zantac, Pepcid, Tums, Immodium, Ex-Lax and Breath Savers just from reading what the men from the midwest and the south enjoy as comfort foods/snacks, I am interested to know what the born and bred New York men eat as their favorite comfort foods/snacks.