What's your favorite comfort food (either to cook or to eat)?

[Wordie]

I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but as I'm relatively new in the C&B forum, I thought I'd ask.

Besides ice cream, ( :) ) I'd have to say that my favorite comfort food is steamed artichokes, with garlic put in between the leaves and a little olive oil poured over the top while steaming, and served with melted butter . But I'm also quite fond of a scandinavian dilled pot roast that I sometimes make.

What's yours?

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Macaroni ...... which is why I am .......

..... always conmforted and somewhat portly ...... I eat it a lot! :)

[Wordie]

2. How do you make it, H2S? Do you have a secret recipe?

Or, I guess a non-secret one would be better, so we can see it! :)

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Oh man .... soooooo many ways to make it .......

We almost never eat it the same .....

Do a search here on DU. I have posted many recipes.

Do an advanced search, with me as author and 'macaroni' or 'pasta' in both subject and message.

If you leave me out as author, you'll get even more hits. More than you can read ina week. There are many great recipes that have been provided here. Also check Demopedia.

[GoneOffShore]

3. Cassoulet

With lamb, duck confit, sausages, lots of garlic and thyme.

And maybe potatoes dauphinoise on the side..

And some good, rough red wine.

[Wordie]

4. Mmm...cassoulet...

good choice, very comforting. :)

I love cassoulet, but it's so involved, I don't really ever make it.

[spindrifter]

6. My true comfort food is

spanakopeta made with homemade phyllo dough.
Then there is rice pilaf with or without chicken.

[supernova]

7. You make your own phyllo?

:wow: :wow:

[spindrifter]

10. No--my grandmother and her sisters did--

in fact, if you didn't you were weird. I know how to make it--but have to admit, I am lazy and will forego even my favorite food for long periods of time.

[Wordie]

15. Even just working with the packaged phyllo you can buy is a very involved

process. Not really difficult, but very time consuming. I've made bistilla (a Moroccan Saffron Squab dish, wrapped in phyllo - although I substituted game hens), and baklava. Both took soooo much time, brushing all those different layers with clarified butter. It seemed like hours!

So I can understand why you don't make it that often...

[spindrifter]

16. You know, it's not

the time that is the hassle with the frozen phyllo that I hate. The layers are already dry and they have a tendency to dry out more in an uneven way while you are working with them, leaving them torn or broken. This happens even when you try your best to kept them moist with towels.

[Wordie]

17. Yeah...

I've used plastic wrap. It's hard to get into the rhythm, though, of brushing the layer with clarified butter, removing the plastic wrap, taking another layer, covering the pile back up with plastic wrap, brushing with clarified butter...etc. etc. And then there's always the problem with the way plastic wrap will catch and stick to itself... :(

It's been a while, and I'm trying to remember if I used any tricks, but right now I can't think of any. Although I do remember some difficulty with tearing, since there are lots of layers in most dishes using phyllo, and because most of the layers are in the middle anyway, I think I just figured that it wasn't absolutely crucial that all of them were perfect.

I guess I'm not a traditionalist in my approach...

[wryter2000]

8. I don't know if it's comfort food

Homegrown tomatoes and mayonnaise. Sometimes between two slices of white bread. Sometimes I eat homegrown tomatoes like apples -- just eat them. Other times, I get out the mayo.

[wildeyed]

9. Mac and cheese.

I will even eat the Stouffer's frozen if I am depressed enough.

[babylonsister]

11. That would be mine as well; not great for you, but oooh so good! nt

[DawgHouse]

12. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

I feel better now :)

[Wordie]

14. :)

I'm getting some sort of vicarious comfort food fix, just from this thread. Thanks! :)

[Mr. McD]

13. Hungarian Paprika sausage and sauerkraut

YUM:9 :9 :9 :9 :9

[Nicole]

18. Chicken and Dumplings

with blackberry cobbler for dessert.

[jeanarrett]

19. Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes

with broccoli and cheese on the side. And maybe biscuits and honey thrown in there too.