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We had baked beans tonight, with hotdogs and really nice brown bread. My mom, who usually doesn't like food these days, said she loved it. Though it isn't particularly healthy, I think we will have to have it more often. What is your go to comfort meal? I'm looking for other ideas.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Eggplant parmesan.
Tortellini and Pesto.
Baked cod with roasted potatoes.
Beef stew with fresh baked bread.
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RebelOne
(30,947 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)homemade mashed taters -
half and half and butter in the spuds...
Screw my cardiologist.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Plain farm food with sides of green salad and fruit salad. My family loves veggies so broccoli, asparagus or green beans also work as "comfort food" side dishes weirdly enough.
I also make the most unbelievably delicious beef stew that my family craves in the darkest days... a sort of Boeuf Bourguignon but with turnips and other stuff. Very rich and divine
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)I actually laughed out loud at 'builds a turd that takes a while'.
I know EXACTLY what you mean.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Cheeseburgers and vegetable soup. Seafood Scampi with linguini. Scromlets (an omlet, scrambled at the "folding" stage) w/ham, cheese, potato, onion, sweet peppers. Chili with cheese. Burritos with Spanish rice & burger (maybe black or chili beans), lettuce, onion, salsa, sour cream.
Petrushka
(3,709 posts). . . roasted corned beef, cabbage & carrots . . . homemade horseradish-beet relish . . . and dark rye bread.
Or, when in a hurry, as was the case today: homemade beef-barley-vegetable soup (made with ground round).
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)above...except for adding homemade chicken soup may with fresh foul. Rye bread with real
butter. (I can still taste my grandma's real butter). Borsht. Babka.
Lordie...went to a FABULOUS Ukranian restaurant in NYC over Christmas - Veselka in East Village.
Tender, melt-in-your mouth handmade perogies. Potato cheese my favorite too.!
Petrushka
(3,709 posts). . . not to mention those fresh eggs used in the egg-noodles. (**sigh**)
My grandmothers wouldn't recognize the hurry-up "homemade" chicken soup I sometimes make these days: canned
chicken breast; chopped onion, celery, carrots, parsley; canned chicken stock; packaged noodles or (**gulp**)
minute rice . . . ?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)The street food, the huge Russian market with thousands of prepared dishes, the dinners at the nightclubs......amazing experiences I will never forget. I was there with my SO at the time who was a Russian language expert for the state department. So at every meal I was the only one not speaking Russian and I just ate and ate and ate. Ha!
Rhiannon12866
(205,367 posts)I can still remember her slamming the dough on the (metal) kitchen table. Except she made hers with kapusta (sauerkraut). My aunt said the potato kind were Russian, learned to make them from her Russian MIL. My mother never learned to make them and my Babci passed away long before I took any interest in cooking.
And I remember the rye bread, too. My Babci got it from a special bakery. We'd have that with lots of "real buter," and coffee, LOL. She'd make for us when we were at house. She put a lot of milk in it and I loved it.
I can, however, make the chicken soup, learned that from my mother. That's what I make if anyone's sick...
emilyg
(22,742 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)That's home, that's comfort, that's love.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Also known as "poor man's chowder". We used to have it for lunch all the time when I was a kid. Go ahead. Say your "ick's" and move on.
TheCruces
(224 posts)Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Wheat pasta much preferred. I'll eat it fresh and hot, leftover hot, even cold.
Kali
(55,008 posts)meat fork tender, with the onions, potatoes and carrots mushed together and lots of gravy
I need to go to bed now! that just made me hungry!
elana i am
(814 posts)knowbody0
(8,310 posts)never fails. now days, I use ground turkey instead of hamburger. it's a family favorite they call mama's lovin.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)I usually make it with ground turkey, too. Sometimes instead of potato for the top I use a combo of mashed rutabaga and celeriac. Yum!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Old fashioned style, made with canned salmon and crushed saltines, egg, diced onion, milk, dill weed, lemon juice. Shaped into patties and sauteed in a buttered skillet. That is nostalgic for me. I only have it twice a year or so though. Served with green beans and baked potatoes, it seems like home.
One of our family favorites is a casserole of chicken/turkey chunks, broccoli, a simple curry sauce mixed with some good mayo, and cheddar cheese. baked until savory and browned 'round the edges. Easy chicken divan. In the 70s this was made with campbells cream of chicken soup. But it is so easy to make a simple curry sauce with chicken broth, flour, and curry powder. Easy Chicken Divan. I serve it with blueberry-cornmeal muffins and a fresh fruit plate.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)That was a very popular dish for a couple of generations. Thrifty, too.
Just make a white sauce (bechamel) of butter, flour, and milk, and add drained salmon or tuna and a bit of dried dill weed, salt and pepper. Serve over buttered toast. Add some green peas to the sauce, or serve them on the side.
I remember my great aunt making this for Sunday night suppers. Sometimes she had a pretty Jell-O salad to go along. Ha!
applegrove
(118,659 posts)all the time. How did you know? His sister will still make fun of him on that. That is a good idea. I'm no cook but I bet I could buy a ready made bechamel sauce. He'd like that.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)It is the backbone to so many good dishes, and is very simple.
Equal parts of butter and flour (2 T each is good) in a pan, cook and stir with a whisk till bubbly. Whisk in a cup of milk and keep whisking as it thickens to the consistency you want. Salt and pepper to taste.
That makes a medium thick white sauce, perfect for peas on toast. It only takes a few minutes.
If you can make a white sauce, you can make a cheese souffle. Don't be afraid of that either.
siligut
(12,272 posts)I agree, but felt a bit too lazy to post a recipe. I would only add that it has to come to a boil to thicken, that might be important for a first timer.
Have you ever tried Eggs Goldenrod? You just hard boil an egg, stir the chopped white into the béchamel sauce, pour it over toast and spinkle the yolk on top.
I learned how to make a white sauce, just so I could have Eggs Goldenrod when ever I wanted.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)...or that you scorch it on too high heat.
If it's lumpy, you can still eat it. If it's scorched, toss it out but you have lost very little food and can start over.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Melt butter over low heat
Blend in flour, S&P. Cook over low heat stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly
Remove from heat and stir in milk. (This is where you get the lumps out with a whisk)
Return to heat and bring to a boil, stirring. Boil 1 minute.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)That's what I crave for comfort food.
Now when I have a cold (like I do tonight) I like tomato soup maybe with grilled cheese sandwich.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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grasswire
(50,130 posts)Solid family food. Too greasy for me now though.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Mac & cheese!
You could experiment with different baked bean recipes. I had some with navy beans, black beans, corn, and a little burger meat in it.
rurallib
(62,415 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Or the quintessential Minnesota meal: Tater tot Hotdish
http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t--3030/tater-tot-casserole-with-mixed-vegetables.asp
My sweetie asked me to make that Tater tot dish! I had no idea what he was talking about, and he couldn't believe I had never heard of it.
I just winged it. It was pretty good.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)Um-num-num-num.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)....for Saturday night supper. My grandmother did that every Saturday.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)States" than they did to the rest of Canada. Same culture.
siligut
(12,272 posts)And my father grew up in Boston.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)By the new law enacted in April 2009, I am also a Canadian citizen even though I didn't know it 'til after the fact.
I am really interested in Eastern Canada but have never been there. Ontario seems to be the center of my father's family since the 1700s. They were loyalists in the American Revolution. It's a very colorful story how they escaped to Canada, leaving fortunes in land and property behind.
Sorry, applegrove, for running away with your thread.
siligut
(12,272 posts)My DH and I looked into it and we would have to layout 400,000.00 to immigrate and be on the government care program.
Applegrove, I hope you don't mind this slight detour
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I am a Canadian citizen, by virtue of the law being changed to include children born outside Canada to Canadians. All I need to do is obtain the certificate of citizenship (which I haven't done yet). I could get a Canadian passport, too. Those who obtained citizenship though passage of the law were called "Lost Canadians" -- lost no longer. So I have dual citizenship already.
siligut
(12,272 posts)But I gather you would just be covered by government services, though you have not paid into them?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Not sure. Canada does have a pension system for citizens too.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)ship is about to appear every time I am in Halifax. Grasswire. Run away with my thread. You do a great job.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I hear they are the salt of the earth.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)The neighbours were outside and were Newfoundlanders. When they figured out who they each were they started going at it with the verbal barbs attacking each others' culture. It was hillarious. Much funnier than anything you see on the tv.
Neoma
(10,039 posts)momto3
(662 posts)My Moms' extra creamy recipe. Yum!
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)that's interesting.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)that I tend to mellow out just cooking it. Got to have my Mom's,(and Her Mom's) german style egg dumplings(aka"no peeking dumplings"
Hepburn
(21,054 posts)...I just go to the fridge and graze!
IGoToDU
(177 posts)..on white bread with mashed potatoes and the light color gravy...Gotta be real turkey (not that deli slivered type). And gobs of cranberry sauce (some with each bite).