Feeding Frenzy

By Hungry

October 9, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

It’s got to be Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes. Hands down.

By MAC

October 9, 2008 7:04 PM | Link to this

Ice Cream

By Art

October 9, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

A bowl of soup, some crusty bread and a glass… or three… of good wine. This time of year I make split pea with ham, matzo ball chicken, a mean cream of mushroom and of course, French onion with a bubbly Gruyère topping. Mmmm, mmmm, good.

By FCM

October 9, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

Top 10 (Ranked 1 - 10) -Mac & Cheese -Chocolate -Pizza -Chips and Dip (Ruffles and Onion Dip) -Baked Potato (Loaded) -Grilled Cheese -Hot Fudge Sundae -Chocolate Chip Cookie (fresh from oven only) -Chips and Salsa/Cheese Dip -Oreo and Milk

No the fact my entire list is fat, sugar, carb laden does not escape my attention.

By Dee

October 9, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

A juicy,sweet honey bun comforts me anytime.

By DC

October 10, 2008 12:51 AM | Link to this

BEER.

By Music

October 10, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

I’m going to Art’s house.

By Mark

October 10, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

Spaghetti and meatballs

By Matt

October 10, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

LOL @ DC and FCM!
I think Art should invite us all over. It’s only the polite thing to do (smile).

By Stacey

October 10, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

I say ditto to all of the food items posted except meatloaf (I’m just not a fan). If I have to choose one, it has to be a bowl of chilli with sharp cheddar & a small dollop of sour cream. A slice of fresh, warm poundcake is a very close second.

For my son, it’s a plate of cheesy spaghetti & garlic bread. My husband would probably say meatloaf with a side of mac & cheese. The second choice for both of them would probably be pancakes.

By Maniac is accurate

October 10, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

If you honeybun is juicy, there’s something wrong with it. Hate to break it too you.

By Maniac is accurate

October 10, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

If your honeybun is juicy, there’s something wrong with it. Hate to break it too you.

By SP

October 10, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

Fettuccinne in vodka cream sauce. But I prefer to be sauced on vodka while eating fettuccine.

By TheProfessor

October 10, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

The best comfort food is a blue cheese stuffed olive at the bottom of my martini glass. I love to curl up with one of those (along with one of my students that is working to bring up her GPA) while watching latenight cinemax

By cubalibre

October 10, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Well, I’m Cuban, so obviously, a lovely bowl of soupy, lime-and-cumin-infused black beans with rice. But I also make a burgundy chicken stew (you cook it for 8 hours on very low heat— extremely easy, believe it or not) that is falling-apart tender when done. It’s great by itself, but served over a scoop of mashed potatoes— it just doesn’t get any more comforting than that!

By She-She

October 10, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

“ICE-CREAM!”

By Lissa

October 10, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

My ultimate comfort food would have to be the mashed potatoes and gravy from KFC. In times of “comfort” I don’t care what’s in it, that stuff gets me every time. Following it up with a biscuit covered in gravy helps.

Also, my mom’s home-cooked breakfasts, which I miss so much. Pancakes, cheesey scrambled eggs, grits, biscuits w/ sausage gravy were the norm. Mmmm…

Other comfort foods are chocolate cake (or anything ooey-gooey-chocolatey) and cheesecake.

By fer

October 10, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Homemade soup, esp. chicken w/ rice and lots of veggies.

By kublai

October 10, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Shepherds Pie is in my top 5, but I’d have to say baked chicken, Wide noodles, and steamed Broccoli might be the #1.

By reservoirDAWG

October 10, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

Beef Stroganoff(sp?), biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, country fried steak/chicken, lasagna, Maker’s Mark, I am not healthy. Lissa, my mom cooked those kind of breakfasts when I was young and they were fantastic as well.

By kimster

October 10, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

My top ten are (the order depends on how I’m feeling that day). All are homemade: 1. Chicken breasts baked in mushroom soup with lemon and cajun over steamed rice. 2. Chili with sharp cheddar,oyster crackers and real beer. 3. Veg soup with corn bread. 4. Chicken noodle soup with saltines. 5. Taco fixin’s over baked potato. 6. Med-rare sirloin strip, ‘tato, aged Zin and a good movie. 7. Toast with honey p’nut butter and a banana. 8. Lemon-cajun salmon, baked potato and cheap champagne. 9. Nachos, beer and college football. 10. Fondue with good friends, good wine and good music. I’m from the ‘60’s

By MissV

October 10, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Hot bowl of Brunswick Stew (that someone else cooks) and a cold glass of Burgundy.

By CarolinaGirl

October 10, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Potato soup with homemade cornbread. I can eat it until I’m about to explode.

By Cleo

October 10, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Fresh coconut cake

By JM

October 10, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

REAL, homemade mashed potatoes, made with sour cream, garlic, tons of butter, and salt & pepper. Serve’em HOT, with more butter inside. A volcano of buttery goodness.

OR homemade vanilla sourcream poundcake, toasted, with good vanilla ice-cream on top. YUMMMY!

By amy

October 10, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

Something that my parents would make us every saturday night when I was real young, that always brings me comfort even now: baked beans, cut up hot dogs, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese mixed together in a pot. Or you can use the velveeta shells and cheese if you prefer that-(but back then it didn’t exist) Delicious!! Don’t knock it till you try it…

By Bad Brad

October 10, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

Slug salad sandwiches and fire ant pie with cinnamon ice cream are my favorites.

By Jamie

October 10, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Hamburger Helper and Big K Red Cream Soda. That’s what I am having for dinner tonight!

By Rebecca

October 10, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

I like to make cobbler when it’s cold or nasty outside- peach cobbler, apple & cranberry cobbler, or whatever fruit I happen to have on hand and serve it with fresh whipped cream or Breyer’s original vanilla ice cream. In the fall I like to make dishes with apples or pumpkin- pies, breads, even pumpkin soup. It makes the house smell wonderful. I also like to make home-made Russian tea with lemons, oranges and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and all spice. A hot cup of tea is wonderful when it is cold or rainy outside. In deep winter time (January/February), the ultimate comfort drink is hot chocolate made with real chocolate and cream. Yum!

By Magnus McMagnus

October 10, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

I like a couple, no three, good shots of Early Times and a bag of Cheetos.

By Neoconnisseur

October 10, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

A 20-wing takeout from Three Dollar Cafe and a six pack of Milwaukee’s Best Light.

By Kate Keiran

October 10, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this

Alltime Highs: Pot Roast with potatoes, carrots, onions & celery; Boiled Dinner with Corned Beef (or ham) and potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips,onions (SAVE THAT BROTH!!- strained, chilled, de-fatted & re-warmed it makes FANTASTIC tea/tonic for what ails…); Real Mashed potatoes…Home-made Jewish Penicillin with Matzoh Balls..oh, and BEER. Hi Art! And Cubalibre, that Burgundy Chicken sounds top-shelf..share the recipe w/me at mamalion60@yahoo.com? T.Y.!

By ATL Foodie

October 14, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Anything from Shane’s Rib Shack- something about warm food on a good fall day!!

By G.R.

October 15, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Grilled cheese with very sharp cheddar … paired with a glass of Carmenere.

By G.R.

October 15, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Grilled cheese sandwich on pumpernickel with very sharp cheddar … paired with a glass of Carmenere.

By SA

October 22, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

Black-eyed peas like my Momma makes

By SusieQ

October 22, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this

Grilled cheese sandwich w/ tomato soup, crustless cream cheese cucumber sandwiches, deviled eggs, cheese omlet, French Filled Fans from Publix, Varsity F.O. or P.C, lemon icebox pie, cream cheese brownies

By DecaturCyn

October 22, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this

Take ordinary canned Cream of Mushroom soup and enhance it with whole milk, lots of exotic fresh mushrooms, and a sprinkling of blue cheese crumbles. Serve it with some crusty bread right from the oven and experience heaven!

By SusieQ

October 22, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this

Krispy Kreme glazed donuts w/ caramel icing…YUM!

By Vince

October 22, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

Homemade Vegetable Soup with a skillet of corn bread. Crumble a big wedge of the corn bread in a big bowl, ladle on the soup, and drop a spoonful, or two, of some good Chow Chow….PARADISE!

By GranniPeg

October 22, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Back to the gyst of things - comfort foods in time of impending financial doom - pinto beans (with or without salt pork or smoked hog jowl, depending on if my vegetarian daughters are home), lots of “soup” in ‘em, cornbread crumbled up in it, chopped onion, maybe some homemade tomato “chow-chow” on the side if I’m feeling fancy. I was raised very simply and Mama used to cook 2 lbs. of pintos on Monday and we’d eat on ‘em all week. When we didn’t have cornbread, I’d spread ‘em on a piece of white bread. Still good that way even now when I can afford something more exotic. Also, fried potatoes are a comfort food around here. If we’d get some rain here in my backyard in Middle Tennessee, I’ll have turnip greens, turnips, collards, kale, mustard greens, then I’ll make some hotwater cornbread to go with ‘em. Whew. I’m hungry now.

By SS

October 22, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this

Comfort food for me when I have a rough day would be grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup. It is really fun to dip the sandwich into the soup!

By Miss T

October 27, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

Oyster Stew. The Oysters have to be from the red can with the Indian on it.

By Miss T

October 27, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

And I agree with Vince too! My grandmother made the best vegetable soup and I loved crumbling the corn bread in it. There’s nothing like it!

By Judy M

October 28, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this

Comfort foods are great. To me my home fried shicken with milk garvy. Real homemade mashed potatoes. My kids 9grown ask for oatmeal and tomato soup but not together. Macaroni and cheese homemade is tops as well as my homemade soups.(chicken noodle, shili, split bea, bean) But macaroni and cheese is my favorite.

By Vee

October 29, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

By Vee October 29, 2008 2:04 PM

When it gets cool weather, we like homemade Chili ( My Way ) And chicken dressing, with side dishes. And when all the kids come over on thanksgiving and christmas day, we have the whole works turkey and dressing, Big ole ham, assorted sides, and all kinds of desserts.