What Did You Have For Dinner Tonight?

[Nikolaj]

^Yum. Sounds good, it's been forever since I have had any stroganoff, I even liked the Hamburger Helper version of it, long ago.
"Comfort food"-- I like that term, and have always wondered about it, I guess it's anything that makes you feel good. The list could be endless, I bet mac and cheese is on it.
Yet, it does seem that there should be a "Stress food" list, and I've never heard of the term. If there's comfort food, there's gotta be stress food, or it's just not an even playing field.
Stress foods?-- Lima beans; anything that gets stuck in between your teeth (why I won't bother with ribs), flour-free cake, sugar free cake, anything too hot from the microwave that burns the roof of your mouth. Which food stresses people out most, I wonder.
Egg Salad
I bet.
And the best comfort food?

[Zombie]

^^^^

Haha. I don't know about stress food, but I do love me some comfort food. I think it's definitely anything that makes you feel better or cozy or like "home." Probably everyone has different things on their list, but there do seem to be some universals in American homes, like mac and cheese, or anything with gravy. I've noticed that most things people refer to as comfort foods aren't exactly healthy, either.

The majority of the time, though, when I need some comfort food, I head for the stuff I grew up eating. I spent much of my childhood in a town predominantly inhabited by Eastern European folks - mainly Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak.

My family is Hungarian, so I am fond of the Magyar staples my mother and grandmother made, like haluski (basically noodles with cabbage), beigli (a rolled pastry, traditionally filled with walnuts or a poppyseed mixture - I like the poppyseed best) and kaposztasalata (coleslaw, but instead of mayo, you use oil and vinegar). My mom loved spicy food back then, too, so she always planted tons of Hungarian wax peppers in her garden - I like those straight, like you'd eat an apple or something. They look similar to banana peppers, but have more bite.

I also love Slovak foods like pagach (basically a mashed potato pizza) and halupki (stuffed cabbage - the Polish call these "galumbki"), and the heavenly Polish sausage sammich or a giant pot of pierogi.

Om nom nom.

[HomerMcvie]

STOP making me hungry, biotches!!!
My comfort foods, are "winter" foods. Mostly stuff that my Mom made, when she was still here(and/but I'm a pretty damned good cook, myself). Here's my short list:
Meat loaf!(god, I love me some f*cking meatloaf, on a cold winter Sunday!)
Curried chicken casserole
Gumbo
Lasagna
My own 5 alarm chili....so sweet and hot, it's the best! Sweat, rolling down your face....mmmmmm....

BUT, I've lost 45 lbs in the past year, and eat mostly vegetables now.....so I'm relegating myself to these things, maybe every OTHER Sunday, during the winter. Made the best meatloaf ever, a couple of weeks ago.....gumbo's next, on my list!