Your favorite, secret (not for long), comfort food!

[Scott6373]

I got into this discussion at the office, and found the responses to be as varied as they could be!  I thought it would be fun to reveal our secret food fetishes (keep it clean folks )

Mine is macaroni and cheese with hotdogs...OK...not so secret (but oh so bad for you).

My secret, and far deadlier desert is deep fried Oreo cookies...OMG...glass of cold milk and thee, and I could turn.

[mvansand76]

A table full of sliced French bread with Brie!

  Yummie!!!!

[moremojo]

I love tuna or chicken casseroles, spaghetti with meat sauce and cheese, cheese enchiladas, mashed potatoes (preferably with gravy), lasagna--basically anything that's starchy.

I have always had a very pronounced sweet tooth which has really put the pounds on me in my middle years--pastries and pies, cake and cookies, anything with chocolate.

[Penthesilea]

I have always had a very pronounced sweet tooth which has really put the pounds on me in my middle years--pastries and pies, cake and cookies, anything with chocolate.

How I can relate to that Scott  .

My current fetish are malt candies. Gawd, I love the flavor and cracking them with my teeth.

[Kelda]

hmm...

chocolate.... anything chocolate.

cold rice pudding
mushy peas
deep fried pizza supper
chips and mayo.
stawberries and cream.
crisp salad with a really great dressing.
french bread and brie is great but any nice cheese will do (epoisses is great!)

I no dount will come up wth more.

Macarini chesse is also fab.

[David In Indy]

Chocolate chip ice cream

Vanilla ice cream

Chocolate ice cream

Strawberry ice cream

Fresh tomatoes

Cookies

Celery and/or carrots

Apples (and if I'm feeling really naughty, I'll smear some butterscotch on it!) 

[serious crayons]

Celery and/or carrots

Wow, David, I've never heard anybody say they consider celery a comfort food! I'm impressed. For me carrots and celery are Diet Torture Foods.

Other than that, I like most of the foods people have mentioned. Chrissi, I've never heard of "malt candies." Do they have them here? Would I like them about as much as you like marshmallows? 

Kelda, are "mushy peas" a particular dish, like "mashed potatoes," or are they just peas that happen to be mushy? And is deep-fried pizza supper just what it sounds like? Pizza that's been deep-fried??

My favorite comfort food is probably garlic mashed potatoes. But I like potatoes in almost any form. Also, bread, pie, ice cream, in fact most desserts, pizza, pasta, anything with melted cheese ...

As far as I'm concerned, the five food groups are: fat, sugar, starch, alcohol, chocolate.

[opinionista]

I love eating popcorn when I feel nervous or stressed out.

[loneleeb3]

Oh Lord!
I love Comfort food!!
Meatloaf with Mashed potato's
Fried Chicken
Pole beans and new potato's cooked in the pressure cooker with a slab of fat back
Mac and cheese (not the box kind)  baked in the oven like nannie used too with pounds of cheese milk and butter with crumbled cornflakes on top!!
Gravy and Biscuits
Country fried steak and gravy again with mashed taters.
Pinto's, purple hulls or butterbeans cooked all day with ham hocks and a good batch of cornbread!
Turkey and dressing!
Man, I am soooooooo hungry now! 

[MaineWriter]

Stouffer's mac and cheese
Corn flake crumb chicken with baked cheese garlic grits (remember, I am from the northeast; grits are very unusual up here)
A big, juicy, rare hamburger
New York strip steak, medium rare, with garlic mashed potatoes
Sayville pizza (never get that anymore though...)


L

[serious crayons]

I love eating popcorn when I feel nervous or stressed out.

Going to movies is comforting for me, and popcorn is a huge part of the draw.

Sometimes I want to go to a movie just because I'm in the mood for popcorn!

[David In Indy]

Wow, David, I've never heard anybody say they consider celery a comfort food! I'm impressed. For me carrots and celery are Diet Torture Foods.

I LOVE raw carrots! Celery too, but sometimes I will put a little dab of peanut butter on my celery stalks!

I love mixed vegetables too. I'll eat them right out of the can.. cold! 

Black eye peas are good too!

[Kelda]

yup deep fried pizza - a frozen pizza thrown in the fryer - delish! But only to be eatenm by me on very special - conmfort needed or I have been sooo good occasions!!!

Mushy pes are often also served with fish suppers etc in the UK, but also with pies etc etc. so a aide dish like mashed potatoes. yup - often actually served with mashed potatoes.

and yes - comfort food celery - pah David -no wonder you have such a good bod!

[ifyoucantfixit]

    I too love vegetables.  I love asparagus, cabbage stew with cornbread.  Cornbread and milk.  I was southern bred.  Fried chicken and potatoes and pan gravy.  Pot roast with veggies.  Pork roast.
   
    And anything chocolate.  Devils food cake, German choc cake. Irish Potatoe cake.  Chocolate creme pie, with whipping cream.  Truffles, and peanut butter cups.....

    Enough!!!  I will probably gain five pounds just typing all of that.....    

[Wishes]

Toast. (most simple but one of the best foods)

Pizza.

Anything you can do with a potato

[Fran]

Grilled cheese sandwich with tomato (white bread, American cheese)

-or-

Noodle kugel (with lots of cinnamon sugar)

-or-

Tomato soup

[Brown Eyes]

Geez... the more I think about it... this is either a really hard question to answer or it will have to be a really long list. 

OK, here goes...

cake and/or cupcakes (red velvet is my favorite flavor)
peanut butter cup ice cream
pizza
sourdough bagels with cream cheese
any kind of good cheese with crackers and white wine
eggs (sunny side up) with sausage patties and rye toast (I love diners and diner breakfasts... and this is often my fav even though it's sort of basic)
meatloaf with mashed potatoes
anything made out of sweet potatoes
fried chicken (only once in a blue moon... but every once in a while I become obsessed with good fried chicken)

So, any and all of those things (not all at the same time mind you  ) are some of my favorite comfort foods.

[Shasta542]

Chicken noodle soup and Sprite. I always had that when I had to stay home from school because of being sick.

Chocolate gravy over homemade biscuit drenched in butter. I don't have that anymore. My granny made it for me about once a week. No one else can make it like she did.

[Brown Eyes]

Chocolate gravy over homemade biscuit drenched in butter. I don't have that anymore. My granny made it for me about once a week. No one else can make it like she did.

Ooooooo good call on the biscuits!!!  I love biscuits.  I should have included them on my list to go along with the fried chicken. 

[Shasta542]

Ooooooo good call on the biscuits!!!  I love biscuits.  I should have included them on my list to go along with the fried chicken. 

Why are all the best, yummiest foods bad for you? I don't get it! Lol  

[David In Indy]

Why are all the best, yummiest foods bad for you? I don't get it! Lol  

It's one of God's cruelest jokes isn't it Shasta?

[Ellemeno]

Oh my.

Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream (Thank you soo much, Brokeback Mountain!  )
Typical Thanksgiving meal (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans) - Stouffer's makes a passable frozen version for the other 364 days of the year.
Tomato Rice Soup
Outback ribeye steak, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed green beans
Homemade vegetable soup
Homemade beef stew with lots of carrots
Fettucine alfredo (could this be the most fattening food on earth?)
Baked apples
Cioppino
Ratatouille
Paella
Pad thai
Lard nar
Stir fried vegetables and beef or tofu
Brown rice with Cambazola cheese melted in it
Baked potato with butter, nutritional yeast, and tamari
and like most everyone else, mac & cheese

I thought of more: 
Fresh Bing or Rainier cherries
This thick smoothie stuff I make with frozen blueberries, bananas, vanilla soy milk, and soy protein powder
Nectarines
BBQ pork ribs
corn on the cob
Whole Foods pecan-encrusted catfish
Honey Greek Yogurt
Smart Puffs
Haagen Dazs Coffee Almond Bars
Bubble Tea
General Tso's Chicken
Roasted root vegetables (beets, carrots, parsnip, and rutabaga, especially)
Chocolate-covered raisins

Stop me.... 

[dot-matrix]

Comfort foods

Tomato Soup made with Milk and topped with shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Grilled Cheese Sandwich on Shepherds Bread
Pot Roast with potatos carrots celery and onions in brown gravy
Bacon Double Cheese Burger with mushrooms
Steamed Spinach with real butter
Baked Potato with Sour Cream and butter
Fish Tacos
Nachos with carne asada, guacamole, sour cream, pico de giao and cheddar
Chocolate Chip Pancakes with butter and powdered sugar
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream
Starbucks coffee icecream
Ben and Jerry's Uncanny Cashew
Toblerone

[Ellemeno]

Dot-Matrix, everything you named is yummy, right down to the Toblerone...

[Ellemeno]

French Onion Soup
Cherry strudel
Sacher Torte

Some of these I haven't had in years...

[Kelda]

mmm.. Janice - I love asparagus with lot and lots of butter to dip it in!

and - Americans - biscuits to me are cookies - so what are biscuits to you?

[David In Indy]

mmm.. Janice - I love asparagus with lot and lots of butter to dip it in!

and - Americans - biscuits to me are cookies - so what are biscuits to you?

Good morning Kelda!! You're up bright and early! 

Now, someone on the other side of the country may disagree with me, but here in Indiana, biscuits are rolls, like bread rolls you put butter on. We have them during supper quite often. Also, (at least in Indiana) we will serve them at breakfast and pour hot gravy over them (biscuits and gravy). Yummy! 

[David In Indy]

Biscuits




Biscuits and Gravy

[Kelda]

Good morning Kelda!! You're up bright and early! 

Now, someone on the other side of the country may disagree with me, but here in Indiana, biscuits are rolls, like bread rolls you put butter on. We have them during supper quite often. Also, (at least in Indiana) we will serve them at breakfast and pour hot gravy over them (biscuits and gravy). Yummy! 

its 8.53am here!

Bread and gravy? CRAZY! (But no more than you lot think deep fried pizza is so I guess we're even!!)

[David In Indy]

its 8.53am here!

Bread and gravy? CRAZY! (But no more than you lot think deep fried pizza is so I guess we're even!!)

It's not a thin runny gravy like you would pour over mashed potatoes, Kelda. It's a thick starchy gravy, and it has chunks of sausage in it. Sometimes people will add bacon or ham to the gravy. It just depends. Here in Indiana, we use sausage. It's very good, especially during the winter time. It helps to keep us warm against all the cold outside! 

I can send you a recipe if you want me to! 

[Penthesilea]

Oh my. Reading this thread makes me greedy for every second thing that's mentioned  .


David, your biscuits look similar to scones in GB. Oh, I love the British tea time: tea with milk, scones and clotted cream. In Germany nobody drinks tea with milk, that's why I didn't like tea before I learned how to do it right in England  .

[Penthesilea]

...
anything made out of sweet potatoes

Oh. Oooh. Oooooooohhhhh. I only had sweet potatoes once in my life. It was sweet potatoe fries and I had it when Lee and I stopped for lunch on our way to Estes Park. I was and still am enthusiastic about it. I would so love to eat it again and to try other things made of sweet potatoes. You can't get sweet potatoes in Germany (well, I guess in specialized delicacy shops in bigger cities you will get them, but not around here).
*sigh* I would like to eat them right now. Hey, that's another reason to go back next year (as if I needed more reasons...  ).

Other than that, I like most of the foods people have mentioned. Chrissi, I've never heard of "malt candies." Do they have them here? Would I like them about as much as you like marshmallows? 

They are made of caramelized sugar syrup and barley malt and they have indeed a very particular flavor. I know only few people who like it. That's one of the best things about them: my children and husband don't like them  .

Oh yes, the marshmellows. I had one of the best things I ever ate on that trip: sweet potatoe fries ( ), and one of the worst things: grilled marshmellows ( ). But we had a good laugh about it, didn't we? 

[David In Indy]

Oh my. Reading this thread makes me greedy for every second thing that's mentioned  .


David, your biscuits look similar to scones in GB. Oh, I love the British tea time: tea with milk, scones and clotted cream. In Germany nobody drinks tea with milk, that's why I didn't like tea before I learned how to do it right in England  .

Hi Chrissi!

Yes, Alex (my British boyfriend) says British scones and American biscuits are very similar, except we don't put currants in ours. Our biscuits are baked with nothing inside of them. But many people will split them open and add butter to them when served as a side dish during supper time.  

[David In Indy]

We've been talking about scones, and now Alex wants me to try kippers for breakfast sometime soon!



He said I should try it as a comfort food.


uhhhhh............ huh-uh! I don't think so! 

What do ya'll think? Should I try it? Would you try it?

Well, maybe. God, what we won't do for love! 

I don't even know if we can buy kippers in Indiana. Maybe I'll be saved by the bell at the last minute.   

[Ellemeno]

Being startled and slightly freaked out by that kippers picture made me want to post that dog picture to "get you back," David, but that would be too cruel to you and everyone else reading. 

[Kelda]

kippers were one of the only fish i actually really enjoyed before I was a veggie - they def are a comfort food.

Try them! In scotland they are often a breakfast dish. Very very fishy tasting but nice!

Ah scones! and you put a thick meaty gravy over them?

see we would often have plain scones but eould put butter or a jam in it.. but not something savory.

[MaineWriter]

Way back in response to Amanda's post ---> I love rye toast. And a diner breakfast is also a favorite. At Guidi's here in Westbrook, my standard breakfast order is 2 eggs over easy, sausage, a few home fries, and 1 slice of rye toast. They'll sell you a "few" home fries for 30 cents. I like grits with my breakfast, too, but you couldn't order a grit here in Maine if your life depended on it. I don't think you could find biscuits with sausage gravy, either. I have had them but not here in the northeast.

And Chrissi for you --> another comfort food for me is a salami and cheese sandwich on a kaiser roll, made with mustard!

David ---> tell Alex he can keep his kippers! That is a food you can find around here, but I don't like them.

Scott --> where were you when I was posting pictures of deep fried oreos on my blog and wondering what on earth they tasted like?

We have a wonderful bakery here in Portland that makes terrific scones. Cranberry walnut are my favorite but blueberry oatmeal are a good second choice.

L

[opinionista]

its 8.53am here!

Bread and gravy? CRAZY! (But no more than you lot think deep fried pizza is so I guess we're even!!)

What exactly is deep fried pizza? Is it an actual pizza fried (an Italian would find this extremely insulting!) or somekind of turnover stuffed with cheese and tomato sauce?

[belbbmfan]

What exactly is deep fried pizza? Is it an actual pizza fried

Yes, Phillip told us  in Alberta about this strange culinary 'feast'  . I have to say it doesn't sounds kinda strange ... 

an Italian would find this extremely insulting!

probably! 

[Kelda]

What exactly is deep fried pizza? Is it an actual pizza fried (an Italian would find this extremely insulting!) or somekind of turnover stuffed with cheese and tomato sauce?

Its a normal frozen pizza like you'd get in the supermarket - fried!

So not an authentic pizza cos - well its frozen! - and cos its of a generally plain varierty with not much topping - as I guess that would cause problems with the oil etc etc, as it'd all fall off into the oils so

cheese and tomato, cheese and onion, mushroom frozen pizza generally.

[MaineWriter]

What exactly is deep fried pizza? Is it an actual pizza fried (an Italian would find this extremely insulting!) or some kind of turnover stuffed with cheese and tomato sauce?

That would be what I call a calzone. And in my experience, they are usually baked, not fried. But I also don't fry pizza.

I have done the deep fried turkey thing, though.

L

[belbbmfan]

I have done the deep fried turkey thing, though.

L

 

[loneleeb3]

another comfort food for me is a salami and cheese sandwich on a kaiser roll, made with mustard!

Leslie, I always knew you were good people!!! 
That has been one of my favorites since I was a little boy!
About Biscuits and gravy, here in the south,we also have Red Eye gravy. You make it after frying Country ham in an iron skillet and add coffee to the drippings and pieces. It's really good. Some people add water but I think coffee is best. It's real popular in Virginia where i am from. Virginia is famous for our ham!
I alo forgot to mention grits! I love cheese grits mixed with sausage!! One of my favorite breakfasts is Scrambled eggs with cheese, cheese grits and white bread toast with lots of butter. It's best to make the eggs in the skillet after you have fried up the sausage!! Yummy!

[MaineWriter]

Deep fried turkey became all the rage a few years ago.

Apparently, way down south (Louisiana) people have been deep frying turkeys for years. 3 minutes to the pound, so a 12 pound turkey is done in 36 minutes, as opposed to the hours it would take in the oven. Nice and moist, crispy skin. The downside is you can't put stuffing in.

We had a neighbor from Virginia and he was into deep frying turkeys so Tony and I decided to give it a try. We already had a gas cooker for lobster, so we just needed to buy a big pot and lots of oil. I have to say, it is quick and fast and the turkey is very tasty. All the bubbling oil is a little scary though. We have a thing that looks like a hanger to put the turkey in and out of the pot. And we set it up in the middle of the backyard, way away from anything combustible.

Shortly after we got our cooking apparatus, there were a bunch of articles in various newspapers and it seemed like EVERYBODY was deep frying turkeys. Of course, there were the idiots who tried to do in their garage, or too close to the house, or after too many beers, and ended up with a turkey conflagration. But we never had any problems.

This page has some pictures and other info:

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/cstech/fryturkey.html

Leslie

[MaineWriter]

Leslie, I always knew you were good people!!! 
That has been one of my favorites since I was a little boy!

Ha ha, this was a little bit of a joke for Chrissi.

When I was leaving Germany back in March, her husband was making me some sandwiches for my trip. I had picked out salami and cheese at the store. Jens was making me a salami sandwich, and a cheese sandwich. I said, "Oh no, put them together." They both looked horrified. And then when I asked if they had any mustard--I thought they would both faint dead away. Jens couldn't even hold the knife to spread the mustard. I had to do it. LOL

L

[loneleeb3]

Fried Turkey is awesome! It's so juicy and tender. You can also use a syringe and inject spices and marinade directly into the turkey. You have to use peanut oil or cottonseed oil as they have a low flash point and frying a turkey requires sustained high temps!

[belbbmfan]

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/cstech/fryturkey.html

Leslie

   

How can they say it's not greasy?? Really?

It sure take a lot of preparation. I think I'll just stick to frying 'fries', twice of course! 

[MaineWriter]

   

How can they say it's not greasy?? Really?

It sure take a lot of preparation. I think I'll just stick to frying 'fries', twice of course! 

Tell ya what, Fabienne...you make the fries, I'll make the turkey!

L

[Penthesilea]

Ha ha, this was a little bit of a joke for Chrissi.

When I was leaving Germany back in March, her husband was making me some sandwiches for my trip. I had picked out salami and cheese at the store. Jens was making me a salami sandwich, and a cheese sandwich. I said, "Oh no, put them together." They both looked horrified. And then when I asked if they had any mustard--I thought they would both faint dead away. Jens couldn't even hold the knife to spread the mustard. I had to do it. LOL

L

That story will stay with us for a long, long time 

While I was in Colorado, Jens registered here on BM in order to be able to see the pics in the Social Events Forum. As moniker, he chose "sandwichmaker" 

Oh, and guess who likes salami and cheese combined on one sandwich: Kerstin! But if I were to put mustard on it, I guess she'd faint right away   

[loneleeb3]

That story will stay with us for a long, long time 

While I was in Colorado, Jens registered here on BM in order to be able to see the pics in the Social Events Forum. As moniker, he chose "sandwichmaker" 

Oh, and guess who likes salami and cheese combined on one sandwich: Kerstin! But if I were to put mustard on it, I guess she'd faint right away   

Ya can't have a good salami sammitch without yellow mustard! LOL 

[serious crayons]

Elle, I love that your list includes this:

Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream
Outback ribeye steak

along with this:

tofu
Brown rice
tamari

Leslie, they eat all kinds of weird things in Louisiana. Once at a zydeco festival, I ate a fried pig's tail. The flavor was fine -- like bacon -- but I was just a little too aware I was eating, well ... a tail. It was curly!   

And speaking of salami and cheese sandwiches, I love muffalettas: salami, ham, cheese and a spicy green-olive salad on a gigantic kaiser roll!


David, kippers are readily available in American supermarkets. They don't look as yummy as the ones you posted, though  -- they come sans heads, in flat rectangular tin cans. Look near the canned tuna and salmon. I love them, though after you cook them the house smells fishy for the rest of the day. And I know how much you love fish! 

[Brokeback_Dev]

chocolate chip mint ice cream.
double stuffed oreos dunked in milk.
anything pasta
artichoke hearts
asparagus
pot roast (falling apart) with taters, carrots, and onions.
avocados yum
banana pudding
oh yeah and a good ribeye steak.
i love Mexican too..  i recently had an avocado and cheese quesadilla at Ruby Tuesdays.  i cant wait to go back!

[mvansand76]

             

           

           

         

         

         

My mum's Indonesian Nasi Goreng with fried rice, egg and chicken satay with peanut sauce!

           

           

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

[Penthesilea]

I have done the deep fried turkey thing, though.

L

What's the difference between frying and deep frying?

[Scott6373]

What's the difference between frying and deep frying?

Frying you do in a shallow pan, turnhing the food to cook it on all sides...deep frying (which in my opinion is Gods finest idea), completely submerges the food item in very hot and very yummy fat.

[serious crayons]

What's the difference between frying and deep frying?

For example, Chrissi, a fried egg is fried, using just a spoonful or so of fat.

Fried chicken is deep-fried, using a big kettle of hot fat. Deep-fried things, such as chicken, are often (but not always) breaded.

Here are some more Fun Frying Facts:

Elvis Presley reportedly liked his peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches fried, using a whole stick of butter for each.

At the Minnesota state fair, they offer deep fried Twinkies, Oreos and several candy bars -- on a stick.

Some attendees at the 2007 Brokie BBQ went on a short day-trip to Wyoming and enjoyed deep-fried pickles!

[Penthesilea]

Frying you do in a shallow pan, turnhing the food to cook it on all sides...deep frying (which in my opinion is Gods finest idea), completely submerges the food item in very hot and very yummy fat.

Oooooo, I am so **** sometimes. "frying pan" is one of the basic words children learn at school pretty early in English class  . Of course I know what frying is. At least normally, but apparently not today    .

Thanks Scott (and Katherine as I see in the preview).

[Ellemeno]

Elle, I love that your list includes this:

along with this:

If I have to have such a huge Mr. Hyde side, food-wise, at least, thank God I also have a Dr. Jekyll side.  I actually eat a lot of fresh produce and whole foods, and, alas, CRAP! 

[Lynne]

Leslie - If you're jonesing for biscuits and gravy, get thee to a Cracker Barrel!  I know they've made it as far north as Massachusetts.

My favorite comfort food - shepherd's pie.

Katherine - Love your food groups! 

[Scott6373]

Leslie - If you're jonesing for biscuits and gravy, get thee to a Cracker Barrel!  I know they've made it as far north as Massachusetts.

My favorite comfort food - shepherd's pie.

Katherine - Love your food groups! 

You and Rick...he loves it...I can't abide it.

[Lynne]

You and Rick...he loves it...I can't abide it.

Shepherd's Pie or Cracker Barrel biscuits & gravy ??

[MaineWriter]

Leslie - If you're jonesing for biscuits and gravy, get thee to a Cracker Barrel!  I know they've made it as far north as Massachusetts.

Yes, I know. No Cracker Barrels in Maine, though, and to be honest, I am not sure they are worth a trip to Massachusetts! LOL

No Red Lobsters in Maine, either. Maine is the only state in the US without a Red Lobster. I wonder why....

L

[Scott6373]

Shepherd's Pie or Cracker Barrel biscuits & gravy ??

Shepherd's Pie

[Lynne]

Yes, I know. No Cracker Barrels in Maine, though, and to be honest, I am not sure they are worth a trip to Massachusetts! LOL

No Red Lobsters in Maine, either. Maine is the only state in the US without a Red Lobster. I wonder why....

L

Not worth a trip, but if you're passing through, you can get some fried okra too! 

  That powerful Lobsterman's Lobby, I s'pect 

Shepherd's Pie

I just had some in NYC while waiting to meet Meryl.  And a Guinness.  Come to think of it - that was a whole day of comfort food - Dunkin Donuts to start off and Taiwan noodles and red wine to end...wonder if I got enough carbs in? 

[MaineWriter]

That powerful Lobsterman's Lobby, I s'pect 

More like, it was just not well patronized. We had one Red Lobster here for a few years and it went out of business. The location is now a TGIFriday's (I think). I don't go there, either. LOL

L

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Circus Peanuts, 100% sugar and artificial colors. I get a bag of those, sit in the car and eat every one of them.

[loneleeb3]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Zaanse_mayonaise.jpg/800px-Zaanse_mayonaise.jpg

I LOVE french fries with mayo!
It's my favorite! Everyone always looks at me like I am crazy when I eat it.
At McDonalds or Chick Fil A they always ask if I need Ketchup. I say no, mayonaise please.
The looks I get! LOL

[Shasta542]

Circus Peanuts, 100% sugar and artificial colors. I get a bag of those, sit in the car and eat every one of them.

MMmmmmm.....I love those. They have an interesting texture. I like maple nut goodies too. They can stay in the car without melting.

[Kelda]

I LOVE french fries with mayo!
It's my favorite! Everyone always looks at me like I am crazy when I eat it.
At McDonalds or Chick Fil A they always ask if I need Ketchup. I say no, mayonaise please.
The looks I get! LOL

I am also a french fries and mayo fan!!!

[Penthesilea]

I LOVE french fries with mayo!
It's my favorite! Everyone always looks at me like I am crazy when I eat it.
At McDonalds or Chick Fil A they always ask if I need Ketchup. I say no, mayonaise please.
The looks I get! LOL

I also love 'em with Mayo.
Or with both, ketchup and mayo. It's called Pommes rot-weiß (=french fires red-white) here.

[MaineWriter]

My daughter has actually gotten hooked on french fries with vinegar.

I ate them with mayo in Belgium but here at home, I am still a ketchup sorta gal.

L

[loneleeb3]

French Fries and Gravy is good too! 

[Scott6373]

My daughter has actually gotten hooked on french fries with vinegar.

I ate them with mayo in Belgium but here at home, I am still a ketchup sorta gal.

L

It's french fries with celery salt and malt vinegar on them...OMG so good.

[Scott6373]

French Fries and Gravy is good too! 

In Quebec, that's called poutin...french fries with gravy on them, smothered in some kind of melted cheese...heart attack on a plate.

[loneleeb3]

It's french fries with celery salt and malt vinegar on them...OMG so good.

That sounds good. I'll have to try that one!!

[MaineWriter]

It's french fries with celery salt and malt vinegar on them...OMG so good.

That does sound good. I also like french fries with Old Bay Seasoning. Yum!

L

[MaineWriter]

Summing up we have:

French fries with ketchup
French fries with mayo
French fries with with ketchup and mayo
French fries with vinegar
French fries with celery salt and malt vinegar
French fries with Old Bay Seasoning
French fries with gravy (didn't they eat these in the movie Diner?)
French fries with cheese (cheese fries)
French fries with gravy and cheese

Others?

L

[loneleeb3]

French fries with gravy (didn't they eat these in the movie Diner?)

YES!!!!!!
I can't believe someone actually knows that movie!
Whenever I mention it no one knows what I'm talking about!!
That was a good one!

[MaineWriter]

YES!!!!!!
I can't believe someone actually knows that movie!
Whenever I mention it no one knows what I'm talking about!!
That was a good one!

Oh I loved that movie. Young Kevin Bacon, playing along with Jeopardy. So cute!

Lee...keep in mind, there are some serious movie trivia people hanging out on this board. 

L

[loneleeb3]

And chips (as we prefer to call them here in the UK) piled onto bread and butter (none of your low fat margarine rubbish)  ... the good old British chip butty!



Susie  

Oh boy!
Carb overload!
I'm gonna have to try that!

[MaineWriter]

And chips (as we prefer to call them here in the UK) piled onto bread and butter (none of your low fat margarine rubbish)  ... the good old British chip butty!



Susie   

Oh. My. God.

A french fry sandwich? Or a chip sandwich? Now I have seen everything!

L

[Kelda]

Yes Chip butties are good.

And my chips are always salted and vinegered!

Chips and cheeses is aafter been out for a few drinks snack.

I've also had chips and curry sauce.

(and chips and curry sauc with a side of mayo).

I also sometimes have brown sauce with chips - but thats normally cos I'm eating it with something else that the brown sauce goes with.

In the east coast of scotland when you go in to a chippy instead of asking 'salt & vinegar?' they'll ask 'salt & sauce?'. Basically its slightly watered down brown sauce.(so thick vinegar kinda!)

[loneleeb3]

Get it right L, it's "Butty" not "sandwich" .... and you're not allowed to live in the UK until you can make one properly! 

Susie   

Butty! Got it!! LOL
I'm sure that is one of the first questions on the immigration forms and now I'll get it right!

[MaineWriter]

Get it right L, it's "Butty" not "sandwich" .... and you're not allowed to live in the UK until you can make one properly! 

Susie   

I'll just come to your house and have you teach me, Susie!

L

[MaineWriter]

Of Course, Kelda, chips with curry sauce!  Hmm Hmmm Hmmmmmm!

For you guys visiting from across the pond .. Just ask for a Curry Mix at any local Chippy!


(I know it looks disgusting ... but really it's yummy!)

Susie     

It is my learned observation that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who squirt ketchup all over their fries and those who make a neat little puddle and dip their fries in it. I am one of the latter types of folks. My husband is too, which is how we knew we'd be compatible for the rest of our lives. And we have raised our children to be dippers, not squirters.

Looking at that picture of squirted curry sauce is making my little dipping heart ache. If I could have it on the side, I might try it though, because I like curry.

What about others? Are you a dipper or a squirter?

L

[loneleeb3]

I'm a dipper!!

[Pipedream]

And chips (as we prefer to call them here in the UK) piled onto bread and butter (none of your low fat margarine rubbish)  ... the good old British chip butty!



Susie   

Oh well. If it is greasy and tastes like nothing, one can be quite certain the British will love it! 

I've seen those chip butties in an amusement park in Mallorca a couple of weeks ago, and the Brits really were the only ones who ate them. 

[MaineWriter]

Oh well. If it is greasy and tastes like nothing, one can be quite certain the British will love it! 

LOL!!

L

[loneleeb3]

Well you know how refined our tastes are here in the UK!!

Susie

Do Yall have funnel cakes in the UK?



You would love them!! Deep fried batter with powdered sugar! Some people put fruit filling on top!

[Kelda]

dipper here.

do you still use a deep fat fryer susie - I am an oven chips or chippy bought eater. I'd burn the place down!

[MaineWriter]

Here in New England we call it fried dough, but same idea as a funnel cake. When you are in the mood, so yummy!

[MaineWriter]

I am going to start a poll on the polling place on dipper or squirter...so y'all run over and vote, okay?

L

[Scott6373]

I am going to start a poll on the polling place on dipper or squirter...so y'all run over and vote, okay?

L

Specify that it is a food poll will ya...don't go givin' BM a bad name.   

[MaineWriter]

Specify that it is a food poll will ya...don't go givin' BM a bad name.   

Okay....

[Pipedream]

Hmm... these two fellows seem to be remote cousins of the good old Berliner, also known as "Krapfen" or "Kreppel".   

[MaineWriter]

A Berliner is what I would call a jelly donut. And I know that donuts are made with yeast (or can be) but fried dough is really bread dough and I think donut dough is somewhat different. Sweeter maybe?

A million years ago, there was this great restaurant in Meredith, NH that served fried bread as the bread in the basket. It wasn't sweet and I ate it with butter. Boy was that good stuff and boy, does that bring back a memory. Yum!

L

[loneleeb3]

I'm making tater tots for dinner!
With a side of mayo!! 

[Luvlylittlewing]

I have several comfort foods:

1) Fried chicken

2) Oysters

3) Shrimp

4) sand dabs

5) ox tails

[Ellemeno]

Whew, some of this stuff sounds so incredibly gross to me, DIScomfort food.    Variety is the spice of life.

[Lumière]

My favorite (current) comfort food is delish and takes only few minutes to make.  I don't have a name for it yet! 


-  Get a bag of Bob's 10 Grain Pancake and Waffle Mix; follow directions; make a pancake
- After flipping it over, spread a *generous* helping of organic chocolate & peanut butter spread on half of the pancake.
- Fold over the other half.  In a few seconds the chocolate melts.
- Place on a warm plate and drizzle with pure maple syrup.
- Dig in!


Maybe I can call it Maple Chocolate Peanut Butter Grain Pancakes. 

Trust me ... it is G-O-O-D! 


~M

[MaineWriter]

Oh yes, they sell Nutella here!

L

[Scott6373]

Nutella is the best...warm it up and use it as a topping in that other favorite comfort food ICE CREAM

[loneleeb3]

Hmmm fried chicken, yum!  What's a Sand Dab Littlewing?

Susie 

Don't know what a sand dab is but I LOVE fried Chicken.
That one of my all time favorite meals! Fried Chicken, Pole beans, Mashed potatoes and yeast rolls!
That was always Sunday dinner after Church! 

[loneleeb3]

Whats one of them then??    Is it just like a bread roll ... or more like a dumpling?
 
Susie 

It's a bread roll. Just made with yeast. There awesome. Warm and fluffy. I put alot of butter on mine ! I am so hungry now!

[CellarDweller]

Oh, this is a bad thread when you're on a diet.

let's see...........


curly fries with cheese and bacon

boneless buffalo wings

JIF peanut butter

dark chocolate

chocolate milk

[Kelda]

Speaking of which - can anyone think of really nice which is healthy? that I can eat when i want to be naughty? but not really? There is onl so many pieces fo fruit you can eat!

[Lumière]

Speaking of which - can anyone think of really nice which is healthy? that I can eat when i want to be naughty? but not really? There is onl so many pieces fo fruit you can eat!

If I am trying to "be good" and I get a mad chocolate craving, for instance, I usually give in ..but..
I don't get a regular chocolate bar.  I get a very dark, unsweetened Chocolate bar maybe 70-80% cocoa.  I can never eat too much of it because I get the "chocolate hit" so much quicker and I don't feel like I need 2 regular chocolate bars to "hit the spot"..  Works for me. 

[Front-Ranger]

My secret food fetish is eating raw ramen noodles.

Chrissi, I hope you'll be enjoying a big plate of sweet potato fries in just a few days!!

[Kelda]

raman noodles?

[ifyoucantfixit]

       Take out a big tablespoon, and sink it into a jar of chunky Jiff peanut butter.   Get as much on it as it will hold.  Then eat it like a popsicle.    yumm

[Dobie1018]

Here is a "dangerous" recipe for chocoholics that only takes 5 minutes!  I tried it and it's not too bad (although, I'm not fussy, and will literally eat just about anything), especially wth a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) who wouldn't choose the option:)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
 Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT ! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

[Kelda]

Here is a "dangerous" recipe for chocoholics that only takes 5 minutes!  I tried it and it's not too bad (although, I'm not fussy, and will literally eat just about anything), especially wth a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) who wouldn't choose the option:)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
 Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT ! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

OMG.... *slobber*

[Kelda]

Here is a "dangerous" recipe for chocoholics that only takes 5 minutes!  I tried it and it's not too bad (although, I'm not fussy, and will literally eat just about anything), especially wth a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream:

oh, and you're a girl after my own heart! 

[Dobie1018]

Yes, Kelda, sort of sad but true - I will eat just about anything!  I'm not picky when it comes to food!  I never leave anything on my plate, and rarely do I ever throw away food!

[Kelda]

Yes, Kelda, sort of sad but true - I will eat just about anything!  I'm not picky when it comes to food!  I never leave anything on my plate, and rarely do I ever throw away food!

I think we may be twins! 

[Dobie1018]

I think we may be twins! 

Yeah!  Maybe in our previous lives.  I always seem to have a sort of sister-hood feeling when I talk to you, or you talk to me!   I guess one never knows!

[Kelda]

Yeah!  Maybe in our previous lives.  I always seem to have a sort of sister-hood feeling when I talk to you, or you talk to me!   I guess one never knows!

 
   
me too!

Ive decided I need to buy some coca and choc chips and vanilla extract so I can try that mug cake out.

[Dobie1018]

I think it's pretty yummy, and I didn't make it with the chocolate chips, since I didn't have in the house when I decided to make it.  Let me know how you like it!

[Kelda]

will do!
 

[min]

Here is a "dangerous" recipe for chocoholics that only takes 5 minutes!  I tried it and it's not too bad (although, I'm not fussy, and will literally eat just about anything), especially wth a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) who wouldn't choose the option:)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
 Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT ! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

OMG the thread I should have stayed away from....