daily discussion post: comfort food

[dine]

I had a bad couple of weeks lately (things just finally got to me, and I was depressed and out of can) though happily things have brightened for me. when in the doldrums, I found myself frequently fixing things to eat that were "comfort foods" from childhood - hot cocoa, clam chowder, mashed potatoes, toast with lots of butter & marmalade or jam.

what about you? what are the things that a parent or loved relative/neighbor made that was comfort food for you? do you still eat it, and can it taste as good when you prepare it yourself? for example, there's no way I can make gravy half as good as my mom's was - but I still love mashed potatoes with butter & gravy (even if it's inferior to my memories).

Comments

[liseuse]

Definitely my mother's macaroni cheese. Now, I can, and do, make macaroni cheese, and it's exactly the same as how she used to make it because she taught me to make it, but it's not quite the same. I mean, it is in all ways identical, but it's just got that missing element of someone making it for you to cheer you up.

[dine]

yeah, that missing ingredient is probably love - funny how much of a difference that makes!