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).

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[olivermoss]

Maybe I'd also find that the tomato soup tastes too salty now. My mom used an ungodly amount of salt in everything. Once I moved out, I didn't add salt to anything for years just to adjust my taste buds to normal.

Making soup sounds good :)

Re: Bad Gateway ate my original reply!

[dine]

I find most canned soups awfully salty nowadays as well. I had to cut back on sodium and stopped adding it to food altogether, and I still find some stuff oversalted

soup does sound good- maybe I'll make some for lunch tomorrow, when it's supposed to be significantly cooler