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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:21 PM
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what is your favorite comfort food?
I am making me some co -co wheats!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:22 PM
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1. Mashed potatoes.
Or mac and cheese. Or waffles.

If it's fattening and starchy it makes me feel good.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:24 PM
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3. mashed potatoes with gravy
and fried chicken


<sigh>
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:46 PM
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25. Ditto on the mashed potatoes. n/t
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:24 PM
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2. Pasta
Any kind of pasta. Or toast. :9
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:31 PM
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10. cinnamon toast for breakfast
yummy
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:25 PM
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4. BEER!! It's not just for breakfast anymore!!
:beer:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:26 PM
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6. I must say
that I never develpoed a taste for beer, but my ex could sure put it away
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:25 PM
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5. Pizza. Meatloaf. Mac and cheese.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:27 PM
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7. meatloaf
with catsup on top with mashed potatoes
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:28 PM
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8. Cheese
All kinds

:9
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:30 PM
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9. especially sharp cheddar
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:31 PM
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11. Real mac and cheese...
not that Kraft stuff.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:35 PM
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12. baked
and crusty on top
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:43 PM
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20. Mmmmmmmm
:9
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:55 PM
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24. oh, yeah....
it's the best!....
My Mom's was out of this world!
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:35 PM
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13. It's gotta be a meat loaf sandwich
I make the "Quaker Oats Meat Loaf" recipe... a classic (and a prize-winning recipe, too). I buy "boneless beef stew meat" at the local market (chuck steak, basically) and grind it myself to guarantee top-quality ground beef. I usually bake a potato with the meat loaf and add a veggie on the side, which makes a wonderful meal, but that's nothing compared to the next day when I get out the Orowheat 3-seed Oatnut bread, add a little mayo, and have the COLD MEAT LOAF SANDWICH OF THE GODS.

:toast:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:38 PM
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16. with a slice of cheese
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 08:38 PM by JitterbugPerfume
hold the mayo
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:36 PM
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14. Cheese-stuffed crust pizza, cheesey mashed potatoes, and meatloaf.
When I'm feeling down, any one of those will help be feel somewhat less down.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:41 PM
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18. meatloaf
Edited on Wed Feb-04-09 08:44 PM by JitterbugPerfume
is really good I love his music---:crazy:


I'm gonna love him till the end of time:rofl:
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:37 PM
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15. Jesus
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:39 PM
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17. Ava
you are incorrigible:loveya:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:19 AM
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42. I guess they were right.
:rofl:
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trusty elf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:18 PM
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64. I can't believe it's not Jesus!
Jesus dieted for our sins.

:D


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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:43 PM
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19. my mother's popcorn
she popped it on the stove top and always seasoned it perfectly. i've never been able to replicate it :loveya:

golden grahams, baked potatoes and fried mushrooms are up there, too
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 08:48 PM
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21. mushrooms
fried in real butter
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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:03 PM
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22. Grilled cheese and tomato soup
The grilled cheese MUST be made with Velveeta or it doesn't count.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:59 AM
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32. progresso tomato soup is wonderful
and velvetta is pure comfort , because it sure aint cheese :evilgrin:
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lightningandsnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 09:05 PM
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23. Miso soup!
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:00 AM
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33. Miso soup
from Trader Joe's!
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:50 PM
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26. A package of Smoked Tofurky Deli Slices
if I can keep my cat away from it :P
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:02 AM
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34. my cats are little furry beggars
but it is my fault for always sharing with them
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:55 PM
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27. Usually
I hate to admit it, fast food...
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:06 AM
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36. fast food
gives me gas so I dont eat ti as much as I used to :cry:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:11 AM
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37. my digestive system
can't handle fast food any more, but back in the day I enjoyed a Whopper once in a while
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 12:22 AM
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28. Even though I've asked this on DU before,
I still don't fully understand what the term "comfort food" means. Would somebody please enlighten me?
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:52 AM
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29. it is food
Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 10:56 AM by JitterbugPerfume
that reminds you of mom and the simpler times of your childhood

It is the food that you eat when you are sad or not feeling well

kinda like chicken soup for the soul but not so sappy
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 08:41 PM
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65. Thanks.
I can't think of any food that fits the description, though.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:53 AM
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30. yellow split pea soup !
tomato soup
lentil soup
cabbage soup
mushroom soup
barley w/beef soup


ummmmmmm

SOUP :)

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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:04 AM
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35. hey aunt Agonist
how do you really feel about soup?


you left out 15 bean soup with collards and cornbread
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:13 AM
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39. y'know ..
I could LIVE on soup but I wouldn't get enough protein :(
I've never had collards, but bean soup .. now that's YUMMY !

:hi:

:hug:

aA
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:04 PM
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58. i love cabbage soup
my mom used to make it when we were kids and it was one of my favorites.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:59 AM
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31. Macaroni and cheese from a box with a can of tuna mixed in. Eaten out of the pan. Oh, and a beer.
That about covers it.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:15 AM
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40. If you have a sliced tomato with that
instead of the beer I am with you! I love canned tuna . I sometimes eat a can of tuna and crackers for lunch( with tiny midget sweet pickles)
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:19 AM
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43. Well, I have to say, now I buy it in a "packet" because it's easier to store...here's a tuna recipe
I made last night:

Mix up some canned tuna with some shredded cojack cheese and some reduced-fat cream cheese. (If you don't mind a little artificial flavoring, get the hickory smoked Starkist tuna OR add a quarter-teaspoon of Liquid Smoke to the mix.) Slice some roasted red peppers and mix them in too. Spread some on a tortilla, put another tortilla on top of it, and cook on a skillet until the tortilla browns a bit. Flip and cook the other side. Tuna-y melty goodness! Enjoy!
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:12 AM
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38. all of them
I can't think of any food that doesn't provide tremendous comfort... and I pretty much love all food.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:16 AM
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41. Miss Millie
that just kinda sums it up!!---except okra!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:29 AM
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46. That's my answer too.
I can't pick just one favorite... I will consider whatever's available and tasty as the perfect comfort food.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:32 AM
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48. I am surprised
that no one has said CHOCOLATE, the ultimate comfort food!

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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 12:04 PM
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53. Chocolate is the perfect food full stop.
Not the perfect comfort food, or the perfect special-occasion treat... it's just the perfect food, period. :P
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 01:31 PM
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55. I love chocolate
but if I have a choice between a little bit of chocolate and a lot of something else, I'm likely to go w/ the something else.

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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:20 AM
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44. Cheese pizza with a coke. Potato chips come in second.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:34 AM
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49. put some 'shrooms on half of that pizza
and come on over!
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:26 AM
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45. Tater tot hotdish...
Mmmmm....



Or good NE clam chowder with a pat of butter and black pepper and oyster crackers.

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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:35 AM
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50. ohhh! I got real sick on tatertots once!
it was brutal
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 12:12 PM
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54. That sucks.
I love tater tots. I'd be sad if I couldn't eat them anymore.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:15 PM
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63. That looks like "Mike's Tasty Dish"
I have no idea where the name came from, but that's what we call it. Well, my brother in law calls it white trash food. Anyway, it's basically a pound of ground beef cooked in a loaf pan with cream of mushroom soup and tater-tots on top. It is soooo yummy!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:29 AM
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47. Mac-n-cheese!
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:37 AM
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51. my grandson could live on mac and cheese!
he loves that stuff
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:43 AM
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52. I could too! I love it. Homemade is my fave, but I do love Kraft
Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 11:43 AM by Shell Beau
and Velveeta shells. :9 I have hardly ever met a bad mac-n-cheese.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:10 PM
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61. Mine too-that or grilled cheese sandwiches
almost the same thing I guess! :9
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 01:35 PM
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56. Pizza.
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namahage Donating Member (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:01 PM
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57. Ochazuke.
Hot tea and rice, with toppings (usually seaweed, pickled plums, or fish).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochazuke

http://epicureandebauchery.blogspot.com/2005/07/imbb-tastetea-ochazuke.html (includes recipe)

Packaged ochazuke mix (just add rice and water) is also popular, and OK in a pinch, though it's a bit like settling for instant chicken noodle soup from a pouch.

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sister taoist Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:05 PM
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59. Macaroni and cheese, only I do a "healthy" version:
Organic whole wheat pasta and organic cheese. Soy mylk instead of regular. And gotta have those organic stewed tomatoes on the side! Mmm...
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:09 PM
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60. Tapioca pudding
The kind with the big pearls in it.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 04:11 PM
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62. chicken fried steak w/ mashed taters and cream gravy.
Nothing better than a really good CFS. :9
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 08:45 PM
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66. My mom's mac'n'cheese
No one makes it like she does.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:25 PM
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67. Anything within reach.
It's been a really depressing week. :(
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:25 PM
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68. Grits and hawg jowels
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 09:31 PM
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69. Pinto beans and cornbread.
And nowadays, sadly, Beano.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 09:04 PM
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70. Mexican food.
also: mac/cheese (the real deal with real cheese)
pizza
fried chicken
pie

and if they are really good, french fries
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 09:41 PM
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71. I don't have a single favorite -
but roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and carrots is always a good comfort food standby.

And Mom's chocolate chip cookies. And homemade bread.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 10:13 PM
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72. breyer's vanilla-fudge twirl ice cream, slathered in REAL maple syrup.
mmmmmm....
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