Comfort Food?

What do you think is the IDEAL comfort food? In your own opinion. What makes your mouth water just thinking of it? What makes you think of home when you make it? For me, I'd have to say Apple Pie. Yea, I may be canadian, but I can make a mean apple pie! It makes your house smell like cinnamon and apples, and it just tastes like crisp fall days, where the leaves are in huge piles, just waiting to be jumped in!

So what's your comfort food? The thing you make when you want to think of home?

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Permalink Reply by Megan Lagera on July 24, 2011 at 12:44pm

Oh goodness, am I the only one to reply to this almost-year-old post?

Well, it doesn't remind me of home, necessarily, but it is a very Canadian dish that should definitely not be eaten every day =P

It's called a poutine, which is French-Canadian. It's basically french fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds. =D

I made it one day with regular grated cheddar since I didn't have cheese curds but I made my own gravy as well.

If anybody wants to have a go at it, here's what I used to make the gravy:

butter
flour
beef stock
Worcestershire (sp?) sauce
Montreal Steak seasoning

All you do is make a roux with the butter and flour, add the beef stock until your desired thickness, and add the worcestershire and steak seasoning to your taste preference. Or throw in some other seasonings that you think would taste good. Enjoy! =)

Permalink Reply by Amanda-Jean on September 14, 2011 at 3:48am

Comfort food for me has to be cheesy grits or red velvet cake. And no, I'm not southern.

BTW, I have an amazing Red Velvet cake recipe if anyone wants it.

Permalink Reply by Amanda-Jean on September 14, 2011 at 4:51am

Red Velvet Cake

You will need:

200g self raising flour

200g caster sugar

200g baking spread

300g plain baking chocolate

3 eggs

1 bottle of red food colouring

2 containers of soft cheese (cream cheese)

1 small box of icing sugar

Method:

Whisk 3 egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside

Cream the butter, sugar and 3 egg yolks together. Gradually add flour, melted chocolate and food colouring. Beat until smooth. Fold in egg whites, making sure to use a 'cut and fold' motion.

Baseline a springform cake tin with baking paper, pour cake mixture into cake tin, cook at 200C for 35-40 minutes.

For icing:

Beat together soft cheese and icing sugar to taste. Add a drop or two of vanilla extract if desired.

Once hte cake it out of the oven, let cool. Once cooled ice in any way you choose.

Then NOM it.

Permalink Reply by Victoria Armstrong on September 14, 2011 at 10:25pm

Potato Soup. <3 It's magnificent and super easy to make. And all you really need to do is make mashed potatoes, but they're thin. And you can add ham and chives. It's something I made a lot when I was in high school. And my teachers would always ask if I could make them some. haha. :)