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[cherry]

To my wonderful anony-mouse: Whomever you are, thank you kindly!

I apologize for my absence. I just need to make it through the next two weeks, and everything should be okay. Not made of win for a while yet, but less twitch-inducing.

I suppose it's probably a good thing that my comfort foods are green tea and non-fat, extra hot, chai lattes. And sushi. Man, I need some sushi.

I am curious: You guys are a pretty mixed bunch -- what are your comfort foods? Why?

For me, drinking from a warm mug takes me back, aside from the standard 'something warm to wrap your hands around,' because I've spent a decent portion of my life taking or teaching figure skating. Drinking soup from a cup is a habit I do not think I will ever break.

Sushi is just simple, tasty, and delicious -- and, okay, it's rather ritualized compared to the way I usually eat. (Cottage cheese straight from the container, anyone?)


When you're in a bad mood, or you've had a long day, what do you find yourself craving?

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[fullycompletely.livejournal.com]

This might sound weird but, cheddar cheese melted on bread. Not toasted, just melted in the microwave. My best friend and I used to eat that like every day after school. Probably not the healthiest snack, but mmmmmmm warm comfort.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Nifty.

Okay, so this is probably disgusting? When I was little, our parents used to feed us frozen hot dogs to get over the teething. I ate frozen hot dogs until I was about 12.

[kiarasayre.livejournal.com]

Chocolate. Specifically, fresh-from-the-oven brownies--one from one of the corners, where they're chewier. Luckily, I bake when I'm stressed, and even the Ghirardelli brownie mix requires at most an egg, some water, and some vegetable oil. :D

Oh, and, um, the smell of coffee. I know, it's bizarre, and I can't stand the drink unless it's at least half-milk or -chocolate, but the smell is...mmMMMmm. Yummy.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee. I think baking would stress me out more, as it does so when I am calm.

I think coffee smells awesome as well, but I never drink the stuff.

[dkphoenix.livejournal.com]

Fried potatoes, ideally made the way my grandmother used to, but that's more work than I want to do after a really, really bad day. So I'll settle for hash browns or mashed potatoes. And something REALLY chocolate-y. (Like brownies with hot fudge sauce.) Sometimes a pan of cornbread, too.

I wish my comfort foods were healthy.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Oh, cornbread. I don't remember the last time I had that stuff. (It's made of corn, so you can pretend like it's not bad for you. Unless you drown it in butter, that is.)

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Brown toast with butter, or maybe mashed potatoes with some kind of cheese in them. Or ooh, these little Japanese deep-fried tofu pockets that come all marinated in fake maple syrup; you fill them with sushi rice and pickled ginger and then you eat five thousand of them because they are so very GOOD. *is hungry*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Heee. The variance people show is amazing. My mom used to make this whole wheat honey bread, and it was amazing.


Speakiing of Japanese -- we should grab a drink or something at some point. But not in the next week. Or two. Because they are made OF DEATH for me.

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Yes! We should! Email me whenever you're free and we'll set it up. :)

[eledhwenlin]

Pudding. Of any kind, but especially chocolate or almond. Also stracciatella yoghurt.

I'd say tea, but I drink tea all the time anyway, but when I have a really bad day, it's either melissa or chamomile.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I do enjoy a nice ride pudding now and again -- although, I'm told some places they put egg in it, which is weird to me.

I am afraid I am not familiar with this 'stracciatella.' I don't suppose you'd mind enlightening me?

I drink tea on a fairly regular basis as well, but it's still calming to me. What I really love is the good green tea you get in Asian restaraunts that is so much better than anything you can make yourself.

[eledhwenlin]

Rice pudding is good, too. I'm from one of the places that don't put eggs in it. ;)

Stracciatella is originally vanilla icecream with chocolate shavings, but they also adapted the flavour for yoghurt and curd cheese and stuff. It's seriously yummy. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I've got a few, actually. Tea - a good, hot cup of tea, possibly with sugar.

Toast with cheese and tomato chutney or an egg on toast.

A good plate of stiry fried vegies.

Lemon slice or hedgehog which are so not of the healthy and are never as nice as I think they'll be but I cave and have them ever so often.

French toast with cinnamon sugar.

Lindt Chocolate.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hedgehogs? Like the cute little spiny pets?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

You don't know hedgehog? Dude. Canadians must have allhad deprived childhoods. It's a sort of traditional chocolate + biscuit slice. It's everywhere - all bakeries, sandwich places and things sell it. here's a recipe. Half a cup of sultanas works well in it, too and so does pressing coconut or hundreds and thousands into the top. *grins* Homemade hedgehog is SO much better than the bought stuff ever is.

Do you even have Marie biscuits? They're plain sweet biscuits, basically. Stale ones work best in it.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Marie biscuit? Is that like Graham crackers?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I think so. Graham crackers are sweet and plain, yes?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Yes. Often given to very small children/toddlers.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Then, yes. You'd use them. Make it some time. It's *really* good.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Sure. Next time I'm baking* I'll throw some in.


* I can say 'next' because I'm sure that at some point, one of my friends will try to force me to bake something. I'm hoping the kitchen fire is only a minor one. Also, that it occurs in someone else's home.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Boo. It's not baking. Aside from melting butter which you can do in the microwave (and I have) it's just mix. place in pan. Refridgerate overnight. Chocolately goodness abounds. :)

I'm kinda getting a craving for it, actually.

[ex-thissuga.livejournal.com]

my comfort foods tend to an extreme east/west polarization; on the one hand, you've got shepherd's pie and cinnamon toast, which are so english it hurts, and on the other, you've got things like thai green curry, rice, or proper naan, which is nearly as far from england as you can get. (well, excepting that currys in england are incredibly popular.)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Heee. Cinnamon toast is pretty awesome. So is naan. There's only one place in the city I know that makes it well.

[darkmark.livejournal.com]

Coffee. Maybe a hamburger, too. Fast food is soul food.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Really? I tend to find that when I eat fast food (especially McD's, ick), I end up feeling physically ill.

I bet it's a fair deal cheaper than a chai latte and sushi addiction, though.

[darkmark.livejournal.com]

Heh. ;-) At Mickey D's I usually eat breakfast. For burgers I go for the smaller chains in town. One of them is substantially cheaper than the biggies. But my favorite fast food place is Arby's, the roast beef chain.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

We have the odd Arby's here, but we pretty much think of it as "That place with all of the liquid cheese." Because really -- liquid cheese. I don't actually eat red meat, though, so it's not a huge draw for me anyway.