For some, it’s a cup of tea, for others, it’s candy—what’s your go-to comfort food?
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Tuna casserole the way my mom made it - canned tuna and shell pasta in a bubbly cheesy mushroom sauce, a crouton crust......and no peas!
Grilled cheese made in my moms kamal or this one pasta dish she makes with a cream cheese sauce and sausage
I adore hibiscus and pumpkin tea, my parents like dried fruits but pumpkin tea has always been my favorite, "I know it's so typical fall " but it does taste amazing!
Cinnamon buns
French toast
Pork chops in thick mushroom soup
Don't know if this is too generic, but plain cheese pizza or a smooth peanut butter sandwich on some soft, crust-less bread.
1: A nice steamy bowl of rice porridge that me mum makes (Ironically enough for an Asian, I used to hate it as a young buck but now it feels like home)
2: Champ aka Irish Mash Potatoes and Scallions (My specialty aka heavier on milk and butter, which most times but not exclusively, includes bacon bits)
3: Seafood/mushroom chowder (My aunt married a Polish-British man who used to make what I consider the ultimate chowders of both kind and when they visited, they always had ingredients on hand to make them. They're getting older now and have slowed down a bit on the visits but were kind enough to pass the recipe to me mum because we enjoyed it so much)
The taste of home... I think I'm going to be heading to the kitchen now. Comfort's a-calling :-)
Mac & cheese the way my grandpa learned to make it in the navy.
Grandpa Frank Mac & Cheese:
- 16 oz macaroni, cooked al dente (16 oz is unprepared measure)
- 16 oz Colby cheese, cubed (1x1 inches)
- 10.5 oz cream of mushroom soup
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Mix it all together until the cheese melts. You can cheat by tossing the whole batch in the microwave for 3 min.
We alter it a bit to use shell macaroni because I love how the shell can capture a chunk of melted cheese.
Stuffed cabbage by no means was it hard to make or tasted the best but all the times I’ve eaten I’ve been with family or someone I love.