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So tonight I picked up from Thai Square. I perused the menu and decided to definitely get something I can't cook at home. So, Crispy Duck with honey and basil was in order.

Am I crazy. It was good but I can feel my arteries going into toxic shock. Fried duck... can you imagine anything more unhealthy!!!!

At least I put the duck on the salad instead of the rice. Weird yummy habit...

And you?

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I'm of the opinion that something so scrumptious, that you crave and can't cook at home, deserves a place on the "eat it only on your birthday" list.

Actually, I follow the dictum of "Don't eat it if it isn't worth the calories." If it is, then you deserve it, but try to exclude all the other stuff that isn't good for you. Add the veggies, salad, etc., you should eat and skip dessert.

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I wonder how much of this thread is true "comfort dishes" or just "hmm... you know what would be really good right now?"

I guess I could answer Yes and Yes to mine.

A cinnabon (it's like sex on a plate) with a starbucks gingerbread latte (they just got them in.)

cheers, -j

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When I want to scarf an entire pizza, my standby is the Large Original ($11.95) at Dominic's in Meadowood Shopping Center, Colesville (301) 622-2023. Rectangular, twelve pieces, and everything thrown on top, it's a perfect inhalant for two normal adults or one ravenous jackal. I'm not even sure why I'm so fond of this thing, but I am.

Cheers,

Rocks

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Y'all can just go ahead and call me trailer-trash....whipped mashed sweet potatoes with bits of crunchy marshmallow.

From Boston Market.

Hell yeah.

Oh, and really good caviar on skinny toast triangles. With just a touch of butter. mamafia.gif Without all that fuckwittage of grated boiled egg, onion, capers, peanut butter, bacon bits and diet coke that can stay in the trash can where they belong.

Мама, я хочу домой!!!

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Fried bologna sandwich with cole slaw.

I can tell you from frying much of it that it's getting hard to find bologna that's been made without mucho sugar/corn syrup whatever. Another indicator of the dumbing down of American foods.

And that's no boloney.

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My wife and I whip up a batch of "Tuna Shit" to provide comfort and cause guilt. To make the Shit, boil and drain one pound of rotini and then stir in (1) a big can of tuna, (2) a few heaps of mayonnaise, (3) some Italian dressing, (4) some Caesar dressing, (5) a bowl of peas, and (6) parmesan cheese (Reggiano designation unnecessary). Salt and pepper to taste.

Truth be told, it doesn't make us feel guilty.

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My wife and I whip up a batch of "Tuna Shit" to provide comfort and cause guilt.  To make the Shit, boil and drain one pound of rotini and then stir in (1) a big can of tuna, (2) a few heaps of mayonnaise, (3) some Italian dressing, (4) some Caesar dressing, (5) a bowl of peas, and (6) parmesan cheese (Reggiano designation unnecessary).  Salt and pepper to taste.

Truth be told, it doesn't make us feel guilty.

Punishing.

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dogfood and worms. My mother would make this on nights when we kids were tired and it was close to bed time. Pound of ground beef browned in a frying pan with some onions and a bit of garlic, a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and topped with cheddar cheese...stirred until the cheddar melted mmm, actually I think I might be hungry..

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2 words: Stovetop Stuffing!

MMMMMMM!!! artificial flavor and preservatives...two of my favorite ingredients..and just to add to the topic, two of my favorites:

Hamburger Helper (how could you possibly go wrong with mystery powders?) and

Old El Paso Taco Kits. Homogenized American Tex-Mex.

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I'm a Courthouse kid, so I will sometimes saunter up to Ireland's Four Courts and order the "Salmon Killybeggs," which is a baked salmon filet in a buttery, flaky pastry dough, served in a rich red pepper coulis. I try and mitigate the damage by ordering steamed vegetables as my side, but then I order a side of the parsley cream sauce to dip the vegetables in, and I start feeling all Woody Allen-esque and guilty, and have to order their peach and blueberry bread pudding to make myself feel better.

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Definitely the pho at the much-missed Tanh Tanh in Wheaton (oh, why did you leave us?). We called it "magic soup." Cured WHATEVER ailed you...I mean, I grew up with the original, home made Jewish chicken soup, but the pho at Tanh Tanh - no drugs could come close to the bliss and well-being of the Tanh Tanh pho. I will offer a million bowl reward to anyone who can tell me where the Tanh Tanh chef has gone.

OK, now I am really sorry to torture all of you, but for my father's 80th birthday, I picked up the phone and ordered from Russ and Daughters:

A pound of the most sublime salmon (nova, of course)

A half pound of melt-in-your mouth sable

3 nice-sized pieces of smoked, peppered mackerel flavored with orange and lemon

A pint of kippered herring in cream sauce

REAL, fresh cream cheese (not the white gummy stuff they sell in stores)

Make-you-cry-they are so good ruggelach

Now this is comfort food...takes you back to the days when smoked fish was cheap, not a delicacy, and you had this every Sunday....

(OK, well, if you were a New Yorker...for all the great food in DC, there is one ethnic gastronomy that is sorely lacking)

Can't believe no one has mentioned Kraft mac-and-cheese, which of course you eat right out of the pot...

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Hi,

  For me comfort is defined as onion soup.  Where do ya'll think has the best traditional french onion soup?  Anyone know any places with interesting or new takes on this old classic?

Best,

Ed

Welcome Ed.

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Comfort food depends on my mood. If I'm down, I want to eat fries/frites - preferably Palena's or something else of similar quality. I'll settle for Chik-Fila when I can't get anything else.

Why-I-piss-my-doctor-off comfort food: Steamed rice w/ chicken drippings (aka FAT) from a steamed or roasted chicken. A 1:1 ratio is what I strive for most of the time.

My parents' congee is the ultimate comfort food. Homemade with dried scallops and dried tangerine peel. I top it with tofu cheese (fu yee) and white pepper. Love in a bowl.

Edited to add: Oh yeah, how could I forget this: Bacon fried in a pan to a light crisp served with Wonder Bread that was used to sop up the drippings. Ah, drippings. :lol:

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Is this the place to talk about Velveeta/Chili's Taco Sauce nachos, preferably eaten in front of a Redskins Game, Sopranos re-run or classic movie video?

Also, a bacon-cheese omelette pommes persilladier (Frenchified hash browns, with garlic and parsley) and maybe an expensive hand-buffed lettuce on the side for and to assuage the guilt.

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My latest crave:

A heaping spoonful of natural crunchy peanut butter (eaten off the spoon) and a 12-oz. glass of chocolate Ovaltine flavored skim milk. Malty peanut goodness!

I am frequently found in the middle of the night with a big spoon in the peanut butter jar. I like mine creamy with a touch of honey on top. Always eaten off of the spoon. I make a smaller spoonful (sans honey) to share with my dog as I eat mine.
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I am frequently found in the middle of the night with a big spoon in the peanut butter jar.  I like mine creamy with a touch of honey on top.  Always eaten off of the spoon.  I make a smaller spoonful (sans honey) to share with my dog as I eat mine.

Nice to find a fellow traveller. I'm particular to using a knife to a) avoid peanutbutter knuckles and b ) maintain the pretense that I'm still going to go back to the kitchen for something to apply the peanut butter to.

Peanut butter and Ritz crackers has served as dinner more often than I'd ever care to admit in polite company.

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My wife and I whip up a batch of "Tuna Shit" to provide comfort and cause guilt.  To make the Shit, boil and drain one pound of rotini and then stir in (1) a big can of tuna, (2) a few heaps of mayonnaise, (3) some Italian dressing, (4) some Caesar dressing, (5) a bowl of peas, and (6) parmesan cheese (Reggiano designation unnecessary).  Salt and pepper to taste.

Truth be told, it doesn't make us feel guilty.

When I was in graduate tax school there were several weeks when my sustanence consisted of something very similiar: a big pot of elbow macaroni with the canned tuna, the heaps of mayo, and the parm. Eaten straight from the fridge-chilled pot with a big wooden spoon.

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Thanks for the suggestion, and the link. Interestingly Tom Sietsema panned both those places onion soup.

Now I'm not trying to create a hurricane here, but I was hoping you guys could comment on anything you've noticed about his pallate or dining choices in general.

What do people think if the french onion soup, and the food in general at Bistrot du Coin, Bistrot Bis, and Bistro Francais?

Ed Stautberg

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