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Which of these comfort foods is your weakness?
| Response | Percent | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweets/desserts | 37% | 327 | |
| A big cheeseburger | 24% | 215 | |
| Biscuits and gravy | 17% | 154 | |
| Anything fried | 11% | 104 | |
| Other (tell us in the comments!) | 9% | 80 | |
| Total | 880 | ||
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Comments
ilovelucy 2 years, 2 months ago
Mashed potatoes loaded with butter, salt and pepper. YUM.
Majestic42 2 years, 2 months ago
OK Joe's FTW.
KRichards 2 years, 2 months ago
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RoeDapple 2 years, 2 months ago
Dark chocolate
dannylandulf 2 years, 2 months ago
Where is the 'all of the above' option?
FredGarvin_MP 2 years, 2 months ago
A burger & onion rings at West Coast.
RaynRavyn 2 years, 2 months ago
Chili, with lots of cheese. Especially nights like tonight... Mmm
jhawkinsf 2 years, 2 months ago
Rocky Road ice cream. Then again, on a day like today I may have to go with hot apple pie.
yellowdot99 2 years, 2 months ago
My grandmothers home made Mac and Cheese.
cait48 2 years, 2 months ago
This!
cait48 2 years, 2 months ago
For my husband it would be a sack of Krystals. http://krystal.com/ For me it would be just about anything with cream gravy (but only if I make it. Well, maybe the way my kids make it since I taught them.)
charliejohnson 2 years, 2 months ago
All of the above and many more.
misterlee 2 years, 2 months ago
Mac and cheese, and I don't mean that crap in a box.
make_a_difference 2 years, 2 months ago
Soups...year round. But especially on days/nights like this! Red Lentil with thai red curry paste, Hungarian Mushroom, Poblano Chipotle Corn Chowder, Spicy Sun-dried Tomato Stew, Chipotle 13 Bean Stew, Homemade Cream of Tomato (sometimes with pasta)...just to name a few of current favorites. Yeah...Soup.
Erin Graham 2 years, 2 months ago
Mac and cheese bites!!!!! and every place in town that's had them has closed down... with the exception of jefferson's reopening. sometimes target has them but not often.
trufoodie 2 years, 2 months ago
Pachamama's is awesome!
shicks44 2 years, 2 months ago
Taquitos!
jellybeanies 2 years, 2 months ago
Anything biscuit related. Nothing beats a hot, southern-style biscuit when it comes to comfort food.
domino 2 years, 2 months ago
Mashed potatoes & gravy, homemade bread and anything chocolate!!
njdevil 2 years, 2 months ago
Genuine NY/NJ style pizza made in a real oven, not on a conveyor belt. Like Johnny's makes, Johnny's favorite with pepperoni, Italian sausage, extra cheese, mushrooms, onions, green peppers...you get the idea! I can taste it now along with a KU basketball or football game, oh yeah! Rock Chalk on, Melvin!!
cenkskid 2 years, 2 months ago
chicken and noodles over mashed potatoes
nobody1793 2 years, 2 months ago
A tortilla stuffed with $100 bills
number3of5 2 years, 2 months ago
Home made chicken and noodles, the way my momma used to make them.
Gadhelyn 2 years, 2 months ago
Cookies!
sissezz 2 years, 2 months ago
Super Greasy French Fries with loads of Ketchup...... Oooooh yeah!!
Kris_H 2 years, 2 months ago
Oh, I think it has to be a three-way tie--mac and cheese (homemade of course), mashed potatoes with cream gravy, and/or really good dark chocolate.
CWGOKU 2 years, 2 months ago
Ditto with Autie. Or anything on the smoker. Briscuit...
rodentgirl16 2 years, 2 months ago
Ooh, I think it was a typo, but a biscuit made out of brisket. Sweet! That would be delicious! I think you're on to something there.
jrlii 2 years, 2 months ago
Home made bread and dark chocolate. I have a hard time leaving home made cookies alone too. Store bought? Not so much.
schula 2 years, 2 months ago
Mac & Cheese, mashed potatoes and cream gravy, ice cream, dark chocolate
Kris_H 2 years, 2 months ago
Have to come back and add chicken fried steak! With mashed potatoes and cream gravy, of course.
rtpayton 2 years, 2 months ago
weGrow stores better offer some food courts.
labmonkey 2 years, 2 months ago
Pizza. Whether it is Horton's in Pittsburg, Pyramid in Lawrence, or even a Casey's grease rag. It is all good.
independant1 2 years, 2 months ago
Homemade biscuits with butter and homemade jam.
Vodka martinis with jumbo olives, very dry & straight up. Chill the vodka so you don't have to cool it with ice (that just waters it down) and olives.
George_Braziller 2 years, 2 months ago
I don't really have a food weakness or any "comfort food." I eat what I have available when I remember to actually eat. I have weird metabolism.
3up3down 2 years, 2 months ago
My grandmothers buckwheat cakes and sausage gravy
shotgun 2 years, 2 months ago
Grimaldi's Coal Oven NY Pizza, or an IN- N -Out Double Double Cheeseburger.
Pywacket 2 years, 2 months ago
Home-made soups and stews. Chili topped with shredded cheddar, chicken noodle, beef/barley soup with mushrooms, chicken-corn-potato chowder with dill, NE clam chowder, spicy tortilla soup, and best of all, real NOLA-style gumbo, which takes two days and a fair chunk of change to make.
Here's where I learned how to make gumbo to die for (Thanks, Chuck!): http://gumbopages.com/
Incidentally, he has plenty more great recipes for food and for drinks. And he's funny and interesting and a damn fine photographer. His is one of my favorite comfort websites!
Here, specifically, is Chuck's gumbo recipe index page: http://www.gumbopages.com/food/soups/index.html
I have mixed & matched some of the ingredients from his gumbos to make mine my own; the techniques and tips he offers are the most important thing.
My "Gumbo Pages" gumbo has a velvety thick broth of a complexity that I have never achieved in any other kind of soup. It is absolutely worth the many hours required to do it right and the search for the best available ingredients.
Of course, to top off any kind of comfort meal, some high-quality chocolate is in order. Chewy brownies, high-cocoa-content candy bar (World Market's store-brand bar with sea salt is wonderful and not too pricy), home-made cherry cheesecake with drizzled semi-bitter chocolate, homemade chocolate mousse (served frozen, light as a feather with fresh whipping cream, frothy egg whites, ground almonds, and rich cocoa), Ben & Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk ice cream.... it's all good!
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