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Comfort food

Comfort food is traditionally eaten food (which often provides a nostalgic or sentimental feeling to the person eating it),[1] or simply provides the consumer a familiar meal, soft in consistency, and rich in calories, nutrients, or both.[2] The nostalgic element most comfort food has, may be specific to either the individual or a specific culture.[3] Many comfort foods are flavorful; some may also be easily prepared.
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Comfort foods by country
Australia and New Zealand
Australian comfort foods include the following foods:[4][5]
- Apple pie
- Baked rice custard
- Bread and butter pudding
- Braised lamb shanks
- Brown sugar, yogurt, honey, and banana porridge
- Busted flan
- Butterscotch apple dumplings
- Casserole (beef or chicken)
- Chicken soup
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Dropped pie
- Golden syrup pikelets
- Honey and oat slices
- Hungarian lamb goulash
- Lamb and vegetable soup or Irish stew
- Lamingtons[6]
- Mashed potatoes
- Meat pie
- Pavlova
- Pea and ham soup
- Pie floater
- Pumpkin soup
- Roast meat (beef, chicken, or pork with crackling)
- Roast potatoes
- Sausage and mash
- Shepherd's pie
- Smashed pie
- Smashed crab
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Steak and kidney pie
- Sticky date pudding
- Sweet potato soup
Britain
British comfort foods include the following foods:[8][9][10]
- Cottage or Shepherd's pie
- Custard
- Fish and chips
- Full English breakfast
- Bangers and mash
- Cauliflower cheese
- Cornish pasty
- Crumble
- Apple crumble
- Blueberry crumble
- Rhubarb crumble
- Lancashire hotpot
- Mushy peas
- Potatoes
- Puddings
- Roast meat
- Roast beef
- Roast chicken
- Pies
- Scotch egg
- Stottie cake
- Soups and stews
- Beef stew with dumplings
- Cawl (Wales)
- Cock-a-leekie soup (Scotland)
- Irish stew
- Potato, leek, and Stilton soup
- Toast
- Baked beans on toast
- Cheese on toast
- Toad in the hole
Indonesia
Some popular Indonesian foods are considered to be comfort food, usually served hot or warm, and soupy or with a soft texture. Some Indonesian comfort foods are traditional Indonesian food and some are derived from Chinese influences. For some Indonesians, especially those who are abroad, comfort food might also be a certain brand or type of Indonesian instant noodle, such as Indomie Mi goreng.[11] Indonesian comfort foods include:
Philippines
Poland
Polish comfort food include the following foods:
- Barszcz z uszkami (clear beetroot soup with forest mushrooms tortellini)
- Boczek (Smoked pork belly)
- Bigos
- Budyn waniliowy z malinami
- Kotlet schabowy
- Flaki
- Golonka
- Gulasz
- Grzybowa (Mushroom soup)
- Jagody ze smietana
- Kapusniak (sauerkraut soup)
- Kopytka
- Łazanki
- Makaron ze smietana i truskawkami
- Mielone z ziemniakami i mizeria (pork meatballs, mashed potato, fresh cucumbers with sour cream)
- Nalesniki z twarozkiem
- Ogorkowa
- Placki ziemniaczane
- Rolady z kluskami i modra kapusta
- Rosol (Chicken soup with fine noodles)
- Sernik
- Sledz w oleju (Pickled herring)
- Zupa pomidorowa with rice or noodles
- Szczawiowa served with boiled egg
- Zurek
Russia and Ukraine
Russian and Ukrainian comfort foods include the following foods:
United States and Canada
North American comfort foods include baked beans, apple pie, clam chowder, chicken noodle soup, casseroles, and other warm, inviting, and familiar foods.[20]
Following a reader's opinion poll by About.com, the following foods were listed as the most common comfort foods by American respondents:[19]
- Apple pie
- Baked beans
- Banana pudding
- Beef stew
- Brisket pot roast
- Chicken and dumplings
- Chicken pot pie
- Chicken soup
- Chili con carne
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Crispito
- Corn on the cob
- Fried chicken
- Gelatin dessert
- Green bean casserole
- Grilled cheese sandwich (runner-up)
- Hamburgers (runner-up)
- Hot dogs
- Ice cream
- Macaroni and cheese
- Mashed potatoes
- Meatloaf
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (winner)
- Potato salad
- Pumpkin pie
- Shepherd's pie
- Spaghetti
- Tomato soup
- Tuna casserole
Other comfort foods, as reported by CNN, include:[21]
- Asado
- Banana split
- Barbecue ribs
- Biscuits and gravy
- BLT
- Blueberry cobbler
- Buffalo wings
- California roll
- Cheeseburger
- Chicago-style pizza
- Chicken fried steak
- Cioppino
- Cobb salad
- Cornbread
- Delmonico steak
- Fajitas
- Fortune cookies
- Fried chicken and waffles
- Frito pie
- Green chili stew (New Mexico)
- Grits
- Indian frybread
- Jambalaya
- Jerky
- Key lime pie
- Lobster rolls
- Maryland crab cakes
- Nachos
- New England clam chowder
- New Mexican flat enchiladas
- Peanut butter sandwich
- Philly cheese steak
- Po' boy
- Popcorn
- Pot roast
- Potato chips
- Reuben sandwich
- San Francisco sourdough bread
- S'mores
- Smithfield ham
- Tater tots
- Thanksgiving dinner
- Trail mix
- Twinkies
- Wild Alaska salmon
One recent development, as chefs have explored the roots of American cuisine and tried to define it as a unique style, is the advent of fine dining comfort food restaurants that feature more careful cooking and presentation, higher quality, and fresh organic ingredients, along with consequently higher prices.[22]
References
- ↑ "Comfort Food." (definition). Merriam-webster.com. Accessed July 2011.
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- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Indomie - Mi Goreng
- ↑ IndonesiaEats.com
- ↑ Comfort Food Helps Indonesian Maid Recover
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 BBC: Barack Obama's Indonesia charm offensive
- ↑ Chowhound Indonesia - Soto Ayam at Malioboro Country
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