My mom used to make this chocolate frosting on a devil's food chocolate cake that was out. of. this. world. She doesn't make it any more, we are all healthy now. but dammit, I would have her make it and mail it to me and I would put it on brownies, white cake, hell spice cake.

In addition to chocolate cake, my comforts would be turkey n gravy, my dad's corn pudding, and a fatty greazy plate of mac n' cheese.

OK it's basically thanksgiving.

- an old fashioned soul food meal that includes greens. the meat can b barbeque or fried chicken, and mac &cheese is nice. but the greens are usually the biggest portion on my plate.

-bare seafood, cooked very clean with simple seasonings

-any japanese style soup, or warm silken tofu dish

-matzoh ball soup with chicken and saffron

ThreadCula said:

johnart said:

OMG yesssss I perfected my pernil recipe. My mom loves it.

that and collard greens, mac n cheese ,

and cafe con leche`.... any time of day, any weather.

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CarrieMpls said:

also

INSATIABLE said:

PurpleJedi said:

LoVvvvvve horchata

PurpleJedi said:

Love that stuff!!!

INSATIABLE said:

INSATIABLE said:

YUM!!!!

Vegetable soup. Preferably with crackers, or dumplings, or good crusty bread. But yeah. Soup.

Or anything involving a pile of fresh, beautiful vegetables, cooked in some simple way. Makes me feel grounded. Whole foods, in general, make me feel alive. Christ, I'm such a hippie, but it's true.

tackam said:

is that customary over there? crackers with soup?

ZombieKitten said:

I don't know, maybe it's regional, but it seems pretty common to me.

Some types of soup, like split pea, are basically cracker-topping for me. It's basically a bowl of crackers moistened with soup.

tackam said:

now that you have mentioned it and Shirley Temple had animal crackers with hers I just wondered!

I wouldn't turn down some crusty, lightly toasted rye sour-dough bread with pretty much ANY soup

ZombieKitten said:

I wouldn't do animal crackers. Nothing sweet! More like saltines, or whole-wheat crackers.

Rye sour-dough:

Fruits :

The Yellow Mangos and sometime the green one with salt, a verry juicy peach, strawberry with bananas, rhubarb with raspberry, Red and yellow Rambutan, the yellow guajava (guava), papayas, Giant Granadilla, Brazil nuts, cashew but most of all raw Jocote (red Mombin or ciruela or hog plum) and ... ..i could go on and on and on

you have opened my appetite

Italian food

contrapposto said:

Yes!! They are such comfort food.

a good lamb roast.

had many a lamb roast at my grandparents house

one of the most memorable meals i ever had was the roast my husband cooked us the night after my dad passed away...it was cooked with love..
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I love pasta dishes.

ZombieKitten said:

palak paneer spinach

aloo nan

I want Indian now...but it's too darned hot

karmatornado said:

It's not so much the kinda food made - it's the making

when the whole fam is in the kitchen - preping, cooking, laughing, sharing ...

filling the room and food with love ~ yeah

THAT is true soul food

karmatornado said:

ZombieKitten said:

For real?

poached egg and chips

any meal that can be shared and eaten with hands

Anything that you cook for or with somebody. Can be plain old potatoes and nothing else. The best meal can be quite frustrating if you make it for yourself.

ZombieKitten said:

it is here! especially in creamy soups like Cream of Crab

MoniGram said:

yes, I have a strong aversion to breakfast foods and things that are sweet first thing in the morning

This morning I'm having a squash tartlet with a tomato and pasta salad

tackam said:

this is one of my most disgusting eating habits, but this is my #1 most favorite way to eat just about any kind of soup.

Minestrone--rice and beans? You aint in prison baby, live a little..lol