Give me a tall stack of steaming pancakes or waffles with melting whipped butter and warm syrup next to two strips of turkey bacon and a tall glass of ice cold milk

or a hot bowl of cheese grits with salt and pepper

My own homemade massaman curry w/tofu, potatoes, onions, yams and carrots.

A wonderful curry dish or TR's homemade Chili

grits & eggs.....

What's "warm me up food"? ...literally what you want if you're put in the cold or is it your comfort food?

roodboi said:

hot dogs and beans

cream of wheat

pie (peach, apple, sweet potato) a la mode

fresh baked bread

bourbon.

whistle said:

in-fucking-deed...

BklynBabe said:

ooh! That's a good one. Not much beats freshly baked bread.

purpledoveuk said:

exactly- what you would put in your stomach to brave frigid temps....

#3 freshly baked bread with a bowl of soup -preferably chicken noodle or cream of broccoli

Hand cut smoked & salted bacon, fried egg, mushrooms, blue legs, tomato ketchup, fresh bread and a hot mug of fresh coffee (4 strength)

nothing really beats fresh baked bread for me....hot out the oven, dripping with honey butter. Yeast rolls are particularly the ultimate yumminess!!! But I'll take biscuits, looaf bread, crescent rolls.....some gimme some hot and steamy carbohydrate product with some butter and I'm good!

Unfortunately my thighs and my belly pouch do not necessarily concur....

hot chocolate

purpledoveuk said:

Wow, sounds like someone is still celebrating something like an almost full English breakfast in this hectic day and age...nice ! (Okay, so you rather drink coffee instead of tea but that´s okay).
But what are blue legs?

KoolEaze said:

I knew somebody woukd ask that.

I'm from a real rural, middle of nowhere background originally. The bacon used to come from a local farmer friend and Blue Legs are a type of mushroom that grows in the wild. I think they are calked Blewits really but, as a child, my dad used to call them bluelegs as the very bottom of the stalk was almost purple

Home made chikkun corn chowder.

purpledoveuk said:

Thanks for the info, you learn something new every day. I really appreciate that info since I´m very interested in your culture.I´ve googled "blewits" and this is what I´ve found:

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This article discusses blewit mushrooms. A number of subjects share similar spellings. See Blewitt and Bluet for disambiguation.

Blewit refers to two closely-related species of edible agarics in the genus Clitocybe, the wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda) and the field blewit (Clitocybe saeva). Both species are treated by some authorities as belonging to the genus Lepista.
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* 1 Classification
* 2 Edibility
* 3 Footnotes
* 4 External links

[edit] Classification

Both species have been treated by many authorities as belonging to the Clitocybe segregate genus Lepista. Recent molecular research suggests the genus Lepista is nested within Clitocybe.[1].
[edit] Edibility

Both wood blewits and field blewits are generally regarded as edible, but they are known to cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals. This is particularly likely if the mushroom is consumed raw, though allergic reactions are known even from cooked blewits. Wood blewits contain the sugar trehalose, which is edible for most people.

Field blewits are often infested with fly larvae and don't store very well; they should therefore be used soon after picking. They are also very porous, so they are best picked on a dry day.[2]

In most mycologists' opinion, the blewits are considered excellent mushrooms, despite their coloration. Blewits can be eaten as a cream sauce or sautéed in butter, but it is important not to eat them raw, which could lead to indigestion. They can also be cooked like tripe or as omelette filling, and wood blewits also make good stewing mushrooms.[2].
[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Moncalvo JM. et al. (2002). One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23:357–400
2. ^ a b Mabey, Richard (2004). Food for Free. HarperCollins. ISBN 0007183038.

[edit] External links

* "Mushroom-Collecting.com - The Blewit"
* All that Rain Promises and More - Blewit

I like oat meal porridge with milk and a bit of sugar and cinnamon, and I also like a good ramen or udon soup every now and then. But I prefer the brand NongShim over any of those cheapo brands.And I like a good wakame soup in the evening....tasty and healthy. (Japanese seaweed,good for you).

Chicken and dumplings.

There's nothing refined about this, but on a bitter cold city day nothing satisfies my inner butch guy more than a kick-#!@# burger -- not some prissy chain-store attempt, but a BIG, sturdy blazed-up cow (or better... bison ), well seasoned, from some hole-in-the-wall pub. Throw on onions, mushrooms, cheese and bacon. Accompany with thick-cut, unskinned fries. And give me bottomless black coffee, including one tall one for the road.

Makes a happy man.

Lammastide said:

You know, overall I'm really happy with my vegetarian diet and I've been doing it well with only a couple of slip-ups for a year and a half but every once in a while I crave a big, juicy burger. Exactly as you described, grilled onions and mushrooms, cheddar cheese and bacon. YUM. The fries too.
Except I'd want a small-batch, fancy, hand-crafted, dark, hearty beer to go with it. It's not often I enjoy beer, but it goes well with all of the above.

It's an interesting paradox for me, in that it totally grosses me out yet makes me salivate in equal measure.

I'd never order it. But I enjoy fantasizing about it.

CarrieMpls said:

I think you've drawn up my menu for tonight!

My wife's been a veggie for about 15 years, but she mentions something similar. Her thing, though, is a well-seasoned fried chicken breast. She says the look and scent is sooo tempting, but the idea of eating a poor little bird makes her sick.

Lammastide said:

Yay! I hope you positively love it.

You know, I could try to make do with a veggie burger with all the fixins and veggie bacon (which I LOVE, btw), but it just wouldn't cut it. It's just not the same. I'm better off making something else satisfying.

KoolEaze said:

it's nothing to do with UK culture... It's just my dad, he'd eat anything if there was a slight chance it WONT kill you and it's free. I was brought up in a very rural area, no shops....a beautiful place I miss now.

Infact it's probably my meal of choice on here BECAUSE it reminds me of those times. Xmas morning always started with walking the dogs down by the river, pick the blue legs in icy weather, back home to log fire and the mentioned fry-up on a proper wood burning stove which was burning firewood/driftwood from the river

look up 'chicken of the woods'...would YOU eat something that looks like that thing!!!!
sigh - I miss those days and my folks


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Soup, soup, and more soup! Miso, matzoh ball, chicken noodle, tom yum goong, chili, and German ones like creamy leek soup with ground beef. I made a biig pot of Japanese veggie soup with sake, shirataki and tofu (to which I sometimes add strips of succulent gingered pork), and I have been happily sucking that up for two days straight

CarrieMpls said:

Carrie, honey....I love ya, but that sounds just horrible!

purpledoveuk said:

I´ve just googled "chicken of the woods".I never knew that that kind of thing was edible. I often see it in the parks around here.
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Homemade soup.