Monday, March 03, 2008
Mama kind of comfort food
Thinkin' about Mama ER had me wantin' simple Mama ER-type supper last night, so I had a little leftover steak, and nuked a can of turnip greens and a can of butter beans.
Buttered the greens, and garliced and red peppered the beans (OK, Mama ER would not have put garlic and red pepper in the beans). White bread and butter with it. Good stuff.
Last night's tornados morphed into this morning's snow -- and blisteringly sharp, ice-cold wind. So, I'm thinkin' comforty kind of vittles for supper tonight, too:
Fried bologna and sauerkraut ought to do it. Cornbread, if I can think of a place to stop and get some to-go on the way home after work. Maybe some form of tater. I've got a chub bologna, which'll slice up into fine medallions.
Usually, I'd slice some weinies and toss 'em in a pan and boil 'em, in some kraut. But I don't have any weinies at the house, and I do have that chub.
Now, Mama ER could cook. But sometimes she'd just open up cans and packages. Which, I think, helps explain why on one hand I loves trying new foods and gourmet cuisines -- and on the other, sometimes a can of potted meat and stack of crackers'll do me.
Name yer right-out-the-pantry-or-icebox, heat-and-eat comfort food! NO recipes allowed. :-)
--ER
Buttered the greens, and garliced and red peppered the beans (OK, Mama ER would not have put garlic and red pepper in the beans). White bread and butter with it. Good stuff.
Last night's tornados morphed into this morning's snow -- and blisteringly sharp, ice-cold wind. So, I'm thinkin' comforty kind of vittles for supper tonight, too:
Fried bologna and sauerkraut ought to do it. Cornbread, if I can think of a place to stop and get some to-go on the way home after work. Maybe some form of tater. I've got a chub bologna, which'll slice up into fine medallions.
Usually, I'd slice some weinies and toss 'em in a pan and boil 'em, in some kraut. But I don't have any weinies at the house, and I do have that chub.
Now, Mama ER could cook. But sometimes she'd just open up cans and packages. Which, I think, helps explain why on one hand I loves trying new foods and gourmet cuisines -- and on the other, sometimes a can of potted meat and stack of crackers'll do me.
Name yer right-out-the-pantry-or-icebox, heat-and-eat comfort food! NO recipes allowed. :-)
--ER
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Boxed mac-n-cheese with canned tuna and frozen peas (canned peas are icky).
This weekend, courtesy my three-year-old niece, I got to have mac-n-cheese with sliced hot dogs and mushrooms. That's pretty good too.
This weekend, courtesy my three-year-old niece, I got to have mac-n-cheese with sliced hot dogs and mushrooms. That's pretty good too.
Kirsten: mac-and-cheese and weinies was a regular repast when I was an intern in D.C. back in the day.
Ronholio: I'll take yer word on the mustard. If I'm eatin' Viennies, it's usually with mayo on white bread. There's three and a half Viennie "hot dogs" in a can!
Ronholio: I'll take yer word on the mustard. If I'm eatin' Viennies, it's usually with mayo on white bread. There's three and a half Viennie "hot dogs" in a can!
Is it too foodie to say "crackers, goat cheese and olive-wine tapanade?"
OK then, s'mores.
OK then, s'mores.
# posted by 
: 5:06 PM
: 5:06 PM
OK, I had to look up "tapanade."
If you'da just "cheese'n crackers'n olive spread," I might woulda never known the differerence. :-)
Is that like the olive stuff that comes on a muffaletta?? (I am an olive fiend, myself, with or without the appropriate ratio of gin and vermouth)....
If you'da just "cheese'n crackers'n olive spread," I might woulda never known the differerence. :-)
Is that like the olive stuff that comes on a muffaletta?? (I am an olive fiend, myself, with or without the appropriate ratio of gin and vermouth)....
So, it up wound bein' half of the chub, sliced thick and fried; most of a can of kraut; a microwavable mac-and-cheese; and corn tortilla chips rather than corn bread. And a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dessert. With milk.
Ahhhh.
Ahhhh.
Comfort food for me ( been the same since childhood when everyone else was eating mac and cheese- I've said in a previous comment that I as a strange child...):
I'd agree with the goat/ewes milk cheese (doesn't need crackers) and tapenade,
steamed spinach with butter,
an apple and gouda cheese (there was no cheddar in Holland in the late sixties),
babaghanouj,
leftover cake for breakfast,
teryaki beef jerky (oh how I crave that!),
canned smoked oysters with salt,
and the best lunch ever: a hot latte with a bag of almond m&ms.
Needless to say, husband thinks I'm crazy and will die a premature death due to malnutrition- his comfort food is oatmeal.
I'd agree with the goat/ewes milk cheese (doesn't need crackers) and tapenade,
steamed spinach with butter,
an apple and gouda cheese (there was no cheddar in Holland in the late sixties),
babaghanouj,
leftover cake for breakfast,
teryaki beef jerky (oh how I crave that!),
canned smoked oysters with salt,
and the best lunch ever: a hot latte with a bag of almond m&ms.
Needless to say, husband thinks I'm crazy and will die a premature death due to malnutrition- his comfort food is oatmeal.
# posted by : 10:58 PM
: 10:58 PM
Re, "canned smoked oysters with salt" -- I have developed a taste for canned smoked oysters, my own self.
Um, "babaghanouj" -- do what?
Um, "babaghanouj" -- do what?
Oh, my current "comfort breakfast" in Colorado is the oatmeal -- "irish cut oatmeal
with brown sugar, cherries, raisins & vanilla bean cream" -- with a side of bangers, at Jill's, at St. Julien Hotel.
http://www.jillsdining.com/
with brown sugar, cherries, raisins & vanilla bean cream" -- with a side of bangers, at Jill's, at St. Julien Hotel.
http://www.jillsdining.com/
Why the heck am I up? I have to get up at 6, to be functional enough to get Riker presentable enough around 7 to get him to the vet by 8. Whose idea what this???
The boy has developed a bad limp.
Updates as events warrant.
The boy has developed a bad limp.
Updates as events warrant.
Stouffer's Mac & Cheese--no blue box for me. :)
By the way, that oatmeal is also called "steel cut." You might be able to find it at a store near you. I've been seeing around here more and more. :)
By the way, that oatmeal is also called "steel cut." You might be able to find it at a store near you. I've been seeing around here more and more. :)
# posted by : 9:12 AM
: 9:12 AM
Vollwerth's natural casing hot dogs if the stash in the freezer hasn't run out and Bush's original baked beans. If not, Easy Mac.
IMO, Vollwerth's are the best brand of dogs in the country but are limited to a fairly isolated area (Michigan's upper peninsula). For sure there is nothing that comes even remotely close to them down here in Georgia.
IMO, Vollwerth's are the best brand of dogs in the country but are limited to a fairly isolated area (Michigan's upper peninsula). For sure there is nothing that comes even remotely close to them down here in Georgia.
Bahbaganoush (there's lots of different spellings) is a dip made from roasted eggplant and tahini, so it has a smoky, sesame-y flavor.
Put some on toast, top with sauted veggies, cover with sharp cheddar, then pop under the broiler for a moment. Deee-lish!
Put some on toast, top with sauted veggies, cover with sharp cheddar, then pop under the broiler for a moment. Deee-lish!
Kirsten,
I will try that - usually my craving is so strong i ither eat it with a spoon or with warm naan bread.
I will try that - usually my craving is so strong i ither eat it with a spoon or with warm naan bread.
# posted by : 10:27 AM
: 10:27 AM
"Vollwerth's natural casing hot dogs"
Mmmm...
Comfort food = "tater tot casserole" a bastardized version of Shepherd's pie that contains layers of ground beef, frozen corn, and cream of celery soup (or cream of mushroom, or cream of chicken) topped by a layer of tater tots. My mom put this together once a month just before she went out to get her hair done, and left it in the fridge for us to bake in the oven. Yummy.
Mmmm...
Comfort food = "tater tot casserole" a bastardized version of Shepherd's pie that contains layers of ground beef, frozen corn, and cream of celery soup (or cream of mushroom, or cream of chicken) topped by a layer of tater tots. My mom put this together once a month just before she went out to get her hair done, and left it in the fridge for us to bake in the oven. Yummy.
OK, that makes me think of the only thing my mama ever made that I would not touch:
Broccoli, vienna sausage, rice and Velveeta casserole.
Yuck.
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Broccoli, vienna sausage, rice and Velveeta casserole.
Yuck.
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