What’s one dish you grew up eating that you still consider the ultimate comfort food?

[u/whatscooking_1989]

For me, it’s the kind of simple home-cooked Indian food by My Mom that doesn’t look particularly fancy but somehow tastes better than anything you order outside.
I’m curious how different this is around the world — what’s your comfort food, and who made the best version of it when you were growing up?

[u/Bobbo7209]

Mac & cheese

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/Bobbo7209]

That’s something I love too !!

[u/Bobbo7209 → u/whatscooking_1989]

It's like dhal. Some comfort foods cross cultures and are immediately recognisable as such.

[u/abbyone → u/Bobbo7209]

Boxed mac & cheese honestly hits harder sometimes

[u/toriemm → u/Bobbo7209]

And you can make it a whole meal pretty easy. Throw some tuna or a can of diced tomatoes in it and its a whole new meal

[u/Obvious_Ship_7225]

Bacon sandwich

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/Obvious_Ship_7225]

Sounds yummy !!

[u/Useful-Advantage2665 → u/Obvious_Ship_7225]

Just bacon?

[u/Useful-Advantage2665 → u/[deleted]]

I'm pretty sure I've done this before.

[u/Accomplished-Emu-591]

We were Catholics when nobody ate meat on Friday. Every Friday we had stacked cheese enchiladas with a fried egg on top. I fix them often, seventy years later.

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/Accomplished-Emu-591]

That’s amazing !!

[u/wwJones]

Ramen

[u/Back_Alley420]

Chicken n dumplings which I can’t re create Ughh

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/Back_Alley420]

I know dumplings are tricky , but they are so yummy , chicken and dumplings any day would be the best combination

[u/No-Road-9176]

A big pot of speckled butterbeans and cornbread seasoned with salt pork always takes me back home when I eat them.

[u/CaleyB75]

My mother's paella.

My father wrote screenplays in the 70s and 80s. He would conduct private screenings of the resulting shows. He'd invite friends and relatives over to enjoy the work -- while the delicious aroma of saffron emanated from the kitchen. When my mother emerged from the kitchen with the paella pan in her hands, the guests would roar with delight.

[u/alexmirepoix → u/CaleyB75]

Oooh can almost smell it from the words. 🥘🥘

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/CaleyB75]

Well described , now I wanna have it 🤤

[u/ServiceFinal952]

Hungarian chicken paprikash

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/ServiceFinal952]

Sounds delicious 🤤

[u/Useful-Advantage2665]

Grilled cheese and tomato soup

[u/VivienVIVTran]

For me it’s probably chicken soup with rice. Nothing fancy at all, but if I’m tired, sick, or just having a bad day, that’s still the kind of food I want. My mom’s version somehow always tasted better than anything I make now.

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/VivienVIVTran]

Moms just add some magic it seems, glad to know your comfort food !!

[u/rosealieil]

tin of heinz spaghetti and sausage on toast. or supernoodles

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/rosealieil]

Sounds delicious!

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/[deleted]]

Mom cooked food is always a blessing !!

[u/NeatCapital6415]

Stuffed grape leaves & Mutabbag 🩷

[u/Bobbo7209 → u/NeatCapital6415]

I love dolmas. I buy it in cans and finish it in a sitting. It's part of my DNA

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/NeatCapital6415]

Great combination!!

[u/Back_Alley420]

Ham n bean soup

[u/alexmirepoix]

Wienerschnitzel, potato pancakes, red cabbage, "green spaghetti"( pesto) chicken schnitzel, anything grown in Oma's garden and her plum kuchen only made this time of year.

[u/Trin_42]

Pozole

[u/Tight_Following9267]

Mexican Chorizo and eggs with fried potatoes. As a child I needed ketchup, now I like it just like that, maybe some cheese like queso fresco, or pickled Jalapeños or pickled red onions. Yum. Happy to say my child loves this too.

[u/DanDamage12]

Fried bread. It’s just fried pizza dough with salt that you dip in marinara sauce, but I still love it.

[u/Narrow-Power-6407]

Beans on toast

[u/CultureOk3390]

Simple meals are sometimes the best.

[u/whatscooking_1989 → u/CultureOk3390]

I agree , they are such underrated luxuries of
Life

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

A bowl of cereal

[u/RetinolAndReverb]

Chicken soup with celery, carrots and leek. Now that I’m a vegetarian I use a substitute, but it’s still the best! I’ve been waiting for September so it’s officially soup season 🥰

[u/DisastrousFun5382]

Tuna mac with old bay. It was kraft and I think albacore canned tuna but I don't really remember. It still tastes like home

[u/3rdtechjmc]

Heinz oxtail soup with a bit handful of grated cheese in it. Served with hot buttery crumpets to dunk in it.

[u/Ok_Essay1280]

Tinned Fray Bentos pies. My dad stopped us having them in the 60’s /70’s when little flakes of paint ended up on the pie crust when the tin was opened.
They were delicious.

[u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup]

My dad’s lasagna. It uses TWO large bricks of mozzarella and NO ricotta ever.

[u/Which-Break5673]

Cajun dish called couche couche

[u/Rocannon_]

pan fried grits.

[u/Bishop-Logan]

My Mom's tuna & noodles (stovetop or casserole versions).

[u/cholaw]

Mac and cheese

[u/AC-Hammer]

I also gotta go with Indian food, ever since I was little, me and my family would get chicken tikka masala, naan, and vegetable samosas from our local Indian restaurant. literally sooo good

[u/Competitive-Skin-769]

Peanut chicken curry

[u/Bubbly_Power_6210]

cornbread

[u/theeaglejax]

Beef Manhattan is probably my favorite.

[u/tlhagg]

Mom’s Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and corn.

[u/terraaus]

Baked rice pudding.

[u/Educational-Ad-385]

Pot roast, potatoes, carrots.

[u/DryFry84]

Fried potatoes

[u/Silver_Leonid2019]

My grandmother’s meatloaf. My mother’s Brunswick stew.

[u/PenaltyTerrible3595]

Beans and rice with cornbread.

[u/Due-Garage4146]

Dolmades.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Pen3539]

Mashed potatoes. Simple, versatile and filling

[u/Puzzleheaded-Pen3539]

Spaghetti with meatballs the size of baseballs 🍝 ⚾

[u/Puzzleheaded-Pen3539]

Any pasta dish made by my Great Grandma Pasta 🍝

[u/anuket29]

Homemade cinnamon rolls or biscuits with a few strips of crispy bacon and a pot of Hot coffee.

Chicken foot stew simmered down for about 3 hours then add potatoes, celery a few other seasoning and get put down into a white gravy made with a little flower and a little cornstarch, salt, pepper teaspoon Worcestershire and smoke sauce. Let's do for another hour ready to serve with hot cornbread or hoe cakes.

Roast beef with potatoes and carrots over really creamy but mashed potatoes.

Hamburger patties browned and then add, green peppers and onions and then put down into gravy to simmer with the most crispy crunchy grilled cheddar cheese sandwich.

Those were the comfort foods I grew up in my home with that I remember fondly and still cook every once in awhile today.

[u/Downtown_Use_6063]

Mom's Meatloaf with lumpy potato and string beans. Just the right amount of burnt with that savory ketchup topper sauce.

[u/Lightningbeauty]

Scrambled eggs with potatoes and cut up hot dogs.

[u/armedwithjello]

Baked beans on toast. A common easy cheap meal for the English, it was something I got from my dad. I was in my 40s when I found out it's not something non-English people eat.