March 9 2010 • Posted by corene

Comfort Food

Disclaimer:  I do not like it when my child is sick.  I’d do anything to take those yucky feelings away.  But I’ll admit that I do cherish those extra snuggles and naps that are increasingly rare as she gets older.  Her food comforts are anything in dumpling form.  Pot stickers, ravioli and pierogies are favorites.  I went with take-out won ton soup yesterday and it was a hit.  Could this be the start of a comforting tradition? 

Many of my food memories are of the most un-romantic kind:  Diet 7-up and orange juice Popsicles when I was sick.  Campbell’s Chicken Noodle and cooked carrots sucked through a straw on a chilly day.  Nope - no food memoir with treasured recipes at the end of each chapter and creased photographs from me anytime soon.  But give me a Pyrex dish full of stuffed mushrooms swimming in vermouth or a slice of grasshopper pie and I’ll probably start to bawl.  These things brought the comfort like no other.

My husband’s mother gave him Saltine crackers with butter, warm 7-up and Jello in a teacup just before it set-up.  If he had a fever it was Popsicles broken up in a bowl to eat with a spoon. 

I’d love to hear about your childhood comforts and the delicious memories you’re making now.  Everyone could use some new “food hug” ideas and I look forward to compiling them! 
My little girl is now on the mend and I’m sure those won tons had something to do with it.