It's snowing very hard here in my part of Western PA. When it gets like this, what is your favorite winter comfort food?

[debm55]

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I like grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. How about you?

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. A bowl of grain alcohol and a straw.

[Wicked Blue]

3. Sluuuuuurp!

[debm55]

5. Oh you, That can be a comfort food. Very comforting.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

13. ROFL!

[moniss]

27. Never bothered

with a straw.

[debm55]

28. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH funny

[LastDemocratInSC]

31. You're a purist.

[hlthe2b]

2. In the days before low carb dieting, a Marie Callender Chicken Pot Pie.

once in a while I still "splurge"

[debm55]

6. Yes, I used to buy her Chicken Pot pies too. Ty

[AllaN01Bear]

80. i had a beef pot pie a while ago !!! :)::):):) may do it again muhwhahehahaha.

was yummy.

[debm55]

85. Beef pot pies are delicious TY

[stopdiggin]

4. split pea soup (lots of spices)

[debm55]

8. That will warm you up. Love split pea with some pork in it. Yummy.

[riversedge]

75. yummy. Which reminds me that I have not made pea soap in a long while. I have a left over

ham bone still in refrig that I could use to make some pea soap

That will be my thing to do tomorrow. Thanks.

[claudette]

7. Mine is

chicken noodle soup. I stock up every winter because we get lots of snow up here in western NY. 😊

[debm55]

9. Lake effect snow? Yes. I like the Progresso brand. Could be because am a progressive???? TY

[claudette]

16. Yep

Lake Ontario is a short distance and lake effect can create havoc!!

We’re expecting snow to begin at about 2pm per the weather report.

I like Campbells low sodium soup and have often used the Wegmans brand, too.

Stay warm and cozy.
😊👍

[debm55]

20. Thanks. You too. Shit it stopped snowing.For the best. When my son went to the same school I did, he was 6. and my

husband was in Florida for a business trip, I drove right past a crowed food store. I decided not to stop as they were calling for 1-2 inches of snow. What I didn;t know was they changed it to 6=8 inches while I was in school Got across bridge and there was a squall. Made it home. Somehow a Northwesterly and a Southernly stalled over Pittsburgh and couldn't move further north. We got 26 inches of snow and was off of school as an Arctic Freeze followed it. The snow in the Blizzard was blowing sideways and coming down sideways. Husband was stuck in Florida and it made the National news. Only the upper part of PA get the lake effect.

[claudette]

32. Wow

What an ordeal. Lake Erie is huge. Part of the Erie Canal is not far from us either. When Buffalo gets hit they really get hit! The good thing is that because it happens often the roads are usually cleared quickly and often. It’s snowing now but not sure how many inches will fall. Gonna have soup for diner!!👍😊

[hlthe2b]

11. The original Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup?

Yeah, me too.

Although when Chunky Soups first came out a couple of decades ago, they had a chunky chicken noodle soup with mushrooms. I loved that--since discontinued, (of course).

[debm55]

22. I like the Chucky, the chicken noodle with mushrooms sounds great. Must have missed it.Bummer.

[claudette]

34. Yes

The low sodium one. I like the chunky New England clam chowder!!

[debm55]

39. Love chicken noodle soup. I really like the Progesso brand. It is like homemade Ty

[Walleye]

10. My mom used to make beef vegetable, with tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, carrots, corn, delicious

[debm55]

23. Sounds yummy. Did you crush your Saltines in it. Must crush saltines in soup.

[Walleye]

37. I sometimes put in saltines myself, but as I recall we had crusty bread

[debm55]

40. That's even better.TY

[50 Shades Of Blue]

12. A double Irish coffee. For food, I love grilled cheese and tomato soup too!

[debm55]

41. Love it. A complete cold weather comfort menu. TY

[pandr32]

14. Good grilled cheese with tomato soup is a lifelong fave!

I don't like processed cheese slices, though, and prefer cheddar. I also shun canned soups because there is so much crap in them and they are, well...canned! Yuk. Tomato soup is easy to make and when I have some in the fridge I will be grilling some cheese sandwiches to go with it.
Another comfort dish for crappy weather is a rich chili served with rice and hearty cornbread. I always save my last half piece of cornbread to slather jam on. It finishes the whole comfort thing.
We had red lentil curry last night with chutney and fresh grilled naan flatbread. Yum!
Also, cookies! Fresh baked, warm cookies are winter wonders.
May you stay warm and pleasantly full.

[debm55]

42. Oh , I forgot Chili. Never make in the summer. Always a winter comfort food with shredded cheddar on top. Now I want

Chili. TY

[pandr32]

84. My next batch will have cheddar sprinkled on top.

Thanks for the tip!

[debm55]

86. It's good with the cheese starts to melt from from the heat of the chili YUM TY

[beaglelover]

15. Exactly the same as you! Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches preferably on very crusty bread!!

No snow here in the Palm Springs, CA area, but it is quite chilly out, but sunny.

We're having a low key weekend since yesterday was a very shitty day....we had to say goodbye to our wonderful 16+ year old beagle, Dexter.

[debm55]

43. Oh I am so sorry , beaglelover. May you memories of Dexter bring you peace and happiness. Maybe someday, you will into

the eyes of another and he/she will touch your heart the way Dexter did.

[beaglelover]

83. Thank you so much, Deb. Feeling a bit better today. One day at a time.

[debm55]

87. Yes, but Dexter will always be in your heart.

[EYESORE 9001]

17. Meat loaf

With smashed taters and slow-simmered and well-seasoned green beans.

[debm55]

44. Yummy. do you add gravy to the meatloaf or eat plain? Ty Sounds very good.

[grumpyduck]

67. Love that, but we like

to steam the green beans. Nice and crispy.

[debm55]

68. Love crispy green beans. I hate canned green beans. If i don't buy the fresh, I'll get the frozen and not cook as long.

[highplainsdem]

18. This is the second time I was eating a particular comfort food when I ran across one of your

threads about food.

A not-very-healthy comfort food, but you were asking about unhealthy foods that time:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181824977

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181824977#post38

I'd stopped buying those fudge-dipped coconut grandola bars for months because I knew I was kidding myself with my excuse that they were a healthier alternative to the Mounds and Almond Joy candy bars I love. Got some yesterday while stocking up on groceries because I didn't like the weather forecast (another excuse to buy them, as if the hundred dollars' worth of other, healthy groceries - lots of fresh produce and meat and fish and dairy - wouldn't have tided me over till the next trip to the store). Sigh...

Right now I'm wishing I'd thought to get soup, though. And Marie Callender chicken pot pie.

[debm55]

45. Yes the other one was junk food. I think they sell a small individual MC chicken pot pie. Hope you get through the

weather.

[Bayard]

19. Homemade chilli

With sausage, black beans, lots of onions, tomatoes, and peppers. Cornbread to go with it. And the house smells wonderful!

[debm55]

46. Oh that sounds wonderful. I can smell it here.TY for the experience.

[thatcrowwoman]

21. Hot & Sour soup with crispy noodle, no cilantro, please, with spring rolls.

*Husband’s homemade chili with saltines or tortilla chips or cornbread
*Chicken noodle soup or chicken pot pie or grilled cheese, no tomato soup, thank you. How about a slice of my homemade Carrot cake for dessert and again for breakfast the next day? Lemon buttercream frosting.
As was our wedding cake.

*Husband’s Salisbury Steak with mashed potatoes and gravy
*Lasagna or Mama’s Spaghetti with a green salad and garlic bread. Brownies for dessert.

*And at least once a year, my dad’s recipe for Welsh rarebit on toast, pumpernickel is my favorite or the small party rye bread sometimes found in the deli department or bakery or not at all. With a veggie platter and assorted pickles and olives.

Oh, yum!
Bon appètit, y’all!
🕊🩵💫🎶thatcrowwoman

[debm55]

47. Love Hot and Sour soup. and egg rolls. My favorite when we go to a Chinese restaurant OMG, my husband made lasagna with

garlic bread . And brownies. This was yesterday.though. There was a restaurant in Pittsburgh that served Welsh rarebit. I developed my habit there. Slice of tomato on top. Thank you dear friend . Now I am hungry for Hot and sour soup with egg rolls.

[justaprogressive]

24. Hot chocolate

and cake!

[debm55]

48. Yummy. That is a great comfort food. Thank you.

[moniss]

25. Beef tips and gravy

over mashed potatoes. Beef stew gets it done too. Chicken and gravy over biscuits. Hamburger/macaroni casserole. Big mug of hot chocolate (no marshmallows) and toast with butter to dunk in the hot chocolate.

[debm55]

49. Wonderful! You have a complete winter comfort food menu. I like the Chicken and gravy over biscuits. Yummy. Haven't had

that for ages. Thank you for posting all those dishes. It gives me some ideas.

[moniss]

69. I did forget one that was extra special and

that was my Mom's ham and bean soup that was so thick you could stand a spoon in it. She would make a bunch of it in early November and freeze it in quart freezer containers. Then whenever the mood hit you could go to the freezer. She did beef stew, vegetable beef soup and chile that way also. Along with mashed strawberries, vegetables of all kinds etc. Middle of winter a few spoonfuls of those mashed strawberries over vanilla ice cream really hit the spot.

One of my favorite dinners would be when I walked in the house and she was making beef short ribs and gravy, boiled potatoes and we'd have a pie for dessert that she made earlier. I remember how good a little catsup was with those short ribs and mixed with the gravy and potatoes. My paternal grandmother lived just up the road and she made the best pork steak and gravy and mashed potatoes. Big black cast iron pans. Slow cooking.

[debm55]

70. moniss. what delightful memories you have of your family through the food that hit the spot. Thany you for sharing with

us.

[House of Roberts]

26. I am watching two railfan cams

at Paradise, Pa. and Strasburg, Pa.

Their snow started about 10:30am and is still pretty strong.

It rarely gets like this here in North Alabama. I guess a couple grilled cheese would be adequate for me.

[debm55]

50. It started again. First ice pellets, then snow.Didn't get the big one. But it is cold, icy and snow covered here. TY

[FakeNoose]

29. I'm in western Pennsylvania also 😊

It's snowing fast and hard in Pittsburgh right now. I don't think I had to shovel anything here last year, the small amount of snow was light and melted quickly. But today's storm is going to stick around for awhile. Luckily I did my grocery shopping and errands yesterday, so I can stay home and look out the windows at the pretty snow.

When it's cold weather, I like to make hot chocolate for an afternoon warm-up.

I like to make soup or chili con carne for a quick and easy dinner. Whenever I make chili, I make a double-batch so there's some leftover. Then I freeze the chili in single portions and it's ready to go for chili & cheese baked potatoes.

Chili & cheese baked potato - Take a large potato and bake in the toaster oven, or nuke it until it's just about done. (In the microwave it's about 5 minutes.) Take out the hot potato, slice crosswise and mash in salt, pepper and butter into the potato. Then spoon over about 3 big tablespoons of thawed out chili and sprinkle shredded cheese on top. I usually use cheddar, colby or a "Mexican" mixture, but whatever suits your taste. Put the potato back in the microwave and nuke for another 2 minutes so the chili heats up. And voila - an instant wonderful dinner. Yum!

[debm55]

52. Did you guys get the ice pellets? Not as bad as I thought, but for a while it was like a white out. Thank you very much

for the recipe for the baked potato. I am going to try that.

[samnsara]

30. chili

..not canned!

[debm55]

54. Homemade chili is the best. I hate that canned stuff. TY

[doc03]

33. Navy Bean Soup with corn bread, but I have to cut carbs to bring

A1C down or go on meds.

[debm55]

55. Wish you luck . I just got my blood tests yesterday one was for the A1C level. Navy Bean Soup sounds so good in the

cold weather. I have never tried it.but I think I will look up the recipe. Thank you For the suggestion.

[GreenWave]

35. What is this thing you call snow?

[debm55]

57. If you don't know, count yourself lucky. Especially when you have 20 inches to shovel or be housebound waiting for the

local community to send out the plows or wait for it to melt.(which they usually do

[AllaN01Bear]

36. just ate a peanut butter sandwich.

[debm55]

59. with jelly or without.?

[AllaN01Bear]

79. without.

[NotMissD]

38. Baked Potatos

You can put them in bed to warm it, and then eat them. My secret recipe is that I make tuna salad with chunk light and double mayo and double salt. Go heavy on the butter in the potato and top with a lot of tuna. Put it in a big bowl to minimize the mess.

[debm55]

61. Yummy, thanks for the recipe. I will give it a try.

[brewens]

51. Cooked chocolate pudding with a glob of peanut butter in it. :) n/t

[debm55]

90. Yummy, that sounds good. TY

[bamagal62]

53. Deb

Are you in Pittsburgh?

[debm55]

58. South of Pittsburgh. Jefferson Hills---Very near where they are building the Expressway from WV to Pittsburgh.

Where are you.

[bamagal62]

62. I love Pittsburgh!

Both of my kids went to college there.
So, I visited Pittsburgh for 6 years. Awesome city! Although we’ve moved, we lived in Lancaster at the time.

[debm55]

64. Thanks we are about 10 miles south.

[Luciferous]

56. A bowl of veggie chili and a side of

cornbread.

[debm55]

63. Mouth is watering again. Love homemade chili and cornbread. TY

[debm55]

66. May I ask, ---what do you put in the chili instead of the ground beef.Ty

[Luciferous]

73. Just extra kidney and pinto beans

Bell peppers, onions, diced green chiles, and corn.

[debm55]

74. Thank you, I will give it a try, I will make the regular of SO and my son and just not add the meat to mine. Will add

extras to mine.

[Quakerfriend]

60. Homemade chicken soup & bread.

I used to live in Greenville, Pa and my niece just bought a house in Franklin- love that part of our state! - Used to love cross country skiing out there- sometimes right up until the first week in May.

[debm55]

65. Where they are making the Expressway from WV to Pittsburgh is where I used to do cross country skiing. It's about 10

miles south of Pittsburgh. Homemade chicken soup is the best. TY

[Ohio Joe]

71. I grew up in NE NJ...

Whenever it snowed, my dad went out and got a plain cheese pizza… I still want a slice or two whenever it snows

[debm55]

72. That is a wonderful post. Thank you for sharing your memories with us.TY

[BlueKota]

76. Chicken Pot Pie

or Beef Stew

[debm55]

77. Yes to both! Than You

[yellowdogintexas]

78. soup or chili. We eat chili in the summer - since we live on the surface of the sun

anyway, so why not enjoy spicy food?

If I make chili, beef stew or beans and rice, there must be cornbread. With NO sugar/

My mom made amazing Welsh Rarebit (which in KY is pronounced 'rabbit') We always had it on New Year's Eve, and we ate it with pickles, onions and on saltines.
I don't make it because I would eat too much of it and I already eat too much cheese. Every year my dad used to age a wheel of cheddar in the basement of my grandfather's store and when it had aged a couple of years, he brought it out and sold it. It was so sharp, and Mom used it with some regular cheddar to make the rarebit.

[Stuart G]

81. Only one food...............PIZZA, AND THEN MORE PIZZA AND SOME MORE...(WITH CHEESE AND GREEN PEPPERS)

[debm55]

88. Thank you Stuart, Pizza with cheese and green peppers--yummy, TY

[blueknight73]

82. Cold weather

Means a pot of homemade Vegetable soup

[debm55]

92. Wow, That sounds great, Do you crunch crackers in yours?

[ificandream]

89. Baked apples or baked potatoes.

[debm55]

93. I have had baked potatoes with the fixings. Going to look up baked apples. TY

[Elessar Zappa]

91. Same as you!

Love a good grilled cheese with tomato soup in the snowy weather. Usually followed by a hot chocolate afterward.

[debm55]

94. Yes, it hits the spot, doesnt it?

[Elessar Zappa]

95. Sure does!