What is your favorite winter comfort food?

[Chaldfont]

It's finally starting to act like October here in Indiana (instead of late May!) and the thought of hearty winter comfort food is making me hungry.

For me, I think its a toss-up between chili and our beef and noodles recipe cobbled together between my Mom's and my Mother-in-law's recipes.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Beef stew. Although I make a sausage and pasta dish that is pretty darn tasty on a cold winter's day, too.

 

[bento]

Irish Coffee!

Oh, I thought we're still talking about favorite drinks.

One cold weather dish I like is Pumpkin Chili, where you cook chili, corn & other fall veggies inside a cleaned out pumpkin in the oven. When you scoop out the chili you also scrape a little pumpkin as well, then garnish with sour cream.

 

[Arkham]

Chicken-fried steak with mashies, and/or split-pea soup. But those are pretty much my year-round comfort food.

 

[Wombat]

Two different things for two different occassions ...

For breakfast in the morning, give me good, real oatmeal. Not the instant glop, the real thing. Maybe some raisins or currants in it, a bit of honey or brown sugar. Yum.

And for dealing with a long, cold night, but with friends around, give me mulled red wine.

 

[Chaldfont]

Irish Coffee!

Oh, I thought we're still talking about favorite drinks.

One cold weather dish I like is Pumpkin Chili, where you cook chili, corn & other fall veggies inside a cleaned out pumpkin in the oven. When you scoop out the chili you also scrape a little pumpkin as well, then garnish with sour cream.

That sounds awesome! Can you post a recipe?

 

[Pyrex]

We've done beef stew in a pumpkin, but I haven't tried chili yet. Hmm...

Chaldfront: The key ingredient is the right kind of pumpkin. You want a bowling-ball size Sugar Pie Pumpkin; not the $0.06/pound jack-o-lantern pumpkins.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Japanese curry. Which is like beef stew, but with curry seasoning in it.

 

[Baron Opal]

Any kind of thick soup or stew is great. I've taken to a green chili that m wife makes from pork and anahaim and poblano peppers. Warms you two ways.

Hmm... it been a while since she's made that. I'll have to see what I can do to facillitate some cookery...

 

[megamania]

Chili, Stew and corn bread