comfort food

[Anonymous No.6528700]

So, a cat my dad got as a kitten when i was born just died at the age of 22. Im sad as fuck and broke but want to eat something to make me feel better, any comfort food suggestions?

Pic related, something ive made before when sad.

[Anonymous No.6528703]

Make something you had as a kid. Maybe a big thing of spaghetti or mac&cheese with hotdogs

[Anonymous No.6528708]

>>6528700
Can't go wrong with some beef stew served over mashed potatoes for comfort, or maybe french onion soup with a heaping pile of gruyere, or some fried chicken and coleslaw and various sides.

I'm sorry Anon, get comfy soon.

[Anonymous No.6528717]

>>6528700

You know I'm pretty sure the concept of buying young children animals that are sure to die in their teens is deliberate

[Anonymous No.6528721]

>>6528703
>>6528708
Both of these ideas sound great. Thank you very much. I think ill make beef stew and mashed potatos since that used to be one of my favorite meals next to hotdogs and ramen.

[Anonymous No.6528728]

Fish toast for me.

[Anonymous No.6528729]

>>6528703
Man it's hard not to make spaghetti look appetizing as fuck. A nice amount of sauce, some parmesan and then chopped parsley? It's so simple but so pretty with all of that color contrast.

Italy's White, Green, and Red makes sense.

[Anonymous No.6528762]

>>6528729
Its true. Never once had bad spaghetti in my life.

[Anonymous No.6529263]

>>6528700
grilled cheese and tomato soup. super simple, filling, cheap, and nostalgic.

[Anonymous No.6529505]

>>6528700
put what meat you can get from the cat and make a nice juicy cat steak, at least now you know a part of your beloved cat will always be with you :)

[Anonymous No.6529523]

>>6528700

breakfast burrito. errytime everytime

[Anonymous No.6529530]

>>6528717
Can't really be helped; cats and dogs are the usual pets, and both have lifespans of about 8-15 years normally.

It's arguably worse to buy a long-lived pet like a parrot, since they bond so tightly with their humans, and most people get the birds later in life and die long before the bird does. A friend in high school inherited his grandfather's parrot, and it will probably be around for his kids to grow up with.

Pet bird shops are full of emotionally distressed older parrots that need a new home.

[Anonymous No.6529531]

fried fish sticks and custard

[Anonymous No.6529537]

>>6528700
Sympathies, OP. Make some brownies.

[Anonymous No.6529549]

>>6528700
>any comfort food suggestions?
Cook and eat your cat OP that way he can be with you forever.I can think of nothing more comforting the this.

[Anonymous No.6529561]

make some slop

[Anonymous No.6529573]

>>6528700
go in an animal shelter and take one

[Anonymous No.6529591]

>>6528700
while I have a feeling that people telling you to eat your cat are doing it out of ill-mannered humor, there is some merit to eating the bones. it's an old japanese tradition where lords and heads of households would eat the post cremation bones of their most loyal or valuable followers, so that they would be serving them for the rest of their lives. if you think of it as calcium and other minerals incorporated into your own skeleton, it really could last for several decades at the very least.

[Anonymous No.6529594]

Does anyone else think that "comfort food" is a thing that fat people do?

I'm skinny and I've never felt "comforted" by food, not even the foods I ate as a child

[Anonymous No.6529598]

>>6529594
if you live in a foreign country for a few months and experience culture shock, comfort food aligns with being homesick.

[Anonymous No.6529599]

>>6529561
damn, thats exactly the kind of shit i make when i have no idea what to cook but have a bunch of random ingredients laying around.

[Anonymous No.6529611]

>>6529594

Having comfort foods? No, most people have those on some level even if they aren't actively aware of them.

Talking about your comfort foods? Yes, mostly lardasses.

[Anonymous No.6529620]

>>6529594
>I've never felt "comforted" by food
This is not a normal experience. There is definitely something wrong with you.

[Anonymous No.6529790]

Pic related is what your cat would've wanted. Sorry for your loss.

[Anonymous No.6530376]

>>6528700
>ham
>taking pleasure in being poor

[Anonymous No.6530411]

>>6528700
I'm sorry, feel better OP :(
I like warm buttery fresh baked vanilla muffins

[Anonymous No.6530413]

>>6528700
>any comfort food suggestions?

Fuck comfort food, go AT ONCE to the nearest Indian or Thai place and eat something really hot and spicy.

[Anonymous No.6530417]

>comfort food
Fuck off landwhale

[Anonymous No.6530429]

>>6529594
Also skinny reporting in.

You're abnormal; comfort food is a psychological and physiological normality. The thing that can add to being overweight/obese is overindulgence and/or emotional eating.

[Anonymous No.6530430]

>>6530417
>>6530413
Stop you're scaring the children with your edginess

[Anonymous No.6530439]

>>6530429

What's the difference between "comfort food" and "emotional eating"?

I would argue they are the very same thing: attempting to use food to affect an emotional change.

[Anonymous No.6530440]

>>6530417
>>6530376
>>6529594
Suck a fiery shitdick you worthless fucks.

[Anonymous No.6530444]

>>6529594
youre autistic

[Anonymous No.6530454]

>>6530440
This

[Anonymous No.6530457]

>>6529594
>Does anyone else think that "comfort food" is a thing that fat people do?

Yes. I agree 100%.

[Anonymous No.6530458]

>>6530444
Nice trips m80

[Anonymous No.6530460]

>>6530440
>eating when you're sad
This is literally a thing only lardasses do. Go eat a jar of mayonaise.

[Anonymous No.6530486]

>>6530439
"Emotional eating" is eating (usually crap) when you are sad or angry or stressed or whatever the fuck. "Comfort food" is just that- comfortable.

Comfort is often characterized by pleasant memories and familiar activities. So comfort food is something easy to prepare, that produces some nostalgia or has sentimental value: like traditional food. So it's hard to properly define comfort food, as it is very idiosyncratic.

It's cold and rainy outside and you cook yourself a hotpot of your favourite things. The smell fills the house and the steam coming of it alone warms you up. It's just comfy.

[Anonymous No.6530494]

>>6530486
>The smell fills the house and the steam coming of it alone warms you up. It's just comfy.

So in other words, the food makes you feel better? Sounds like "emotional" to me.

[Anonymous No.6530497]

>>6529594
Nah. 6', 155lbs skellington, I fucking love me some comfort food. Something warm and savoury and caloric is calming, makes your brain squirt happy juice

[Anonymous No.6530505]

>>6530494
holy shit you're fucking retarded. why cant autists accept that theyre wrong?
>google comfort food
>google emotional eating
how fucking hard is that you fuck

[Anonymous No.6530507]

>>6530494
If you go that way ALL eating is emotional eating. No one eats just because- they eat because they need to, enjoy it and feel better when they do; especially when it's something yummy and tasty.

Comfort food is a food that produces a high state of comfort. Simple as that.

[Anonymous No.6530509]

>>6530494
It's emotional,
but it's not "emotional eating"
You'd know if you were capable of reading, after all anon already explained it to you.
Maybe you're just a little too simple minded to comprehend longer posts?

[Anonymous No.6530529]

>>6530505
>how fucking hard is that you fuck

It's not hard at all. But the definitions seem pretty much the same.

>>6530509
>You'd know if you were capable of reading,

I'd know better if someone was capable of explaining the difference in a logical and concise manner. Because what 6530486 posted did not make the difference clear. But hey, blame the reader is what 4chan is all about, right?

[Anonymous No.6530535]

>>6530529
>the definitions seem pretty much the same

[Anonymous No.6530542]

>>6530529
I did explain it as straightforward as it gets. It's not rocket science, there is no equation to express it: it's two somewhat vague expressions.

Emotional eating is usually utilized in the context of eating BECAUSE of emotions, not to produce, emulate or recreate any emotions.

Comfort food is different in the sense that you are trying to PRODUCE a sense of comfort, comfort happens to be tightly bound to emotions.

[Anonymous No.6530574]

>>6530535

Thanks. Now we're getting somewhere.

>>6530542
You fail hard. The difference is the intent.

Comfort food is a FOOD that happens to elicit feelings of comfort.

Emotional eating is a DISORDER characterized by over-eating in an attempt do deal with an underlying problem.

One is a food. The other is a medical condition. How hard is that to explain clearly?

[Anonymous No.6530586]

comfort food is a type of food:
mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, fried chicken, etc
emotional eating is a coping mechanism like faggots that cut themselves or going out for a drive when youre upset

[kill yourself No.6530648]

>>6528700

[Anonymous No.6530653]

>>6530439

Comfort food is my mom's lasagna.
"Emotional eating" is sucking down an entire row of oreos straight from the package because you're too lazy to cook.

[Anonymous No.6530705]

>>6530586
>you're not allowed to have emotions
I'm not even that guy, you're just taking machismo ridiculously far.

[Anonymous No.6530711]

>>6530705

Nothing wrong with having emotions.
There is, however, something wrong with doing self-destructive shit to deal with them.

[Anonymous No.6530716]

>>6530705
you should learn how to read critically. nothing in that post should lead you to draw the conclusion that you did.

[Anonymous No.6530767]

>>6528700
If you've made pic related when sad, then you need to make yourself a Monte Cristo. It is not the weak "french toast sandwich" the internet would lead you to believe. I'm talking grilling the meats (shaved turkey slices and shaved ham slices). I'm saying you need preserves, raspberry, cherry, something bright. You want a white cheese that melts beautifully into your sandwich but offers that bittersharp backnote (most use swiss). You want the french toast made from a hearty bread that can stand up to this sandwich (this isn't Sunday brunch french bread for french toast. Might I suggest cinnamon walnut wholegrain instead?). I can do without the powdered sugar, because if you want more sweetness (you better have the preserves to slather on), then real maple syrup is better, but turn to the preserves first. Enjoy. Enjoy it vociferously with no shame for your sadness and the half a messy sandwich you have smeared across your face and plate, anon.

[Anonymous No.6530775]

>>6530439
>>6530486

>What's the difference between "comfort food" and "emotional eating"?
When you're eating some delicious food, and you take enjoyment and pleasure out of it in a very nostalgic or reminiscent kind of way, then you are actively enjoying comfort food. Basically, you are having emotion stemming from the food.

If you have an emotion or emotional experience and respond to that emotion by seeking out food, then you are emotionally eating.

They're actually opposites. You see? One is the result and the other is the precursor. Also people use the word interchangeably and excusefully because they're retards trying to make themselves feel better (with food too), but I would argue you're also a retard for believing their degradation of emotions and the English language.

[Anonymous No.6530787]

>>6528700
Man, my family dog is started to get old and it's really making me sad. Last time I saw her, she had a slight limp and needed a little help getting in and out of the car. I am going to be distraught when the regal beagle dies :_:

That being said, swiss steak is hands down my comfort food. Tons of mushrooms, onions, thick gravy, with tender meat, mash potatoes and some greens. My mom always makes it when I come home and it just makes me feel so safe and happy.

Close second, fried and breaded pork chops with baked mac-n-cheese. Another one of moms staples.

I'm going to text my mom and tell her I love her.

[Anonymous No.6530798]

>>6530767

[Anonymous No.6530803]

>sad because cat died
Cats are for fags dude
>inb4 "but I'm a fag"

[Anonymous No.6530904]

I don't think I've seen a single thread on this board go without some form of shitposting in the last year or so. It's fucking ridiculous. I wish shit heads would fuck off back to /b/, /v/, /r9k/ or /pol/ or wherever the fuck the came from. Even the most innocent of threads aren't safe from it. Just fuck off.

[Anonymous No.6530929]

>>6530904
lol
people have been saying the same thing since i started coming here six or seven years ago, snowflake

[Anonymous No.6530936]

>>6530929
>snowflake
Stop saying this word whenever you can't think of something to say.

[Anonymous No.6530945]

>>6530936
That's not why people say "snowflake". It's got nothing to do with "can't figure out what to say". It's a statement that your opinion is no better than anyone else's, you special little snowflake you.

[Anonymous No.6530950]

>>6530945
M*, you're arguing with the wrong person. I actually agree with you apart from your autistic choice of words.

[Anonymous No.6530958]

>>6530950

I'm not arguing with anyone. I agree with >>6530904 entirely. I was just explaining the meaning behind the "snowflake" insult.

[Anonymous No.6530964]

>>6530958
He never claimed his opinion was better.

And you are objectively wrong. The board hasn't changed at all ever.

[Anonymous No.6530972]

>>6530574
I don't think there's a difference. Even consider OP's case: his pet died, and now he wants "comfort food" to make him feel emotionally better about the death of his pet.

It's the very definition of emotional eating. We don't know more about him to say whether it's a clinically diagnosable as a disorder, but "comfort food" is disordered eating.

[Anonymous No.6531005]

>>6530972
food can make you happy, like anything else, it's not a problem if you're not abusing it

[Anonymous No.6531126]

>>6530904
>single thread on this board go without some form of shitposting in the last year or so
And OPs whining blogpost isn't shitposting?
Also OPs image looks awful and something a fatass would make and eat, so why is it shitposting people call them out on it?

[Anonymous No.6531851]

>>6530904
Edgelords are eternal Anon.

[Anonymous No.6531855]

>>6531126
>implying the edgy comments about the dead cat aren't shitposts by underage faggots

[Anonymous No.6531876]

Anything vietnamese, japanese, Korean food are my comfort foods. I'd probably go Korean bbq or pho for comfort foods

[Anonymous No.6532028]

>>6529790
>filename

[Anonymous No.6532211]

>>6528700
go get some chinese food.

[Anonymous No.6532222]

>>6532211
yuhhh