Billy wrote:

> Why does food provoke and/or invoke memories both good and bad?

It has to do with the sense of smell: Smell memories are generally very
strong, and smells from childhood naturally bring back childhood memories.
Marcel Proust's _Remembrance of Things Past_ is a huge book filled with
memories which are all brought back by the taste of a madeliene.


> May you all enjoy a comfort and filing meal....in a country where God
> has blessed each and everyone of us!

LOL... not the country where *I* am! (and my teeth would not appreciate the
filing, anyway.) But it was "enchilada night" here, so all is well.

Bob

Wayne wrote:

> We went out for an early dinner last night and I had a really
> delicious execution of Swiss steak with carrots, celery, green
> peppers, onions and tomatoes. It was just like homemade and served
> with superb garlic mashed potatoes.
>
> I have made or eaten Swiss steak in quite some time, and it's always
> been one of my comfort foods. Certainly not exotic, but delicious
> nevertheless.
>
> Earlier in the day I had made a bread and butter pudding with golden
> raisins, a nice homey dessert to come home to.

Reading through this thread, it strikes me that comfort food is better
suited to winter than summer. That's when I'm likely to make Swiss steak,
meatloaf, or even tuna casserole. It's much less appealing to me in the
summertime, when I try to keep meals as light as possible.

Bob

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:09:33 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Wayne wrote:
>
>> We went out for an early dinner last night and I had a really
>> delicious execution of Swiss steak with carrots, celery, green
>> peppers, onions and tomatoes. It was just like homemade and served
>> with superb garlic mashed potatoes.
>>
>> I have made or eaten Swiss steak in quite some time, and it's always
>> been one of my comfort foods. Certainly not exotic, but delicious
>> nevertheless.
>>
>> Earlier in the day I had made a bread and butter pudding with golden
>> raisins, a nice homey dessert to come home to.
>
>Reading through this thread, it strikes me that comfort food is better
>suited to winter than summer.

I've always thought that myself. I don't find it anywhere near as easy
to come up with comfort foods for hot weather.

> That's when I'm likely to make Swiss steak,
>meatloaf, or even tuna casserole. It's much less appealing to me in the
>summertime, when I try to keep meals as light as possible.

Agreed.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 17 Aug 2010 01:09:33a, Bob Terwilliger told us...
>
>> Reading through this thread, it strikes me that comfort food is
>> better suited to winter than summer. That's when I'm likely to
>> make Swiss steak, meatloaf, or even tuna casserole. It's much less
>> appealing to me in the summertime, when I try to keep meals as
>> light as possible.
>
> If I still lived in NE Ohio I might aree with you. Living in the
> Phoenix area, however, it doesn't make much of a difference when you
> choose to cook something. You create your own climate inside most of
> the year.

As much as I love summer foods, like all the fresh vegetables and
fruits, and it's nice to grill dinner outside, etc., when I think of comfort
foods it's like soup and stew and other stuff that really doesn't
appeal to me when it's hot out. Even having the A/C on doesn't
fix that. Of course, if I lived in a hot climate like you do, I'd have to
adjust.

nancy