On Jun 5, 7:59*am, "Mr. Bill" > wrote:
> On Jun 4, 7:18*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > For years I've thought that tuna noodle casserole had one function.
> > It was something that a traditional housewife made when she wanted to
> > get taken out to dinner.
>
> To each their own...but Tuna Noodle always held first place in the top
> five comfort foods at our table. *Following by scalloped potatoes and
> ham, meatloaf, spaghetti *and Mac & cheese...but not out of the blue
> box! *<vbg>

"Comfort" in the same sense as "comfort" women. A nasty, sloppy,
(culinarily) wrong act, done out of desperation. Spaghetti excepted,
when my mother made stuff like that, I ate as little as necessary.
That's how my wife ended up so delightfully svelte in her mid 40s.
She never developed fat cells as a kid because her mother's cooking
was so unappealing.

But you left out the king of nastiness, ham and great northern beans.

--Bryan