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Comfort Food - This phrase was included into the Webster Dictionary in 1977.  Comfort food is loosely described as food which brings an individual comfort and well-being.  It says nothing about guilt.

YUM! Brands is the name of the ex-trinity of PepsiCo Foods:  KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.  Personally, these are not my comfort foods.  But they must be comfort foods for millions, maybe billions of people.   YUM! Brands is doing quite nicely even through the great recession.

Once upon on a time, I worked with a very young woman.  We worked in an office building downtown. Her comfort food was fried rice.  But it had to be from China town.  So she would send her boyfriend of the moment to China town to bring back an order of fried rice.  (Did I mention that she was quite attractive?)

Last evening, I had dinner with some friends, CareBear and Mikey.  As we were enjoying our dinner, we were discussing comfort foods and past combinations from our childhood.   One was dill pickles and peanut butter.  Another favorite was white bread with butter and sugar sprinkled on top. Quite a few of these concoctions were tossed around with comments.

There was a time during my preteen years when I sneak into the kitchen to make a butter and sugar sandwich as a snack.  (Did I mention that I was a chubby child?)  It has been a long time since I craved or ate a slice of white bread with butter and sugar.  At this point in my life, the thought does not appeal to me.  

We all crave those foods that bring us good memories or a positive feeling about life.  To tell the truth, my comfort foods have not changed all that much.  Currently, my list would include:

• Chicago pizza - sans pepperoni - a true Chicagoan does not eat pepperoni - it's sawsage
• Macaroni and Cheese 
• Cheeseburgers - pub style - medium rare
• A well-made cosmopolitan with grey goose vodka

What are some of your comfort foods?  We would all be interested.  Just check the pencil in the lower left corner and share - please.

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