On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:45:12 -0500, flitterbit >
wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:11:27 -0500, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder, am I the only person here who has never heard of
>>>>> Glorified Rice? Is it like hotdish, in that I never heard of that,
>>>>> either, but everyone in the midwest knows about it? Or like
>>>>> loose meat or chop suey-not the chinese stuff?
>>>> It's icky. You're not missing anything. Sleep easy. '-)
>>> (laugh!) Gotcha.
>>
>> Comfort food. I guess you had to grow up with it.
>>
>I think that's the key to this; whatever you grew up with tends to
>remain as comfort food into adulthood. For instance, my mom would
>sometimes serve us creamed salmon (white sauce with canned salmon mixed
>in) on buttered toast with a side of "creamed peas" (the liquid from the
>can of peas thickened with a bit of flour and water and the peas added
>in once the liquid was thick, and then heated through). I still
>occasionally crave creamed salmon on toast as comfort food, but haven't
>had creamed peas since I was a kid.
>
>> I'm so disgusted with this group right now, I could ...
> >
>Don't let it get you down ;D

Dang, you got white sauce and salmon. I got Cream of Mushroom Soup and
tuna with peas. Yep, childhood comfort food. I also remember Glorified
Rice but I don't think we had it all that often when I was a kid. It
was mostly left over rice cooked in milk with some sugar and cinnamon.
koko
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