"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:01:43 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Tara" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:33:06 +0000, l not -l wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's cool here (STL) and getting cooler the next few days. If I
>> >> hadn't
>> >> eaten the last of the cornbread with the collards, I'd pull the last
>> >> container of pinto beans from the freezer to have for dinner. I might
>> >> just have to make more cornbread tomorrow - beans and cornbread are
>> >> mighty fine when the north wind blows.
>> >
>> > Beans and greens and cornbread are pure comfort food. Good for the
>> > heart
>> > and soul.
>>
>> Do you think comfort foods are ones you grew up with?
>
> The general sense of it (to me, at least) is food you grew up with and
> *loved*. Beans and greens wouldn't evoke any fond memories of
> childhood for me because I didn't eat it then and don't like it now.

Yes that is what it means to me too! Thanks.

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