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rthstewart) wrote2018-09-20 08:05 pm
rthstewart) wrote2018-09-20 08:05 pm
comfort food
So, today, I was at a meeting all day long and the subjects were very intense, emotions were high, and words like, "well, it's a problem with tone" came up a lot. It was partially addressed at me, partly at my client, and we had to sit and politely take it because well, we do. (Not sexism, by the way, or misogyny, just beastly internal politics). The words no good deed goes unpunished came up a lot. yeah. You tried but everyone thinks you fucked it up so we're taking it away and giving it all to someone else.
AND THEN there was a whole other separate thing going on at the same time with a very expensive super smart Batman who had been brought in to save the day about a Thing. BUT BUT I had to handle the Thing by myself for months before Batman arrived, and I've been worried I might have done something wrong and Batman would have to clean up my mess and that I might really have caused injury to others. I don't *think* it was quite that bad, but I'm not sure and that worst nightmare unfolded today too.
Also, I really really wanted to get a piece of business but I lost it to a man who was also at the meeting today. Except, the man is nice and smart and extremely competent and thinks the world of my skills and seriously how can you get mad when someone decides to hire Captain America instead of you? So, you can't get mad, just super disappointed that if it had been any other Avenger except for Steve, you could have kicked their ass and won the business. Instead you just have to swallow the disappointment and say "So glad it went to you."
Anyway, very uncomfortable day where at various points I just wanted to go into the bathroom and have a good cry and one time I actually did a little bit.
So, I ate a whole chicken salad sandwich from the lunch buffet and a peanut butter cookie. And I had Ghiradelli dark chocolate salted caramel square for dinner and large slices of watermelon. If I'd had access to honest to goodness Minnesota Chicken and Wild Rice soup, I would eaten that. So what about you? When you have a super stressful day that makes you want to cry in the bathroom, do you have any comfort foods?
AND THEN there was a whole other separate thing going on at the same time with a very expensive super smart Batman who had been brought in to save the day about a Thing. BUT BUT I had to handle the Thing by myself for months before Batman arrived, and I've been worried I might have done something wrong and Batman would have to clean up my mess and that I might really have caused injury to others. I don't *think* it was quite that bad, but I'm not sure and that worst nightmare unfolded today too.
Also, I really really wanted to get a piece of business but I lost it to a man who was also at the meeting today. Except, the man is nice and smart and extremely competent and thinks the world of my skills and seriously how can you get mad when someone decides to hire Captain America instead of you? So, you can't get mad, just super disappointed that if it had been any other Avenger except for Steve, you could have kicked their ass and won the business. Instead you just have to swallow the disappointment and say "So glad it went to you."
Anyway, very uncomfortable day where at various points I just wanted to go into the bathroom and have a good cry and one time I actually did a little bit.
So, I ate a whole chicken salad sandwich from the lunch buffet and a peanut butter cookie. And I had Ghiradelli dark chocolate salted caramel square for dinner and large slices of watermelon. If I'd had access to honest to goodness Minnesota Chicken and Wild Rice soup, I would eaten that. So what about you? When you have a super stressful day that makes you want to cry in the bathroom, do you have any comfort foods?
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My comfort food is definitely Asian food, Chinese or Japanese; chow fun or dumplings (shumai, gyoza, chao siu bao, jiaozi, har gow, xiao long bao) or shrimp tempura roll or scallion pancake or yakiudon or gai lan with black beans and garlic or ... the problem tends to be that when I am overwhelmed and need comfort food, choosing what to eat is Too Much.
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Everybody should have food in their lives which makes them feel like the world at least has this in it. When I had a bad case of food poisoning, for two weeks after, everything tasted awful, and then I bit into a Peppermint Patty and nearly had to sit down, the taste was so straightforwardly itself, it cut through all the grossness that had been accumulating around the act of putting food in my mouth. It was amazing.
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Also, hugging the teddy bear I keep especially for days when hugging something fluffy is indicated. *offers her bear for hugging*
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I tend to go for salty/sweet combinations like PB&J or chocolate chip cookie dough. Also warm and sweet, like hot chocolate or grilled cheese.
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Yesssss. I'm going to have to swing by Aldi and pick up a box for moving day. Thank you for the reminder!
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As for comfort foods: popcorn, peanut butter on toast or graham crackers, mashed butternut squash, mashed potatoes, baked chicken breasts with Italian seasoning & breadcrumbs, and in truly extreme cases, tuna noodle casserole made with cream of mushroom soup. They're nowhere near my favorite foods for an average day, though.
*sips some Sleepytime peach tea*
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2 (6.2-ounce) packages fast-cooking long-grain and wild rice mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine
4 celery ribs,
chopped 2 medium onions,
chopped 2 (8-ounce) cans sliced water chestnuts,
drained 5 cups chopped cooked chicken
4 cups (1 pound) shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
2 (10 3/4-ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (16-ounce) container sour cream
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cups soft breadcrumbs (homemade) 1 (2.25-ounce) package sliced almonds, toasted
Why yes, that's creama, and sour cream and whole milk and cheese. it's amazing and 20 years ago was guaranteed to appear at the potluck for every one of your major life events, from birth and christening, to your wake. It's a close relation of the tuna noodle casserole. Do you have Midwestern in your roots?
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The only food I know I've tried due to my Missouri-raised grandfather is sorghum molasses. Everybody else is solidly northeastern.
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Also, will you share the rest of that recipe, please?
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This was the one I found but I've got a MN recipe book with a whole chapter on these things. I'll try to remember to bring it at Christmas.
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My usual supper is an Aidell's sausage because they're pre-cooked and only need a minute in the microwave. (and, being made of chicken and nitrate-free aren't hideously unhealthy) I also keep a couple personal frozen pizzas (microwaveable) on hand for those days when I can't quite handle poking holes in a sausage and covering it in a wet paper towel in addition to pushing buttons.
I hope you can find solutions that work for you.
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Aside from that, what a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I think dark chocolate with sea salt caramel and watermelon slices are perfectly acceptable for dinner. And if you have access to a proper bowl of cx wild rice soup, so much the better. I'm sorry you didn't, today.
Comfort food for me generally consists of things like mashed potatoes smothered in butter and sour cream. But I am flexible about it, so there's no one thing I prefer over another on days like this.
My workplace cafeteria does the best cx wild rice soup in existence, as far as I'm concerned. If you are ever in downtown Mpls, you let me know and I will find out which day they're serving it and meet you there to buy you a big cup of it.
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And... damn I forget the name of it. I used to work at 50th South 6th street a long time ago and there was one of those salad soup places in the atrium with breadsticks and wild rice soup....
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You glorious soul, you called it hotdish. ❤️
Would definitely love to grab lunch (Eddington's or otherwise!) sometime! For sure let me know when you'll be here!
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Our cafeteria is dismal, so nothing there suits, and the desk snacks I bring in are all non-comforting boring things like goldfish or peanut butter crackers.
In our last building, we used to frequently walk out to the Walgreens on the corner for snacks, which was great, but now we are next to CVS which somehow I never make it to, and when I do, I don't find anything that helps. I've also realized that Part of Getting Older for me involves not being able to eat hits of sugar, like, a handful of jellybeans, without getting nausea. Sad, but probably better in long run.
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I suppose I've begun crawling out of my funk, yesterday's horrors notwithstanding? Not sure and writing is much more difficult than it was, both because capturing a hopeful spirit is hard and because I'm so damned busy. But I'm trying harder than I was. Anyway, it is lovely to renew the online acquaintance and thank you.
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Is that the reason? I had no idea. I just want pringles, darnit.
And you are very welcome. Your writing is so lovely.
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Comfort food would probably be a good bowl of wonton noodle soup but if it's a "cry in the bathroom" type of day, I skip the savories and go straight for dessert. Nothing like a really good pastry to make me feel somewhat better (and that I deserve those extra calories and sugar) after a difficult day.
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But this has been a wonderful 10 years. :-)
sizzling sisig
(Anonymous) 2018-09-25 02:22 am (UTC)(link)no subject
I make ramen noodles with eggs when I need comfort food. No idea why.