Blogpost 6: Cultural Comfort food

I'm done! I'm done explaining why comfort food is so comforting or what's behind comfort food why people keeps on eating them, and I am done explaining the side effects of these food. Well, in this blog post I'll discuss one interesting topic about comfort food.

Even though I explained to the people around me that comfort food is just a psychological matter, they still believe that their comfort food really does comforts them. And to get more perceptions about comfort food, I asked my classmates things what they want to know about comfort food, and one ask a question that really interests me, he asked if different countries have different type or set of food that is comforting for them. Is comfort food of the western countries different from the eastern countries? or Does comfort food depends on the nationalities of each person? I research on this and surprised to things I found..

I found a short article entitled "Bonnie Stern: Shepherd’s pie and other Canadian comfort food to hold close" by Bonnie Stern. The first time I saw the title of the article, my first thought was, "FOR REAL?! There's a CANADIAN COMFORT FOOD?" well yes, there is. Even though Bonnie only mentioned three Canadian comfort food, she explained why these food are considered comforting. According to him the foods she mentioned were connected to Canadian heroes, those people who protected their countries.

The first part of Bonnie's statement was "Remembrance Day is a serious time when we have the chance to truly consider what our freedom means — and to be grateful to the people who protect our country, both past and present. Although food has never been a large part of the day, cooking meals associated with the times, the places or the people you are remembering makes a thoughtful tribute."\

The quote above was to express her gratefulness to her ancestors, she said that shepherd's pie which made of beef is a timeless comfort food for them. And also the wacky cake which was also called as war cake, during the years of war dairy products were rationed to other countries and this cake was very cheap with low-fat ingredients.

The article "International Comfort Foods" by Peter Jon Lindberg talks about the different comfort food of different places, he  mentioned the example of British comfort food like bangers-and-mash and beef stew and is called as the "nursery food" because it is used to make the kids fall asleep with the amount of fat and carbs. He includes Los Angeles, USA, which was a kid-city and the most comforting food for them are the sweet foods such as cookies, chocolates, cotton candies and some salty such as fries and burgers.

And of course,  Asian food!! The heart warming and soul-nourishing comfort of Asian treats, such as the famous bimbap from Korea, the Dodas of India and the Vietnamese summer rolls. These comfort food are convenient because its easy-finger food.

And according to Peter, "And the national comfort trend shows no sign of slowing."

The quote above is true, people around the world seeks for comfort foods, even if there's a variation or different preference of comfort food, still their main point on eating comfort food is to enlighten their feeling and lift up their mood.