>> > Laurie give me variety every time Phoenix
>>
>>
>> Me, I'm a peasant and happy with it. Beans and rice and tortillas
>> will do me just fine; when I get bored with that I throw a cow over a
>> fire and start carving off chunks. 
>
>there's a time and a place for variety, but "comfort food" is almost
>universally "peasant" in nature.
>Rare would be the person for whom the pickled redfish with snail gratinee,
>violets and mango chutney would scream "ahh, the comforts of
home" but I
>guarantee you'll find hordes of attendees for a good pot of beans, warm
>tortillas and a beer -- with or without a chunk of flame-cooked beast. :)
>
I think that's a very localized idea of comfort food. You'd  also find
hordes for whom that would be weird exotic food only tried with great
trepidation.

>but as I said... variety is good too, and while I may not go for the mango
>chutney often, I'm glad to know I could if I chose to :)
>
I like variety almost all of the time. If I'm feeling sick or exhausted I'll
go for the low-effort soft sloppy food, such as congee or soup. I'll eat
very hot chilli or curry when I have a cold. Other than that what I want
from my food is sensuous pleasure
>
Oh, by the way, Lisa and I finally had ostrich that we could taste. Very
much like venison. That's something I would definitely eat again

Laurie trying a new taste is like reading a new book Phoenix

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