comfort food

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00:55 Feb 5, 2021

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English term or phrase: comfort food

Definition from TermCoord:
Certain foods provide a sentimental effect when they are consumed. Comfort foods make us feel good because of the meaning that we give them. We associate dishes with a family member, a significant person, a suggestive moment that we lived, and we tend to “use” food to find the scent of this or that experience again. Comfort food is linked to a personal feeling but also a cultural and historical one. It depends on the ingredients and the habits that we grew up with, in a specific country at a particular historical moment; it shapes our identity.

Example sentence(s):

But digging into comfort foods all winter — like a savory beef stew, spicy spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese, fluffy pancakes, gooey pizza, or buttery mashed potatoes — comes with health risks. Health Harvard
While it would be presumptuous to award pizza the prize of being America’s number one comfort food without an appropriate census count, pizza being on a shortlist of America’s favorite foods would not be a shocking discovery. Giordano's
Binge eating on comfort food can therefore indicate other issues that are physical, psychological, and indicative of depression and past trauma. Desert Hope

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Trøstemat

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Trøstemat

Definition from BraMat:
Både menn og kvinner velger oftest iskrem når de trøstespiser. Etter iskrem følger for kvinner sjokolade, kaker og kjeks, mens menn ofte velger pizza og annen fet hurtigmat som trøstemat.

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I faglitteraturen omtales dette som emosjonell spising. Det betyr at man ikke spiser for å dekke sult, men spisingen kompenserer for følelsesmessige behov – det kan være at man er trist, stresset, bekymret, frustrert eller føler seg ensom. Trøstematen har ofte en spesiell sammensetning, bestående av karbohydrater og fett. Det er altså ofte snacks og søtsaker vi trøstespiser. - Store norske leksikon
Wansink og medarbeidere har fastslått at våre preferanser rundt trøstematen dannes i barndommen. De utløses, i tillegg til sult, av blant annet kjønnsforskjeller. Menn finner trygghet i måltider de tenker at mor tilberedte, slik som moste poteter, pasta, kjøtt og suppe, mens kvinner finner mest trygghet i mat som ikke krever tilberedning, slik som sjokolade, godteri og iskrem. - https://gunnhelenearsky.no/

Mari Kristiandatter Sande
Norway
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