Meat loaf is one of the most popularly mentioned comfort foods. Although recipes vary as widely as the comforting memories that go with this dish, there are some unusual recipes and ingredients that people have mentioned. Cooking methods do not vary as much, but some have tried cooking meat loaf in a pan over a hot grill at a cook out. This is a situation where cooking time relies upon "feel".

Various fowl have been used for the meat portion of the recipe. Ground chicken and turkey meat are not unusual. More exotic meats include emu and ostrich. Ostrich in a recipe, although not surprising in recipes from Australia and New Zealand, actually is a favorite for a family from a midwest state in the USA. Flavor is enhanced by the addition of heat-adding spices. A similar treatment of emu is typical.

There are other exotic ingredients, such as rabbit, buffalo, moose, and even kangaroo. No matter what the exotic meat in the recipe, these serve as complements to ground beef. In general, rarely are there recipes that exclude ground beef as the primary ingredient. With each additional ingredient, appropriate spices are added to bring out the flavor of the complement meat. For those who do have a spin to the more traditional "ground beef only" recipes, the exotic meat loafs still are considered as comfort food.

Yahoo! News Search Results for comfort foods
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Cheer up wisely: Comfort foods can be made healthier (Asheville Citizen-Times)
By definition, comfort foods are generally not the healthiest.
Back to basics: Experts predict food in 2009 will be comfort driven with more...
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Remaking comfort foods: Cheddar and beer soup (South Bend Tribune)
Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies.
The Recipe for Cool Weather Comfort Foods (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - As the weather gets brisk and the sun sets earlier, we find ourselves yearning for food and beverages that are simple, familiar and home-made. Comfort food is as soothing as a warm sweater, but it doesn't have to be boring if you add a little creativity.
Coffee and Chocolate Holding Up in Down Economy (AG Weekly)
In the United States, the true comfort foods are chocolate and coffee -which may provide relief for investors battered by plummeting prices for oil, gold, wheat and other products.
Comfort foods can be healthy too (The Charlotte Observer)
(By Heather Lalley, Chicago Tribune) Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies. It's just that we've become so accustomed to thinking good-for-you dishes can't be warm, gooey and soul-satisfying. But Jessie Price and her fellow editors at Vermont-based EatingWell magazine want to prove that conventional wisdom wrong. They've compiled nearly 200 ...
Feel-good Foods to Battle the Winter Blues (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - It's that time of year again when temperatures hit single digits, clothing gets heavier and it can be difficult to resist the urge to curl up all day under a warm and comfy blanket with an engaging book.
Cold comfort (The Age)
Justine Costigan savours a range of flavours that take some licking.
Kettle adds sweet onion chip (The Portland Business Journal)
Kettle Foods added a new flavor to its line of ?Big Game? chips.
Natalia Rose: Eat for Simplicity (HuffingtonPost)
Whether you are a beginner or a lifelong raw devotee, if you're not seeing the benefits that the raw world promises, it is time to practice the beauty of simplicity.