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Patch Readers Dish About Their Top 'Comfort Foods'

We asked our Patch Facebook readers to daydream about hot food in this miserably cold weather and this is what they said...

On Tuesday we asked Patch Facebook readers from around Monmouth County to comment on: "When you think of 'comfort food', what comes to mind? (And tell us where to get it!)"

Here are some of their responses: 

Anything from Cracked Olive Market! -- Kaitlyn Anness on Holmdel-Hazlet Patch

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Something I can make myself! -- Tara Nicholson, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook

Shepherd pie! -- Beth Halsey Perez, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook

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Sweet tea and fried pork chops. Yes I lived in the south. -- Nick Romanelli, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook 

Chicken fried steak .... Perkins in Hazlet -- Brian Raike, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook

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Mac and cheese. Love Citarella's - family owned store in Red Bank. -- Pam Curchin, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook

Making cheddar potato soup right now! -- Susan Remian Burns, Middletown-NJ Patch Facebook

Chicken and dumplings..but I make it! -- Patti Lenker Potis, Freehold Patch Facebook

Sausage and mushroom pie in the "old" oven from Fed's, #5 with everything from Sorrento's, corned beef, rye with cole slaw on top from Fred and Murray's-- Steven Weiss, Freehold Patch Facebook

Baked Ziti from my kitchen with my home made sauce with a side salad and garlic bread. YUMMY!! -- Suzanne Ziola Mazzuoccolo, Howell Patch Facebook. 
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