Do you sea-food differently?

      Majority of us mid west folks don't really like eating seafood, we don't like the fishiness flavor from the seafood.  However the people from the west coast and east coast are huge seafood eaters.  Regions of where we grow up can impact the food we like and don't like.  As mid west folks we are known for the crops, and cattle, therefore we are big meat eaters rather than seafood eaters.  The east coast and west coast are by the oceans so they rather like seafood.   I lived in Maryland for about two years when I was a toddler and I remembered how the people their love crab cakes.  You can find crab cakes just about every restaurant you go too.  I don't like crab cakes, you can't really taste the crab but I just don't like the taste of it. I love certain kinds of seafood, but only when theirs lemon provided for me, I like my seafood with lemon juice.  I am okay with the typical seafood like shrimp, lobster, fish, clams, oysters, mussels, scallops and snow crab legs.  Other types are just too extreme for me like squid, and crayfish.  Squid has like a texture of a rubber band, it's really chewy and hard to swallow.            
      Their are certain types of fish that I like, sea bass, salmon, and mahi mahi.  Preparing fish is really important especially when you don't want to end up tasting the fishiness of the fish.  Most common ways fishes are cooked are grilling it or baking it with lots of lemon on it.  The sea bass is my favorite type of fish.  It's really tender and flaky, and you can barely taste the fishiness.  Fish are a great source of omega 3 and provides protein in your diet.  If you're not a big fish lover I would suggest mixing it up with other types of food, for example my mom makes these fish tacos that even my friends who are not fish eaters crave them.  For those of you who love seafood like I love seafood, you will love Red Lobsters, they are known for their seafood and of course their lobster.  They had an endless shrimp month, all you can eat shrimp for $14.00.  They had garlic shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp pasta, grilled shrimp, coconut shrimp and more.  It definitely filled my appetite for shrimp.  The fried clams their are also really good, it doesn't taste like clams at all, it just melts in your mouth.  I love their seafood pasta and their seafood pot pie, both very amazing and very delicious.  The seafood pasta comes with scallops, lobster and baby shrimp with a lemony garlic sauce.  The seafood pot pie is a regular pot pie, but instead of the chicken it's seafood.  If you love lobster, they have live lobsters that you can choose and they prepare the one you chose and cook it for you.  You get the whole lobster as well as a side with it.  That definitely will make you sea food more differently.

Comfort foods

       Comfort food could be described as foods that make us feel warm, happy and comforting.  Whether you're sick or lazy, comfort foods always have a benefit of making us feel better inside.  Everybody has different kinds of foods that they consider to be comforting, especially when winter is approaching, many would consider warm hot meals as a type of comfort food. 
       One of my classic favorite comfort food is chicken noodle soup with muffin.  The two duos make me feel better when I am sick and it's something that is easy to digest and soothes my throat.  The light chicken broth from the soup is delicious and tasty.  Their is just something in the chicken noodle soup that makes me want to eat bowls and bowls of it.  The muffin adds a little bit of sweetness to my mouth, and I like to have something sweet with something salty, it just balances the soup out.  Another type of comfort food most of us might eat when we are feeling low or anxious are junk food.  We chow down chocolate bars, chips, fries, cookies etc.  We eat junk food to comfort our feelings and eat our feelings away.  I personally think that doesn't work whatsoever.  By chowing down tons of junk food is not going to make my feelings go away but rather it makes my stomach ache from overeating.  I think that junk food is not a type of comfort food, it could be once in a while and in moderation but not so when you are over eating it.
      One of my favorite restaurants that probably has all the comfort food I love is Panera.  Panera serves pastries, salads, sandwiches and soups that are tasty and makes me feel warm.  The bear claw that they serve is delicious.  It's a croissant  shaped of a bear claw( thus named bear claw) with nuts on it and it's sweet.  Pair it up with a salad or their broccoli and cheddar soup and you're in comfort food heaven.  It's filling and doesn't leave you feeling nauseous.