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So ice cream isn't the ultimate comfort food because of lactose intolerance but that's a factor in 3 of the 4 other foods you mentioned. You also say an "unedn

by jmyeet 4y ago

So ice cream isn't the ultimate comfort food because of lactose intolerance but that's a factor in 3 of the 4 other foods you mentioned. You also say an "unednding desire for calories and protein". *Protein?" Where? Even with metaballs you're not really eating that much meat (aka protein). Did you mean fat? It's kind of a weird take overall. Ice cream clearly has huge cultural significance in the US as a comfort food.

klipt 4y ago
> "Protein?" Where? Cheese is very high in protein. It's basically concentrated milk. Obviously not lactose free though.
- sokoloff 4y ago
  Hard cheeses tend to be low in lactose, often enough to not bother people who are moderately lactose intolerant.
jayd16 4y ago
Cheese is low lactose compared to cream.
klodolph 4y ago
Ice cream has far, FAR more lactose than most cheeses, especially hard cheeses. Just a quick look-up online—a 50g serving of ice cream has something like 1.6g lactose. The same amount of cheddar has around 0.05g lactose, and mozarella has around 0.03g. That’s like a factor of 30x-50x. This explains why even people who don’t think they are lactose intolerant still have digestive problems when they eat ice cream, but have no problems with cheese. Ice cream may be culturally significant, I just haven’t heard it called a comfort food before. I’m also a bit confused about the protein comment. Go read the nutritional facts for cheese some time. Cheddar is about 1/4 protein by mass. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/328637/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/328637/n...
- ragazzina 4y ago
  >Ice cream may be culturally significant, I just haven’t heard it called a comfort food before. That's strange, a famous pop cliché is "crying eating icecream from the tub watching movies on the couch".
  - klodolph 4y ago
    I just asked a couple Americans what foods they thought of as “comfort food” and nobody listed ice cream. Take it how you will, it’s just anecdotes.

by jmyeet 4y ago

klipt 4y ago

> "Protein?" Where? Cheese is very high in protein. It's basically concentrated milk. Obviously not lactose free though.

sokoloff 4y ago
Hard cheeses tend to be low in lactose, often enough to not bother people who are moderately lactose intolerant.

jayd16 4y ago

Cheese is low lactose compared to cream.

klodolph 4y ago

Ice cream has far, FAR more lactose than most cheeses, especially hard cheeses. Just a quick look-up online—a 50g serving of ice cream has something like 1.6g lactose. The same amount of cheddar has around 0.05g lactose, and mozarella has around 0.03g. That’s like a factor of 30x-50x. This explains why even people who don’t think they are lactose intolerant still have digestive problems when they eat ice cream, but have no problems with cheese. Ice cream may be culturally significant, I just haven’t heard it called a comfort food before. I’m also a bit confused about the protein comment. Go read the nutritional facts for cheese some time. Cheddar is about 1/4 protein by mass. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/328637/nutrients https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/328637/n...

ragazzina 4y ago
>Ice cream may be culturally significant, I just haven’t heard it called a comfort food before. That's strange, a famous pop cliché is "crying eating icecream from the tub watching movies on the couch".
- klodolph 4y ago
  I just asked a couple Americans what foods they thought of as “comfort food” and nobody listed ice cream. Take it how you will, it’s just anecdotes.