Doktor Dough

I’ll start by saying this recipe is a bit different from other Hungarian goulashes I’ve had. Like some other dishes, I think goulash is one of those things made by lots of people and in lots of different ways. And thus it falls perfectly into the “comfort food” heading. Let’s see how others define comfort food: Wikipedia is the easiest start (and goulash is there!) but I see that Merriam-Webster, the iconic American dictionary, added it in 1977 already as “food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal.” I think of comfort food as something that reminds you of home or childhood or another comfortable place or time and is generally satisfying in taste and satiety. Read the rest of this entry »