Keep your bougie meals — Americans would rather eat comfort food than fine dining for the rest of their lives. That’s according to a poll of 2,000 U.S. adults which revealed that Americans are more than three times more likely to opt for comfort food (70%) over gourmet meals (16%) if they could only choose one for the rest of their days.
According to the results, the perfect forever meal (a meal that you’d eat for the rest of your life) starts with chicken wings (45%), mozzarella sticks (33%), Caesar salad (30%) or even cheesy garlic bread (28%) to round out the top four.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Noodles & Company, for entrees, pasta dishes reigned superior, with spaghetti (23%), fettuccine alfredo (17%) or mac and cheese (16%) all landing in the top 10, along with classics like pizza (39%) and burgers (29%).
Stuffed pasta (14%), such as tortellini or shells and penne vodka (8%) also came out as fan favorites. Americans love pasta so much that mac and cheese is also a favorite side dish (34%), along with french fries (39%), mashed potatoes (36%) and baked potato (35%).