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What are your comfort foods?

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Fallingstar Sat 21-Feb-26 17:19:10

The weather is grim, the news is abysmal, and on top of that we have the ups but more importantly ‘the downs’ of day to day life to contend with. So what are your comfort foods?
Mine are homemade soup with freshly baked bread from the Bakers shop and chocolate.

JamesandJon33 Wed 25-Feb-26 16:46:05

When I was young a neighbour of my grandma made faggots on a Thursday. I think her name was Rhoda. Down to her house I was sent with a pudding bowl and 6p. Best faggots I ever tasted

Riversidegirl Wed 25-Feb-26 16:18:34

TillyTrotter

Riversidegirl your post made me smile - I like that real Butchers make the faggots 🙂
Faggots just don’t taste the same as the ones my Mum’s Butcher brought on his van to the villages when I was young.
I loved them back then with mashed potatoes and peas.

I can't stand the frozen ones. They always fall apart too!

ViceVersa Wed 25-Feb-26 16:18:27

butterandjam

Eggy bread.

Ooh, now I've not had eggy bread for ages! That's put me in the mood for it now.

Purplepixie Wed 25-Feb-26 16:03:18

Egg and chips. Yummy!

TillyTrotter Wed 25-Feb-26 15:59:24

Riversidegirl your post made me smile - I like that real Butchers make the faggots 🙂
Faggots just don’t taste the same as the ones my Mum’s Butcher brought on his van to the villages when I was young.
I loved them back then with mashed potatoes and peas.

Riversidegirl Wed 25-Feb-26 12:50:44

Real butcher's faggots. Slow cooker, a tin of ratatouille, equivalent of water. Slow cook high/medium 4 hours or high 8 hours. Add some gravy granules when nearly done. You don't have to do much else depending on individual taste, but very comforting.

butterandjam Tue 24-Feb-26 20:01:16

Eggy bread.

AGAA4 Tue 24-Feb-26 19:43:21

Mashed potato with baked beans.
Crumpets with strawberry jam.
Lindt chocolate.

Blossoming Tue 24-Feb-26 15:44:15

Tonight we are having pork pies from our favourite farm butchers, so much better than any supermarket ones I’ve ever had. I never used to be keen on pork pies before I tried these.

ROMILO Tue 24-Feb-26 15:01:39

A good Lancashire hot pot cooked long and slow.
Fried cod with new potatoes,peas and home made parsley sauce, my favourite meal.
Creamy mushrooms on toast and last but not least homemade apple pie.

Esmay Tue 24-Feb-26 14:58:26

Any lamb dish especially a casserole or tagine .
A yummy chicken soup Jewish style.
Turkish bread with anything hot .
Crumpets - well buttered .
Toast -well buttered with Marmite or jam
Poached or bored eggs
Salmon -poached or teriyaki.
A curry with nans or chapatti
Chinese noodles with anything
Thai soups with prawns
Marsala chai
Kashmir pink tea
English tea

I like some plain food and also love spicy food.
Some of those spices are extremely good for you

Silvershadow Tue 24-Feb-26 12:53:50

Sausages and mash with carrots and gravy.
Cottage pie with carrots.
Toast and butter.
Dairy milk chocolate.

twiglet77 Tue 24-Feb-26 11:50:40

Toast, or chocolate!

fancyflowers Tue 24-Feb-26 11:37:05

Toast and marmalade
Lasagne
Sausage, egg and chips
Hobnobs

TheWeirdoAgain60 Tue 24-Feb-26 10:56:24

Sliced hard-boiled eggs with mayo!

Yoghurts, particularly Onken, Ann Fordham and Müller!

Bacon, syrup and pancakes!

Bags of Spar Southern Fried Poppers and bags of Spar Breaded Chicken Nuggets ... both with mayo!

keepcalmandcavachon Tue 24-Feb-26 09:33:53

I could eat goat's cheese on focaccia all the livelong day.

Grandma70s Tue 24-Feb-26 09:23:41

Heinz tomato soup, baked or mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs.

posset Tue 24-Feb-26 09:11:48

A couple of big fat venison sausages with air fryer wedges.

Granny42 Tue 24-Feb-26 08:51:28

Home made chicken or aubergine curry!

WithNobsOnIt Mon 23-Feb-26 21:09:21

Good quality bacon butties with tomato sauce. ALDI Gravalax Salmon on sourdough bread.

Pure Heaven. Divine!!!

Emerald888 Mon 23-Feb-26 20:20:28

Toad in the hole with mash made with potatoes and carrots. Baked beans with it.
Lasagne.
Shepherd's pie.
Parsnip soup made by my husband.
Fried egg sandwich.

Rocketstop2 Mon 23-Feb-26 19:24:18

loopylindy

Cheese and mashed potato on sour dough toast with cheese and tomato on top. Manna from heaven.

Home made red lentil soup with crusty toast - so cheap too!

Cheese and mashed potato on sour dough toast with cheese and tomato on top. Manna from heaven......

Mmmm I think I might just have drooled on my laptop, never tried this but shall !!

Astitchintime Mon 23-Feb-26 17:26:18

Today it’s the cake I made on Saturday……..but that won’t last much longer.

Ladylea Mon 23-Feb-26 17:24:39

Wow thats amazing grate idea i think I might just have to steal it , 🙂 i love shepards pie, cottage pie even fish pie.

ViceVersa Mon 23-Feb-26 15:50:52

Hot buttered toast with Marmite - sometimes with cheese - or 'egg in a cup', basically soft boiled egg mashed up with some butter, again with toast. Proper home made macaroni cheese is always very comforting too.