Your “go to” comfort food?

Today its jelly and ice cream, exellent for the throat. Usually its cheese on (sadly gluten free) toast.

They’re talking about comfort food on the Radio Four Food Programme at this very moment. Do they have a GN spy do you think?

Eggs in a cup, oh yes ...

Welsh rarebit, bubble & squeak, rich tea biscuits, any sort of suet pudding with custard, Heinz tomato soup, proper chips (especially egg & chips or cod & chips) cauliflower cheese, sausages, boiled mince with bashed neeps, mash with gravy, mash with cheese and tomato, cream cakes, lardy cake, Eccles cakes, crumpets, fry-ups, macaroni cheese, cheese on toast, cheese with more cheese, gentleman's relish or anchovy paste on toast, Bovril on toast, kedgeree, treacle sponge, bread & jam, Dundee cake, condensed milk sandwiches, tinned fruit with evap, cream teas, tiramisu, almost any mild, Northern Indian food & those wonderful puddings - especially kheer with cardamom.

I have to put quite a bit of effort into stopping myself from drinking ridiculous amounts of Lucozade & hot Ribena no matter how fit I'm feeling.

Ovaltine, Bournvita, massive scalding cups of cha.

Some Romany friends give their children warm orange juice mixed with honey when they've sore throats or can't sleep. If I were their kids I'd pretend to be poorly & wakeful all the time - it's so soothing.

Dragonfly, oh yes I remember & adore egg pie. Ultimate comfort.

Lindiann, I'm so glad you reminded me of the Oxo cube/butter/bread cure. Lovely & it always worked.

Does anyone else remember 'poor knight's fritters' or was that just something my Mum or Nana made up? Jam sandwiches dipped in beaten egg then fried ... absolute heaven.

My thyroid's wildly over-active which means I'm always hungry!

Still miss Oliver Twist chocolate bars.

MawBroon, you are astonishing & I very much hope you're feeling better!

Banana for breakfast every morning ,with a big dollop of home made yogurt and some defrosted assorted berries piled on top.

Heinz Tomato soup with white bread to dip in. Fish finger sandwiches

Scrambled eggs and baked beans

Warbies crumpets, cooled, lots of butter, spread cheese.

Pringles!

gmelon wrote:
"There is such a demand for lovely bread why isn't there any being sold en mass?"
As I've written in another thread (about selling home baked food) - to make a tasty loaf takes a lot of time, and can be expensive.
Nowadays most people want to eat 'right now', and haven't got the time to wait.
eg a sourdough starter takes at least a week to be ready to use.

I remember when my mother was very poorly, my father could always provide a very tempting, tasty dish. Her dear friend Nancy used to always say that the best her husband could come up with was a cup of coffee and a Kit Kat!

I suspect the Bodach would be in Nancy’s husband’s team!

The mention of bread is repeated time and time again.
Makes me wonder why shop bought bread is so horrid.
There is such a demand for lovely bread why isn't there any being sold en mass?

[*whitewave*] can we have the lamb ragu recipe please
When I'm ill my husband leaves strawberries , grapes , tiny boxes of nuts by my bed. Accompanied by glasses of fresh pink grapefruit juice which I love.
As a child when ill my mother would leave me in bed to be hungry unless I could put in an appearance at the table.

Would love to eat so many of the things named above, but with sensitivity to wheat and dairy most are off the menu. I can still eat porridge though, made with rice milk and with a dessert spoonful of golden syrup mmm!

My DH introduced the family to egg in a cup: soft boiled eggs cut up in a cup with butter. I thought it’s a Scottish thing as he’s from Glasgow.

Crumpets with lots of real butter, yummy

Yes Kittye you can still buy them £1 for a big box in Asda.I buy them very occasionally, and pretend their for my Granddaughter, she does like them as a dry biscuit.Don't think their particularly healthy though .

My DH used to be given warm lemonade, when ill. I'd never heard of that one.
If I'm ill, or getting better, I like Smash potato, or custard, or readybrek.
If I'm just unhappy or fed up, I still like custard or Grape-nuts with raisins and warm milk.

Mince and real dumplings every time
Hot and tasty

Another one for egg in a cup!
And yes I thought it was just something my mother did!

Eggs done anyway with crusty bread. Heinz tomato soup or chicken soup and toast with jam or honey also raw onions

Another vote for toast and marmite here!

Just reading the posts late in the day,my ultimate comfort food has to be soft boiled egg and buttery toast soldiers,also tinned peaches and icecream,

Hot lemonade (diet sort these days); white sliced bread with butter (Lurpak) & Bovril spread thickly. .

Chopped eggs in a cup!! I thought my mother invented that! I’m having it tomorrow whether I need comforting or not!

Bang goes Frugal February!!! I know I will have one of the above tomorrow but it has been a great post.

Crusty bread with thick butter

Tea and Toast always.

GabriellaG mentioned chopped eggs. That is what my mother always made. I called it eggs-in-a-cup. when small. I loved it and didnt know anyone else ever had it or knew about it.