It is interesting that so many people's favourite comfort foods seem to be bland stodge, stodge, stodge and more stodge ... with a bit of cheese thrown in! Maybe these are comforting foods not because of the taste, but because they remind them of childhood meals, which perhaps were quite bland and thought to be appropriate for children. My ultimate comfort meal would be sausages, bacon, black pudding, chips, fried bread, baked beans and fried tomatoes, with a big mug of strong tea, scorching hot. (Which would probably be followed by a heart attack. But I would be so happy!)