Comfort Food

Absolutely anything with peanut butter for me.

Witzend
I am trying to lower my cholesterol, and what could be worse?
So I prefer not to have it at all than have an awful uncheesy version.

Sara1954

DrWatson
Surely you jest!
I could eat it every night, two of my granddaughters also love it, my husband not so much
Maybe your taste buds have changed, give it another go.

Macaroni cheese is my Gdcs’ favourite - a ‘granny special’ whenever they’re staying.

Having said that, I do abhor inferior tasteless versions - not enough cheese, or they’ve used mild cheddar - or both - no mustard (IMO it needs a good dollop of Colman’s English) plus S&P.

DrWatson I agree, school macaroni cheese was revolting I used to swear they kept a lump of cheese on the side for a term at a time, just showing it to the macaroni in flour sauce to let it know what it was meant to be.

However, you should never let school food frighten you too much. If you live near a branch of the Lounge chain of restaurants, order their small portion of macaroni cheese, just to get an idea about just how good macaroni cheese can really be.

We had macaroni cheese for supper tonight along with a green salad.

Macaroni and cheese for me too and if I'm just peckish, a couple of slices of toast with loads of butter.

St Agur blue cheese and crusty bread..

Lamb stew with barley, in a bowl with the top of cottage loaf eaten with a spoon curled up in a armchair .always have some in freezer.

Shepherd's Pie for me too!

Stew and dumplings for me but when I am not well it is Heinz tomato soup and boiled eggs.

DrWatson
Surely you jest!
I could eat it every night, two of my granddaughters also love it, my husband not so much
Maybe your taste buds have changed, give it another go.

XQ

For Sara1954 - Macaroni Cheese??? OMG - you've taken me back to school (Grammar) when we regularly got assaulted with that horrible muck, you could smell it from the dining hall which was 100 yards or so from the Main School. It was the standout worst offering they used to do (most were OK TBF), along with some weird attempt to cook corned beef - I've still no idea what that was supposed to be. And most of us had to force down even their lame efforts, or go hungry.

I'm fine with cheese on various things, but not that. Come to think of it, I'm not sure what the best accompaniment might be for Macaroni, a hungry dog perhaps??!

Should have read pobs

My grandmother called the probs, they were Welsh

Minced beef and potato pie and like you, rice pudding, but no nutmeg!

Cawl is , lambs neck, leek, carrots, celery, a bit of swede and pearl barley., We had it with plain suet dumplings that my mother called ‘dough boys’. But it ever cooked for days.

My comfort food when at home was always cawl (much like Scotch Broth minus the barley) - I can't make it the same as my mother (about the only thing she could actually cook and always made when I returned home after moving away to London) so I rarely get to eat it now unless visiting Wales. A big pot would simmer for days and I would eat nearly all of it.

dogsmother

Henetha!
This was my mothers thing…….never heard of it any other time.
She was Scottish and I wondered if this was from there?

It was certainly known in my Scottish childhood, personally I disliked it, but love rice pudding. How irrational can one be?

For two days nothing would do for DH than Chinese spring rolls. Fine by me!

Shepherd's pie is one of my favourites.

Proper chips and a jug of gravy, and for something sweet, my home made flapjacks. They're made with chopped prunes, walnuts, cranberries and dark chocolate. I try and convince myself that the oats make them a healthy treat.

Henetha my Welsh dad used to eat bread and sugar in hot milk and called it sop

Toast every time.

Recovering from an op here too and my comfort foods are tomato soup rice pudding and sausage and mash

Dadima!
Yes, saps….is this the Scottish connection ?
My dear mother was born during WW1 so this is a distant memory.

Oohh yes Dcba that is a memory from my childhood too. The toast was make on the open fire. 😋