Author Topic: Comfort food (Read 10169 times)

Diana · « **on:** September 10, 2005, 16:45:43 »

It's really chilli here today + I fancy some comfort food.

So...what's your favourite?

All I can come up with at the mo is garlic mash with onion gravy...

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2005, 16:53:56 »

Wahahaha Diana, thats the name of my business! ;D

Comfort Food to me is sausages, mash, onion gravy and beans/peas, or a good stew, or liver n bacon with the trimmins, or a lovely roast!

Diana · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2005, 16:56:04 »

I think I'm headed towards the sausages with me mash, although having followed your Kale link, I think the one with bacon + garlic would go well too

Tulipa · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2005, 17:05:40 »

Oooh sausages and mash for me too with onion gravy and sometimes leeks mashed with the potatoes too.

My boys are all watching football, think I might do that for them when they get back. That's that problem solved!

bananagirl · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2005, 17:54:13 »

I love a big plateful of proper mash (with lumps) sometimes with a bit of chopped and fried bacon onion and mushroom on top. Tomorrow I'm doing an all day soup...also comfort for a slow-cooking contemplative type of day. And it's raining, so I doubt tomorrow will be an outdoor day.

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2005, 18:11:16 »

We too are having sausages n mash tonight, with caramalised onions, gravy (for some reason it always HAS to be bisto!) and baked beans!
Then off to the local carnival! ;D

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2005, 18:23:44 »

Lava, not lava bread, but the Devon version, a big deep green dollop of delicious seaweed, floured and fried in duck fat until crispy on the outside, served with crispy bacon and a couple of slices of dry bread.

Or...

bangers and mash! ;D

Diana · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2005, 18:38:56 »

Call me unadventurous EJ, but I think I'll stick with the latter! ;)

BAGGY · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2005, 19:32:39 »

Bangers, mash, fried onions on the mash and baked beans.
Or shepherds pie as it still has mash and mine is always made with baked beans in the meat sauce (my mum often had to 'stretch dinner' at the last minute, cheap and nutritious) which has to be beef mince with chuncky carrots.
Or basmati rice with dall and spinach - extra hot.
Or if you need a quick comfort hit, Hienze tom soup and white bread and butter.
I think comfort food definitely has to have that carb element to truely count.

Diana · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2005, 19:54:01 »

I think that's where the comfort comes from Baggy

MissBaritone · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2005, 22:21:26 »

Comfort food is anything hot, sloppy and easy to eat. Just remember what your mum made you to eat when you were ill, cold or miserable. Whatever it was thats your comfort food

busy_lizzie · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2005, 01:17:24 »

I love winter stew with lots of root veg and dumplings, and creamy home made rice pudding with a dollop of jam in the middle. Yummy! :) busy_lizzie

Hot_Potato · « **Reply #12 on:** September 11, 2005, 13:30:09 »

I too love Bangers & mash with fried onions, & lovely thick gravy

but for the sweet tooth in me....I love sliced banana smothered with chocolate sauce (from a bottle for quickness)....seem to need some sort of choccie 'fix' almost every day but no longer buy the choccie bars!!....trying to be good ;)

I do the same with rice pudd tho....a big dollop of the choccie sauce in the middle!

Derekthefox · « **Reply #13 on:** September 11, 2005, 15:58:27 »

Leek and potato soup, (homemade of course) with chunks (not slices) of crusty bread, also Liver and Bacon casserole, with lashings of onions, and oven baked dumplings.

We are rapidly heading into the time of year where I appreciate comfort food, and one of the benefits of my training programme, is that I can eat my head off if I want to ...

(sounds of dribbling) ;D

Derekthefox :D

wardy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 11, 2005, 17:19:45 »

My main reason for getting the lotty was for the comfort food production, eg leeks, parsnips (which I've omitted to grow :(), cabbage, carrots, spuds, celeriac, swede etc

Sausage and mash with onion gravy, buttery and mustardy savoy cabbage with pepper on

All this talk of food, I have a spag bol simmering away. I just HAD to put a bit of courgette in it as I had a lovely little one (my OH will groan when he sees it). I think I'll have a mountain of pasta as I'm dead hungry :) Just come back from the lotty to pick on onion, courgette and some toms. Ate most of the toms before I got home :)

katynewbie · « **Reply #15 on:** September 11, 2005, 19:22:13 »

;D ;D
Just re-read this thread and must agree with Doris...it absolutely HAS to be bisto with bangers and mash..lol
;)

Diana · « **Reply #16 on:** September 11, 2005, 19:53:43 »

Quote from: Derekthefox on September 11, 2005, 15:58:27

We are rapidly heading into the time of year where I appreciate comfort food, and one of the benefits of my training programme, is that I can eat my head off if I want to ...

(sounds of dribbling) ;D

Derekthefox :D

Can't we all with all the digging we do? Except Wardy maybe, who doesn't dig ;) :D ;D

wardy · « **Reply #17 on:** September 11, 2005, 21:11:42 »

BAGGY · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2005, 10:56:05 »

Lets face it - any carbohydrate will hit the spot if comfort food is required. I shall be giving the slow cooker a second chance this year as last year's efforts were quite dismal and not what I was expecting. Whenever I make stew my OH says 'only make enough for one day' it always seems to grow as you find more bits to chuck in.
Can some of you experienced lot start a slow cooker recipe link ?

tim · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2005, 11:05:42 »

Yes, Derek - any sort of dumpling. So easy, too!

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Author Topic: Comfort food (Read 10169 times)