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Nannylovesshopping Tue 23-Jan-18 12:44:50

Went to a little ones party recently, enjoyed mandarin oranges set in lemon jelly, oh my lord I am now hooked!! Verging on obsessed reallygrin so simple if full of sugar, too easy to wolf down in a cup watching tv, so what about you, have you any little delicacies, odd or not, that you can't resist?

Legs55 Wed 24-Jan-18 11:51:52

Chip butties, has to be good soft white bread

Fruit cake or apple pie with Wensleydale cheese (it's a Yorkshire thinggrin)

Good dark chocolate, on its own or with chilli/lime/ginger

My homemade soup with crusty bread & Lurpak

My DD loved Ketchup butties

Crystalised ginger/ginger in dark chocolate

JackyB Wed 24-Jan-18 11:54:03

My comfort food - possibly quirky in some people's eyes - is semolina, or if I'm after something savoury, buttered toast with cooked tomatoes on it. (The tomatoes take 2-3 mins in the microwave, whilst I'm toasting and buttering the toast)

As all indulgences have to be satisfied immediately, I couldn't possibly wait for jelly to set!

keffie Wed 24-Jan-18 11:54:45

1/ Banana and blackcurrant jam sandwiches
2/ Avocado and prawn cocktail with grilled lamb
3/ Cheese and banana sandwiches
4/ Chocolate and cheese

My hub says they are all weird

Daddima Wed 24-Jan-18 11:55:54

I like Kraft Cheesy Pasta, and take supplies to my English family ( along with the Stornoway black pudding and Lorne sausage )

And, talking of jelly, my friend makes jelly with half water, half vinegar, and puts vegetables in it for salad, cucumber in lime jelly, carrots in orange, beetroot in raspberry, etc, etc.

Craftycat Wed 24-Jan-18 12:09:23

Blue cheese- any blue cheese just lots of it. Preferably with buttered crackers. On a diet at the moment so no crackers!

Parsleywin Wed 24-Jan-18 12:23:05

Miss Adventure, only yesterday I was thinking that I haven't had a curried mashed potato toastie in ages. Thanks for the reminder today!

annifrance Wed 24-Jan-18 12:24:18

Hartley's do a sugar free jelly powder in sachets, various flavours. Yummy with lychees.

Spoonfuls of golden syrup.

stevej4491 Wed 24-Jan-18 12:26:48

I'm, with you 64

trendygran Wed 24-Jan-18 12:33:56

Must try honey and marmite sandwiches!
Love banana and strawberry jam sandwiches. My late DH thought that was weird !

mamamags Wed 24-Jan-18 12:34:24

Poo cake . Favourite. Recipe of my late mother in law made with all bran. Works every time. Lol

soop Wed 24-Jan-18 12:44:58

Strong cheese melted on crusty bread, liberally smothered with chunky marmalade.

mcem Wed 24-Jan-18 12:50:40

Well I believe that's now 3 of us who are not tempted by these 'quirky fancies' !
Have never understood the attraction of crisps in sandwiches!

rubysong Wed 24-Jan-18 13:12:25

Cold left over ratatouille on crusty bread.

seacliff Wed 24-Jan-18 13:20:22

OMG I am starving now, what to have?

Some of your ideas just don't appeal, but I suppose I can't really dismiss them unless I try them. ??? scrambled egg on marmalade!

seacliff Wed 24-Jan-18 13:21:21

I do love crisp sandwiches with cheese and maybe cucumber, its the crunchy texture as a contrast I think,

Patsy70 Wed 24-Jan-18 13:38:40

Peanut butter & marmite on toast - yum!

grandtanteJE65 Wed 24-Jan-18 13:40:36

Bacon sandwich, which I only make very rarely.

Tinned fruit with lashings of whipped cream that you buy ready made in a spray can.

Berliner Pfannkuchen (German doughnuts) dripping jam that I buy sometimes when I do my household shopping on that side of the border.

GabriellaG Wed 24-Jan-18 14:44:20

Blackberry jelly and single cream served with thinly sliced bread and butter. Also hooked on home-made custard tart and recently, Waitrose clotted cream rice pudding pots. Heaven.

GabriellaG Wed 24-Jan-18 14:48:24

My favourite food 'porn' ( you'll understand if you look on YouTube) is Almazan kitchen mac n cheese. It doesn't get any better.

SusieB50 Wed 24-Jan-18 15:17:28

Have just made bread pudding from all the crusts I found in the freezer it's delicious hot and crusty. Now I know why I haven't made it for years as I've eaten a huge slice and going back for more ! !

Coolgran65 Wed 24-Jan-18 15:28:20

Hot toast with marmite and mashed banana on top.
Crisps sandwich with sliced apple and/or cheese.
Picklet beetroot and salad cream sandwich.
Fried soda bread with marmite and banana.

kathyd Wed 24-Jan-18 15:59:06

Plain chocolate digestives topped with extra mature cheddar cheese. It must be cheddar though.

marionk Wed 24-Jan-18 16:34:03

Peanut butter - doesn’t need anything more than a spoon with it ???

Eloethan Wed 24-Jan-18 16:41:50

mashed banana and double cream, sprinkled with sugar

Sweet lassi (Indian yoghurt drink)

Cubed avocado and tomato with a little finely sliced red onion, olive oil and black pepper.

Bathsheba Wed 24-Jan-18 16:47:42

Dianic my DD makes nut butters in her food processor. You do need to have a food processor with blades very low, almost touching the base - she's got a Bosch, it's very good. I think all she does is keep processing the nuts until they are very fine, then keep going until they turn creamy. Not labour intensive at all, just takes a little while. You can toast the nuts first to warm the oils in the nuts and make them easier to blend - this also improves the flavour of the butter.