Comfort Food

Terribull!

At the moment I’m trying to keep off bread since lately it seems to blow me up like a balloon (could be just the heavily seeded brown we buy) so I’m craving lovely fresh bread with lots of (salted) butter.

Bread
Cake
Cheese
Chocolate (rarely have it in the house though)

Stuff like that bad! bad! bad!

Although a comfort meal would be good old roast chicken quite possibly with a glass or two of these either red or white will do.

I'd like to include mung beans, goji berries and carrot batons among my culinary comforts, but...……..well look what happened to Pinocchio

Ham and cheese toastie, with a smear of whole grain mustard and a packet of cheese and onion crisps.
If it’s supper time a glass of cold, dry white wine, too.

I agree toscalily, the prevalence of bread and cheese is interesting.

Cream of tomato soup with a cheese toastie on the side

I remember as a very small child eating bread & milk, white bread cut into cubes, sprinkled with sugar with warm milk poured over it. Mainly a breakfast or supper dish, quite comforting and I certainly don't remember any fancy breakfast cereals from that time. This was when rationing was on and in the South of England so was not just something from Yorkshire. I notice no one has listed things like smoked salmon, pate or steak, it's very heavy on the potatoes and cheese

Bread and milk was only something I'd read about in my old childhood books. Thought it sounded great, so made some. Once, just once. What's the attraction to a bowl of slops? Obviously I did it all wrong?
But I'm with Ealdemodor on this one. Books all the way. Easy on the Marmite.

I knew Clapshot as Stump. Bread and milk was always a comfort food if under the weather, but I remember asking my first husband for some when I wasn’t very well, and he produced a neatly laid tray, with a bottle of milk and a slice a bread - each regarded the other as very odd.
My present favourite is a slice of fruit loaf, with ginger preserve.

Bacon and egg sandwich. It has to be white factory bread spread with Lurpak. Grilled bacon and 2 fried eggs with runny yolks covered in lots of freshly milled black pepper.
Alternatively I second the toast and marmite previously mentioned or even a cheese and marmite toastie.
Sadly I can't eat either due to sticking to the keto way of eating to help keep my weight under control.[Underactive thyroid.]

Macaroni cheese or peanut butter on toast. (Butter on the toast too).

Cheese and Marmite make a good combination!

Toast and Marmite - or toasted cheese with Marmite, or macaroni cheese!

ladymuck

Hot chocolate and digestive biscuits spread with honey.

Not tried that!

I love steak, kidney and dumplings

My Grandma used to make it when I stayed the night every weekend.

I make it myself and it's good ... not quite as good as Grandma's though!

Cheese, cheese and cheese!

Hot chocolate and digestive biscuits spread with honey.

Luckylegs Yes, I remember bread and milk was called Pobs in my family. You are right it was given to folk who were ill. As I said in my post my father asked for it when he was dying. Probably had it in his childhood.

My mum was from Yorkshire and called bread and milk as described ‘pobs’ and it was apparently for sick beds. Can’t imagine it myself!

Pasta boiled in chicken stock, some of the liquid retained so its more like pasta soup, loads of good strong grated Cheddar on top.

My homemade version of junk food (curry flavour Super Noodles) - egg noodles cooked in chicken stock with plenty of curry powder added.

A big baked potato mashed up with salt, pepper and butter and lots of grated cheese.

Cheese on toast with onion and lots of Lea and Perrins.

Calendargirl years ago bread and milk was eaten regularly in Yorkshire. Possibly it still is for all I know. My father loved it and asked for it when he was dying
. Real 'comfort food'.

Thanks jacq10

PinkCakes I'll have those, then...

Cake, of course . The only cakes I don't like are Battenberg, Eccles cakes and rich fruit cake.

Charleygirl5 - clapshot is mashed potato and swede mashed together with plenty butter.

Mashed/creamed potatoes, baked beans and a couple of decent fat sausages.

Anything involving cheese, eggs and bread!

Boiled eggs ( known as ‘top eggy’ )