Comfort food

[dexterdoglancashire]

With the nights closing in and warm, comforting food being the top of everyones menu, I was just wondering what everyones favourite comfort food was.
Mine is lashings of mashed potato with lots of butter and milk! (or double cream if I've got some). Funny thing is, I'm watching UKTV Food and Delia is showing how to make the perfect mash!
I love mashed tatties on their own, but also with smoked haddock, or lots of onion gravy!..........gotta go - bangers and mash for tea! DDL

[Alice]

When I really need comfort food it's got to be macaroni and cheese with roast potatoes.

[nick the grief]

We had Bangers & mash for sunday dinner the other week for a change I don't really have a special comfort food although you can't beat a big spotted dick & lashings of Birds custard * slobbers on keyboard* or failing that crunchy, golden Roast potatoes - sorry LJ

[lyndap]

Any form of chocolate,be it hot choc drink,choc bar,choc cake(you get the idea) is my comfort food what ever the weather! Not very healthy for a grow your own person,but what can I say.Cheesy bake potatoe goes down a treat on a cold night.

[Lesley Jay]

Why does everyone keep going on about roast potatoes??

[Bex]

Can't beat a good stew with dumplings in my opinion. Nothing better on a freezing night (although choc does come a close second)

[Alison]

Good big pan of hot pot or stew as Bex says get my vote too, that and proper puddings like sticky toffee pudding - feeling hungry at the thought of it so perhaps as well that OH is at the Indian as I type getting a take out in for a Saturday night treat.

[martini]

I agree - a good warming stew. We had scouse last night (being from Liverpool) with pickled beetroot ! Also love home made rice pudding in the winter.

[Nicos]

OK ...so are you talking daytime or evenings here??...lot of difference!!!!!

[Lesley Jay]

Martini would you like to post your recipe for scouse in Season To Taste?

I am going to post a thread there for everyone's stew recipes. So come on folks lets have your recipes!

[nick the grief]

We have scouse (my wife lot come from that way on only the posh bit - southport ) where as my lot hail from the other side of the pennines so we have interresting talks I always have mine with Pickled red cabbage & several slices of bread & butter hmmmmm No roast potatoes though

[ugly gourd]

shepherds pie peas with vinegar on apple crumble and birds custard ooooh!!
heaven

[ugly gourd]

sorry!! I have the sheperds pie and peas then the apple crumble and custard got to remember to read before posting

[Alison]

Regional stews, that reminds me my nan used to make a pot of stuff we called lobby which was made with ox tail and had root veg, potatoes and was thickened a bit with pearl barley and all the gravy mopped up with great big dods of bread - haven't had it for years but remember it as real runny nose stew, don't know the recipe as unfortunatley she's no longer with us. She was from Cheadle (the one in the potteries) but I'm not sure if this hails from there or she'd made it up herself.

[burnie]

Any form of chocolate,be it hot choc drink,choc bar,choc cake(you get the idea) is my comfort food what ever the weather! Not very healthy for a grow your own person,but what can I say.Cheesy bake potatoe goes down a treat on a cold night.

To ease your guilt , grow your own fruit,melt your favourite chocolate and then dip the fruit in it and let it set, then indulge.Really nice at christmas with pineapple or tangerine slices in side.