katyjay 5,091 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 I reckon beans on toast is the ultimate comfort food, what else? Today we had liver done in the frying pan, then a tin of tomatoes chucked in till everything was hot, served with HP sauce and some toast to soak up the juice. I was bought up on tinned tomatoes on hot buttered toast, my mum served them to my then fiance, who'd never heard of it before. [he still eats it to this day] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 I love hot tinned tomatoes on buttered toast, half a dozen slices of toast with toms on them are a full meal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Our all time favorite has to be Bacon, Fried egg and tinned tomatoes with salt, pepper and a tsp of sugar. sometimes for breakfast or teatime, depends when we fancy it. 2 slices of bread and i save a little bit of everything to make a sarni at the end, just so i can dribble down my nice clean top. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Loverly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 We're a bit like Carni, eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tinned tomatoes fried in pan with garlic granules salt and peper ! Yummmm. Not often but sometimes a slice of fried bread on the side. We only have this concoction maybe once a month at most though as a special treat as I'm watching my weight ! My other must have occasionally is chips and egg, which was my favorite from my childhood years and still is. I can always manage roast pork, home made sage and onion stuffing and lots of crackling anytime though. Did I say I was watching my weight ! I am really :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Pan Haggerty - a Geordie confection - consisting of potatoes, onions and cheese fried until the onions are soft, the cheese melted and the potatoes browned. Spicey bread pudding with mixed fruit and peel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I can't resist cheesy beans and sliced mushrooms on toast mmmmmmm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Forgot to say, hubby and kids love to sprinkle curry powder on their beans on toast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Beans on toast every time. Adds to the music too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I'm comfortable with most types of food. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 My 'Comfort Food' is a Boiled Egg Sandwich - back to basics. I boil my eggs for 4 minutes, peel them, put them on my buttered brown bread, add salt and pepper and hey presto something to eat that's simple and good. PS: Serve with a hot cup of tea........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Like all sorts of food, but our ultimate comfort food would have to be Chilli and rice as we have this every Wednesday, with a glass of red wine and an action film (though it has to be fairly tame, something like James Bond with a fair amount of humour!!) Great for a midweek break, makes the weekend come round quicker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Steak, there's nothing like a chunk of red meat occasionally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Black pudding, every time. A couple of pieces, 3/4 inch thick, cooked in the frying pan, then served with chips and baked beans - Heaven. Middle of Winter down here, and I live just a six iron from Antarctica. When the cold and damp seem to seep into your bones, that's the best time for Black Pudding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Just give me some of everything already mentioned and I'm happy I have to say that Cheese and onion crisps on thickly buttered fresh bread is one of my favourites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Hi Compo, living up there, you should be familiar with cranachan, on of my favourite deserts ever. I agree, everything here I enjoy. Food hates are Turkish Delight and Bounty bars. For lunch I've just had two thick slices of wholemeal toast, lashings of butter and crunchy peanut butter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Many years back I introduced my wife, an American, to crumpets and Bovril, the toasted crumpets buttered with a smear of Bovril on them, she took to them like a duck to water, in fact she was addicted to them... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Over here for breakfast I often have an "English Muffin" (never seen such a thing in England), toasted with butter, Marmite and a fried egg! If McDonalds ever discover the delights of Marmite, I am in BIG trouble! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Just been on another forum debating what's a muffin..what's a pyclet and what's a crumpet...over a hundred posts with everyone having different ideas about which is what. I'm gonna get a seance going and ask Charles Dickens what they called 'em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Good luck with that Pooh! As I said, I have never seen what Americans call an "English Muffin" over there - but I have also never seen a pyklet over here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Egg, sausage, beans and chips, or as I call it, a transport caff meal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Hi Eric, I always heard my grandma refer to those round bread like things with lots of holes in it as pyklet. They were great with lots of butter toasted into them. Closest things I have found to them is at Trader Joes if you have one in your area. Can't remember what they called them but they were on the bread shelves. I guess a pyclet by any other name is still a pyklet. Bit heavier texture than the Nottingham ones and not as good IMHO but just put lots of butter on 'em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 We did find "English" crumpets in one of the supermarket chains when we lived in California, can't for the life of me think which one it was now, but just the same as the crumpets I was brought up on.... You can make your own, you need a set of baking rings though, same diameter as a the crumpet size you want to make by about 3/4 of an inch high. You make the mix, bit like a pancake mix with yeast added, and they are cooked in the frying pan... You can find loads of sites giving the recipe and cooking details on the net. Been a while since I made any, but getting me yearning for them again.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Cranachan: http://britishfood.about.com/od/psrecipes/r/cranachan.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 My mother was from Lincolnshire and she called crumpets and thick pancakes, pyclets, but Lincolnshire folk have strange names for almost everything... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 My mother was from Arnold and she also called them Pyclets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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