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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

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

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

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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.

Why does everyone keep going on about roast potatoes??

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

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Bex

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.

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.

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

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!

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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

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Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

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

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

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.

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.

We had bangers and mash (with loads of butter and milk! out of cream) for dinner tonight aswell!
As far as comfort food goes: anything chocolatey, good thick home made soups, stews, roasts (inc. potatoes LJ), pancakes, fruit crumbles with lashings of thick custard, jacket spud with LOADS of butter and mature cheddar. I'm sure more will come to me now you've put me in this mind set!

Steamed steak and kidney pud with apple crumble/pie and custard for afters. If a lot of comfort is needed, a dollop of ice cream in the custard is naughty but nice

Babys head followed by train crash.

For any one without a forces background Induvidual Steak and kndney pie, mash followed by by Jam sponge and custard.

That's just weird NOG!

The forces are definitely a strange bunch.

For comfort food, love a good stew, big mug of proper hot choc made with milk and lashings of squirty cream on top. Don't often do puddings for reasons detailed on other threads (wheat :eek) but a good box of chocs helps.

I like food in winter that is the equivalent of a huge hug.

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Earthbabe
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I love your saying EB "like a good hug"! Know exactly what you mean. DDL

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Good morning DDL, did you remember to put your clocks back?

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Earthbabe
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EB - you got in before me with the hot chocolate and squirty cream, but mine has to have marshmallows in it too: the proper sized ones, and as many as will fit in the top!

Hi Alison!

I've just posted my Mum's traditional Lobby recipe in the Stew's forum!!

Lobby is a traditional potteries dish, so your nan didnt make it up! The recipe we have was for a very thin stew, with steak and kidney as a base, so ours is a little different to the one you remember, but it may taste similar and I suppose you could always use it as a base to experiment from!

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Hi EB! yes I did - see yoanbobs thread on &qu