Comfort Food Recipes

paulamathers · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: Comfort Food Recipes

Desparately in need of comfort food recipes as im feeling very crappy. Dont feel like custard - which is my favourite comfort food. dont care how many calories it has in it, just has to do the job. Any suggestions welcome. Iv tried chocolate but it just made me feel sick Sad

guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 375 Location: Italy

Confort food here in Italy means only one word: PASTA!
Macaroni, m'hai provocato e mo me te magno....
this is a famous sentence from a movie with Alberto Sordi, "An american in Rome" that means "Macaroni, you provoked me and now i'm gonna eat you"

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paulamathers · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject:

might try making a big fat bolognaise tonight then Wink

carol · DishWasher Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 18

mum's cooking bolognaise tonight, come have came here!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8126-1554470,00.html

How about meatballs!!?? not them piddly little ones but great big meaty ones.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Meatball-Sandwich/Detail.aspx this one's had 62 reviews

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fast-and-Friendly-Meatballs/Detail.aspx

Very Happy

paulamathers · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:23 pm Post subject:

dont think you can post other websites here carol!! u should have rung me and we would have come over! am just making pasta and sauce

guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 375 Location: Italy

Not a problem
We are not afraid of competitors!
I go to other websites to see their recipes, and compare to ours.
What makes yummyfood different is that we want to have a bit of control over the posted recipes , and if something smell "fishy" we ask the poster to explain better, or at the very end, we cook the dish first to see how it is.
We only ask our users, to cite the source of a recipe if they got from other websites.
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karenjet · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:11 am Post subject:

For comfort food with me it's either mashed potatoes, dripping with real butter, heinz tomato soup, or dulce de leche. All I do to make this is get a can of sweetened condensed milk, put it, unopened, in a large saucepan of water. Bring to the boil and then turn down to a light simmer and leave it for three hours, and keep checking that the can is always covered with water. It sounds dangerous but as long as it's covered with water, and not boiling the whole time, it's safe. Leave it for half an hour before opening. It makes a very rich, dark brown caramel and is gorgeous. I like to dip bananas in it, make banoffee pie using this as the filling, or just spread on toast, pancakes or crumpets. Too sweet for some, but I like it Smile

Kate · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:28 am Post subject:

Karen, I've had banofee pie and it's great, very rich so a small slice is all I can handle.try dipping apple slices in the dulce de leche...yummmm
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paulamathers · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

i love mash potato sandwiches, and used to pretty much live on them my 1st year of university!!! i didnt realise boiling a tin would be ok! id be scared of it exploding everywhere Smile

Kate · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject:

Hmmm a mashed potato sandwich. I like seasoned mashed potatoes on a po boy sandwich, or potato salad. You can boil the can as karen said, just on very low heat and keeping it covered in water. You can also put it in a crock pot on high heat for about 5 hours. Another method is to empty the sweetened condensed milk into a baking pan. Cover very tightly with foil, place in a larger pan of water and bake at 275 for 3 to 4 hours.
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