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Favourite comfort foods/illness foods

71 replies

Itslikeswingsandroundabouts · 08/02/2024 12:55

At home under the duvet on the sofa, ill and pain 😫Dh texted asking if I wanted anything bringing back later. I’m going for Vimto, potato cakes with butter and macaroni cheese in a tin
What makes you feel better?

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PinkyBlueMe · 08/02/2024 18:39

Tomato soup with bread and butter.

PinkyBlueMe · 08/02/2024 18:39

Cream of tomato soup that is!

Lovesplasticstraws · 08/02/2024 18:42

Boiled egg in a mug.
Heinz tomato soup with milk but last time I had it it was far too sweet.

Ilovemyshed · 08/02/2024 18:45

Oh yes, my staple headache cure:

Cooked white rice, tin of sweetcorn, tons of butter and soy sauce

Or

Cold white rice, cubes of cheddar cheese, peas and sweetcorn in a vinaigrette dressing

Also, ill person snack foods:
Avocado and vinegar
Marmite on toast

FussyPud · 08/02/2024 18:50

Pasta and cheese sauce made with a fuckton of garlic and black pepper. Shape of pasta varies, conchiglie is the best though.

OneTC · 08/02/2024 18:53

I lose my appetite for 2 days and don't eat and then develop a huge craving for special fried rice

Dartmoorcheffy · 08/02/2024 18:59

Heinz toast toppers , until they stopped making them. I'm still angry.

AmaryllisChorus · 08/02/2024 19:00

home made green veg soup with pesto
home made chicken noodle soup

andHelenknowsimmiserablenow · 08/02/2024 19:05

Cheese toasties with Heinz cream of tomato soup.
Or
Marmite on toast with Dairylea triangles.

BobbyBiscuits · 08/02/2024 19:10

Tea, Toast and marmite, cannabis, wanking. Haha.

Broomknobsandbedsticks · 08/02/2024 19:12

If I have a cold or stomach bug I tend not to eat or have an appetite but as soon as I’m better I crave a bacon and fried egg sandwich on tiger bread.
when due my period I also crave stodge and puddings.

Itslikeswingsandroundabouts · 08/02/2024 19:20

I have the original Vimto, sugar free is rank

OP posts:
Moier · 08/02/2024 19:23

Heinze tomato soup.
Rich tea biscuits dunked in a cuppa.

doilooklikeicare · 08/02/2024 19:25

ScottBakula · 08/02/2024 13:12

2 or 3 soft boiled eggs in a mug mashed up with butter and pepper and a round of toast.

Tell me you're Irish or Irish heritage without telling me you're Irish or Irish heritage?

Or am I wrong?

BeaLola · 08/02/2024 19:26

Depends on illness

If heavy cold /flu type thing then magic tea as my late Mum called it - basically a strong tea in a mug and buttery toast , hot ribena if sore throat

If more a pain in side , sciatica etc then magic tea and probably some sort of yummy soup and toast ir gnocchi and creamy sauce or shepherds pie

If recovery from an op or something and able to eat normally then still magic tea and a treat like yumnut from M&S, or chocolate or decent ice cream as I lounge on sofa watching trashy film or tv !

SummerDays2020 · 08/02/2024 19:42

I tend to not eat when I'll buy it a cold would drink lots of black Earl Grey. When feeling better would like boiled egg and soldiers, bread with butter and jam or rice pudding. Lots more tea.

AhBiscuits · 08/02/2024 19:42

Cream of tomato soup. Fish finger sandwich.

Tootytoot78 · 08/02/2024 19:49

VeronicaBeccabunga · 08/02/2024 14:56

Ooooh!
Added to shopping list.
I sometimes buy a pint of whole milk and make a dish of rice pud, and as no one else likes it I get to eat it all myself.
They don't know what's good. Fools.

I used to make it in the slow cooker with proper pudding rice, full fat milk and sprinkled with nutmeg. Like you I was the only one in the household who ate it, so I had to stop. It was bloody delicious though.

Speedygonzales78 · 08/02/2024 19:53

Fish finger butties.

justjuggling · 09/02/2024 02:36

Tomato soup and mashed potato, together, piping hot in a bowl. Sort of mashed potato mountain in a sea of tomato soup!

coxesorangepippin · 09/02/2024 02:48

Cold toast with cheap sliced cheese on top

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