tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post5199455420250842780..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Comfort FoodJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-40399156874259398632010-04-29T09:43:34.901+10:002010-04-29T09:43:34.901+10:00David, I had forgotten rabbit. although it wasn...David, I had forgotten rabbit. although it wasn't may favourite food. I prefered chook. It is hard now to remember that chook was something that you had just at special times.<br /><br />Now cauliflower in whire sauce was something I loved and kids my after me!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-80845824395774400552010-04-27T18:19:17.467+10:002010-04-27T18:19:17.467+10:00Sorry - the earlier responses got me off first the...Sorry - the earlier responses got me off first the question: you asked what was the favourite childhood meal.<br /><br />Probably rabbit stew. Or it might have been a sort of braised rabbit because I definitely remember there were bits of bacon mixed through.<br /><br />Worst food was all the vegetables I now love - cabbage, all baked veges, spinach, cauliflower, etc<br /><br />I rarely now eat meat, excluding occasional Asian chicken dishes. Can't remember the last bit of steak.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-82317525608687211102010-04-27T18:19:05.622+10:002010-04-27T18:19:05.622+10:00David, how absolutely luscious! My mouth watered. ...David, how absolutely luscious! My mouth watered. You can still get good blackberry jam, but nothing beats the homemade stuff. Pity blackberries were such an agricultural pest!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-5038135875103483662010-04-27T18:03:46.260+10:002010-04-27T18:03:46.260+10:00Hot buttered toast with home made blackberry jam; ...Hot buttered toast with home made blackberry jam; the stuff with seeds still in it - not that anonymous paste sold today.<br /><br />(used to earn pocket money from the local jam factory in Lithgow by picking two or three 4-gallon kerosene cans of blackberries on a family Sunday arvo)<br /><br />And agree with toast fingers in tomato soup. Proper soup - not that anonymous red stuff sold today, made out of not-tomatoes.<br /><br />Still love ice cream. Proper creamy stuff; not that anonymous ...<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-20909596407959538472010-04-27T17:15:04.126+10:002010-04-27T17:15:04.126+10:00Ah Bob, you too are taking me back. To the tomato ...Ah Bob, you too are taking me back. To the tomato soup, add buttered bread fingers for dunking therein. And we Australians can't escape Vegemite. <br /><br />I think that it's the vitamin B apart from anything else. Sometimes if I'm feeling seedy I want Bonox too. <br /><br />Deserts have largely dropped from my list too, although deserts weren't really a comfort food as such. Just something that I loved.<br /><br />Raspberries from the vines in the backyard mashed up with cream or icecream.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-30863194332974321032010-04-27T13:12:54.751+10:002010-04-27T13:12:54.751+10:00Comfort food is one of life's great pleasures....Comfort food is one of life's great pleasures. <br /><br />Peanut butter on toast with slabs of butter. Vegemite on toast.<br /><br />Lasagne.<br /><br />Tinned corn niblets, heated, with butter.<br /><br />Tomato soup.<br /><br />All from my childhood.<br /><br />But also, various chicken curries with rich sauces, pizza (which was not a childhood food) and just about anything with pesto.<br /><br />And what has dropped from my childhood list? All desserts. I just don't eat sweets these days.Bobqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-82257809496105448532010-04-27T09:41:28.853+10:002010-04-27T09:41:28.853+10:00Yum, Ramana. Isn't it interesting how we go ba...Yum, Ramana. Isn't it interesting how we go back?Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-13179351323888073932010-04-26T22:39:11.487+10:002010-04-26T22:39:11.487+10:00You have got me worked up Jim. Yes, we four sibli...You have got me worked up Jim. Yes, we four siblings today, will opt for the comfort food from our childhood, though at that time, it was not so alluring! It is basically rice and lentils steamed into a porridge seasoned with some pepper and cashews fried in clarified butter, accompanied by first mulligatawny soup and as a dessert, home made yogurt. I have it whenever I feel a bit over fed the previous day if you know what I mean!Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.com