I may be wrong, but I think everyone has favourite foods or meals from their childhood, certainly I do. These meals have become my comfort foods – some are not too bad for the waist-line. Others? Well let’s just say they really should be kept for treats.
My husband always says that his mother wasn’t the greatest cook, she says the same. She was always leaving something on the stove whilst she went to see to the frogs in the pond or watch the birds in the garden. However, no-one can make a shepherds pie as good as hers. His other childhood favourite is toad in the hole.
On the other hand, my mother was a very good cook and it is from her I learnt to cook. Her Chicken casserole is up there with my top ten of favourites, along with Oxtail stew (in my opinion the best and most unctuous stew ever). Spam fritters, come to that cheese and onion fritters. Mashed potato (ultimate comfort food). Fried slice topped with runny egg yolk and masses of fried mushrooms.
Then being taken to restaurants by my first true love expanded my food horizons: Chateaubriand, Tournedo Rossini, Scampi Provençal, and er Wine.
But I digress; here are a few of my childhood favourites, which I am pleased to say my OH also enjoys
Chicken casserole – Warning I am reliably informed that this is addictive.
Shepherds pie plus toad in the hole 🙂
My OH prefers me to cook as she says that I’m better than her :p
yes. Shepherds Pie and Toad in the hole are great staple comfort foods. It’s good she allows you in the kitchen: means you can spoil her with your creations
thank you