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‘Crumpets have been my saviour!’: readers on their 14 best comfort meals of lockdown
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Posted on 05/11/2021 9:58:33 AM PDT by mylife

Food has felt more important than ever this past year – particularly meals that offer solace. From rösti to Coco Pops, here are the dishes that got us through

Crumpets For me, lockdown has meant an absolutely manic schedule, working from home with back-to-back Zoom calls and long hours. Crumpets have been my saviour. Yes, factory made, perfectly consistent and versatile: top with yoghurt and frozen berries at 8am, blue cheese and leeks at 1pm, followed by eggs and spinach at 7pm, and you have a full day’s menu. For a bit more lockdown spirit, I tried the sourdough version (delicious if squishy) and making my own (I promise you, it’s not worth it).

Ham, cheese and red onion toastie

When you need that comforting, savoury fix, it has to be achievable swiftly. For our family, the answer is a deep-filled ham, cheese and red onion toastie. The ham should be off the bone, the cheese should be raclette (or similar), and don’t skimp on the sliced red onions. But what really transforms this snack into culinary opium is the addition of garlic butter – spread on both sides of sliced white bread before popping it into the sandwich maker.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brits; crumpets; food
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To: mylife

Where I live it’s 90% like it never happened....

It did kill two mid 90s relatives ....not properly treated I might add due to media hysteria against hydroxchloroquine


21 posted on 05/11/2021 10:25:19 AM PDT by wardaddy (Let me guess FREEPERS are now salivating over Tim Scott.....so predictable just like talk radio )
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girls used to make kim chi for me.... no more... sniff


22 posted on 05/11/2021 10:26:54 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

I went into a Korean store and asked for fresh kimchee. They kept calling me “ke! ke!” I think they meant dog. Maybe because I took off my shoes. I asked why I couldn’t get kimchee. They said “This is an accounting firm!” But I know they had kim chee somewhere in there.


23 posted on 05/11/2021 10:28:30 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: mylife

That looks awesome!


24 posted on 05/11/2021 10:28:36 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Larry Lucido

Those look like, oh, what’s that French word for dry pieces of bread.....

Cretins?


25 posted on 05/11/2021 10:28:42 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: mylife

[[I can not find decent kim chee]]

She left during the pandemic. Haven’t seen her since


26 posted on 05/11/2021 10:31:07 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: mylife

Isn’t a crumpet what we call an English Muffin?


27 posted on 05/11/2021 10:33:11 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Larry Lucido
they think you spy...
28 posted on 05/11/2021 10:33:20 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mariner

I love them.


29 posted on 05/11/2021 10:34:24 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Here’s an idea. Relieve yourself of this lockdown BS and get outside.


30 posted on 05/11/2021 10:36:57 AM PDT by albie
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To: a fool in paradise

I said ‘crumpet’ not ‘strumpet’!..................


31 posted on 05/11/2021 10:37:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Larry Lucido
Now I put peanut butter on celery

Did that as a kid. Try that with some ONION POWDER of GARLIC POWDER liberally sprinkled on top!.................

32 posted on 05/11/2021 10:40:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: mylife

Had that for breakfast........................


33 posted on 05/11/2021 10:41:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: blueunicorn6; MS.BEHAVIN

unsure of the spelling but there is a French dish Cretans, it is ground pork or other meat simmered till rendered in cream with spices and spread on baguettes or crumpet..


34 posted on 05/11/2021 10:44:11 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Larry Lucido

That was one of the first things I fell in love with when I moved down here to Florida... hot-pressed Cuban sandwiches.


35 posted on 05/11/2021 10:45:52 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: albie

and go where? the zombie store? in my mask?


36 posted on 05/11/2021 10:46:09 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Blueberry Muffins...big ones....but I havent had any since before Christmas...


37 posted on 05/11/2021 10:49:49 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: piasa

i grew up in dagoland, never heard of a panini press till i went to france, now they are everywhere


38 posted on 05/11/2021 10:50:39 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Oh.....

A Sloppy Pierre.


39 posted on 05/11/2021 10:51:17 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Larry Lucido

Try peanut butter on bananas too!


40 posted on 05/11/2021 10:51:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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