Let's talk comfort food

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What are your comfort foods?


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DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA
If we're talking candy, my weakness are fruit jelly slices. (especially the homemade ones made by Boston Fruit Slices)

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Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
If we're talking candy, my weakness are fruit jelly slices. (especially the homemade ones made by Boston Fruit Slices)

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My son worked at the Cavalier Candy company for a time and we got these for 1.50 a pound - they were all individually wrapped - these are SO good - my favourites!
 

mustangclaire

There's petrol runnin' through my veins.
Jun 15, 2010
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What is this? To me it looks like a pastry shell filled with chicken and mushrooms in a béchamel sauce? It looks fattening, like something my husband (Mr. Chef) would make! :fat::chuncky:
Vouluvents, hang on, that's not spelt right... voul-au-vents, perhaps that's it. Anyway, they are indeed pastry shells, you cut top out of them and fill them with stuff. Quite a thing in the 70's....
 

BeverleyMarsh

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Jul 23, 2010
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What is this? To me it looks like a pastry shell filled with chicken and mushrooms in a béchamel sauce? It looks fattening, like something my husband (Mr. Chef) would make! :fat::chuncky:
You're bang on the money Neesy :) That's just what it is. My dad was a baker and he used to make those ( and a prawn filling variation) , I was crazy for them as a child and now even more as it always brings back such nice comforting memories from my childhood. It certainly is fattening, but it's seriously worth it ::P.

A chef for a husband you say, I'd say you've done really well there ;)
 

BeverleyMarsh

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Jul 23, 2010
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Vouluvents, hang on, that's not spelt right... voul-au-vents, perhaps that's it. Anyway, they are indeed pastry shells, you cut top out of them and fill them with stuff. Quite a thing in the 70's....
It's actually vol-au-vent which means "Fly in the wind" in reference to the lightness of the pastry. Sorry I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, it's just that I'm actually french. :sneaky:And yeah, it would have been in the 70s that my dad used to sell them like hot cakes in his bakery.
 

mustangclaire

There's petrol runnin' through my veins.
Jun 15, 2010
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It's actually vol-au-vent which means "Fly in the wind" in reference to the lightness of the pastry. Sorry I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, it's just that I'm actually french. :sneaky:And yeah, it would have been in the 70s that my dad used to sell them like hot cakes in his bakery.
That's so funny, 'cos I was doing the weekly shop last night. In the freezer, on special offer, were vol-au-vents... and you know what, I looked at them and thought "OMG, I must remember the spelling and go on SK board and re-post"... Thank you, I had no idea you're French!:wink2:
 

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
You're bang on the money Neesy :) That's just what it is. My dad was a baker and he used to make those ( and a prawn filling variation) , I was crazy for them as a child and now even more as it always brings back such nice comforting memories from my childhood. It certainly is fattening, but it's seriously worth it ::P.

A chef for a husband you say, I'd say you've done really well there ;)
Merci beaucoup and all that ;) - my Dad was also French (French Canadian from Quebec)
Now if only I could get the chef husband to cook more often for me at home! ;-D