Letters from Our Readers: My Comfort Food
Comfort food is food that makes you feel ____ when you are sad, angry, or stressed out.
It can also make you think ____ happy moments from the past.
It satisfies not only ____ stomach but also the heart.
Comfort foods differ ____ the world.
Let’s see what comfort ____ our international readers enjoy.
Jessica from USA
My comfort food is ____ soup.
In the USA, people eat ____ soup when they have a cold.
____ I was a small child, I caught a very bad cold.
My father made me a bowl of chicken soup ____ that I could get well.
The ____ soup warmed my body, and I slowly started to feel better.
It was ____ very tasty.
____ when I catch a cold, I eat chicken soup.
Maria from Brazil
In Brazil, there are many dishes that ____ made with cassava, a vegetable similar to a potato.
I love cassava ____ the most.
Once ____ I had a bad day at school and felt stressed out, my best friend bought me a bag of cassava chips.
____ I started to eat the chips, my stress suddenly disappeared.
The crisp sound of eating chips made ____ feel better.
Now, every time ____ stressed out, I eat cassava chips.
Then I feel good ____
Simon from France
I have many comfort foods, but I love madeleines ____ most.
A madeleine is ____ small cake that looks like a sea shell.
People in France enjoy madeleines as an ____ snack.
My grandmother always makes madeleines for me when I visit ____
They taste best when they come right ____ of the oven.
Then the kitchen is filled with ____ sweet smell.
I especially like eating her orange ____ with a cup of tea.
Every time I see or smell madeleines, I think of ____ grandmother.
Let ____ share my grandmother’s special recipe with you so that you can make orange madeleines, too.
Maybe madeleines will become ____ comfort food for you!
Grandma’s Special Recipe: Orange Madeleines
You need: 1 cup of flour, 2/3 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, some orange peel, 1/4 cup of butter, 1/8 teaspoon of salt
Melt the butter and let ____ cool.
Put the eggs, sugar and salt in a bowl ____ beat.
Add the flour to the bowl and ____
____ the butter and orange peel to the mixture and mix.
Pour the mixture ____ the madeleine pan.
Bake in the ____ for 10 to 15 minutes.