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[cormack12]

Bread - just simple bread, perfectly baked. Sponge soft with a good crust

Mashed potato - perfect fluffy potatoes with salt and pepper and a good pound of butter

Scrambled egg - little touch of butter, repeatedly folded in on itself. Nice and soft scrambles with salt and pepper

 

[EverydayBeast]

None of those are pleasure foods and supposed to be simple and that’s what makes them great

 

[QuantumZebra]

Baked potato - salt and pepper and maybe some sour cream.
Mac and cheese - mac, and cheese
Eggs - doesn't matter how they're cooked - they're gonna be good
Grilled chicken (or any meat really) - seriously just grill it and rip into it
Sashimi / Sushi - raw fish sliced and put on rice, add soy sauce or wasabi as needed - simple and amazing
Chocolate anything

 

[JimmyRustler]

I eat almost everything without anything and all of it tastes amazing. Stop eating so much sugar and salt.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Raw sausages, not the precooked hotdoggy ones. No need for sides. Grill up 3-4 of these babies with a side of sauce and a cold drink. Dinner.

 

[T8SC]

I'm confused, the topic says "need nothing else" and yet there's a number of things listed that need salt, pepper, butter & sour cream.

Bread needs butter too, no matter how well its made, dry bread = dry as fuck.

Some things that need nothing else -

Strawberrys.
Pistachios.
Grilled chicken breast.

 

[cormack12]

I'm confused, the topic says "need nothing else" and yet there's a number of things listed that need salt, pepper, butter & sour cream.

Bread needs butter too, no matter how well its made, dry bread = dry as fuck.

Some things that need nothing else -

Strawberrys.
Pistachios.
Grilled chicken breast.

Dry bread fresh from a bakery is amazing.

Obviously seasoning is required but more simple, staple foods that you can serve alone but wouldn't usually I guess. Idk.

Like long grain rice. Salted water or stock is still part of the process but getting that right means you can just eat plain rice on it own.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Dry bread fresh from a bakery is amazing.

Obviously seasoning is required but more simple, staple foods that you can serve alone but wouldn't usually I guess. Idk.

Like long grain rice. Salted water or stock is still part of the process but getting that right means you can just eat plain rice on it own.

I hardly ever have it, but any kind of fresh bread I agree. Nothing needed. A fresh basket of bread at a restaurant is amazing on its own. Then I see some people drench it in that balsamic oil. Ugh.

 

[Fbh]

A good, tender, medium rare steak is always good.
A bit of salt enhances the flavor but, honestly, even unsalted it's good.

Some fresh mussels cooked in nothing but white wine are great too, they are even salty by default so you don't even need salt or pepper.

And just to get the obvious out of the way: Fruit.

 

[INC]

Fresh cut bread and salty butter, there's nothing better in terms of simple

 

[Mistershine.]

Beans on toast. Two ingredients, plus butter.

 

[Rat Rage]

Microwaved Onions

Very easy to make, very delicious.

 

[bitbydeath]

Bread and cheese.
Toast it, nuke it, whatever it’s simple and tastes great. Could even add some sauce and make it more pizza-ry

 

[ntropy]

mangos and peaches

 

[Ikutachi]

Any meat.

 

[Tranquil]

Cheeseburger - No need for fries or shake, good on it's own.
Beef Wellington - If done right, super good even with no mashed potatoes or salad.
Margarita Pizza - No explanation needed, if you have a real wood burning pizza oven, nothing better.

 

[epicnemesis]

By on its own are we talking no sides? No condiments? No toppings? All the above?

For me it’s good bbq. Brisket, beef rib, St. Louis ribs, if done right there is no need for sauce. Especially on the beef bbq.

 

[AJUMP23]

Steak

 

[Raven117]

Steak

My first thought as well.

 

[Raven117]

Fresh cut bread and salty butter, there's nothing better in terms of simple

Also this.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Cheese toasties and a billion variations. They're simple and just comfort food dialled up to 11.

EDIT: Eggs Benedict is the shit too.

 

[Mistershine.]

Baked camembert with fresh bread.

Fried egg sandwich.

 

[IDKFA]

Any fruit, but Mango is my favourite.

 

[YukiOnna]

Sashimi Bowl/Sashimi is simple enough. Whether you eat it without any soy sauce/wasabi or add it, it's delicious. Especially on a bed of rice.
Cold Soba noodles is also great. Noodles + dipping sauce bowl, that's it. Good stuff.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Most fruits declined in flavor after the industrial revolution in order to market and ship them.
However, salmonberries growing wild in the Pacific Northwest taste the same as they always have and they taste great! Wild huckleberries taste even better!
The black raspberries that grow in my parents front yard are tasty, the green apples, not so much...not that any of the apples survive to properly ripen. Stupid Squirrels, and chipmunks, and birds, and raccoons.

Let me also take a light jab:

 

[GymWolf]

Italian (or sicilian) bread when it is out of the oven and still hot, just the smell is intoxicating.

 

[Jezbollah]

Steak

 

[CAB_Life]

Can't beat a good steak brushed with olive oil and sprinkled in sea salt and cooked on a hot grill/ pan.

 

[Soodanim]

Cheese toasties and a billion variations. They're simple and just comfort food dialled up to 11.

EDIT: Eggs Benedict is the shit too.

As much as I love Eggs Benedict, I don't think it quite qualifies as simple food. Scrambled Egg is your easy egg dish, poaching an egg and making that sauce is the sort of effort we don't want around here in simple land. That's fancy food, not simple folk food.

Cheese toastie though, that's the stuff. I do mine on a George Foreman grill for even less effort.

 

[BigBooper]

Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

I didn't understand the question. Mashed potatoes that need nothing else...other than salt, pepper, and a pile of butter?

The classic English breakfast is good.

 

[GeekyDad]

I'm confused, the topic says "need nothing else" and yet there's a number of things listed that need salt, pepper, butter & sour cream. ...

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking...

Eh, to add to the list of things that are good simply be themselves:

I've gotta control myself with dem things. I can go crazy on some blueberries.

Almonds too, of course. Cashews. Pepitas.

 

[Mistershine.]

Most fruits declined in flavor after the industrial revolution in order to market and ship them.
However, salmonberries growing wild in the Pacific Northwest taste the same as they always have and they taste great! Wild huckleberries taste even better!
The black raspberries that grow in my parents front yard are tasty, the green apples, not so much...not that any of the apples survive to properly ripen. Stupid Squirrels, and chipmunks, and birds, and raccoons.

Let me also take a light jab:

We use saffron(pronounced saffern) a lot in Cornwall. I'm still not sure how a poor mining/fishing county came to love the most expensive spice in the world, but we did, and damn 'e if a saffern bun ain't proper when you're chacking for a dish tea.

 

[AJUMP23]

Peaches

 

[INC]

Beans on toast. Two ingredients, plus butter.

If I'm feeling sexy, I do cheese on toast with finely chopped onion, with dried bacon bits in the beans, with BBQ sauce and pepper

Its a 5 star Council House feast

Beans on toast is pure comfort food tho, never too old for it

 

[tusharngf]

frozen watermelon..

 

[Outlier]

Home made vanilla cheesecake or Japanese cheesecake (more of an egg cake).

I make some and love it compare to the store bought version.

When my housemate has a piece, he ruins it by add ice cream to it. Yuck.

 

[Ionian]

Most fruits declined in flavor after the industrial revolution in order to market and ship them.
However, salmonberries growing wild in the Pacific Northwest taste the same as they always have and they taste great! Wild huckleberries taste even better!
The black raspberries that grow in my parents front yard are tasty, the green apples, not so much...not that any of the apples survive to properly ripen. Stupid Squirrels, and chipmunks, and birds, and raccoons.

Let me also take a light jab:

Ah now, curry chips!

 

[QuantumZebra]

I'm confused, the topic says "need nothing else" and yet there's a number of things listed that need salt, pepper, butter & sour cream.

Bread needs butter too, no matter how well its made, dry bread = dry as fuck.

Some things that need nothing else -

Strawberrys.
Pistachios.
Grilled chicken breast.

Yeah I just realized that.

I and others I think took it as a "simple foods" thread... not a "literally nothing else added to the food" thread (even though the title says it, lol).

 

[ThatStupidLion]

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

As much as I love Eggs Benedict, I don't think it quite qualifies as simple food. Scrambled Egg is your easy egg dish, poaching an egg and making that sauce is the sort of effort we don't want around here in simple land. That's fancy food, not simple folk food.

Cheese toastie though, that's the stuff. I do mine on a George Foreman grill for even less effort.

Challenge accepted. I'm still gonna use two ingredients (eggs and bread, ok maybe a little butter or salt too).

Soft boiled eggs are badass.

While we're at it hard boiled eggs are also badass. Still add them to salad, side dish on their own with dinner or send in school lunches for the kids too.

 

[DragoonKain]

Chocolate - it’s better with filling or other stuff, but high quality rich chocolate is delicious totally plain.

French fries - don’t need any dipping sauce if they’re delicious and cooked right

cereal - I’ve never eaten it with milk, I hate milk so I’ve always eaten it plain.

 

[BigBooper]

Since we're entering egg territory, if you've seen that trending way of making an egg sandwich by cooking the bread into the egg, as if you were making french toast, and folding the egg up, don't bother unless you like soggy bread texture. Or if you want bad french toast flavor.

 

[Ionian]

cereal - I’ve never eaten it with milk, I hate milk so I’ve always eaten it plain.

Dear God. Have done that before when I had no milk.

The pain, sweet Jesus the pain.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Dear God. Have done that before when I had no milk.

The pain, sweet Jesus the pain.

Aye, eating cereal dry will have the meat on the roof of your mouth looking like this,

 

[DragoonKain]

Dear God. Have done that before when I had no milk.

The pain, sweet Jesus the pain.

Milk makes it soggy. If you don’t like milk without cereal, do you really like cereal? I like the taste of it, well the good ones. I couldn’t eat frosted mini wheats plain because they’re so dry. But Frosted Flakes or Corn Pops or Cap’n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch... they’re delicious plain.

 

[CrankyJay™]

Got one of those Solo Stove thingies. Once the fire was down to embers I got the grand idea to roast an all-beef hotdog on a skewer. Got a good crust on it and put it on a bun. Heaven.

 

[Ionian]

Milk makes it soggy. If you don’t like milk without cereal, do you really like cereal? I like the taste of it, well the good ones. I couldn’t eat frosted mini wheats plain because they’re so dry. But Frosted Flakes or Corn Pops or Cap’n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch... they’re delicious plain.

Can't say I've eaten cereal since my early 20's.

Couple of bananas or eggs and toast if I have time. Generally skip it as I don't feel hungry until lunch. A terrible habit I know but I smoke and would sooner take 10 more minutes of sleep and then rush out the door looking like I'm homeless, too groggy to care.

Many embarrassing stories because of it. In a rush to work, running late. I kept feeling someone tapping on my shoulder and kept turning around. Was really pissing me off.

It was only when I arrived at work I saw the issue when I saw my reflection in the glass.

In my rush I had put on a pair of combats (physical job) and must have sat on the bed and stuck my girlfriends tights/leggings to the velcro on my ass pockets.

So walked down the road with roaring wind and her tights were going mental slapping me, I laughed about it but couldn't believe nobody told me. Bastards! 20 minute walk! What I wouldn't give to see a video of it.

 

[zeorhymer]

 

[jason10mm]

No one has mentioned the most obvious choice...

Bacon!!!

 

[infinitys_7th]

Cheese and crackers. I like pepperoni with them too, but cheese and crackers are wonderful.

Plain mozzarella is great too, although I like some basil sprinkled over it.