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Tuesday 24 June 2025

What is your unglamorous survival food?

No judgement. Toast is a perfectly good answer. — asked by Tomás

NadirCasablanca, MA

Made a proper thing with actual protein in it before nine in the morning and the whole day went better.

4

WinnieCarlisle, UK

Beans on toast, which I would once have been embarrassed to write down.

6

BrennaEnniskillen, NI

Made a proper thing with actual protein in it before nine in the morning and the whole day went better.

4

RillaAberdeen, UK

Eggs. Always eggs. I have reached the limits of eggs and I keep going.

8

SaraOslo, NO

Honestly not enough. I know it. Tomorrow I will do the three things on the fridge list.

8

AnnaAthens, GR

Ate at 4am in a staff room out of a flask. Not glamorous. Warm.

3

BramwellNottingham, UK

Cold food went down when hot food would not. Second week running that has been true.

3

GaelanInverurie, UK

Nothing appealed. I had yoghurt standing at the counter and called it a win.

5

JuniperMachynlleth, UK

Nothing appealed. I had yoghurt standing at the counter and called it a win.

7

Tilda Would you bring that to circle on Sunday? You would not have to say much.

PriyaReading, UK

Struggled. Cooking smells were the whole problem, not the food.

3

TemSouthend, UK

I had a proper appetite today for the first time in a fortnight and I was almost pleased to see it.

3

TamzinPoole, UK

A restaurant, a starter as a main, and a waiter who did not blink.

5

TamsinRedruth, UK

A restaurant, a starter as a main, and a waiter who did not blink.

6

HattieExeter, UK

Rice pudding out of a tin at half past nine at night. No notes.

6

Runa Please do ring in the morning. Not to alarm you — just, ring.

BessLouth, UK

Honestly not enough. I know it. Tomorrow I will do the three things on the fridge list.

3

Ned The list on the fridge is a very good idea and I am stealing it.