Why can't we resist comfort food?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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0:06.0	Six Minute English.
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0:12.0	Hello, this is six minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Rob.
0:18.0	I see you've been tucking into the biscuits again Rob.
0:21.0	Well I have Neil you can't beat a bite on a
0:24.4	biscuit for a quick and easy sweet treat they make me feel good as long as I don't
0:29.8	eat too many. So these are your edible comforters.
0:33.4	A comforter is something that makes you feel relaxed and feel good.
0:37.4	Put another way, it is your comfort food, which is what we're talking about in this program.
0:42.4	Yes, like biscuits, comfort food is snacks and meals we like to stuff our faces with, even if it's not always good for us.
0:50.0	We'll be discussing what actually makes us eat the stuff.
0:54.0	But how about a question to feast on Rob?
0:57.0	Patrick Bertaleti from the USA holds the Guinness World Record for eating the most cream filled biscuits in one minute, but do you know how many
1:05.5	biscuits he ate? Was it A2, B 7 or C15? Well, based on my biscuit eating skills, I'd say 15.
1:17.0	It depends if he had to swallow them as well.
1:20.0	I'm not sure about that, but I'll reveal the answer later on. Now, biscuits, I'm not sure about that but I'll reveal the answer later on. Now,
1:24.0	Biscuits, ice cream, crisps and pizzas are all good examples of comfort food.
1:29.2	They're easy to snack on and they don't require many culinary skills.
1:33.6	Culinary means related to cooking.
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