Which British comfort food deserves the throne when life gets properly rubbish? Rank them!

Simple, cheap, and ready in under three minutes — beans on toast has pulled Britain through recessions, hangovers, and heartbreaks alike. Dismiss it as basic at your peril; this is the dish that built a nation.

Yes, it's officially more British than a lot of people want to admit, and it absolutely earns its place at the comfort food table. Creamy, warming, and utterly irresistible with a mountain of pilau rice at 10pm on a Tuesday.

If you're on the right side of the Marmite debate, this grilled combination is basically a religious experience. The salty, umami hit is the kind of thing that makes you feel genuinely sorry for people who eat sad desk lunches.

Cheese, beans, tuna mayo, coleslaw — the jacket potato is a blank canvas for pure comfort and requires absolutely no culinary talent whatsoever. It is democratic, filling, and deeply, profoundly British.

Not from a restaurant with a Michelin star — from your local chippy, wrapped in paper, eaten on a cold pavement or directly from the bag in the car. This is the pinnacle, and deep down everyone already knows it.