According to my paternal grandmother, Molly, the wheat-free crunchy and slightly crumbly slice that I based this on was Dad’s favourite as a young man. I have to say I don’t remember it from my childhood Wanganui days (and nor does Dad, interestingly) but I found the recipe that inspired this in a handwritten book my mother has of recipes she’d collected from family, friends and magazines, stretching back years. Why it’s associated with Sydney is anyone’s guess - we have no