Puddings

It’s such a joke, people spend so much time and energy talking in total seriousness about diets and healthy food, calories and all that nonsense. Then just watch the reaction when a sweet trolley comes round to the table in a restaurant! Caution is thrown to the wind as they cajole the ‘trolley dolly’ to pile their plates high with scrumptious ‘puds’. The great Saturday night trick in Ballymaloe with a party of six or more is to start to eat your pud as fast as you can the minute it’s served, so that by the time the last person at the table has got theirs you’re ready to start all over again!