The exceedingly sweet treacle pudding is the real thing, served with hot custard (£3.95).

Miss Hannah looked on, quite dismayed, as they demolished a huge stew and an even huger treacle pudding.

I could do with roast duck, green peas, new potatoes, treacle pudding and lots of cheese," said Belinda, making everyone's mouth water.

"Prob'ly," assented her brother, very full of treacle pudding.

Today, beginning at 1 p.m., lessons in making treacle pudding, a British treat.

As my own children came along, they loved to go to Granny's for treacle pudding!

Renie strained to hear their conversation, but caught only a few disjointed fragments that seemed to be about the merits of treacle pudding.

We had treacle pudding, see, two days in a row!

"There you are - you get on with your lunch - and there's a big treacle pudding to follow so leave a bit of room for that."