Founding Member Comment by Nollaig 2016 on October 29, 2013 at 4:48pm

I loved this when I was a kid.

Comment by Felicity Hayes-McCoy on October 29, 2013 at 4:53pm

Brack, Belinda? Or the pudding? I thought that was just a Hayes-McCoy family thing!

Founding Member Comment by Nollaig 2016 on October 29, 2013 at 4:58pm

We made it with stale buttered bread and added the raisins and soaked it in tea then baked it in the custard.

Comment by Felicity Hayes-McCoy on October 29, 2013 at 5:28pm

Always loved that :) I know it as Bread And Butter Pudding. We thought we were pretty inspired when we thought of doing it with brack!

Comment by Gerry Regan on October 29, 2013 at 5:36pm

Ladies, Is this what Lady Gregory refers to in one of her one-acts as barmbrack?

Comment by Felicity Hayes-McCoy on October 29, 2013 at 5:53pm

Yes, though the name's always been a contentious issue in Ireland! (Dorothea Herbert in her Retrospections 1770 - 1806 refers to 'a large barnbrack' which is brought to a party.)

Felicity Hayes-McCoy's blog: Barnbrack or Barmbrack? http://felicityhayes-mccoy.blogspot.com/2013/10/barnbrack-or-barmbr...

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