In work today, Irish colleagues in their 30’s didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.

by FViro

20 comments
  1. They weren’t even flans in the true sense of the word, they were just a fruit and cream cake. Proper flan is more of a crème caramel type thing.Outside of the UK and Ireland they wouldn’t be recognised.

  2. Flann O’Brien. I remember him well. A pint of plain is your only man:

    When things go wrong and will not come right,
    Though you do the best you can,
    When life looks black as the hour of night –
    A pint of plain is your only man.

    When money’s tight and hard to get
    And your horse has also ran,
    When all you have is a heap of debt –
    A pint of plain is your only man.

    When health is bad and your heart feels strange,
    And your face is pale and wan,
    When doctors say you need a change,
    A pint of plain is your only man.

    When food is scarce and your larder bare
    And no rashers grease your pan,
    When hunger grows as your meals are rare –
    A pint of plain is your only man.

    In time of trouble and lousey strife,
    You have still got a darlint plan
    You still can turn to a brighter life –
    A pint of plain is your only man.

  3. My grandmother used to pronounce it “Flawn” because she heard some posh English one say it like that…. 🙄

  4. my mam still makes them the odd time, one of my fave desserts

  5. There’s a bakery on the Shankill Road near my house that sells it. I buy a slice every week. Delicious. I add more clementines and some chocolate flake.

  6. I can almost taste that picture. My granny would make it with canned satsumas, double cream and crushed Flake.

  7. they’re shite but yeah always a staple of Christmas dinner desert lol

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