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The Food Programme: No Mere Trifle

No Mere Trifle

20/12/2015

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, No Mere Trifle

Tim Hayward discovers the secret underground culture of 'dirty trifle'.

A trifle can be a star centrepiece or a nightmare reminder of 1970s food hell. Tim Hayward investigates the 'golden rules' and the secret underground culture of the 'dirty trifle'.

For some, trifle is an essential part of Christmas - a star centrepiece at the dinner table. For others its a reminder of 70s food hell - soggy sponge, jelly, hundreds and thousands dissolving into custard and cream and possibly crowned with glace cherries. Tim Hayward argues pretty much every food writer of the last 50 years has pronounced on trifle in a massively doctrinaire fashion. He wants to fight the prejudice to delve into the shared secret recipes for quick and 'dirty' trifles and investigates the 'golden rules' to get every trifle doubter on side. 

Presented by Tim Hayward. 
Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.

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