Goody(?) - bread, milk, sugar

BLITZ_Molloy

The sugar sandwich topic reminded me of this. Practically lived on it as a child. Hot milk, bread and a bit of sugar. I remember it was mentioned in the book Angelas Ashes (and they used water and sugar when they didn't have milk) at some point.

Ruu_Old

i do remember making alot of things with hot milk

chillywilly

ye i used to love goody! delicious! I dont know if id like it these days, but as a child i ate dish after dish....mmmm

aidan_dunne

I remember my little brother being fed this when he was small. And, though I can't remember it myself, I'm sure myself and my younger sister were probably fed it as well at some stage too. I think nearly all Irish children would have eaten this concoction at some point growing up!

Come to think of it, my grandmother still eats this herself now and again cos she loves it.

CiDeRmAn

I worked in as a nurse in a major dublin psychiatric hospital working with people with a learning disability in the '90s and for those poor unfortunate elderly patients with not a lot in the tooth dept. they would get "goody" for dessert, it was cake, biscuits, hot sweet tea or ,milk all stirred up in a big bowl then dished out in smaller ones, often fed to them.
A lot of old practices survived 'til recently there. I think it was due to the no. of quite old residents and an aged staff, many from the rural areas of the country. Institutionalisation resulted in a reluctance to change for both staff and patients over the years so it was a little like going through a time warp working there.

Femelade

yeah, i used to have this as a child only it was sweet tea instead of milk. also i worked in a nursing home a few years back and alot of the patients used to ask for this...
didnt like it much myself.

deedee lepoopoo

Yeah Goody, Yummy yummy yum yum.

You could put raisins in it also and it became another supper treat.

natter

Ah that was such a treat. Mam would make a big pot of it and me and my brothers would sit on the floor with spoon and devour it. No time for smaller bowls, there was goody to be eaten

duckling10

oooo, just reading the name of it took me right back over 40 yrs i'd say, to my nanna's kitchen and goodie, yum, yum.....:)

kelle

Can you explain - did you stir the sugar into the hot milk then dip the bread into it?

Bleurgh!!!

al28283

aidan_dunne wrote: »

I think nearly all Irish children would have eaten this concoction at some point growing up!

no

FTGFOP

The way we used to do it was to butter a slice of bread (skull, wellington, or basket but not sliced pan) then tear it up and put it in a cup. Sugar went in on top, then some tea and milk. It was good but I only got it when I was sick. Simpler times.

Run_to_da_hills

My granny made it all the time along with bread pudding and egg custard.

Red Hand

It sounds awful.

Kojak

Ate it once or twice when I was young - absolutly hated it. :mad:

Magic Beans

We were posh, we had gruel. A watery sugary porridge mixture.

Realtine

Goody - yum as a child I loved it - it was real comfort food.
My mam made it with white bread torn in chunks and placed in a large mug, boiling water was added, give it a few stirs, drain out water, add cold milk and sugar - couple more stirs, and there you have Goody!

Alice1

Oh yum, I remember goody. We had it if we were ill. I thought it was a real "country" thing.

My husband, who is a Dub, is looking for the recipe for "egg flip" which was his comfort food from childhood.