Cabbage came a close second followed by overcooked veg, lumpy mash and lumpy custard. Other meals bringing back nightmare memories included Spam fritters, semolina, liver and blancmange.

To the average expat Brit, steamed treacle pudding might conjure memories—nightmares, really—of morose school lunches ending tragically with a heavy suet-laden thing covered in lumpy custard.

Gravy seems simple, but it's hard to hide your mistakes when gravy turns out lumpy instead of smooth. Luckily, there are a ...

Try it yourself with the recipe below. ‘The original old-school nursery pudding, there is no lumpy custard here! For all the ...