Darina Allen shares Myrtle Allen's family recipe for Ballymaloe spiced beef
Myrtle Allen at Ballymaloe House. Picture: Denis Minihane.
A trip down memory lane this Christmas: I’ve been racking my brains to think of ways to add extra meaning to what, for many, may be a long, lonely, cheerless Christmas. Pick up a pen, let our minds drift, dredge up memories of Christmas’s past, happy or perhaps tinged with sadness, anticipation, longing, disappointment…. Don’t worry if the memories seem disjointed. Snippets of family get-togethers. Raw, funny, poignant — just get it down on paper.
