What Are You Eating? Episode 3 of 6, RTÉ One, Wednesday, March 15th at 8.30pm
Snacktime
We used to be told not to eat between meals but now most of us eat at least two and half snacks per day and these are often replacements for sit down meals.
Unsurprisingly, confectionery provides Ireland’s favourite snacks and Philip Boucher-Hayes goes to visit Ireland’s answer to Willy Wonka’s factory – Crilly’s of Newry – to find out how the boiled sweets sold in many of the nostalgic sweet shop chains are made.
In the kitchen chef Hilary O’Hagan-Brennan shows Philip how to make something even more popular than sucky sweets: jellies.
With drinks often accompanying our snack food purchases, Colin Harmon of 3FE Coffee explains the difference between gourmet coffee and the sort that comes from a filling station machine while traditional cook Rita Meade shows Philip how scones grew and grew. But is there a healthier way of snacking?
Finn Murray of The Hopsack introduces Philip to a new generation of snacks.