Instructions: Melt the butter in a fryingpan and add the sugar. Cut each banana in half and add them to the butter. Fry for a couple of minutes turning them over once or twice. Pour the juice of the lemon over them and then pour in the whisky and throw a match to it. If your guests remain unimpressed douse the diningroom in whisky or petrol and set fire to it

If theres a fire in the kitchen everyone gets worried but if theres a fire in the diningroom everyone holds up their hands in delight. Businessmans hotels particularly those in the north resemble nothing so much as forest fires when it comes to pudding time. Food to read by is always a success at dinner parties too particularly if when the flames subside the food is still there.

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