‘Potatoes au gratin? My old dear used to say they’re for people with money but no class’

About this episode

Ross shares a humorous anecdote about his mother and her views on class and food.

“Come in,” she goes. This is Bernie I’m quoting – word for word, by the way – as in, like, Bernie the mother of Claire from, like, Bray of all places? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• family
• Irish culture
• food
• humor
• class

Keywords

• Potatoes au gratin
• Bernie
• Claire
• Bray
• money
• class

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bray

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