Do you have dessert?

[Indadhanu]

I was just thinking, as I made our custard for our special Sunday dessert tonight, if others eat dessert regularly, or if it's just a 'treat'.

Do you have dessert? Is it regular or occassional? What do you have for dessert? Do you make dessert or buy it ready-made? Is it an 'official' dessert at the dinner table, or is it just a grazing type dessert when you feel like it?

It's usually a treat for us, but thats mostly because I never remember until after Sunday night dinner LOL. Tonight is fruit and custard, next week maybe caramelised mango and cream or ice-cream... Sometimes we have ice-cream after dinner if I've made some, but mostly it's just dinner. Donuts if I can be bothered... I might make a hot chocolate (the real kind, melted chocolate and milk ) occassionally during the week...

Anyway, just wondering if people still ate 'dessert' at the end of a meal?

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

We used to have it every night when I was a kid, and then when I got married I was surprised coz DH never wanted it! These days I generally have fruit icecreams or jelly made up, and we just have it as we feel like it

[Trillian]

My grandparents have dessert every night - icecream, stewed fruits and jelly - without fail. On a sunday it is usually homemade steamed chocolate pudding and cusard. When we visit I always ask if Nan can make the pudding for us.

We don't have it all the time - we might go for weeks without having it, other times we might have it several times a week. Mostly just icecream and topping or with sprinkles on it, or an icecream cone. If icecreams are on special at the supermarket I might buy a box as a special treat. If we have stewed fruit (seasonal only) we have that. Every now and then I will make a sticky date pudding - scratch one not a packet one - or a cheesecake.

[Tinks]

As a general rule, we never have it although sometimes in Winter I'll make a pudding. Growing up we rarely had dessert but DH's family did every night, his parents and grandparents still do. DH thought it was weird when we moved in together that I didn't make dessert.

[~Hestia~]

We seem to go through a run of it - usually during summer when it's icecreams or frozen yogurt after tea. Then nothing for ages til at some point in winter when I start making self saucing chocolate pudding all the time as a treat for DH!!

[Kazbah]

We have icecream or custard and tinned fruit pretty much every night. Or fresh fruit in season - mmm, mango, strawberries! Fresh strawberries & cream!

I'll make jelly for DS or on cool nights apple pie or hot danish / fruit strudle.

Mmm, might make some jelly for tonight!