Mary Berry and Judith Chalmers tell you how to stock your freezer! 1976.

[Redheadedstepchild]

Just thought I would let you all know:

(Run time 6m39s)

So many useful tips!

You just have to watch it. I can't explain.

I do have a 1980's video of the legendary French cook, Maite eating an ortolan in my horrible cooking library but I will only post that if enough people want to see it.

I will not be held responsible for any psychological damage caused.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLua32GVbRI_GGerRy8O9Es6-NdbHaB7O5&si=vQ0j2rUeOs2-tuQE

For all you retro cooking fans, here's a playlist of, "Farmhouse Kitchen" broadcast by Yorkshire TV from 1971 onwards. In case you didn't want the ortolan.

Was Farmhouse Kitchen the one where the farmer's wife was making something using blood and the male presenter nearly threw up. She just turned to the camera and rolled her eyes. Brilliant.

Edit: I don't think it was. The one I'm thinking of was on a real farm not in a studio.

@CaptainMyCaptain You know you want to see the French Ortolan thing, don't you? Just give me the nod.

Ah go on then!

We aim to please:

You may have to adjust the brightness on your device.

That was disgusting. Positively pornographic. 🤮

It made Mary Berry's pig's trotter look quite tame.

Here's the sweet and sour cow's vagina from Vietnam! We've opened the floodgates now!

O. M. G
Although I bet ordinary sausages contain cows vagina.

Wasn't that a very hungover Nick Nairn and a home made black pudding?

Also a fan of Farmhouse Kitchen which I watched with my mum and still have a recipe book.

My mum thought Mary Berry was too posh because of the early days cut glass accent, and could never quite come round to her on Bake Off. Mum will be tutting in her grave as I use lots of MB recipes now, especially her Christmas Cake 🎂

@CaptainMyCaptain That would have made an interesting episode with Mary and Judith, wouldn't it?.

"So what have you got here for us today, Mary?"
"We should always make use of the more economical cuts of meat, shouldn't we, Judy? What I am preparing here today is something that is unfairly overlooked. No bones, very easy to make tasty with a..."

One does not wish to be vulgar.

Wait, they were supposed to be defrosted?? I was today years old, etc etc

Yes. Nick Nairn! Her expression of contempt was priceless.

🤣

Have you heard her on the Gales Brandreth Rosebud podcast? Her life is very interesting especially her career history for a woman of her time. She had a good job with the Dutch tourist board promoting Dutch food and her dad went to see them after she was offered the post to check everything was in order! Her family had money but she always worked.

Massive handfuls of fresh basil (with or without a few cloves of garlic depending on your preference) and about 150-200ml of olive oil into a saucepan. Heat it gently for about 10 minutes and leave to steep and cool. Then whizz it up in a blender.

I freeze some in ice cube trays and keep the rest in the kitchen to use. It's lush.

It works with other soft herbs too but basil and garlic is my favourite.

What do you use the oil for please?

The brightness had quite the Keith Floyd vibe. I bet he ate it at some point.

I watched some of the Christmas Farmhouse Kitchen, BTW, and it was surprisingly wonderful. Lovely cooking and lovely crisp accents but by, they had some terrible lungs!

As a sewer, I was working out how the blouses were constructed, of course.

We do have a trotter in our freezer from the half pig we bought earlier in the year. We’ll use it to make pork pie jelly at some point.

Thank you for these!

BTW I remember the crushing sadness of the summer months when my mother proclaimed old potatoes to be over. We would suffer boiled new potatoes until autumn arrived and roast, mashed and jacket potatoes reappeared. This went on into the 90s IIRC.

Picked up a country farmhouse kitchen cookbook at a jumble sale. Keep meaning to do the recipes.

Not much veggie stuff mind

Oh my gosh I LOVE the yorkshire ladies! What age do you think the blonde woman is? I find it really hard to estimate people's age from old tv as they just have the hair styles my granny would have had (just like I'm sure my mum bob ages me to a teenager!)

A little detective work tells me she was 50.