Cooking Casseroles and Roasts with Fanny Cradock (1965) | BBC

A personal approach by Fanny Cradock
From her "Home Cooking" series.
4: Casseroles and Roasts
Part 4 of 10 programmes to encourage beginners and to help competent cooks to revitalise family meals.
Designer, Gordon Toms
Production assistant, Margaret Smith
Director, Margaret McCall
Producer. Beryl Radley
A BBC Educational broadcast.

[@multimill]

What an absolute joy to find this. More please!! Thank you 😊 Fanny Cradock was just wonderful.

[@asa1973100]

Absolutely

[@ladylaois8184]

I Agree

[@londonlady227]

She was a great chef hands down but her personality was frightening and condescending however these are gold!!! Cooking in a tight dress and high heels, those were the days. ❤ Nothing beats a bit of Fanny, if you know what I mean.

[@londonlady227]

Those were the times. My Mum used to dress like that all the time and did the housework in high heels but used to wear an housecoat to cover her dress. If someone popped by then she could whip it off quickly and be dressed. She kept her lipstick in her pocket to do a quick refresh. And she did own a few trousers but never wore those out. How times have changed.

[@williamf4544]

Even as a wee boy i loved Fanny Cradock - She seemed so glamarous - She was glamarous - Wtched by millions in the UK - Perhaps not always so much for the cooking tips - It was the sheer hypnotic cabaret of it all that made it so entertaining - Escapism like you got watching a Hollywood movie - An amazing talented woman

[@MarleneClough]

The first TV cook show

[@alimiddleton5705]

Oh my, I have never seen this, isn't Fanny just fabulous? Would love to see more!

[@hunkhk]

fantastic - a national treasure

[@Jimmy_one67]

Wow she’s amazing

[@londonlady227]

Thing about Fanny is that she was a great teacher. She wasn't there to win friends. You work in any Escoffier inspired kitchen and there is no room for levity. Cooking cordon bleu is taking seriously. That's the way it is. Passion, flair and dedication. Her personality came from a terrible early life, read up on it. She started off selling from door to door...this requires a very strong personality, not taking no for an answer and being able to talk on the spot which is why she could do live shows for hundreds of people for hours. She was one in a million and should be cherished.

[@TheLows-gk6kc]

Love this please put up more.

[@notthecheshirekat2596]

I’m a Julia Child fan for sure, so how did I miss this woman? She is great! 😊

[@ah7910]

Julia is a darling and so much more likeable. If you’re familiar with Julia, you are probably an American… I’m certain myself and many other Brits would happily trade your gorgeous Julia for our cranky old Cradock.

[@notthecheshirekat2596]

@@ah7910 Ms Craddock is certainly a bit more by the book and not as by the cuff as Julia was, but she has her own charm. I don’t think the two of them would have worked well together though, kind of a clash of styles there.

[@CraigTulloch]

Here’s a clip of Julia Child mentioning Fanny Cradock. They may not have met but Julia certainly knew of her. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKfXYaqBntB4iLs

[@holmespianotuning]

@@notthecheshirekat2596unlike Cradock I think Julia Child was actually a fully trained Cordon Bleu chef. Cradock just winged her way into it but her recipes can be good and do work.

[@rulofreak2711]

Omg!!! Thank you!! I wish you can find more of this videos and share them with us, this woman is gold!!! I just love her, she really knows how to Cook!!!

[@zalibecquerel3463]

2:50 Well, that is certainly one way of explaining what a bouquet garni is to a 1960s British audience.

[@londonlady227]

Because that's the name for a bunch of herbs in this case

[@emmedevlin5076]

“You can have those bits, now go away”

[@jw77019]

I wish they didn’t eat on modern cooking shows. Notice she didn’t taste, but had her assistant do it. Not only is it unattractive, but the proclamations about how delicious it is seems so contrived.

[@Timmerjax]

Hilarious!

[@independentpuppy7520]

Yes but that was tame compared to some later episodes. She was very strict but sometimes seemed to be caring.

[@773tt]

“Now go away!” How rude. No wonder she had a reputation for an obnoxious personality.

[@artsed08]

@@773tt You're probably foreign. She was being amusing.

[@sarahlouise7163]

she seems somewhat more relaxed and friendly here, than in the Christmas series made 10 years later

[@asa1973100]

Brilliant

[@johopkins7266]

Chomping on the crackling 😂 brilliant

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Welllllllllll it IS delicious !

[@SuperMikado282]

May all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's. From "Beyond our Ken". Fanny and Johnny Haddock.

[@pistachiobaklava1216]

Thank you for posting this.

[@CraigTulloch]

Fantastic episode Great to see a newly found clip. Hope you can get more. Thanks for uploading.

[@faithoffaith]

Please keep these footages coming. There must have been at least 40 in the BBC archives some are missing though.

[@denisenilsson1366]

"Are the flames supposed to shoot out of the oven like that?" 😂😂😂

[@stevebirch7175]

The Margaret Thatcher of 60s cookery

[@a_leaf]

Very classy cookshow thank you for sharing!

[@joakimcliftonbergman]

This is amazing!

[@ivanahavitoff7308]

David and his jaunty hat.

[@sarahlouise7163]

well! i always do my sausages in the oven! fanny would be proud!

[@Knappa22]

But do your bangers taste like Fanny’s?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

I see where Jennifer Paterson got a lot of her "flare" and bravura from.. FANNY CRADOCK!! The grand dame of British cookery!

[@Knappa22]

Some things Jennifer says in the TFL series are verbatim quotes of Fanny Cradock’s.

[@paulmason6474]

I tried making doughnuts but they didn’t turn out like Fanny’s😅😅😅😅😅

[@independentpuppy7520]

How did you find that? Good but thought most had been destroyed. Do you have more episodes? She seemed not so strict there.

[@travisr82]

I wonder if her booklets are available in any form online ?

[@independentpuppy7520]

Only saw some of her origional booklets for sale on Ebay. Expensive.

[@Mark-ww9sb]

How things have changed. I thought the shows she made with "Johnny" were the best... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephenguppy7882]

As a gay man, this is the only Fanny that makes me smile. She was hideous, intimidating, as fake as heck and her cooking was generally awful, but she was unmissable, totally Box Office and knew how to hit home.

[@janwong9437]

The drink took its toll on her

[@toastercatx]

Anyone else here after watching "Fear of Fanny"? 😂

[@linzieloo1]

Yes but the actress for Fanny was completely wrong in being cast

[@a_leaf]

Brits seem to have been well off compared to Americans as their casseroles, which Mrs. Cradock refers to as basic, start off with lots of meat. American casseroles are heavy with cream, cheese, milk and fried onions, veggies, usually no meat unless you're making lasagna.

[@jw77019]

Americans have always eaten more meat than any other people. Macaroni and cheese is a vegetable.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

So, what would be an example of an American casserole then? Our stereotypes of American cooking doesn't really include main dishes of vegetables 😉 And a lasagne would be a baked pasta dish, not a casserole. Genuinely interested as I've never tried an American recipe yet that we could eat, even when I remove the golden syrup, sugar, corn syrup etc( from savoury dishes) and the baking all seems to be adding things to packet mixes,or taking out the flavour by removing the egg yolk and butter!

[@arriesone1]

⁠@@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts. From what I’ve seen on YT I think American ‘casseroles’ are completely different to what we in UK call a casserole. For us it’s meat cooked in the oven in a rich thick gravy with onions, carrots, garlic, herbs, spices etc. whereas theirs is usually a thick sickly sauce made with tinned condensed soup poured over pasta and veg, covered in cheese and baked in the oven till brown on top. We call that pasta bake, (though I would make my own sauce- tried using condensed soup once and it tasted of just that - soup).

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

@@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6tsI have noticed that quite a few of our American casseroles these days are just simplified versions of other dishes-enchilada casserole would be an example. I make many different variations of frittata for any meal-from the most basic to a version that resembles a crust less quiche with lots of different vegetables and grated cheese and/or breadcrumbs on top

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 thank you for your answer. So, would you call a frittata a casserole then? If so, how do Americans define a casserole?

[@juicyfruit382]

That was a really weird ending.

[@Bazonthebass]

You can't beat a bit of Fanny. Modern cooks/chefs quite boring on the whole!

[@linzieloo1]

Yes and they think they invented cooking

[@cameronrdonaldson]

she shaved her eyebrows off and drew them back on much higher ? 😲

[@phillgreenland2390]

Love it. She's absolutely diabolical! That "casserole" looks dreadful. Only to be outdone by the sweet & sour onions ... with sultanas. Fanny Cradock never met a raisin she didn't like.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I just watched a movie about her and had to see her actual show. I love to cook and she is just fabulous

[@londonlady227]

Not helped by the black and white tbh, everything looks like treacle.

[@SuperMikado282]

Go away.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

I loved looking at a few minutes of this knowing that she ultimately crashed, lost her BBC contract and was hardly ever heard of again. The very first video I saw of this lady, just yesterday, turned me completely off. I thought she was uninviting, rude, and arrogant. So, I read up on her only to find out her story and how it ended for her. Boy what a fall from her throne she was on! That had to hurt badly.

[@IceAintNice]

You must be fun at a party! 🙄

[@williamf4544]

He dont get invited to any parties @@IceAintNice

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

I just heard Juila Child mention her, so I was curious.

[@markpestana3850]

The film 'Fear of Fanny' is worth a watch. Mark Gattis plays her husband too. I probably ended up feeling a bit sorry for her in a way

[@beardywally]

This woman truly sends fear through me. Shes insanely scary... i dont even know what it is. She doesnt even look real lol

[@christinastephanou5971]

She doesn't seem normal as though she's wearing a mask on her face.

[@HookBeak_66]

Fanny is a strong minded highly opinionated woman, who's often very amusing, with plenty of useful tips & tricks for impressive entertaining. That aside I wasn't impressed by (12:20) her handling of raw sausages to then grab a cloth to wipe her fingers, to then touch raw liver & onions, this doesn't view well in front of millions.

[@Ozziecatsmom]

Well it was nearly 60 years ago, I don’t think food safety was as rigorous as it is today.

[@HookBeak_66]

@@Ozziecatsmom It has as much to do with common sense, as it does with any level of food hygiene.

[@londonlady227]

​​@@Ozziecatsmom Having better meat helps The fresher it is, the less chance of contamination.

[@SuperMikado282]

We were tougher back then.

[@johnwright2911]

Awful!!!