Fanny Cradock Cooks Christmas Puddings *HQ*

[@rupert2591]

Untouchable...it's like a drug, once you start watching...that's it...she's got you. You sit in total wonder.

[@xtusvincit5230]

...wonder admixed to horror.

[@sunkat76]

all the charm of a psychopath

[@tiffanybazarte9973]

So true. I was supposed to do homework. But then i found myself watching her for 3 hours 😑

[@charlesbrain3872]

rupert von trapp haha I’m in my 6th viewing in so many days 😂

[@darrowoflykos4909]

So true. I’ve been in a fanny rabbit hole for the last hour...

[@ahoythespoonsareawake4617]

If you were a girl in the 70's you were surrounded by women like this. They were magnificent and terrifying. Total self assurance. Zero care for anyone else's way but theirs. All utterly marvellous and monstrous & quite frankly inspirational.

[@sunkat76]

and utterly devoid of insight. LOL

[@treasalynam8940]

I know I wish I could be like that... ugggghhh..

[@animaljustice7774]

Hmmmm they sound like bitchy types

[@queffmaster1392]

And now we have only fans and instagram models.

[@debhurd8898]

She's just terrifying 😃🤣 it's her eyebrows. LoL

[@Knappa22]

Oh god, I'm here this year again, watching Fanny. And it's not even November yet. There's something totally engrossing and compelling about this Christmas series.

[@jonny5777]

It’s the way she treats Sarah that makes me laugh the poor girl is always terrified

[@padraicodomhnall2760]

Imagine what it was like for her poor husband Johnnie! I read somewhere that he would find comfort and solace in several stiff drinks, poor soul.

[@animaljustice7774]

I bet Fanny wore the pants in her marriage

[@chriscalvert5887]

@@animaljustice7774 which one? Lol

[@dood1e678]

@@padraicodomhnall2760 Nah, according to those who knew her, Johnny's drinking was a mere shtick (stück, but who cares). I don't need a bully to make me drink. Therefore, I'm pretty sure Johnny was a saint. Anyways, compared to Fanny Cradock, even Daula Peen, the devil herself, seems innocent.

[@dood1e678]

Poor Sarah. I hope she soon found herself a better job.

[@MagnoliaEmporium]

I just imagine her with a cigarette in one hand, a martini in the other, and telling the most wicked stories ever!

[@davidspear9790]

She's the British version of Bette Davis!

[@peefuzz351]

"Wipe them incase there's been a passing critical bird " kills me every time.

[@annieroche22]

Can we all just take a moment to admire to cut of Fanny's dress. It really is fabulous.

[@holyshnikees1684]

“I don’t want you to see any labels, that would be a shame and a disgrace” lmao

[@fraserkatie]

Yep and we see the labels of a Lurpak butter paper!

[@animaljustice7774]

So upper crust British

[@emmajanewatts4388]

@@animaljustice7774 brilliant isn’t it

[@normlor8109]

so glad I found her by accident but could watch her all day!!

[@harbourdogNL]

What a lovely voice, beautiful delivery, and she's actually quite funny.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

???? She was a rude hot mess that treated her helpers and others terribly. That is why she fell from grace!

[@harbourdogNL]

Yes, she was actually pretty nasty. There's a channel that spoofs her with the occasional video that's quite funny, if not bizarre: www.youtube.com/@TheSecretGardeners@@bostonteaparty3926

[@rinkydinkydragon1]

"You see a lovely piece in somebodies... your side of the hedge..." I would have hated to work for her, I'd have been a nervous wreck, but she's brilliant to watch!

[@ameldancalippo6912]

Reminds me of Christmas in the 70's. Happy times.

[@animaljustice7774]

This is 1975. She’s 66 here

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

looks grim as hell to me

[@BlitzdUK]

I wasn’t even born when this was made but all of this food looks really delicious and I love Fanny’s firey personality 😂😂

[@XNyanko]

There's something absolutely intriguing about watching this lady make these dishes...

[@lynn2thecore]

She is fabulous and truthful. This is who tv is missing

[@Myplop]

She is a fantastic presenter actually

[@jeffkenrick3364]

She is fantastic. A born teacher! A bit of a harridan, but I love watching her it’s mesmeric!

[@morgansifer]

Lots of people think it's ok to ridicule Fanny Cradock, but it's worth remembering that she pioneered cooking on television post war. It was she who was the prototype for all the TV chefs we have had since. Her eccentricities and bossy nature made her all the more compelling. Above all, each time she cooked she would explain each stage properly and informitively without, I think, being patronising.

[@ballantynedewolf]

Oh she was pretty patronising, but yes I agree, she's a fantastic performer and she helped British people appreciate less bland food.

[@LindaCharles-sg6mz]

You are absolutely correct.

[@christopherhannaford6348]

I love how she says buffet. Generally i'm a sausage man generally, but after watching these. I am definitely a fanny man now.

[@Chillmax]

That spelling is a common misconception, it's actually Beeuwfay! Only sausage men get & can take Fanny - it's a funny old world ain't it! x

[@ohfrancotron8]

Are you guys talking about Mr.Sausage on KZbin!?!

[@shadesilverwing592]

My God....I absolutely love her! shes nutty!!!!

[@padraicodomhnall2760]

As a fruitcake!

[@gailraby1722]

what a wonderfully mad woman she was, amazing character.

[@TodayFreedom]

Laughing my head off at her commentary. She was an absolute gem.

[@cindyrose6444]

Love this! Her ring is fabulous 😍

[@MogAnarchy]

These are amazing - I watch them every single Christmas. :D

[@glamdolly30]

and me! I was a kid when these went out and only vaguely aware of FC - tho funnily enough my Mum used to do those hocolate leaves so she must have got the idea from Fanny! These shows always put me in a festive mood - Fannys terrifying and fascinating in equal measure, reminds me of my dear departed Grannie Florence!

[@kurtishall9492]

Me too. And in June. Or when I'm feeling blue. :)

[@krg1965]

3:42 "It's alright Sarah, I can manage" - beautifully passive aggressive. I'm guessing Sarah was strongly prohibited from speaking, even when spoken to. No wonder her hands were shaking putting the glace cherries on the trifle for the bew'fay - imagine the bark if she placed the greens where the yellows should go...

[@rah62]

@TheRenaissanceman65 "naturally rather aggressive personality" = psycho

[@rulofreak2711]

I work in kitchens and i have to say she's beeing very polite with Sarah 😆 People like this are the ones that are going to really tech you to do things, and makes you feel amazing when u do it. I love her 💕

[@Amandaclody]

I wish they'd show more Fanny on BBC2! Seriously though they should repeat her more, she's a legend

[@Chillmax]

I'm not sure whether the BBC's sold the rights or not as the show is often to be seen on the Food Network at Christmas.

[@jeremynv89523]

@@Chillmax most likely, the vast majority of the videotapes got wiped. That was quite the norm for BBC until the late 70s.

[@chriscalvert5887]

The BBC probably wouldn't show her now incase it offends some group or another

[@chriscalvert5887]

I reckon she wasn't as scary as she's been made out to be. She seems quite warm in her presenting style actually and I thought was quite kind in the way she spoke to her assistant Sarah

[@Chillmax]

I agree, a lot about her has been overstated, it was just fun to add that to her mystique. I do think she became very unpopular with BBC management & that's why the did her in after the Big Time fiasco, it was all nonsense!

[@sutrasofdelight]

The jewelry is incredible, I bet her collection was magical

[@Chillmax]

T'was an era of big pieces, the 60's & 70's, then add to that Cradocks larger than life persona, eye catching jewellery was the only way to go. Love your little Christmas tree brooch there Jared, I have a few inherited from my Granny that may be coming out soon 😁🎄. Have a great day. Max

[@rosechardonnay5351]

Fanny was a frightening woman to say the least but positively mesmerizing to watch. I would have hated being her assistant! She was obviously very eccentric!

[@Talentedtadpole]

+Kari O'Kay I have her complete cookery course - magazines in avacado pleather folders. Oh my - what in incredible camp fest! the magazines come up on ebay & are a complete hoot. You would enjoy them. There was a drama called "Fear of Fanny" about her life - it is on yt I think. You can never have too much Fanny!

[@rosechardonnay5351]

+Talentedtadpole I watched Fear of Fanny a couple time and I thought it was very well done! I would absolutely love to find some of her cooking booklets I have a collection of retro cookbooks from the 50's thru the 70's and would adore having a Fanny cookbook to add to my collection!

[@Talentedtadpole]

+Kari O'KayYes it was rather good. Fanny means someting else over her in Britain as I'm sure you know. The lead actress Julia Davis made an EPIC series called "Nighty Night" - HIGHLY recommended. Ohh - vintage cookbooks - yay! J'adore horrible food photography. Fanny's Christmas books go for mega bucks but magazines are more affordable on fleabay & amazon & more fun for being filled with unbelievable photos & insights into her bizzarre & pretentious lifestyle! Hope you can find them over the pond. You need more Fanny in your life xx

[@rosechardonnay5351]

+Talentedtadpole Thank you for the tip on "Nighty Night" I love British television!!! I really wish KZbin had more Fanny videos I know she made a lot of cooking shows but there are so few on here!

[@ceruleanllama5917]

I love how seventies this is

[@krg1965]

7:11 - "lemon squeezer... better than any that ever existed...." 7:20 - (quietly picks pips out of trifle)

[@angelsarereal6003]

I miss that 1960-1970's christmas tinsel....

[@Chillmax]

Lol, I know what you mean, the older I get, the cosier it looks! I started using Lametta again a few years ago, that gives the vintage twinkly look, but without the risk of it looking tacky; hang it as long and as straight as possible. You can see my tree in the candle review I just did, right at the end after the 30 minute point ;-)

[@robinnes2662]

*struggles with pudding* It's alright Sarah. I can manage.

[@rinkydinkydragon1]

Rob Innes hahaha! that made me laugh outloud :)

[@Knappa22]

That is such English aggression.

[@susanfryer1616]

Love it

[@susanfryer1616]

Wish I had the booklet

[@captaindingbat]

Susan Fryer me too!

[@JCWiley2300]

Video evidence that eyebrows are wholly superfluous.

[@grievousangelic]

"In case a critical bird passed by...." She reminds me of my Aunt Norene, right down to the contralto speaking voice and wardrobe.

[@Mark-rd1it]

Her cooking is like school cookery classes

[@dawne5139]

My first year seeing this. Watching from Canada. Loving it.

[@Chillmax]

+Dawn E Well we're all glad to hear that, but, have you bought the BOOKLET yet?? 😄

[@jayburris6252]

I do not know how KZbin recommended this video to me. I'm an American dude in the mountains of Colorado. I do not know this lady or the foods she is cooking but I am watching the whole video.

[@Chillmax]

'Howdy' from the UK, now get cookin!

[@Ac-ty8wp]

I'm loving all these old Tupperware bowls

[@richardadkin7226]

Wish there were more of these to watch. Christmas institution ever year.

[@Chillmax]

I agree! There are a good few, if not all of them on YT, there's 7 or 8 episodes I think, and I'm sure they were all here a while back, maybe they got taken down! If you keep an eye on the smaller UK 'food' channels in December, as I know they sometimes repeat them 🎄.

[@ravenhill_theAnglo-celt-1968]

wish i could go back to christmas's back then in britain, christmas now are not the same and have lost their magic.

[@Chillmax]

Magic doesn't just happen, you have to create it yourself, if you want it back, it's up to you!

[@melgrant7404]

@@Chillmax the magic is gone because everything is now so expensive and elitist.

[@Chillmax]

@@melgrant7404 I understand things are difficult, but they've always been like that, go back 20,40,60 a 100 years & people will always be worried or sad about something! Elitist, not sure about that, if you're not that in your house & you don't let it in the from door, just do things as humbly as you like 😁. I'm hoping to start replicating Fanny's recipes soon, right here, so watch it for that.

[@melgrant7404]

@@Chillmax yes will be watching! Love 70s xmas❤❤

[@barneyffc]

It’s been a while since I did it in the old copper 😉 love this I want that booklet!

[@Chillmax]

+Barnaby Ambrose You mean you don't have the booklet, shame, SHAME!! It's Ebay for you this weekend young man and enjoy cooking some of the lovely things from the show - oh I'm sorry, you can't, as you don't have the Booklet! 😄😄.

[@traviss6564]

It's more of a small book than a booklet

[@ChurchladyHmm]

Someone...please tell me why I am so fascinated by this production.

[@Chillmax]

Maybe because nothing else ever looked like this then or now?!

[@ChurchladyHmm]

@@Chillmax you're my hero for introducing me

[@Chillmax]

@@ChurchladyHmm Well I'm really glad you enjoyed it & thanks for subbing - Watch Out later in the year, as I have bought the booklet she mentions & I'm planning to try & recreate them on my channel ;-) I did have more episodes of this, but they got taken down, other people have them, so go & have a look for them, there are about 7 or 8 in total.

[@ChurchladyHmm]

@@Chillmax cant wait--am loving having something new to peruse with your channel

[@leeenglandland2978]

10 hour's steaming ! Buy one from Aldi and bung it in the microwave for 3 mins.

[@Chillmax]

Well I agree that does seem a long time in 2019, so maybe a pressure cooker might be an idea, but as to an Aldi Christmas Pud, as La Craddock might say, There are limits 🎄😁.

[@madabbafan]

To quote Fanny 'there is only one convienience in convienience food and that is in the profit for the manufacturer - it's a load of muck'

[@Amandaclody]

I hate cooking even basic stuff, the poor housewifes years ago had it so hard

[@southseastroker]

What a joy she was!

[@sunkat76]

I actually prefer these old style gas cookers with that gas eye level grill. They are so much more practical than the fancy built in electric ovens.

[@TylerBurnsOfficial]

She just OWNED me!

[@johncrilly3126]

im fascinated by her and i dont know why...i cant even stand modern day cookery shows!!!

[@nattybking]

Haha "don't tell that woman next door" such a sign of the times, people barely know their neighbours names these days, never mind sharing trifle recipes. I think its a shame that this sort of cooking show and the likes of Delia Smith are overlooked on TV these days in favour of the dramatised rubbish and bake offs that are trotted out week after week. If people were showed how to cook staple food instead of all the fancy rubbish in microscopic portions that nobody can afford to buy the ingredients for then maybe there wouldn't be an obesity crisis. Mrs Cradock is probably turning in the ground at the state of cookery shows as they exist now.

[@productplacement39]

+nattybking I smiled when I heard that part. That is very true. This show is practical and helpful even for people who live in this age, who have to cook while making ends meet, because not everyone can prepare over-the-top dishes that results in your grocery bill totaling to $500 just for one fancy meal. And yes those cook-off shows on tv are just discouraging and degrading to some of the contestants who foolishly aspire to become the world's next greatest chef. I rarely watch them because I can't stand to see the contestants being criticized and humiliated for not being innovative enough with their dishes. And then I come across home-cooking shows like these where the host encourage the viewers that it is still ok to make meals at home with just 5 ingredients that are cost-effective and time-saving. Very helpful.

[@cazfarri]

I came because of the fan fair that comes with her persona, but I stayed and watched more videos because I realized she speaks common sense and explains how to cook good food.

[@susanfryer1616]

Here here

[@billydeeuk]

I've touched the bowl on that chocolate- don't write and tell me, I've seen it

[@LittleLevantine]

Probably my favourite line of the whole series. It really gives you a sense of the sort of petty drivel people must have been writing to her.

[@adam4757]

My favourite is "shame and a disgrace" for her showing some butter papers XD

[@SuperCatman]

I think I might write the BBC about it.

[@Sailorzz]

"And you see a lovely piece in somebodys...👀 your side of the hedge" lmaoooo

[@TheMightyKilokahn]

I want to see more of her, I love it! 🤣

[@JevaisaNY]

hats off to her!

[@showjumper8384]

The recipes in the booklet ! Lol...She's awesome. Love her jewellery...Sarah can't keep u with her though...hurry up Sarah! Lol

[@matthewstuart720]

“One of these days you’ll see this finished, actually on the last programme” while dressing the tree 😆

[@millionseller001]

As the old story goes at the end of one of her tv shows when Mrs Cradock was cooking doughnuts her slightly drunk husband Johnny came out with the legendary words ' If anyone's cooking doughnuts tonight,i hope they all turn out like Fannys'...believe it or not!😁😁😁😁😂😂😈😈

[@stephenclay2763]

Benny Hill did a great sendup of Fanny and Johnny Cradock, along with the tipsiness!

[@WallyPyneoil]

One of these years me and my wife are gonna try that recipe.

[@rupertprawnworthy758]

Someone needs to reprint the booklet!

[@harbourdogNL]

"Dollop". "Bunging it in". It's like listening to my Mum and Gran. RIP both of them. Oh, and at 4:33 that's exactly the colour a Christmas pud should be be.

[@realnoahsimpson]

it’s just not Xmas without Fanny

[@Chillmax]

Well quite 🎄

[@hadelidell4285]

Je ne sais pas comment je suis arrivée là, peu importe. Cette dame est vraiment marrante, j'adore.

[@Chillmax]

Fanny would be delighted, she was a devotee of Escoffier & adored French, Vive La Revolution!

[@hadelidell4285]

@@Chillmax Ha ha, elle aurait beaucoup de succès à la télévision française, parfaitement le type de personnalité que l'on aime 😁

[@Chillmax]

@@hadelidell4285 Very sad that she won't be able to be on French TV; she is indeed more interesting to watch than the dreary celebrities of today!

[@asa1973100]

Always loved this woman & her cooking is just wonderfull xxx So so English

[@chrishopkins2054]

Sarah looks absolutely terrified

[@normlor8109]

this wonderful Lady must have been the hit of every Party!!

[@MEMORIA1316]

I've never seen her before! Love this!

[@paulpeden2893]

im gonna make my pud round next time. gorgeous and im making that trifle. apricot and chocolate is one of my favorite things

[@multimill]

Don't know if you ever made it but I did and it was delicious. I loved the use of sauternes as opposed to sherry and always use it now

[@realnoahsimpson]

so delightfully eccentric

[@paperchain1239]

Woman is a legend

[@arunr1331]

I love watching Fanny.

[@lebroy1196]

Ok, we get it, the recipe is in the flippin' booklet!

[@Chillmax]

You're right she does mention it a bit too much - but you know what you should have been doing instead of commenting here - buying her Christmas Booklet... it's only 50p, go on buy it ;-)

[@Chillmax]

Have you bought her Christmas Booklet yet, you know, it's more of a book than a booklet, it's that good!!!

[@lebroy1196]

+Chillmax Sounds very interesting, which booklet would this be, never heard of it, if only Fanny could have told us more, it might have been clearer...!?

[@Chillmax]

Lol, very good - I know, such a vague woman, if only, if only there was somewhere people would let you buy old tat, I mean thoroughly useful booklets such as this, if only............www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOOKLET-FANNY-AND-JOHNNIE-CRADDOCK-COOKERY-PROGRAMME-NO-1-1970-/401204174996?hash=item5d69a1e094:g:2TwAAOSw-CpX-9P5

[@Chillmax]

Well you're most welcome & thanks for the thanks! I only managed to tape a few when on BBC4, but I think about 2 years The Food Network UK showed all of them in the run up to Christmas, I think I PVR'd all of them, but didn't do anything with them, if I can find them, I'll try to UL them; but do look out for them just in case ;-)

[@bigbreadeaterellis]

gee she was beautiful....and so cute....those eyes look so innocent and vulnerable I just Love her so much...I wish I had known when this was being shown so I could have taped them ; (

[@Rotary_Phone]

This Christmas Pudding looks excellent! I'd love to try a classic British Christmas Pudding. In America we have Fruit Cake, and if it's done right, it's quite good too, around Christmas time.

[@Chillmax]

Christmas pudding can be really nice, although many Brits don't actually like it, as they were made to have very strong & dark ones as children. Look for Delia Smith's recipe's they're easy to follow & include various flavours, or you could try this one. You can part microwave & part steam to make it quicker & don't forget to make it well in advance so that you keep add extra alcohol in the months up to December. Custard, brandy sauce & cream are nice, I always have double cream with Baileys, we get it ready made in store here, or make it yourself & for me it's best with a very good vanilla ice cream, that really softens any strong notes in the pud. Yuletide Greetings in advance.

[@Rotary_Phone]

@@Chillmax Thank you for the tips, and advice! Happy Holidays in advance to you as well!

[@Icicle222]

How are we going to know how to cook this? You'd think she'd make a booklet with the details in or something.... ;)

[@Chillmax]

Don't be silly, Fanny's far too busy to bother with such a thing, if you don't know how to make this from pure good old fashioned common sense, then really you'd be too stupid to know how to order a booklet, which there isn't one anyway, so you can't order it, even if there was one..... which there isn't! Hang on, I'm not sure now, is there a booklet or not, Fanny, help us ;-)

[@susanfryer1616]

There is a pamphlet surely

[@willlovesgaz]

i know, silly cow that Fanny 😂😂😂

[@sambaanjie2163]

Any recipes

[@irenestephenson8624]

I scrubbed my hands before I started 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😅😅

[@themayalls5594]

The size of that pan 🤣🤣

[@Ac-ty8wp]

I have never heard of this woman but she is so funny. I thought you was a comedian. I really laughed when she said we're making a dog's dinner of it now LOL. Happy Fourth of July everyone

[@Chillmax]

A c Glad to know there's one more fan of Fanny out there 😄.

[@Ac-ty8wp]

Chillmax oh yes, i had to watch a few of these. She is so honest.

[@Chillmax]

A c If your really interested, the BBC made a drama of her life a few years ago called Fear of Fanny, maybe you might find it on a streaming site somewhere

[@Ac-ty8wp]

Chillmax ohhh cool. Yea, im gonna look for it. Thank you

[@susanfryer1616]

Love watching these videos

[@MediaWatchDawg]

Meanwhile, the same method can be used for delivering a breech birth.

[@bduhe219]

she reminds me of Auntie Mame. this would be Mame, if she was an English chef. 😂 manic, rapid, and with absolute confidence... like Fanny.

[@wtglb]

She's amazing! What a great find

[@diegorivera6500]

Custard in a refrigerator for three weeks!!!

[@sunkat76]

@John Whirling as Fanny intended

[@muk8804]

Yes - it was made FRESH not like the shop bought stuff now that lasts 2 days !

[@adrianoconnor5929]

10 hours steaming!! Have a gods stack of shillings for the gas meter!!!😂😂😂

[@Chillmax]

Lol, yes very good! Well Christmas always has been a time of expense & luxury & so this is all part of it. I think the way around this long steam is to use a pressure cooker ;-).

[@simon2k4]

I wanna try making that trifle 😋

[@Paul2377]

I'll make sure to add a trifle to my Christmas bewfay this year.

[@Chillmax]

I'm imagining your hostess trolley & frilly pinney as we speak.

[@enigma......7132]

Wowser's enjoy the e numbers in that multi coloured brandi butter!!

[@madabbafan]

We will

[@MsEcstreet]

Delightfully Kitschy! I mean, who dresses and wears jewelry like that just to make a Christmas pudding and trifle? (...love all the tin foil and plastic tupperware bowl!) Lord almighty, I thought she was a female impersonator at first! The 70's were wonderfully wacky!!!

[@leeenglandland2978]

14 hours to steam a xmas pudding, 3 minutes in a microwave will do it !

[@Chillmax]

I'm not a Christmas pud fan, so I'm not defending it, but if I did do one I would never micro it, that just seems wrong and for a special day, why not do it the right way; also I'm sure the long slow steam will give a far superior result over fiddling with its molecules for a few minutes 😄.

[@madabbafan]

Yes but shop bought ones are already almost fully cooked so just needs heating through. Here it is going from raw so yes it does take that long for that size of pudding. You can't microwave it from raw to fully cooked and edible in 3 min

[@danyaradimacher6581]

That doesnt look like a christmas cake it looks like something you put into a 17th century canon that then goes bang!

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

10 hours to steam.. leave a few days then steam for 4 more hours,.. bloody hell

[@maharal9]

That is the newfangled recipe. The old way was to start in January and let it sit all spring and summer. 10 hours steaming is so quick and modern.

[@deborasmr4u897]

This woman is amazing :)

[@Lee-sv8su]

Hilarious!! It’s in the ruddy booklet alright!!!!

[@Chillmax]

Oh my dear, you DON'T have the booklet, well I shouldn't really speak to you!!!!! Seriously though, I actually looked for it just before last Christmas & the only perfect condition one I could find was on Amazon for £30, so taking into account it was 50p originally, someone did pretty well out of that ;-) Is it any good I hear you ask, well, I never got around to looking at it last year, this year I've just moved, so it's hidden in a box still, so maybe Christmas of 2019 I'll cook up Fanny's booklet spectacular, I might even film it!!!!

[@bigbreadeaterellis]

whatever caused fanny's downfall I don't think she deserved to end up as she did a laughing stock. that so unkind and undignified. no matter what anyone says the reality is we are all imperfect and all make mistakes and until fanny lost her position on British TV she was a good cook otherwise no way would she have lasted so long. it's just a pity she her career as it did...I didn't know her personally but my heart goes out to her and by coincidence I was born on Feb 26th like her.

[@madabbafan]

The BBC deliberately set her up to get rid of her. It was her critisism of a lady on a BBC programme who had won a cooking competition for having a menu that was rich dish after rich dish which make the public turn on her.

[@lnteIIigence]

@@madabbafan It's funny, you always hear about people in TV being horrible behind the scenes. I guess that's ok, but if the public see the truth, you're out!

[@madabbafan]

@@lnteIIigence she could be quite beastly to other cooks and her assistants in public and on TV as well but this incident was against a member of the public and that was it for her

[@bean-pod]

Thank goodness for modern pudding steamers -- all that foil, YIKES 😬

[@Chillmax]

The entirety of this was a bad idea from the start. This is not how spherical puds are made, there is a fully spherical mould if you want this result, I have a vintage one & they were around long before Fanny did this, I think she just wanted to show you didn't need the mould, the confusion here is that she never mentioned that. I believe the sphere pudding comes from representing the globe & the British empire in the Victorian era ruling it, but most people have always just used a slightly rounded pudding basin & put it all in a classic double boiler. Unless I'm missing something, there's no difference with an old or new steamer, so other than Fanny's over complicated & messy foil, this process hasn't changed for centuries, the old ways are usually still the best 😁.

[@bean-pod]

@thebadtemperedbrit There's definitely steamers going wayyyy back (I even have a porcelain one from the 1800s) but there are some small differences I prefer. On the newer ones, the caps lock in place (the old ones didn't and many didn't have caps), the water doesn't accidentally get in (the older ones, you do risk this) and best off all they are stick proof (the old ones you had to butter and flour). The older recipes though, you can't go wrong. Those are the best hands down if you can and marinade the fruit for months prior

[@leeenglandland2978]

Johnny liked his mince pies to look like Fanny's Oh Err! missus.

[@leeenglandland2978]

@TheRenaissanceman65 Snowflake ?

[@marymoore1688]

Christmas pud, very moist, or should be, and we love it with drizzle of custard.

[@ralphiejacuzzi]

As an American I have absolutely no idea what is happening. But I am enjoying myself immensely.

[@Chillmax]

Well there's plenty of Fanny on KZbin, so as you Americans say 'Knock yourself out,' just think, strict Headmistress crossed with entertaining cook & your mad great aunt! The lovely Julia Child occasionally mentions being inspired by Craddock's methods & as they both adored the French method, it's unsurprising - Bon Apetit!

[@tobystimpson6483]

Oh Fanny, what a woman you were.

[@leeenglandland2978]

Her assistants were petrified of her.

[@BelatedCommiseration]

I have to say....it all looks absolutely revolting! But it is true....there is definitely a way about Fanny you just sort of have to watch :)

[@maxinebendix]

Does your brandy butter taste like Fannies?

[@midnightson33]

maxinebendix no, but my fanny butter tastes like Brandy's

[@scotthannan8669]

I prefer butter that doesn’t taste like a fanny

[@Dave12395]

Looks like clown vomit. Lol

[@SuperCatman]

Yes, and exactly as you wrote it too.

[@lnteIIigence]

@@Dave12395 Haha, perfect description 😃👍

[@sidviscus]

"It's alright, Sara, I can handle it." lol someone got fired that day