Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas Part 2 - Christmas Pudding 1975

Fanny shares her recipe for Christmas pudding and the method for making the old-fashioned 'round pudding', together with her brandy butter and the recipe for her Mum's trifle

[@zeddeka]

This was 1975 - getting on for half a century ago. Nobody had video recorders so you couldn't just watch it all again later. The booklet was really important because of that. You could write in to the BBC with a postal order or cheque and they'd send you one. A lot of other programmes had similar things. Also worth noting that Fanny was born in 1909. She's basically an Edwardian and lived through both the first and second world wars. This is a bit of history we're watching.

[@JUSTIN-ry4dn]

Today MOST “ AMERICAN WOMAN” DONT BODER TO COOK .. Just JUNK FOOD=CANCER Poor kids😢😡😢

[@papadop]

Just so everybody knows, all the instructions are in the booklet.

[@marcse7en]

Is that the booklet that was only mentioned 56 times, and which was available to the viewer 48 years ago? 🤣

[@themayalls5594]

😂😂

[@riskkerroo724]

I want to watch everything this woman has ever done. I love her

[@bostonteaparty3926]

LOL- you have GOT to be kidding!

[@ChadeGB]

I've never wanted a booklet so bad.

[@robcarrick27]

I'd love to get my hands on the booklet. I love these shows and watch them as a source of comfort and nostalgia. Helps tackle loneliness x

[@midnightson33]

keepcalmandfannyon.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html

[@midnightson33]

the recipes are all there on this website. The booklet is out there, used, but hard to find

[@dd7521]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@magzsara9892]

These videos are just priceless..Just imagine, before we had a comment section people actually put pen to paper, wrote a comment, bought a stamp and actually posted it.. Oh the good old days when the complainers had to put in a bit of effort..

[@mirandakerman3573]

I'm in my 20s and still send letters and postcards 😅

[@MegaStig25]

Or you could be Mary Whitehouse

[@magzsara9892]

@@mirandakerman3573 not to complain I hope ..

[@mirandakerman3573]

@@magzsara9892 nope

[@davemapp1571]

I was seventeen at Christmas 1975 & remember seeing these when they were first broadcast. Wonderful to see them again now I'm nearly 66. An amazing woman. Later to be a controversial one too. But here she is at her very best at a 70s Christmas when Queen were No1 with Bohemian Rhapsody for the fist time & we were looking forward to Morecambe & Wise on Christmas Day. Happy times.😊

[@Itsmellissaaaa]

Amazing woman? 😂 she was absolutely hideous as a person. This is what makes these so good and nostalgic she was terrifying. One of her many horrible traits

[@VivaColoratura]

"I've touched that bowl with the chocolate, haven't I - so don't write and tell me, 'cause I've seen it!"👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Even in 1975 people wrote their opinions where it was never needed. If only Fanny presided over Facebook!!

[@faithoffaith]

Every Christmas the BBC should broadcast this!

[@HamCubes]

"... and you see a lovely piece on somebody's.... on your side of the hedge." 😁

[@billydeeuk]

…or by the side of the road

[@MerryGoGirl]

"Poor darling, she's no nervous on television her hands are shaking." It wasn't the cameras Fanny, it was never the cameras. 😅

[@bostonteaparty3926]

She was a nasty woman! Mean and rude to everyone that is why she lost her show and they did not renew her contract after she humiliated Gwen who won the contest!

[@gracianomaso3333]

​@@bostonteaparty3926gwen? The woman talking about her coffee pudding? I saw that video and did not see any attacks from fanny trying to humiliate the woman. I have seen chefs acting much worse and nobody seems to care.

[@markgee5967]

@@gracianomaso3333I agree I watched that video yesterday evening, Fanny was giving critical criticism, she was just trying to help

[@mattchalk8679]

I love when she tells Sarah she can manage,so passive aggressive 😂

[@sweeney60]

We would ask for nothing less

[@scott72able]

‘It’s all in the booklet!’

[@stanbrown32]

Really more of a small book than a bookley ;)

[@GohAhweh]

I'm happy to see that people's general opinion of one of my favorite chefs, Fanny Cradock... has changed, In bed, more people have found her and love her.. Years back, not too long ago.. There were very few videos of her on KZbin and the ones you would find had mostly negative comments..I always stood as a proud fan and follower of this great gourmand.

[@emmajanewatts4388]

Thankyou so much for putting this on. It saves me trolling throu the tv cooking channels looking for it. Me and my daughter that’s now 12 watch these episodes every year as one of our Christmas Traditions x

[@internetsummoner]

That’s so cool !

[@yolandajones4990]

It’s a tradition of mine too! 🤣

[@emmajanewatts4388]

@@yolandajones4990 she’s 15 now, how scary that lol

[@yolandajones4990]

EmmaJane Watts time flies!

[@emmajanewatts4388]

17 now

[@get0kat]

I’d never try these but I love her humour reminds me of my grandmother very old school

[@zeddeka]

Fanny craddock was born in 1909. We're basically watching an Edwardian cook. This is a bit of history.

[@Girlybunches]

11:49 “passing critical bird” 😂😂

[@robcarrick27]

"...vaults of Escoffier..."

[@lordmartin2933]

I adore this woman! No Flim-Flam XX

[@sunkat76]

5:19 you can find Fanny's recipe for homemade Kryptonite in the little booklet

[@Greenguy60]

So interesting hearing her talk about how things were done "back in her day", especially since people compare today to the 70s so often. I wonder what normal things for us will become unheard of

[@zeddeka]

Easy to forget that Fanny Craddock was born in 1909. She was 66 here and born in the Edwardian era. She'd lived through both of the wars and the depression. She must have seen some huge changes.

[@bendrix1932]

It all tastes gorgeous!

[@ashleylucas5297]

Steam for 10 hours fucking hell gas bill nowadays would be crippling lol

[@lisab4207]

One he'll of an expensive pudding!😂

[@lisab4207]

*hell

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

My mom made a delicious one that took less than 4 hours. Of course, it was quite a bit smaller.

[@duncanb4835]

Along with the price of Lurpak nowadays 😂😂😂

[@faithoffaith]

I love how she says you can find everything in the booklet. Now you can find everything online.

[@cioccolateriaveneziana]

Except for this booklet. It's nowhere to be found.

[@aidanbowe3866]

Baby Jane Hudson...🤣

[@user-wb3jq8ow5g]

That's a really good one ! lol .... 😂

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Yes!!!!

[@Shayne_Muir]

I do find it funny how many times she mentioned that everything is written in the booklet you could make it a drinking game take a shot every time she mentions it’s all mentioned in the booklet

[@growingstrong1009]

Oddly , I dont like her personally , but Fanny's voice is so relaxing to me!

[@Jimmy_one67]

I’ve just fallen in love with Fanny

[@cclewes7373]

My Cholesterol has risen just watching this.

[@chrishopewynne2845]

Johnny her husband once famously said at the end of a programme ‘I hope all your doughnuts taste like Fanny’s ‘ !

[@marcse7en]

Not "taste," I believe it was, "And I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's!"

[@Engelhafen]

I didn’t know if this woman until I saw the film on her life on KZbin - not surprisingly, the Brits like to tear everyone apart and focus in the shortcomings of people. She seems to have given a lot of people joy.

[@jobellecollie7139]

Please upload any of these Fanny programs. She and Terry Wogan kept this F111 Pilot happy!

[@sissybast3842]

She’s been “allowed” to add more stuff to the booklet? Who is going to be brave enough to tell her that she can’t add what she wants?

[@papadop]

In order to work for Fanny on her show, she required her assistants to have their vocal chords removed.

[@cameronhamilton3717]

She loved saying "booklet". It was probably really a "book". I will call it a "booklet", just for Fanny.

[@smootzi]

It all looks awful, and I love it, love her

[@fabrizio483]

Why do you think it all looks awful?

[@benfisher1376]

It's really messy looking. Also who puts chocolate in a trifle?😐

[@lisab4207]

​@@benfisher1376Yes there are variations involving chocolate.

[@Paul2377]

@@benfisher1376True. Though Trifles always look a mess when they’re served. I think this version would taste nice though. Sponge, custard, chocolate and cream. Can’t go wrong really.

[@nickhickson8738]

@@lisab4207 And horrible Confectioner's custard that never sets - ghastly. Today you can buy liquid custard like that in pots. Revolting.

[@madabbafan]

But Fanny, is it in the booklet?

[@Rotary_Phone]

Just watched a BBC movie about her called "Fear of Fanny". It's a really good movie, and Fanny is quite the fascination character. I'm from Virginia, USA, so I wasn't really aware of her until I was watching an episode of The French Chef with Julia Child, and Julia mentioned her. Fanny is very blunt, and to the point, but she's interesting to watch. I love how she always refers to "the booklet"....Wonder if any of those "booklets" are available online?

[@apl175]

Reminds me of the "Seeds of Doom" episode of Doctor Who

[@sylvestercunningham2102]

Why did they never build her a real kitchen set. She was on for years and the set always looks like an appliance store display.😂

[@kaysmith8992]

I thought that was the norm until the 90s at least. Seem to remember some early 90s cooking shows looking similarly basic except for Delia and then Jamie.

[@seansmith445]

That woman was a star

[@bostonteaparty3926]

A hot mess is more like it!

[@seansmith445]

@@bostonteaparty3926 Yes, but entertaining with it.

[@emmajanewatts4388]

Here we are again and my daughter is 18 now. Where do the years go?

[@greengardengreen6666]

I would be shaking And Terrified standing next to you Dear 😄🤣😂

[@MegaStig25]

A passing critical bird

[@36ajames]

I take it in Fanny’s day presentation wasn’t the key. Just slap it all in a bowl and serve!!

[@Englishham]

I'm just wondering where I can get the cook times? Is there a booklet that we might hear about at the end?

[@DJLeroueHouse]

Did anyone else notice the cue point which they didnt do a close up on

[@ConnorAdventure]

Haha yeah 12:17

[@chrishopewynne2845]

The Kitchen Dowager Dragoness ?

[@johnlong8082]

‘Just one more dollop’! Mmmm, my mouth is watering.

[@lisab4207]

Silicone spatulas have made bowl scraping so much easier.

[@campbellfulton5602]

Is the booklet still available?😂

[@SweetHooligan1848]

I hope all my puddings end up looking like Fanny's.

[@tequilyps]

I think I've got these greatest x preponderance,

[@Marina-uo8en]

Her and villa were cut from the same clothe 😍

[@ventibreeze6648]

@ 4.53 did Fanny’s assistant throw some shade there? 😂

[@sylvestercunningham2102]

Will this be in the booklet????

[@leannestevens1711]

My mother in law gave me one of her cook books, wow, it tells you about how to be the perfect housewife, some of the things. Absolutely crazy. She scares me.

[@plasticbucket]

She travelled by broomstick.

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Very mean and evil woman.

[@TotallyLostSoul]

She was a wonder, really, wasn't she? Terrifying, but a wonder.

[@E.B.J.S.]

I am not going to give you a comment now, because my opinion is in the booklet (which is really a small book this year).

[@robcarrick27]

"...Christmas byoofay..."

[@user-be5xr9zc6p]

I still make homemade trifles to take me back to the seventies & go looking for ice cream Swiss roll.. so seventies

[@matthewperry848]

And I have a copy of the booklet in pdf

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Poor thing!

[@richardphillips1971]

I wonder what happened to Sarah, I know Fanny died several years ago, she was very eccentric and was our equivalent of America's Julia Childs

[@hedgemist691]

Was Sarah a relative?

[@richardphillips1971]

That's something to think about, she may have been.

[@ahhhlindsanityyy]

I read that she's Delia Smith, and Fanny does call her Delia right at the end when calls her over to decorate the trifle. I wonder why she used the name Sarah and if all her assistants had fake names.

[@johndaarteest]

Let's hope all your Christmas puddings turn out like Fanny's.

[@hedgemist691]

Does't the food look dated? Even for 1975. I bet it was delicious though.

[@zeddeka]

Easy to forget that she was 66 here. She was literally an Edwardian. She was rapidly going out of fashion and her TV career would soon be over and a new generation of TV cooks took over.

[@madabbafan]

​@@zeddekaThe BBC wanted rid of her and set her up on the programme where they knew she would be very critical of the cookery competition winner so they could use it as an excuse to get rid of her. Fanny's main replacement was Delia Smith.

[@nickhickson8738]

People today still scoff at the mention of Prawn cocktails and their ilk but I love them.

[@stevenwarner3391]

Who can possibly eat food after this many amphetamines? 😂

[@murphyreagan]

3 weeks??? I cane here from doo doo ball tik tok...lmao

[@melindaladner212]

So did I lol. And booger tree.

[@alliemaria532]

Only cooking fanny I’ve very seen

[@clearspira]

What is this booklet she keeps referring to? Was it something the BBC gave away at the time or is it what she called her cookbook? Either way it makes this show a bit useless to watch now as we are missing out on all of the essential information for these recipes.

[@Atari-stfm]

Yes it was

[@nathanjustus6659]

I think it cost 50p at the time.

[@MegaStig25]

When the programme came out in 1975 you would have been able to get one.

[@stanbrown32]

You may find one on Ebay. I bought one about 4 years ago from there.

[@zeddeka]

You could write in to the BBC with a cheque or postal order for 50p and they'd post you out a copy of the booklet. There are some books available now where they have reprinted all the info from the booklets.

[@Sally237-s4w]

Look how thick the tin foil was in thoses days,,it thin as paper now.

[@grahamebrown7473]

can you imagine Fanny & keith floyd together lol

[@dd7521]

Magic!

[@agenttruecrime399]

What is a "passing critical bird"? Is it simply a bird that 💩 on your roses because it doesn't like you?

[@SonOfFurzehatt]

That's exactly what she means.

[@SiL-uj2zl]

"Your side of the hedge" *evil look to camera*

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Really - Mommy Dearest meets Julia Child

[@TheNathanj2009]

Radioactive brandy butter hmm 🤢

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

The stuff of nightmares...

[@lakesideparkplace]

She’s amazing but I wouldn’t put that round ball pudding thing in my mouth lol

[@JosephKimJoeyBigTime]

ohmahh ghhhhahhhh can . i . marry . her......?

[@AuntyAlexG]

She's been dead since 1994 so you may be a bit hard pressed to marry her.

[@MegaStig25]

Are you Jimmy Savile?

[@psychosoma5049]

Might need some air freshener or get some fabreze……

[@kaysmith8992]

Is Sarah actually Delia Smith? She's a spitting image.

[@musictomyears870]

when british cooking was real and not in a plastic box for the microwave

[@zeddeka]

And food was famously bad. Where you struggled to find olive oil anywhere outside of a chemist, where it was sold to clear ear wax.

[@hedgemist691]

@@zeddeka Lol

[@jetblack.7186]

Where’s Johnny….

[@annoldham3018]

He was poorly at the time. He had a heart attack in the early 70s so fanny appeared on her own thereafter. But he was still around putting up with her until he died in 1987.😊

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Dead

[@JUSTIN-ry4dn]

🤢🤢🤢

[@RodKirkbride]

Everything looked and tasted like crap in the 70's. Especially Xmas nosh.

[@nickhickson8738]

But at least it wasn't full of Additives 'crap' as everything is today. No wonder people have so many allergies. A restaurant/cafe we visit within a local Garden Centre, on their menu has about ten allergies listed including Mustard, Celery and God knows what else. What's wrong with people today?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

She's slurring her words BAD.. been well into her cups by this point, I would venture to say..

[@petersumner7367]

Holly is toxic so not really that good to use.