How to Wash Up - The Victorian Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มี.ค. 2021
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Lord and Lady Braybrooke are taking a trip to their London townhouse so it's a good opportunity for Mrs Crocombe to ensure her kitchen is in order. There's washing, cleaning and polishing to be done. Everything must be suitably prepared for when the family and staff return to Audley End House.
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She look right into my eyes saying “I hope you’ve learnt a little of something today” and I felt so judged🤣
And as well you should, keep a sharp eye on oneself, being judged is never an issue being found short of what is expected can be an issue. The kitchen is no place for being short yours and your families health depends on clean and safe.
That’s Mrs. Crocombe for you. Always with the scathing glances.
Can't wait to get home and clean my kitchen D: shame on me
Her mouth is so smart
I’m not crazy about her
“Pride in one’s appearance is vital, both personally and professionally”
Me wearing no pants and not showered for endless zoom meetings
Yeah, I felt the need to wash up and dress today. It does improve my mood, I've noticed! Even splashed on a little scent!
@LoveYourWhiteness #blessed this comment deserves as many likes as the one it has responded to
I'm like that in the office rn
That's what I love about my office, nobody gives a shit. I work construction but in the office, so the majority of my coworkers are filthy smelly construction workers so i fit right in. Yesterday our accountant stopped by for some tax stuff and she brought a german shepard who spent half the day passed out on the floor. I can fart with reckless abandon.
Lol gotta love zoom lol
Me : it's 2AM ,I really need to sleep now
My brain : but i wanna know how Victorians washed their dishes
Literally me right now XD
@@ashessakura7518 LOL! Me as well! :)
3 AM for me 😉
@@fwgolfgirl 3:53 for me 😸
Scarey, 2am on the dot right now for me
*Mrs. Crocombe* : “I’m not sure it’s as good.” **glares**
**Copper cleaner stocks drop to zero**
😁😁😁😅
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Oh, dear, noone escapes Mrs. Crocombe's wrath. Even the cloths get scolded.....
😂😂😂 "Shame on you, cloths, for being mucky! I must get the scullery maid to scald those cloths promptly."
Poor clothes
They're always in hot water when she's around.
😂 😂 😂
Scolded and scalded lol
Can't wait for my flatmate to walk in on me scrubbing the frying pan with an old piece of bread after my 1am cheese toastie snack
Actually, salt with that bread works better and doesn't scratch the finish. Just sprinkle in the salt and rub with the bread, voila! Clean skillet, no water.
@@DodiTov Is that regular table salt?
I was so shocked that bread was the original sponge!!!
Also, I'm today years old on this channel, is there any lore I ought to know?
@@ayesha36 Yes. I like Kosher (Rock) salt better, but table salt works fine.
@@rosemali3022 oh, you sweet summer child lol. You missed the Great Pigeon Feet Debacle. 😄
When I was a kid, I used to clean our copper bottom pots with copper cleaner. My mom quit having me do that after I developed a horrible rash on my arm that wouldn't go away. Whatever's in that stuff, it's nasty. Points for Mrs. Crocombe.
I've found that ketchup will do a fine job of cleaning copper bottom pots. Put a layer on, and leave it for a few minutes, and the acidity takes the tarnish off nicely.
Could be an allergic reaction or sensitivity to the metal. I have the same reaction to nickel jewelry but my friends are fine with it.
I'm sure it's made from only the finest Chinese chemicals.
@@Assdafflabaff What does China have to do with this?
@@andycalimara Obv they are implying all chemicals have Chinese ancestors, keep up mate
Mrs. Crocombe is a wise woman. She and Mrs. Patmore should have lunch sometime.
A lunch prepared by Mrs. Bird and (oop!) served by Ethel.
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@@ChrisStargazer Oop?
@@KyrstOak as in “oops!,” since i know much was made of ethel’s other “work” as a “woman of comfort” that much of downton abbey didn’t want to be associated with her whatsoever, much less have her serve at a dinner or banquet.
@@ChrisStargazer Ah, I see.
I swear, everything in that kitchen is sterilized just from the heat of the stern looks she gives us when she lectures us on how to clean things. Makes me want to curtsy and tell her, “Yes, ma’am!”
(Curtsey) yesmscrocombe (scurries away)
I wouldn't last two minutes with her, I'm not the tipe to yes ma'am no ma'am.
Thank God I was not borne in Ingland.Continental ,that's me.
With the absolute fire in her looks, the house must be on fire by now.
Ok Maryanne
@@rnbrineg What? 😗
For this recipe you will need:
Soda
Soft Soap
Hot Water
Elbow Grease.
Dont forget-- stale bread!
And lemons
And a few girls to help.
LOVE this post!!
And the salt
**AND SALVE** for those poor abused hands. A good salve is: olive oil, beeswax, lavender and calendula.
The chief lesson I've learned is that I'm deeply privileged to have a dishwasher.
AMEN to that!
Tbh I've lived in places with and without a dishwasher, and you do get used to doing the dishes by hand quite quickly. xD
Haha true , however , if owning such valuable china crockery, that can’t be washed in the dishwasher 😀
You definitely shouldn't put china or copper pans in a dishwasher.
I find I am just really grateful for my synthetic pot scrubbers. life is so easy with them to help clean 😀 (no dishwasher in my apt.)
"i hope you learned.......................a little or something...." oh Mrs Crocombe, that subtle pause, the shade of all the shades.
Me, at home, looking sternly at the dishes in the sink:
"YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL I GET THE STALE BREAD OUT."
Mrs Crocombe improves my mood by 20000%
The shade thrown at copper cleaner, can you IMAGINE how Mrs Crocombe would react to the modern dishwasher?
Exactly!
Not only Mrs. Crocombe, but my mother, omg. Mamma is pretty much pure 1950's new england housewife (with a dose of 1960's hippie elite thrown in) , when she saw how a dishwasher left a relative's dishes during a family visit, she said "Absolutely NOT!" and instantly stuck me and my sister on dish duty for the rest of the visit.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, I think she'd appreciate the help, at least for washing the everyday ceramics and cutlery. "To avoid stains, it is vital that you dry off residue water. And I will NOT suffer you putting the fine china, the crystalware or the silver into the dishwasher."
But yeah, my mom is the same. Tried to convince me that I don't need one, since I live alone.
... I pointed to both the fact that I own a washing mashine (remember Mrs Warrick's horror at these?) AND that I have a pathological disgust for dishwashing.
Or worse... Tide Pods. :P
Here after Mrs C. Parody by Novympia!
Sound advice and proof you don't need harsh cleaners to care for your kitchen.
99% of your household cleaning can be done with just soda, vinegar and soap.
@@artinaam Yes! I have a domestic responsiblities and cooking book from 1908 and it advices recipes how to make your own cleaning products. Most of the recipes called for baking soda, glycerin and lemon juice.
I use ketchup to polish copper lol, I was building a cedar fence one day at work for a family that had a copper roofed dormers that they wanted to shine again, I remember I offered to polish them if I finished early and requested 2 bottles of ketchup to do so lol
Lemon - Salt was my great-aunt's go-to for cleaning pots and pans, and I use it still - soda + vinegar if I need to remove some burnt on bits. Still, I am always grateful we have soap!
That stale bread must have been very stale!.
Lemon, salt, and ice cubes are still the best way to clean stained glass coffee pots. Some things don’t change. Lol
I learned that from my father in law. I still do it!
What do you do with the ice cubes? Well, with all of them?
Audley End is here again to lift up our stress.
"Pans with residue may be soaked"
**me looking over at the dishes that have been soaking for 44 hours** 👀 yeeaa
And did you use the other critical element, (washing) soda?
@@murdochm463 I am drinking a soda while washing, yes 😆
@@murdochm463 Is that what she meant by soda? I was wondering about that. I concluded baking soda but I guess washing soda makes more sense
@@monkiram yea washing soda is sodium carbonate instead of sodium bicarbonate for baking soda.
If I'm ever blessed enough to visit England, I'm visiting Audley End House.
Can’t believe I get to watch Mrs Crocombe for free 😌
Don't give them any ideas!
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Well... There is a cook book.
me not skipping ads so that they can keep making mrs crocombe videos
@@Bluey306 it's the least we can do.
THE SLEEVE COVERS TO PREVENT HER GETTING INK STAINS ON HER SLEEVES ARE GENIUS
Ohhhhh is that what those are?! I was worried for her sleeves tbh lol
The maids wear them too to keep foods and dishwasher sludge from ruining their clothing.
I'd need water proof ones tho. Im a definite sleeve roller upper -I can't wash or clean with my sleeves to my wrists. Lol. I'm sure I'd be called unlady like doing that in Mrs. Crocombes kitchen. lol
I think they should come back in fashion
@@monkiram They are called Foresleeves, and they have been around from the 5th Century. In the Tudor era, they were worn by all classes, and were generally worn by servants in the 19th century to keep warm, and to protect sleeves.
@@Emeraldwitch30butlers also wore them while polishing silver
it's crazy how fast our image of cookware has changed. When i was a kid people couldnt give away their "old fashioned" copper and cast iron cookware because everyone wanted modern easy to clean teflon coated everything. I remembered once going to a garage sale and trying to get my dad to buy a box of cookware that included some copper gadgets like these, copper pans, and copper pots for like 40 or 50 bucks and he said "we dont need that old garbage". Now that same stuff is probably being sold in trendy hipster stores for ten times that.
Copper cookware prices are insane. Only a pro home cook would get the best value for money out of them.
@@1Thunderfire yeah copper prices went crazy when oil prices skyrockets after 9/11 and again after the housing market crash. Chinas massive building boom hasn't helped. When I started construction work in the mid 2000s copper wire was still fairly cheap and now I had to reinforce my wire room door and started keeping big dogs
@@arthas640 I wish we could have another housing market crash. I might actually be able to afford a house then. 😐
Now we got stainless steel
A durable common and cheap material that can withstand a beating
I bought an iron pan for 80 EURs... Stuff's expensive !
Mrs Crocombe's disapproval of the "Copper Cleaning Product" is Gold XD
I want a movie about the Servants at Audley End. I love these characterizations and the information about historical processes used by these day to day people :)
Yessss like downton abbey but audley end.
Yes
I'd pay good money to watch that show.
I also want to meet more characters. Hopefully they will introduced the Lord and lady.
Good evening Miki, how are you?
I am here because of the Novympia parody and I am glad they pointed out that you exist.
The actress who portrays Mrs. Crocrombe is wonderful
And I was just wondering when will Mrs. Crocombe appear like Mary Poppins and sweep me up from my miserable life to my favourite escapist fantasy.
I see Mrs Crocombe i click. simple rule
I always wondered how they cleaned the pudding cloths.
Same. I feel my life is now complete..... ;)
I always assumed it was some arcane English magic.
I always wondered how they cleaned anything because I knew they didn’t have all our fancy new stuff of today. I wondered if the laundry cleaned them, and if that meant soap was used on food items etc
When the butter churn was scalded in the other video I wondered do they just scald all the material equipment.
@@AKayfabe i guess it had something to do with ashes
Mrs. Crocombe was so ahead of her time. First cooking tutorials and now cleaning tutorials. She's such an icon.
Well now you have to give us a soft soap recipe .
Typical "hard" soap is fat and sodium hydroxide (lye), and maybe some salt to make it harder. If you use potassium hydroxide instead, you get soft soap, which is also good for washing clothes. Historically, you'd soak hardwood ash in water to get potassium hydroxide.
Perhaps Ruth Goodman might have one????
We nee a Videowith Mrs. Warrick on cleaning the China and Glassware and a Video with Mr. Lincoln on cleaning the Silver 😊😊 who' with me?
I sure need that!!👍😎
And we need to know the stillroom maids and what role they are in
Yes to all of this.
It's always nice in the shade at Audley End!
PALMOLIVE HATES HER!
Clean your frying pan with this one weird trick!
10 amazing cleaning hacks from Mrs Crocombe, your jaw will drop at #7!!!!!!
My grandmother still used the old methods until she died in 1989. I grew up washing laundry by hand and putting it through the mangle, which I still have. I still use the old ways.
I’m Mexican and we make a dish called Carnitas. We use a HUGE copper pot over a burner but once we’re done using it I clean it with hot soapy water. Then I dry it thoroughly and next I use Tapatio Hot Sauce all over the inside of the pot. It removes absolutely EVERYTHING! All you do is dab all over let it sit in the hot sauce for around 3-5 minutes and rinse away 🙂 The copper is so beautiful after the chili does it’s job. The copper looks almost pink after. Hope this helps♥️
She runs a very clean and efficient kitchen for sure and is very knowledgable of every part of what makes that kitchen run well.
I imagine the kitchen maids’ hands would be so ragged and cracked after all that washing in scalding water. Ouch!
I think at that time, the dairy maid may save some buttermilk after churn butter to relieve the chaffed hand due cleaning & hot water... or some girls maybe already use some cream on their hand every night. at that time, they already had some cream for skincare regime, so maid use cheap cream is maybe already establish
Your hands get used to it. I work on a horse yard and I doubt much of our cleaning soaps have changed from Mrs C's day. My hands aren't soft, but they aren't bleeding either. They're also really clean from the saddle soap and hot water (no Covid here!).
The hot water was not the problem, the concocted lye burnt the skin to the flesh.
Try soaking your hands in hot Vanish ( Not!) and watch for results...
The episode on butter making mentions that buttermilk is used to soothe the hands when working with scolding water.
Thank you Mary-anne for the demonstrations!!!
Yeah it’s a shame few notice or thank her 😞
@@laurence82 Oh, I have a feeling that Mrs. C. notices and Mary Ann knows it well. It's just that respect, not verbal praise, is Mrs. C.'s love language.
Washing up was the one chore I excelled at at home for 20 years...
But Mrs. Crocombe showed me what a weakling I truly was.
This is the start to the English Heritage Expanded Universe Avengers video. Mrs. Crocombe and Ms. Patmore are the Tony and Steve of 1881.
Well, this is different. But quite timely! Hail, Queen!
Just in time for Spring Cleaning!
the one dislike is by somebody with a dishwasher
Or a dishwasher.
Or by someone who sells modern copper cleaning products.
Or someone who never washes their dishes.
Honestly these videos are what's kept me sane during the pandemic
legit having a bad day and a headache but then this upload came up, ...saved my day.
I'm still waiting for
"For this cleaning session you will need:..."
For some reason, this made my heart smile.
So Mrs. Warwick isn't kidding when she said that Mrs. Crocombe had very high standards of hygiene. Now I see what she actually meant.
My day instantly gets better when I see Mrs Crocombe. All my worries disappear
When will we learn more about the torrid affair between Edgar the gardener and Fanny in the dairy?
Indeed!
Lol
That would really make my day. Fanny's a hard-working girl, and is absolutely lovely. She flashes her sparkling eyes and blushes just so, and Edgar can't resist her. :)
@@mercidee1977 And what British lass can resist a gardener in a waistcoat?
Nooo not Edgar!
As Mrs. Crocombe said, the chinaware and silverware are under Mrs. Warrick and the Butler. They should show us how to clean these!!!!
For those who said they want to be born in Victorian Era, your chores probably takes 3 days to complete in Victorian time. So be grateful you're not there
Dr. Annie Gray rubbing copper cookwares with salt and lemon really makes my day!
I wonder if the Braybrookes are aware that she’s doing all these videos for us.
This Victorian advices on wash up is really useful for me this days. Here, in Russia, i don't have hot water now and wash my dishes using boiled water and ladle. So it's not just a fascinating history video for me😂))
I, for one, learned that Emma: A Victorian Romance was more minutely accurate than I'd ever expected.
YEESSSS! I love that show.
Ooh yeah, you can tell the author for Emma really tries to watch out for the details in her works (same with A Bride's Story, which has a completely different setting)
I LOVED that anime! Now I need to find it again...
Just when life seems to get too much, The Victorian Way always comes along to make it better.
Hey, how are you and the weather there?
"Pudding cloths must be soaked, rinsed, and scolded, then dried completely."
Listen, Pudding Cloth, your condition is unacceptable! There is no reason to be this soiled! I'm not mad, just disappointed. Be better!
😂😂😂😂
Scalded
That’s setting them straight!!!
Mrs Crocombe doesn't need to yell or scold. She looks and everyone burns in the fiery furnaces of hell with shame.
You made my day! ❤️
It's like this channel is reading my mind! Mrs. Crocombe inspired me to ask for a set of copper bowls (I've made the fluffiest quiches ever with their help), and while I've been fairly diligent, they needed polishing. I had copper cleaner on my shopping list, but I tried the lemon and salt method and they look brand new! Scratch a nasty chemical compound off the list!
Having the worst toothache of my life and this cheered me up. Thank you
I hope it got better. Tooth pain is the worst.
Mrs. Crocombe's "i hope you learned a little of something today." and her side-eyed look
is scarier than my professor telling me that during my zoom meetings.
Thank goodness Mrs. Crocombe kept a journal, though how she found the time is beyond me. It’s like a Time Machine
Of course there would be a video on how to wash up one day. Because what comes after every cooking session ......and then Mrs. Crocombe's shade on the industrial copper cleaning products :)) Wonderful video!
Of all the numerous times me and my man had visited Audley End when we lived briefly in the UK, we always seemed to miss out on Mrs Cromcombe and the rest of the household staff!
Miss Crocombe and those like her were obviously immensely skilled and accomplished even if this wasn’t appreciated
Always good to hear your voice, Mrs. Crocombe. Thank you for the advice.
I'm a achef, I wouldn't mind having Mrs Crocombe along side me in the kitchen.
I just love Cathy, she plays the role so perfectly.
Oh my god, this one reminds me of that time I miserably failed Ms. Warwick's test about ink stains 😭😭😭
Growing up my Nonna had beautiful silver. I LOVED polishing silverware with her. I also really enjoyed taking out all of her crystal from China cabinet and polishing and washing the wine glasses, special platters and things. We would do it every few weeks. I loved hearing the stories behind all of the items she was so proud of.
Oh, the instant stress relief when a new Mrs Crocombe video appears
@K Kr Totally, I wouldn't last an hour. If she gave me That Look, I would break down and RUN.
I have never been so excited to learn how to do dishes.
Such a stress reliever.
Oh I hope we'll get a peek into their city digs!!
Dear Mrs. Crocombe, thank you for stepping by and enlightening our days. Please do so more often.
“I hope you learned a little for today”
*man, even she knows that i learn a little on my classes*
I love seeing all the ladies from different departments. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy ☺
Good evening, how are you?
Hey, how are you and the weather there?
videos with mrs crocombe are the only ones that actually get views
I like the 'sleeves' she is wearing, a very good idea. I don't think I have seen those before in any period videos I have watched. Thank you Mrs. Crocombe.
They're really handy! The Workwoman's Guide has a similar pattern (in the cuffs section), if you ever want to make some.
I just love this beautiful series!
Seeing all the different moulds together feels like a Disney Channel TV special where characters from different TV series come together
Just watching this cures my depression ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She is the BEST thats all, adorable english heritage video
Please oh please let us join you below stairs for the season!
Yes, a new video! Thank you 🙏🏽
The sheer amount of work that needed to be done in a household of the times must have been staggering.
All by hand, no technology, just basic instruments.
And Mrs Crocombe? You are not going to find my kitchen lacking, no you aren't. I am the perfect househusband and the perfect sculleryboy at the same time.
How amazingly environmentally friendly is this! Mrs Crocombe wise and amazing once again
Yeah, I really like that; no water gone to waste, and no harsh chemical soaps.
I absolutely love watching! Stress be gone ! Thank you English heritage and Mrs Crocombe ❤️
God I love this series! More. I want more Mrs. Crocombe!!
I always love these videos - thanks English heritage! And thanks Kathy hipperson and the others for their great performances
Finally sat down to chill and what a way to start my down time....love these videos 💜 I wish more were posted per month.
“Or even dieeee.” Why did this make me lol?
yes!!! thank you! i suggested this video and I am so so happy! thank you!!
These bring me such joy.
The minute I hear the music at the start of this video, all my anxieties, and stress just washes away! Thank you for these amazing videos! We love you guys. :)
Hey, how are you and the weather there?
Mrs. Crocombe's quotes are ICONIC ❤ a true role model
I just love these videos.She does them so well and looks the part.Nice to learn how things would have been like in the big house or above stairs.Its very interesting and I love seeing all the old dishes and equipment.Thanks for sharing.👍👍
I love the cooking videos so much but the departures from food are always just as interesting, sometimes more so! They're such an interesting window into Victorian Life.