She wasn't trying to teach anyone to be a French Patissier merely showing the average housewife how to do something a bit different following decades of ration-type cookery and making something from nothing. Many of her basic skills are very sound and well worth paying attention to. In the 21st century I agree that some of the presentation is very dated but any modest cook would disregard that and present to their own tastes and circumstances.
I would LOVE to know what happened to Sarah! Who is she, is she still alive? I've never heard anything about her. If she survived this, she's a strong woman!!
What's with all the hate? She know what she's talking about. Even here in the US, I've used her recipes for dinner parties. People were hateful because they thought I was showing off...
Reminds me of my mothers cream puffs she made for parties in the 70's. Hers were peppery and stuffed with crab meat in cream sauce. Unbelievably good. And perfect a h'orsdeouves with a high ball.
She's a legend a real lady miss those days when a woman would be dressed up in the kitchen my mom wore heels everyday good old days nothing today can touch it and Fanny was part of it all
J W. No Subs Wanted My mother had six kids, put in many hours caring for us, and always wore sensible clothing for working at home, as did all of her kids. I wonder if your mother had worn heels for so long her calf muscles and tendons had shortened and she was in pain in flats. Of course I was in the US so it might have been far more formal in the UK. The only women I ever saw wearing heels and being dressed up when cooking, except for a dinner party, were on tv. :)
While I have made these I never heard the name before. I just called it cream puff pastry. I love the old pan she made them in. Cooking shows now have perfect brand new everything. They looked a little over baked.
Dawn E, yeah I think they were a bit too dark. I agree, cooking shows now use everything that looks like they just got it out the store. I like the broken-in look of her pans.
Fanny was part French that's how they did them in those days . At a time where she came from you would really only find them in hotels or restaurants or in Europe ect.
If Fanny was still alive no one would dare to criticise or troll her. She would have had their life! I even get nervous watching her now like she's the headmistress about to bollock me...and poor Sarah. I bet she was caged up between shows!
@@brendan-kailerlieb4347 They are not 'black' as you can see.If you bothered to listen she explains that this was EXACTLY the correct colour they should be,as otherwise they'd be soft and doughy.Maybe as a 'baker' you need to stick to making bread!?
I remember a film with Sophia Loren and Richard Burton from that time and in that film, Sophia had to explain to Richard (and to the audience) what Parma ham is... So, it's possible.
Aren't profiteroles meant to be covered with chocolate sauce? Anyway, petits fours are a hypernym for all kinds of small pastries. If a choux is small enough, it qualifies as a petit four.
How come at 8:30 just after Sarah has taken them out of the oven, hands protected with a towel, does Fanny handle the tray immediately after, yet not yell & or burn her hands?
It’s mincemeat which nowadays is fruit and not meat anymore back then mincemeat included fruit and meat. It’s just lots of dried fruit and some alcohol these days. Also omelettes can be filled with almost anything like crepes I preferably love my crepes with just its fruit fillings rather any meat, although I imagine there are people out there who enjoy it with chicken and whatnot. It’s like ketchup on pancakes some people like that, go figure.
@@Richtofenfan I know what mincemeat is and was: doesn't change the fact that hers was grey sludge with icing sugar! Omelettes can indeed be filled with anything... and yet, she chose the grey sludge with icing sugar. 🤢
Just been watching all of the episodes and what I've noticed she loves using rusty knives, plastic Tupperware tubs, she also loves her icing sugar, and aluminium foil lol
Benny Hill did that, very subtly, in his "Chinese Cookery" parody of Fanny and Johnnie. For years, I thought Benny had forgotten the dish was supposed to be very hot. Now, I know this was deliberate.
@@handsoffmycactus2958 Don't ask if you can't take the answer. Argue with the dictionary if you want. Merriam-Webster online dictionary: Paste = a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls.
She wasn't trying to teach anyone to be a French Patissier merely showing the average housewife how to do something a bit different following decades of ration-type cookery and making something from nothing. Many of her basic skills are very sound and well worth paying attention to. In the 21st century I agree that some of the presentation is very dated but any modest cook would disregard that and present to their own tastes and circumstances.
“I nearly had kittens! “ This lady is so damn extra and dramatic I’m obsessed.
I would LOVE to know what happened to Sarah! Who is she, is she still alive? I've never heard anything about her. If she survived this, she's a strong woman!!
What's with all the hate? She know what she's talking about. Even here in the US, I've used her recipes for dinner parties. People were hateful because they thought I was showing off...
Reminds me of my mothers cream puffs she made for parties in the 70's. Hers were peppery and stuffed with crab meat in cream sauce. Unbelievably good. And perfect a h'orsdeouves with a high ball.
I'm salivating!! I have to try that. 😋
I'm in my 60s and still haven't left my globule phase.
Priceless. Thank you so much for uploading. Enjoyed every minute
I just love Fanny Cradock.
I can feel myself becoming obsessed. I love this woman. Damn Esther Rantzen and her ghastly little programme. Assassin!!
When you think how RUDE Gordon Ramsey and others are, Fanny is positivly charming compared to them. I wonder WHY the hatchet job was done
She's a legend a real lady miss those days when a woman would be dressed up in the kitchen my mom wore heels everyday good old days nothing today can touch it and Fanny was part of it all
J W. No Subs Wanted My mother had six kids, put in many hours caring for us, and always wore sensible clothing for working at home, as did all of her kids. I wonder if your mother had worn heels for so long her calf muscles and tendons had shortened and she was in pain in flats. Of course I was in the US so it might have been far more formal in the UK. The only women I ever saw wearing heels and being dressed up when cooking, except for a dinner party, were on tv. :)
@TheRenaissanceman65 I thought it was her comments about Gwen Troake that brought about the end of her TV career.
The woman's a legend!
The culinary world's answer to Betty Davis.
Make up brushes to oil her baking trays😮😮!!!!!...yaaaasss!!!..i ❤ you Fanny Cradock!!..#goals
While I have made these I never heard the name before. I just called it cream puff pastry. I love the old pan she made them in. Cooking shows now have perfect brand new everything. They looked a little over baked.
Dawn E, yeah I think they were a bit too dark. I agree, cooking shows now use everything that looks like they just got it out the store. I like the broken-in look of her pans.
not only that she move the so called hot tray with her bare hands lol...... love me some Fanny
It’s called Choux pastry, or pâte à choux. She’s cooked it correctly
Puff pastry is a different thing isn't it ... for croissants and such?
Fanny was part French that's how they did them in those days . At a time where she came from you would really only find them in hotels or restaurants or in Europe ect.
If Fanny was still alive no one would dare to criticise or troll her. She would have had their life! I even get nervous watching her now like she's the headmistress about to bollock me...and poor Sarah. I bet she was caged up between shows!
I often wondered what Margaret Thatcher did before politics
I think Fanny utters some rather leftist remarks on this programme. Good :-)
You won't get any better a traditional recipe for Christmas or anytime marvellous lolx. 😀❤😀
I'm fascinated by that woman in the back, because she's moving in incredibly slow motion.
and thats that,,,
Watching her is like watching a trainwreck. She's too much. I love it! 🤣🤣🤣
She's no trainwreck. She's a genius.
And wiping a pastry with a damp cloth!! Jesus wept!
I know who would want to be on Snatch Game now
Your watching a master a work. More videos please
'The texture of it is that' lol, dont know why that was hilarious
Who the heck is that mute Cinderella looking down and sent away??
Her 'assistant'. Fanny banned them from talking on camers or even looking at the camera or smiling when in shot.
Those make the best soft donuts u make at Christmas Eve in Europe so many things can be made with one simple base
In the UK, we don't have time to make donuts on Christmas Eve...Santa comes, and we have Midnight Service/Mass to attend....
Of course there's no goo, they're burned dry!
They're supposed to be that colour pleb.
@@andrewpalframan4666 😂😂😂
@@andrewpalframan4666 , I'm a baker, and NO they are, dear. They are supposed to be golden brown, not black.
@@brendan-kailerlieb4347 They are not 'black' as you can see.If you bothered to listen she explains that this was EXACTLY the correct colour they should be,as otherwise they'd be soft and doughy.Maybe as a 'baker' you need to stick to making bread!?
😂 😂 😂
Lots of undercooked today and so fussy fanny Craddock was a queen in the kitchen.
It’s like bought cookies/biscuits. Half raw!
1:25 When you're in a bad mood and someone asks how you are.
CAN YOU SEE THE 'SEETHE??!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣
0:58 Geiger counter goes off as she approaches it.
She is so messy ! More like my cookery , todays cooks are so perfect I always feel like a failure when my kitchen explodes . 😊👍🏽🤣
Well this was filmed as live. Even if there is one continuity error in it.
Pastry cream for a month in the refrigerator? Salmonella anyone?
One couldn't by mini eclairs ANYWHERE in the UK in 1975?!? Really, Fanny, really?
I remember a film with Sophia Loren and Richard Burton from that time and in that film, Sophia had to explain to Richard (and to the audience) what Parma ham is... So, it's possible.
Was the film a remake of Brief Encounter ?
@@puffypuff9779 I think it was Brief Encounter.
Dig the Tupperware bowls
Who's watching the brilliant Fanny Cradock in December 2023🎄🍰👍
Call me a French know-it-all.... But those are definitely not Petit Fours. Those are profiteroles. And rather lousy ones, I may add.
Ah laisse tomber, if you slur your words enough petit fours and profiteroles sound the same anyway 😝
Aren't profiteroles meant to be covered with chocolate sauce? Anyway, petits fours are a hypernym for all kinds of small pastries. If a choux is small enough, it qualifies as a petit four.
So nobody's gonna say anything about her fingers stained yellow from smoking?? Gross. She's great but that is super cringe imo.
those eclairs are burnt. ms cradock is awesome though
Johnny's in the dressing room bashing one out while guzzling the cooking sherry !
@TheRenaissanceman65 Because it's funny that's why !
How come at 8:30 just after Sarah has taken them out of the oven, hands protected with a towel, does Fanny handle the tray immediately after, yet not yell & or burn her hands?
Have you seen Terminator ?
@@DavidMayOnline That I have!
@@DavidMayOnline LMAO
it's probably the same reason at 6:55 when she "fixes" the wonky eclair and the two mini buns are on the tray BEFORE she has even piped them on!!! 😜😜😜
And that’s that
“I had kittens” lol lol 😆, I bet she did!
I urge you all to watch the horrible omelette she makes with grey, sludgy mince... and icing sugar.
Doc Acher it looks like torture food 🤢
It's rank. Lol
It’s mincemeat which nowadays is fruit and not meat anymore back then mincemeat included fruit and meat.
It’s just lots of dried fruit and some alcohol these days.
Also omelettes can be filled with almost anything like crepes I preferably love my crepes with just its fruit fillings rather any meat, although I imagine there are people out there who enjoy it with chicken and whatnot.
It’s like ketchup on pancakes some people like that, go figure.
@@Richtofenfan I know what mincemeat is and was: doesn't change the fact that hers was grey sludge with icing sugar!
Omelettes can indeed be filled with anything... and yet, she chose the grey sludge with icing sugar.
🤢
@@DocAcher what grey sludge?
"And that's that". No fuss and no mucking about.
I wish she'd wipe the bottom of the spoon onto the bowl rim - then it wouldn't drip when going into the choux. I'm hungry now for an eclair!
Burnt!
Just been watching all of the episodes and what I've noticed she loves using rusty knives, plastic Tupperware tubs, she also loves her icing sugar, and aluminium foil lol
She brought all her own old stuff in. Seems BBC budgets couldn't stretch to some new kitchenware.
8:19 hot tray of puffs come out of the oven requiring a tea towel to hold it, then Fanny immediately holds onto the tray......classic :0
Benny Hill did that, very subtly, in his "Chinese Cookery" parody of Fanny and Johnnie. For years, I thought Benny had forgotten the dish was supposed to be very hot. Now, I know this was deliberate.
Lol, I use a make up brush for spreading the oil, sterilized of course
extremely messy cook
Self raising flour for choux pastry? That's a no no
And straight in with the eggs? Scramble!
Ive looked everywhere for the booklet x id love a copy..
I just did a search and it's all over the internet. There's a 'Kevin Geddes' reprint. Whoever he is.
@@FlyxPat okay thanks for that..
Why is she calling pastry ‘paste’ ???
Because that is the old fashioned (and correct) word for it. Things made from paste or the art of using paste was called pastry.
@@Knappa22 wrong
@@handsoffmycactus2958 Don't ask if you can't take the answer. Argue with the dictionary if you want. Merriam-Webster online dictionary: Paste = a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls.
Fanny is so horribly pretentious
but enthralling at the same time - quite a trail blazer - how times have changed
Damn woman! Those forearms! #lifegoals #fannycradockismygod