Vegetarian Cooking

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

Vegetarian Cooking (Coast to Coast People)

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
1991-11-09
Sound

A demonstration of cooking vegetarian recipes and a discussion about vegetarian nutrition.

Vegetarianism and veganism are considered mainstream today, but in the early 1990s it was a lot more difficult to find vegan and vegetarian speciality foods. A lot of a vegetarian's diet depended on home cooking and vegetables. In the 19th century, vegetarianism was often associated with cultural reform movements, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was one advocate of ethically motivated vegetarianism.

Fred Dinenage, who hosts this programme, began his career with Southern Television in 1964, and continued to work with ITV until 2021. Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England between 1958 and 1981.

What We Ate

If 'we are what we eat', then we're definitely not who we used to be...

The British diet has come a long way since the days when lard, suet and condensed milk were the staple of every kitchen, and when 'takeaway' invariably meant a fish supper. We still love our fish & chips - and our Sunday roasts, full English breakfasts, sausage & mash and neeps and tatties. But today our supermarkets stock food and ingredients from six continents, and our comfort food may just as likely be curry, sushi, risotto, chilli con carne or peri peri chicken. This selection of cookery shows, news reports, adverts and debates gives a taste of how our appetites and our palates were transformed, as well as highlighting some of the food fads and fears that simmered up along the way. So take a seat, browse the menu, and remember: watch what you eat!

36 videos in this collection

School Dinners Suck

Sale
2004

Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals

1997

Organic Farming At Mangreen Farm

Mangreen Fm
1987-07-01

For a Takeaway

South Shields
1996-08-02

Foot And Mouth

2001

Curry City

Bradford
2000

Butcher Tours Schools in Lincolnshire

Grantham
1985-09-19

Health Foods Introduced to School Dinners

Stowupland
1985-07-09

Tucker's Crisps Use Unpeeled Potatoes

Norwich
1986-05-16

Here and Now

West Bromwich
1986-02-16