School Dinners Suck
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- 2004
Boxing Day (Farmhouse Kitchen)
Dorothy Sleightholme, Yorkshire's answer to Fanny Cradock, makes a meal of turkey leftovers in this seasonal offering from the Farmhouse Kitchen.
Tired of turkey sandwiches? Dorothy Sleightholme advises how best to spruce up those straggly scraps of poultry in this seasonal offering from her Farmhouse Kitchen. With not one, not two, but seven gut-busting recipes - from vol-au-vents to pate - you can't go wrong, it seems, with a dollop of cream and a dash of sherry.
In the light of today's ultra-slick celebrity cooking shows, Dorothy's assortment of beige-coloured dishes seems rather lacklustre, and the filmmaking a little heavy-handed (the camera keeps on rolling when Dorothy clears her throat or struggles to suppress a cough). But in the 70s the matronly Sleightholme was well known for her no-thrills approach to cooking hearty Yorkshire fare - the polar opposite of Francophile gourmet Fanny Cradock, who served up French-style dishes on the BBC. Dorothy must have been doing something right: Farmhouse Kitchen ran on ITV for almost 20 years, from 1971 to 1990.
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
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School Dinners Suck
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Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals
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Organic Farming At Mangreen Farm
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For a Takeaway
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Foot And Mouth
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Curry City
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Butcher Tours Schools in Lincolnshire
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Health Foods Introduced to School Dinners
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Tucker's Crisps Use Unpeeled Potatoes
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Here and Now
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Vegetarian Cooking
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The Dales Diary
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Bletchley Receives EEC Free Beef
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Council Buys 4m Portions of Frozen Chips
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Food, Glorious Food
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E Numbers in Everyday Popular Products
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Rowntree's Chocolate Factory at Norwich
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Introduction To Tea Tasting
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Cookin' in the Kitchen
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Cookin' in the Kitchen
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Casey Jones Mark III Range
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Meat Crazy!
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Two World Famous Things About Batley
Boxing Day
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Coca-Cola: Christmas Caravan III
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Good Food Video Cookbook
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Coca-Cola: Easter
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Don't Bring Me Back
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Sugar
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Food Labels
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Food Sense: Sieve
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Healthy Eating [03/07/77]
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Granny's Kitchen [26/05/77]
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Square Meals [15/08/97]
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Stork: Baking (Kitchens)
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