The Victorian Kitchen - Complete Series (2001) VHS Rip (DivX)

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THE VICTORIAN KITCHEN WITH PETER THODAY, HARRY DODSON AND RUTH MOTT

Video: ffdshow MPEG-4
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Audio: MPEG Layer-3, 48000Hz Stereo

9 Episodes ..each a seperate file.
Total running time: approx 245 minutes
Total Filesize: 2.30 GB
Excellent quality.


Quote:A follow up series to the hugely succesfull "The Victorian Kitchen Garden, Harry Dodson and Ruth

Mott revive the relationship between the head gardener and cook of a large country house, to

demonstrate how meals were prepared in Victorian Times.

This popular BBC 2 television series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in

Berkshire to show how the cook and her staff provided all the meals of the household from the fun of

breakfast,afternoon tea and picnic lunches, to the elaborate formality of the Victorian dinner

party.

Harry Dodson reveals the techniques which the head gardener would employ to ensure that the fresh

produce required by the kitchen were always on hand.


The kitchen which was restored for the BBC television series.. this is an insight into a bygone age.

The "upstairs/downstairs" image is of maids in starched aprons overseen by an outwardly stern cook

with a heart of gold, but what was life really like "below stairs" in Victorian times? Looking

behind the scenes at the vast collection of equipment used, from the dusty, smoky range, which was

cleaned and coaxed into life at 6 o'clock each morning, to the gleaming coppers which were every

cook's pride and joy, we also meet Ruth Mott, the cook featured in this series. She started work as a

scullery maid in an old-style country house in 1930, when mansion kitchens still ran on Victorian

lines. There are details of the Victorian culinary technique of preserving; of the five meals a day

prepared by the kitchen staff - breakfast, luncheon, tea, dinner and supper, not to mention picnics

and dinner parties.
Each of these episodes can be downloaded seperately if required.

(Folder) VHS 01:

01 - A Conversation with Peter Thoday
02 - Preparation for the Series
03 - Breakfast
04: Luncheon
05: Afternoon Tea

(Folder) VHS 02:

06 - Picnics
07 - Dinner
08 - Supper
09 - The Dinner Party.



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