As an American I only know Mary Berry from the GB Baking Show. It's a treat to see her nearly 50 years ago. She's always so charming. Unfortunately she was already having problems with her left hand as seen in the vid.
My goodness, I spent a good portion of my childhood in the 1970s and never heard of Mary Berry back then...until a few years ago. Guess I was too busy playing street football, making go-carts and watching Star Trek😃.
@@rosetintedworld1928 God yeah that name takes me back I remember catching the odd episode - Annie and her breed of sons, Amos and Mr Wilkes running the Woolpack
Wow! no Kenwood Chef, no electric whisk, pounds and ounces temp in Fahrenheit and marger-ine wonderful!! and Judith Chalmers to top it. As the song says I remember it well
@@Al-iv3mbThank you so much for your reply. Born in 1947 I have a ration book and ID card which are on loan to a Primary School for their WW2 display, I can only just remember Mum using the ration book at a local shop and as for Rickets I seem to remember being told in Infant school that certain was missing because of Rickets. You don't see children playing out these days, all sat at home tapping on their gadgets getting no Vitamin D (Sunshine) maybe we shall see the rise of Rickets again?
All the rage back then. When my gran had visitors that’s when she’d bring out the margarine and teabags. Ordinarily she’d have butter and loose tea, then seen as old hat
Can someone tell what is wrong with Mary's hands, the fingers look as if they are bent inwards and she still has the same problem now, is it a form of arthritis I wonder
No it doesn't. I made simnel cake for the first time this easter (not this recipe) and it's much nicer and lighter than a traditional Christmas cake and the marzipan doesn't melt.
The balls of marzipan represent the apostles of Jesus. Judas was one of them but was the one who betrayed him hence why he isn't on the cake (in decoration form)
Since they note that there are eleven balls, but they represent the apostles (or disciples), many people might think, why not twelve? She anticipates and answers that question.
That's what being a good host is! Give context, ask questions viewers may have if they are interested in following the recipe (eg, where in the oven should the cake be?) , comment on things to entice the viewers to go that little extra step (all the comments on the candied flowers), give context and commentary to make it more interesting and lively (why 11 balls if they represent the apostles?)
I don’t see why they needed another woman on this program. She must have been very bored standing there watching and trying to come up with a question to ask. Mary could have managed on her own quite well.
We'll all be jolly busy at Easter and don't want to be beating endlessly 🔥
As an American I only know Mary Berry from the GB Baking Show. It's a treat to see her nearly 50 years ago. She's always so charming.
Unfortunately she was already having problems with her left hand as seen in the vid.
My goodness, I spent a good portion of my childhood in the 1970s and never heard of Mary Berry back then...until a few years ago. Guess I was too busy playing street football, making go-carts and watching Star Trek😃.
1. Love that yellow bowl with the fish
2. Luxury marg-reen
3. One of the chickens fell off the cake
Love that yellow bowl too and how she says marg- a reen
Shes using a yellow portmeiron bowl called Dolphin ware
Really rather sweet. Thank you for sharing.
this takes me back to being a child watching Mary on farmhouse kitchen with my mum :)
Farmhouse kitchen wow that takes me back, my old mother watched that too, the hostess reminded me of the mother in the original Emmerdale Farm
@@richardphillips1971 ahh yes! Annie sugden I think it was
@@rosetintedworld1928 God yeah that name takes me back I remember catching the odd episode - Annie and her breed of sons, Amos and Mr Wilkes running the Woolpack
@@richardphillips1971 oh yeah Amos and that mutton chop beard! 😁
Mary is a nervous wreck in this episode for some reason, although still excellent as always.
EgoShredder She apparently said that she was usually extremely nervous when she was doing these.
she does not seem like it at all. she seems rather calm to me.
Chalmers is gracious and lovely, always at ease.
It's called cocaine.
It’s all about the timing! lol. I bet behind the scenes they were telling her to hurry up.
Wow! no Kenwood Chef, no electric whisk, pounds and ounces temp in Fahrenheit and marger-ine wonderful!! and Judith Chalmers to top it. As the song says I remember it well
Yes, oh for the halcyon days of rickets, TB and rationing
@@Al-iv3mbThank you so much for your reply. Born in 1947 I have a ration book and ID card which are on loan to a Primary School for their WW2 display, I can only just remember Mum using the ration book at a local shop and as for Rickets I seem to remember being told in Infant school that certain was missing because of Rickets. You don't see children playing out these days, all sat at home tapping on their gadgets getting no Vitamin D (Sunshine) maybe we shall see the rise of Rickets again?
Luxury margarine ehh??? Bahahahahaha! Damn Mary, you are a riot. 🤣😂🤣
Back then Paul Hollywood was still wearing shorts and playing with Legos :-D
Beautiful cake!
How well people spoke in that period . In comparison with terrible way of speaking today.
LOWE sonia It's more that only people who were of a certain class/standing were given the opportunity to be on TV shows like this.
LOWE sonia totally agreed
Languages evolve. People from the 1920s would think the same of how people in the 70s spoke.
@@Paul2377not really. My granny was working class Oldham but mum and her sister were taught to enunciate correctly and use correct grammar
Innit bruv.
Is she saying "luxury margarine"?!
Luxury Marga Reen! Love the way she pronounces margarine here!
Yes, an oxymoron but what the hey (?)
Mary Berry !!!
All the rage back then. When my gran had visitors that’s when she’d bring out the margarine and teabags. Ordinarily she’d have butter and loose tea, then seen as old hat
That's right Mary, I absolutely do NOT want to be beating endlessly at Easter 🤣🤣🤣
Luxury Margarine! Sadly, margarine and butter would melt me! 😊😊😊
The holy Mary made such a mess of the kitchen, I was shocked!!!!!
Would the paper cups have been very 'modern' at this time?
kettle chips plastic cups ;)
Can you make this cake. A week before Easter
I don't see why not.
@TheRenaissanceman65 I used this recipe to make Simnel cake on the Monday before Easter. The last slice was consumed today and it was still moist.
@TheRenaissanceman65 It is worth trying. Also I added orange zest along with the lemon zest (which Mary said you could do)
wonder could u use rather all spice instead?
Bianca Hotca You sure could.
Bianca Hotca I don’t see why not. And in any case, it can be nice to play around with a recipe so you get it to your liking.
No!!! Allspice and mixed spice are two different things!
💗
Language evolves
Can someone tell what is wrong with Mary's hands, the fingers look as if they are bent inwards and she still has the same problem now, is it a form of arthritis I wonder
She had polio as a child.
Didn't that marzipan in the middle melt away?
Melt where? It stays in the cake😂😂
No it doesn't. I made simnel cake for the first time this easter (not this recipe) and it's much nicer and lighter than a traditional Christmas cake and the marzipan doesn't melt.
Looks cramped.
Ooooh Judith, VERY firm and hard isn’t it!?
7:15
Oh yes, very firm and hard, isn't it.
l u x u r y m a r g a r i n e 😁
Did she actually ever bake anything in her show?
Because Judas the traitor is not on the cake... Weird comment lady lol
The balls of marzipan represent the apostles of Jesus. Judas was one of them but was the one who betrayed him hence why he isn't on the cake (in decoration form)
Since they note that there are eleven balls, but they represent the apostles (or disciples), many people might think, why not twelve? She anticipates and answers that question.
@@sean.furlong1989 I guess Judas was hanging out somewhere...
@@evertonporter7887 He was at Wetherspoons and the cheap pints.
That's what being a good host is! Give context, ask questions viewers may have if they are interested in following the recipe (eg, where in the oven should the cake be?) , comment on things to entice the viewers to go that little extra step (all the comments on the candied flowers), give context and commentary to make it more interesting and lively (why 11 balls if they represent the apostles?)
Never in my life watch this programme . The cake look like a piece of stone.
I don’t see why they needed another woman on this program. She must have been very bored standing there watching and trying to come up with a question to ask. Mary could have managed on her own quite well.
It's how afternoon TV was back in the 70s, recipes for housewives, watch Victoria Wood's Marjorie and Joan sketches for the perfect spoof
There is always a requirement for Judith chalmers 😌
I so agree. I would hate having someone leaning over my shoulder while I cook.
Because it was a show ran by men and they are not the brightest of producers.