543807 Wed Jul 30 03:11:58 -0700 2008 17 33 Food Media and News 0 3913972 Newly available on DVD http://www.amazon.com/Two-Fat-Ladies-Jennifer-Paterson/dp/B00180IPR6/ Wed Jul 30 03:11:59 -0700 2008 10743 yayadave 1 3914005 Good, I really enjoyed this program. Wed Jul 30 03:59:57 -0700 2008 3913972 152622 cook52 1 3923728 I loved them. God, they were great. Fri Aug 01 21:55:54 -0700 2008 3913972 18222 maria lorraine 2 3924183 Thanks for the tip Yayadave. I always loved the Two Fat Ladies, not only for their cooking, they were quite the characters too! Watching their tours through the English countryside (on their motorcycle with side car) was an added bonus. A DVD to add to the Christmas list! Sat Aug 02 07:58:31 -0700 2008 3923728 50258 Axalady 3 3924229 Christmas list was my first thought, too. (Right after posting on Chowhound!) One for me and one for neighbor John. Sat Aug 02 08:22:02 -0700 2008 3924183 10743 yayadave 1 3924215 Thank you Dave! That was one show I just had to see each week. Such individual characters they were. Too bad about Jennifer.... and the absolutely horrible early life Clarrisa had. They certainly rose above their adversities and endeared themselves to a wide international audience. Long Live Butter and Cream! Sat Aug 02 08:14:00 -0700 2008 3913972 75332 Gio 2 3924233 And "bubble and squeak" Sat Aug 02 08:24:22 -0700 2008 3924215 10743 yayadave 3 3924242 And "Benedictine Nuns." Sat Aug 02 08:30:52 -0700 2008 3924233 75332 Gio 4 3924267 Oh, my! Just thinking about them makes me smile. Sat Aug 02 08:47:10 -0700 2008 3924242 10743 yayadave 1 3924448 When I was at journalism school a fellow student interview Jennifer Paterson for an assignment. She said she was lovely, but absolutely hatstand! Sat Aug 02 10:13:03 -0700 2008 3913972 110146 greedygirl 2 3924829 Hatstand? Never knew the word, and just went and looked it up. Wonderful word. Thank you, greedygirl! Sat Aug 02 13:33:38 -0700 2008 3924448 18222 maria lorraine 2 3924922 Jennifer, hatstand?! I'm gobsmacked! So much for the "Queen's English"!!! Sat Aug 02 14:16:13 -0700 2008 3924448 50258 Axalady 3 3925804 Hatstand = bonkers = crazy. I wasn't sure where it came from myself, and just looked it up. Apparently originated in a British comic called Viz. You live and learn. Sun Aug 03 02:23:16 -0700 2008 3924922 110146 greedygirl 2 3925028 There was a wonderful retrospective (maybe) that I saw of her life - it was so fascinating. Sat Aug 02 15:21:47 -0700 2008 3924448 10985 MMRuth 3 3925058 Do they run repeats of this anywhere? it sounds great but I never saw it. Sat Aug 02 15:40:39 -0700 2008 3925028 177237 sugarsnapp 4 3925112 I don't even remember where/when I saw it. I'll try googling a bit later and see what I find. Sat Aug 02 16:10:14 -0700 2008 3925058 10985 MMRuth 1 3926676 I used to catch them on PBS and always got a kick out of them. One the food was really interesting (they used things I had never used in cooking), two who they cooked for was always a hoot and three I got a kick out of the massive amounts of butter and bacon they used! Oh they were fun to watch! Sun Aug 03 13:10:58 -0700 2008 3913972 85738 libgirl2 2 3926816 i tried to find some online video for the show and couldnt find squat. oh well. Sun Aug 03 14:33:28 -0700 2008 3926676 177237 sugarsnapp