Ruth Mott's Country Christmas

Here's another Christmassy you tube, this time from an old TV programme - from 1995. 

This is the link if the above doesn't work it's 30 minutes long but there are some ads. Ruth worked in various kitchens and then became cook/housekeeper for Lord and Lady Illife until she was 70. Then she answered an ad in the WI magazine for people who had worked in large Country Houses before the war. The BBC wanted to follow on from a successful gardening programme ' The Victorian Garden'. She became the cook on the programme - The Victorian Kitchen and then followed that with 'The Wartime Kitchen and Garden' and then her own programme - above - when she was nearly 80 years old.

My copy of the Wartime Kitchen and Garden that went with the TV programme

This programme is much more homely than something that was on TV the other night - a programme all about how M&S have a Very Expensive Christmas. I believe they were selling a Beef Wellington "By Tom Kerridge"  (does he make them all himself??) for nearly £200 and the whole Christmas meal using their top of the range food would be £600!!

I suppose enough people buy their things otherwise they wouldn't have them.

Day 9 of the coffee advent  yesterday was Mocha, so I'm getting quite a selection now.

My friend J brought back my two Nativity scenes that I had loaned for the display. She said they had had lots of visitors so hopefully raised a little to help. She said it was an exhausting two days, as usual for village congregations, there are very few younger people to help.