How to Make Rabbit Pudding - The Victorian Way
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January is often one of the coldest months of the year so Mrs Crocombe is making a hearty Rabbit Pudding to keep the servants warm whilst they are hard at work in the Service Yard.
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RECIPE FOR RABBIT PUDDING
INGREDIENTS
For the pastry:
455g flour
170g suet
œ tsp salt
170ml water
Butter, for the basin
For the filling:
1 rabbit, boned
285g streaky bacon
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp minced parsley
2 sprigs of time, chopped
6-7 chopped mushrooms
2 tbsp white wine
170ml chicken stock
Salt and pepper to taste
METHOD
Combine all of the pastry ingredients with enough water to form a soft dough.
Butter the pudding bowl, and line with â of the pastry.
Chop the rabbit and bacon into bite-sized pieces. Mix, season and sprinkle with flour and herbs.
Mix in the mushrooms, then add your filling into the pudding basin.
Use the remaining pastry to form a lid on your pudding.
Wet and flour a pudding cloth and tie this onto your pudding. Alternatively, you could use foil.
Steam for 1 œ hours, and serve directly from the basin.
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"For this recipe you will need..."
...rabbit eyes stare up at you lifelessly
đđ€Ł The one with an open eye hit me right in the âmaybe Iâll eat just tomato soup tonightâ place.
Anyone else having watership downs flashbacks?
I mean, eliminating animal product consumption as much as possible is the most humane thing. But if you're gonna eat meat, wild animals have led much more humane lives than the animals you buy at the grocery store. So hunting/fishing (for food, not trophies) is actually be the most humane meat.
@@winterkeptuswarm Agree and in fact, i'm fine with meat. The image just struck me as a bit surreal.
That Vegan Teacher :REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh god, I'm getting flashbacks to the pigeon pie
No rabbit paw to decorate this pudding!? You can tell this will not be served to the Lord and Lady, but to the servants!
At least there's no feet sticking out, lol!
Oh lord, the feet.
What do you mean!? That pigeon pie was delicious I even tried the recipe myself! I went out and shot my own pigeons too.
My favourite Mrs Crocombe video âš
I deadass expected rabbit's feet tp be stuck in at the end for "decoration". But I guess since this is for servants, they are not worthy of such extravagance.
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thats just for the lord and lady XD
Never been so thankful for being "under the stairs"
Rabbit served to the top table? Not in this house, well Rabbit is for the poor.
âFor this recipe you will needâ I did not expect those words to lead up to me seeing the lifeless carcasses of 2 rabbits on the table looking into my soul with their empty eyes
i mean.... you do realise where rabbit meat would come from, right...?
@@marycanary86 yeah but normally Iâm not the one butchering my own meat
good thing Watership Down prepared me for this
kind of like looking at your avatar pic đ
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Annie running in like an excited puppy, and Mrs Crocombe doesn't even acknowledge her... Savage.
I know, poor Annie! I guess she is of lower standing!
Maniac, legendary
She was so cute!
Almost choked reading this comment. The best!
I do think that is Mary-Anne, not Annie. Or rather Dr (Mary)Annie
Me seeing two whole rabbits in the ingredients: oh my... *pigeon pie flasback"
At least she didnât set the rabbitâs paws sticking out the top!đ
The pigeon feet! đš
The feet đ„Č
Or stargazey pie which supposedly has fish heads sticking up from the crust
Same..I be like oh no..
I feel like Annie watches Mrs Crocombe sleep
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And she has a framed photo of her on her nightstand.
I'd say she sleeps with one eye open at all times!
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How can you sleep when there's plenty to do in the kitchen!!
"January can often be the coldest month of the year"
**Cries in Southern Hemisphere**
*laughs in Australian bush fires*
*watches stilling on a QLD beach in January* Gonna skin me a rabbit!
Cries in sweden as we still have snow and it's still snowing (per usual..)
Southern Hemisphere? Try the Equator!
@@Raskolnikov70 AHAHAHA bruh 2020 and 2019 was a nightmaređ
When the world needed her....she returned
@isuri wijesinghe init
I was looking for this comment!
So happy đ
Lmao
Today's lot wouldn't eat rabbit.
Aaah, Mrs. Crocombe is back, and with her a bottomless pit of shade.
âBrown the top? Meh. Since this is going to the servants Iâm not gonna bother. đ€·ââïžâ
Yaaaaas
If an oven was on and there was room, why not brown the top crust? Everyone is working diligently...except maybe for the 'Upper Servants' who possibly can nip off for a sherry mid afternoon.
@@jamesellsworth9673 She has to remind the lower servants of their place, lest the entire household break out into anarchy.
AS SHE SHOULD
âThe lower servants donât mind if their dinner looks like boiled dishcloth, their standards are very lowâ. đ
The rest of the world: "This is a boiled cake."
Britain: "No, that's a pudding."
World: "This is a pie."
Britain: "A pudding."
World: "This is a sausage."
Britain: [slams fists on table] "P U D D I N G"
Genuinely. Boiled? Pudding. Sweet? Pudding. Pudding? Custard.
@@kyrab7914 INB4 the Brits show up to say "Well, it's the rest of you tossers who got it wrong!" about the pudding-or-custard question.
@@kyrab7914 you've got me wanting custard now đ
@@moony5097 sorry? đ I'm sure Mrs Crocombe's got a wonderful recipe
@@kyrab7914 nah it's fine. You just reminded me custard exists lmao
The extra "sleevelets" for protecting her one and only dress are fancy.
She is head cook so she likely would have had 2 or 3, though one of those would have, admittedly, been her Sunday best.
i love them. there was a really popular cook called kirsten hyttemeier here in denmark way back in a day. she did telly cooking shows when that became a thing and such. she was famed for her protective sleeves
I was thinking it was bc cold. Mutton sleeves
Unless you were stacked with money, back then the average person would have 2 or 3 outfits, maybe a 4th if they were really lucky. Clothes were all hand sewn so it would take days even for a more experienced sewer. And with most of the family needing to work to survive that gave little time for it.
When she covered the pudding with crust I was SURE she was going to say 'and here we have rabbit's ears, to decorate'...
Haha I laughed so hard about this!
đź poor little bunny. đ
"And as it's a rabbit pudding, I shall just add some ears."
@@ginasellers3207 I know, I love bunnies. đź
I was expecting rabbit paws đ€Ł
Netflix and English heritage need to hurry up and get Mrs Crocombe her own cooking based drama. Downtown Abbey with pastry
Try Duchess of Duke Street, it's kind of what you're describing. I think it's on Amazon prime.
Titled âDownton Pasties!â
@@Mel-cw5bn oh I'm totally gonna watch that now
I would binge for sure!
And shade. Pastry and shade because lets be honest, as much as we love Queen C, that shade sustains our souls.
"For this recipe... You will need..."
*Frantically searches for my pen and inkwell*
"In Victorian period servant hall staff were given soggy pastries often to be reminded of their position." - My history term paper
Maid Annie: *has PhD*
Mrs. Crocombe: We're considering you for an ENTRY LEVEL position. Maybe.
I squealed when I saw Annie run in, absolutely bouncing with excitement.
Clearly Annie has found a way to travel back in time and is posing as a scullery maid while gathering valuable historical information
@@georgewang2947 library and museums closed cuz of covid so she time travelled to finish her thesis .
IIRC, Annie herself has acted as Mrs. Crocombe for the House prior to these shorts being made.
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losing my whole mind over annie unable to contain herself as she fangirls mrs. crocombe
I thought that was Annie lol
She was way too happy to bring her some rabbit meat
I was so happy to see.her all excited tho đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđđđ
The fact this was "servants food" (albeit for special occasions) - and I would be happy to eat it even more than all the fancy food that she has made
Thatâs exactly the method my grandmother used for making steak and kidney pudding back in the 1950s!
My great grandmother entered service at the age of 14 around 1904 at a big house in Nottingham as a scullery maid. She worked her way up, I think to housekeeper and then emigrated to the US in the 20's. She didn't think the lower orders needed their food browned either.
Iâd love to know more!!
Wow thatâs dope
Mary Ann's great granddaughter,, is that you??
My great grandmother was Clara Brazier, her maiden name was Wright. We don't know a whole lot about her early years in service other than a higher level servant saw potential and took her under her wing. She gave birth to her first child during a WWI air raid. She trained her daughters and granddaughters in home economics like a general. I still do my household chores according to her schedule.
@@frankieamsden7918 would you be willing to post the chores schedule? :D
I love when she includes little details like waking up to ice on the water jug. Really feels like being in the kitchen with someone.
"When I woke up this morning, there was ice on my wash jug..." - Mrs Crowcombe (not a euphemism) đ
"Leave a pleat to expand."
Next shot the pleat disappears
WHERE'S THE PLEAT
Facing the other side of the bowl in the shot.
and the pudding never expanded lmao
@@beth12svist check again, she even turns the bowl again, no pleat
"And now we add the Rabbit Feet which have been soaking in Absinthe and Laudenum for three week"
Seems like thereâs a pudding for everything lol
There is.
Pudding pudding?
Welcome to Britain
Brits.
. . . b/c almost anything made with flour can be called "pudding." I'd call that a deep dish pie, but I don't think there is a difference - actually.
Who else is giddy when Mrs. Crocombe says "for this recipe, you will need....."?
I practically live for that line. đ„°đ„°đ„°
I looooove that part lol
Not me. We Americans have to pause the video and bring up a metric conversion tool to figure out what's going on in this.
ME!!
meeeeee
During horrendous times like these, this is the type of content we truly need- thereâs just something so comforting about these videos.
I will cook this next weekend! We love game here, and rabbit is one of the nicest meats you can get at the moment in Austria! Also! I made myself a pair of Mrs. Crocombe's sleeve protectors, after being inspired by her! They are super quick to sew and a real blessing, when you are in a rush or want to stay warm but also need to make a cake because grandma will come over for coffee!
"I've had the gardener wring the neck of this rabbit. Only the freshest and finest for THIS family"
"as they are a pest"
@@ax6356 "Much like the Irish"
Perfect for the next Mrs Crocombe out of context compilation
@@polyesterdreamboat Don't give her any ideas, or the next video will be something like "This recipe comes from a Mr. Jonathan Swift....."
@@Raskolnikov70 "it's a very modest recipe."
Whole Rabbits straight up display on the table like : đïžđđïž
I wasn't ready
Me too đđđ
I WAS SO SCARED đđđ
I was also shocked.
It's. Only. Resting. đđđđđ
Love this series. The background tune is appealing too. In the early 80s, when importers in the USA were getting many of their antiques from England, there was a place in my town called Morecambe Bay Antiques. My place was filled with pieces from there. This series reminds me of my life and youth from those years. Nowadays there's hardly a market for antiques.
If only this had come out last weekend when we had a rabbit to cook. The casserole was delicious but this would have been epic. And the delight of seeing Annie scurrying in...brilliant!
I could say Annie running in doesn't fit. But then again, she is basically representing all of us if we were in the kitchen with Mrs. Crocombe đ đ
Specifically when she was overly excited. Seems off putting. đ€
she's excited to eat the pudding
@@elliestar888 Most likely. In other episodes she seemed more reserved.
Mrs Crocombe said she is progressing to the kitchen, of course sheâs be excited! Itâs a far nicer job.
Indeed, scullery maid is a miserable job. Getting a chance to move up to the kitchens would be exciting.
4:25 Annie is so excited to help Mrs. Crocombe, it's adorable!
I agree. Annie running in like that was so cute!
And Mrs. Crocombe smiled just a tiny bit
âSoggy puddingâs good enough for the _lower servants_ .â
I made my first ever suet crust 2 days ago. Had the suet shipped from the UK because I couldnt find any where I live. It was guinness pie, tasted great.
if there's anything I've learned from this series is that you can make pudding out of absolutely anything.
thank you, Mrs Crocombe
Who else spent the whole video terrified that she was gonna decorate the pudding with rabbit feet?
Well theyâre supposed to be good luck right?
what about the little tine TAIL ?
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Or eats or tail!
Could we see more from the other kitchen help, talking about what they do, from the time they are awake until they are dismissed for the day. I would like to properly appreciate how long the days were for those below stairs and the type of work they all had to do. How were jobs divided? How much were they paid, and how frequently? How many days off a week? how were they treated by those above stairs and by Mrs Crocombe and Mrs Warwick, the butler or other staff?
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management covers some of this information.
They've also done a mini documentary called "The real Mrs. Crocombe"
mrs c: no
Weâre all lying to ourselves if we act like this woman didnât carry us through this entire pandemic.
The victorian queen of kitchens has returned to us
Indeed!
Victorian Gordon Ramsay
"This is a simple pudding"??? Ma'am, I set pasta on fire last week...
Omg... đ€Łđ
I'd ask how but I'm not sure I want to know
Erm...I think you'll find you're duty bound to elaborate on the hows
@@kwells179 Considering I have to use spaghetti like a match to light burners on my stove, I don't need to know rofl
Wow so quirky
"I'm Mrs. Crocombe and I'm a level 3 chef"
"And I've been the executive chef at Audley End House for 20 years."
Yass, our salty Victorian queen is back!
My beloved dog of 9 years passed away two days ago. Iâve spent the last two days feeling so lost and sad. This was the first smile Iâve had in days-like a surprise visit from an old, comforting friend. Thanks, English Heritage. đ„°
My condolences!
I'm so sorry. I'm glad this made you smile.
Sorry for the loss of your dog - a sad time. Glad Mrs Cromcombe brought a smile to your face!
So sorry about your dog, but glad this helped.
So sorry....
4:28 "And rabbit that I have skinned and filleted"
*Her maid comes with skinned and filleted rabbit
Savagery at its best
Youâre sick.
I am legit addicted to watching these videos. It's like someone rode a time machine, went back in time, and stayed in the Audley End House. I *LOVE* Mrs. Crocombe - from her cooking to her humor.
Is there any chance that we'll see Lord and Lady Braybrooke soon? We wanna see Edgar and Mr. Vert too!
Annie grinning so hard... All of us fan-girling with her!
We decided to stop using children around 12 for labor and get the older ones instead.
Victorian 12-year-olds: "I just got out of school and cannot get a job because I lack experience, but how can I get experience if no one will give me my first job?"
Less affluent family hired them
They may have been gaining some skills by helping their mother around the house to cook and clean.
@@paulasimson4939 Ha, yes! The famous "Victorian unpaid internship"!
@@princevesperal Wait, how long do you have to wait until they pay you?
Ah yes, I didn't realize I was due for my next dose of serotonin.
"For this recipe you will need..." will forever be a quote that I will remember in the future. Thank you, Ms. Avis Crocombe.
Me: hoping "rabbit pudding" is a cute name for something sweet.
oh.
Lol!
Ms crocombe is here to shield us from 2021 with her cooking
Not with this recipe đ lmao
Audley End House is looking lovely as ever in the fog and with those fallen leaves on the grass.
I keep wondering if this is a real place that is actually owned and maintained by royalty and whatnot.
@@demareewheeler639 it is real. And itâs owned by English Heritage: a government organisation that you can join that owns several (well lots actually properties (castles, old forts, mansions, places of historic interest) and ruins across the country and maintains them as historic places for the nation and future generations. Being funded partly by government, membership (which gives you free access to these places) and donations. Similar to the National Trust.
These also manage Stonehenge and parts of Hadrians Wall amongst other places.
So weâre just gonna ignore little Hops and his friend on the counter... lol
(Dr) Annie literally representing all of us with the fangirling over helping Mrs Crocombe
Can't even brown that crust for the lower servants? Mrs Crocombe is a savage.
They don't call the rich the "upper crust" for nothing! Lol
and since this is a *rabbit* pie, i'll add some feet for decoration
Rabbit feet are lucky charms, why would you add them to the pudding? Also the fur would be used for gloves etc. I think the bones could be used to make glue from.
@@solatiumz In her pigeon pie recipe she adds pigeon feet for decoration!
Mrs. Crocombe... Practically perfect in everyway!
When you think about it this is incredibly efficient and makes our current system seem so horribly dumb in comparison. The rabbits were pests and 90% of the stuff in that very full dish were from the property where it was served. In fact, other then the twine and the cooking utensils I think the remainder of it all was taken from the property. It then feeds and actually makes healthy and happy the employees who then make more of all of it.
We really could learn a thing or two.
Poor lower servants don't even get a browning!!!!!!!!
why would you waste the oven space, or even fuel on the lower servants?
LMFAO
But a roasting is always provided.
Give them a browning or you'll get the Browning đ«
Sucks to be a servant "here's your soggy pastry, enjoy!"
Steamed pudding pastry is actually moist, kind of like a sponge-pastry.
I know, looked god-awful to me, but I suppose I shouldn't judge without trying :)
It's like a giant dumpling with the meat and gravy on the inside. it's not gross.
Could the same ingredients and similar prep be used to make a rabbit pie?
Hot water pastry's lovely, being a servant in a big house was a better life than most, you got fed, had a bed to sleep in and clean clothes.
Never thought Iâd crave rabbit pudding in my life. I want to try this so badly. Looks so goodđ€€
I didn't expect to see the actual rabbit, so I am a little bit shocked right now a.kfjakl-fja
Almost dropped my cup of tea from excitement over the notification đ
Water bottle tho đ
I wish we could âfavoriteâ comments!
The 34 dislikes were all from rabbits. One of them was Bugs Bunny.
Bold of you to assume Bugs Bunny wouldnt enjoy this.
And Peter Cottontail
I forgot to mention that Mr. Herriman (from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) also disliked this video.
Some are from Snow White and Aurora. The princesses who love rabbits
Jessica Rabbit's fanbois showing up in those dislikes
The way the ingredients are presented is absolutely lovely. Itâs what caught my eye with this channel.
Lol her kitchen aid this episode was cute. Just a little too excited to be bringing her rabbit and taking away the dishes đ
One hopes Mrs. Crocombe is as appreciated at Audley End as she is by her viewers/fans here on youtube.
I particularly like the episodes where we get some commentary from Mrs. Crocombe that gives us insight into what life was like at Audley End-and in England more generally-during this period. It's interesting to see how customs and mores have evolved.
Mrs. Crocombe is back and so is the shade!!!
Love love love these videos. So glad they decided to bring Mrs Crocombe back. She was being sorely missed.
Mrs Crocombe is here to save 2021.
I was looking at the rabbits at the beginning đČ, and then I read "children stock" đ±đđđđđđđ
wouldn't be the strangest ingredient to appear in a Victorian cookbook
Commenting so CZcams knows I appreciate this content!
I also appreciate all the effort your entire team puts into these videos. They are calming, beautiful, and interesting! I like to complain about my 9-5, but at least I didn't start at 12 and spend most of my waking hours literally attending to other people... How different things can be!
I love how the thumbnail is Mrs. Crocombe pouring a âgenerousâ amount of alcohol into the rabbit pudding
Even the servants have classes.
YAY!
I will admit to freaking out over the rabbits, but when Annie dashed in all bouncy and eager, my son actually stopped his video game to ask what I was laughing about. Believe me, that takes some doing to distract him.
So glad to see she is back this year making these classic dishes! I love these videos and enjoy watching them. I sometimes catch myself rewatching the older videos because I enjoy them so much. Her cheeky, yet kind personality is a joy to see!
These videos are simply delightful! I tend to watch them several times! Bringing England and all its glory to New Mexico, USA.
No one:
English:BOILED THE PUDDING
We need to stop boiling from being a method of cooking
Donât the Chinese and polish boil their dumplings into soggy parcels?
That's what 'pudding' meant at the time, a boiled or steamed dish.
@@Uakkosu then we will not have stews LOL
@@__Hanasei__Levinus__ I am perfectly fine with sacrificing stews for the sake of injustice
Am I the only American who absolutely adores this series?
Love her in Michigan.
Nope, loving from Ohio.
I suspect there are quite a lot of American followers. There seem to be comments from all over the world.
Love it in Ohio, too.
All I wanted in the whole world was a video of Ms. Crocombe throwing shade at the servants, and y'all delivered. Doing gods work đ
Love the video, recipe and the lovely kitchen "help". As always a pleasure to watch Mrs Crocombe being amazing.
Watching the rabbit meat mixture thinking, to myself, pretend itâs chicken, pretend itâs chicken...
I've swapped out chicken thighs in rabbit recipes. Had a bit of an experience back in the day, & bunny just isn't appetizing.
I have used rabbit in chicken casseroles many time. No one can tell the difference.
"Subterranean" chicken :)
Your assistant is so eager and good natured, I'm sure she'll get on well in the kitchen!
Modern tip for meat puddings - use self-raising flour, or add baking powder to the flour. You get a lighter fluffy pastry. My grandfather used to make rabbit pie from rabbits he caught in the countryside, delicious in a pie or pudding.
Pastry for savoury meats is always plain flour, Cornish pasties as well as for Yorkshire puddings too, otherwise it's short, or flaky pastry for sausage rolls, and tarts..
I am so happy to see a new episode! Legitimately squealed with joy to see Mrs.Crocombe again!
Iâm a little disappointed they didnât show her crimping the pastry. I donât know why that act fascinates me so much.
And Iâm sad for the servants. I love a browned crust!
Maybe it's a hidden message to impulse the viewer to never be a servant? IDK
There's no point crimping a pudding that's covered tightly in cloth.
Oh such an unexpected surprise!!! I came here so quickly!! And wow your rabbits look like the bunnies we would keep as pets... Poor BunBun dies to feed the servants and still gets insulted by Mrs Crocombe post mortem... But that's the shade we adore our queen for!!
I don't know why but Mrs.Crocombe's videos give me a sense of serendipity, calmness and happiness
Mrs. Crocombe's Victorian way cookery videos is sooooooooooo relaxing! Thank you for a new upload!
I really appreciate you folx showing us the entire rabbit in this video. While most of us would probably get a processed rabbit from the market, itâs good to see how much closer cooks 100+ years ago were to the source of their meat
MRS C IS THE ONLY THING GETTING ME THROUGH LOCKDOWN #3 âïžđâïž
Omg I love these videos. So satisfying and just makes me have a warm, homey feeling.
Mrs Crocombe is back! Glad to have you back Mrs. I hope you and your colleagues find yourself to be in good health.
Mrs. Crocombe my queen I bow down to you! đ
I was starting to shake and get sweaty, this crocombe fix was way overdue, but I'm glad it's finally here!
I find a little mustard in the mix makes the sauce more flavorful.
My day immediately gets better when I see a new Mrs. Crocombe video