How to Make Macaroni Cheese - The Victorian Way

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Today, Mrs Crocombe is making macaroni cheese - a good recipe for the servant's hall, and one of Mrs Warwick's favourite side dishes.
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INGREDIENTS
Serves 2-3 people
Macaroni - 225g / 8oz / 2 cups
Parmesan - 175g / 6oz / 1 cup, grated
Butter - 110g / 4oz / 1 stick, plus extra for greasing
Milk - 600ml / 1pt / 2 ½ cups
Water - 1.2L / 2pts / 5 cups
Breadcrumbs - 2-3 tbsp
Salt and pepper, to season
METHOD
Begin by breaking your macaroni tubes into smaller sections.
Bring the water and milk to the boil with a good handful of salt. When it boils, throw in the pasta and cook until it is nearly done (it needs to be slightly under-cooked as it will cook further in the oven).
Butter a shallow dish (around 20cm / 8 inches in diameter) and put in half of the cooked macaroni. Dot this with a third of the butter, and sprinkle with half of the cheese. Season with ground pepper to taste. Add another layer of macaroni, dot with another third of the butter, and top with breadcrumbs mixed with the rest of the cheese. Finally, melt the remaining butter and drizzle it over the top.
Bake at 200c / 400F for 15 mins until the cheese is bubbling and golden brown. For a really good, crisp top, finish with 2-3 minutes under a hot grill.
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Thank you for watching and for all your generous support. Here’s some answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about this recipe:
WHAT IS A SALAMANDER?
A salamander, as well as being a fire-breathing dragon, was a large flattish lump of metal on a long stick. Heated until red-hot in a fire, it was used to brown the tops of things, with the radiant heat acting like a modern-day grill or broiler.
THIS LOOKS REALLY DRY!
Try it, and see! Cooking the pasta in milk (or indeed stock) makes the pasta very moist, and the copious quantities of butter also helps to lubricate the dish. Some recipes from the era add a little cream - but not much. The sauce-based recipes which are more familiar to us today, especially when thickened with flour, are much later. For many people, the secret to a good macaroni and cheese is the mixture of crisp pasta, grilled cheese and the slightly gooier texture within. This is sublime if those are the criteria.
WHY IS THERE HARDLY ANY SEASONING?
These are historic recipes. There is no right or wrong in cooking, merely personal taste, and the changing fashions of the passing decades. If you are making this at home you can, of course vary the seasonings or herbs as you desire. However, this is intended as a plain side dish, not a main course, and as such strong flavourings are not so important.
WHEN WAS MACARONI AND CHEESE INVENTED?
The combination of cheese and pasta goes back to the roman era: macaroni (which at the time meant any form of pasta) and cheese as named was mid-late 18th century. European immigrants took the concept to America (where the first published recipe books were generally American editions of British books), and as the two countries diverged, different versions of the same dish emerged in each country.
WHY WAS PARMESAN CHEESE USED?
Parmesan was generally used in recipes for macaroni and cheese: you can use cheddar, but at the time cheddar was one among many hundreds of British cheeses (sadly very few survived the food regime of the Second World War), and was not much used in cookery - and the popular cheshire cheese, which was, does not brown so well.

[@moniquemourao775]

Por favor libere legendas em português ou en Spanish .. 😔😔😔 eu amo as receitas e até faço algumas mais nao entendo inglês por favor en alguns videos tem as legendas do CZcams em vários idiomas mais em alguns nao tem nenhuma 😣😣😣. Desde ja eu agradeço muito . 🤗

[@supahbassdrumdomino]

This was very informative and I am a huge fan of Mrs. Crocombe. I did notice however the Mac n' Cheese as the Americans would call it, to be dry but I do know that this was prepared in the Victorian Era, were lavish preparation were not as what it is today so, it's okay if it's dry but I doubt if it's really dry in actual? Good job you guys!!! I glimpse in the past wasn't bad at all.

[@woutijland4983]

I have a question what is the name of the theme that plays in this series

[@margaretbarclay-laughton2086]

@Col. George S. Patton, Sr.Ah good sir but one must consider what period Mrs Crocombe has travelled from to share her wealth of knowledge. As to the bone, one would respectfully advise that you let your own cook return it to the stockpot before she shows her displeasure with the long-handled ladle or burnt dinner, although the latter might cause her great distress since no cook likes to waste food. Besides I am sure Mrs Crocombe will have a carpet beater secreted somewhere around the kitchen for those rare occasions when chastisement is required.

[@silveny2393]

Could you do bread at one point?

[@giovanniborgia2551]

"a drizzle of butter" has the same energy as "two shots of vodka"

[@yahia114]

LMFAO

[@jonnyace9198]

Yeah, it's lighter my arse

[@nodezsh]

@Jennifer Nicole It doesn't mean you can replace one with the other, it refers to a meme from a video where a woman was making a cocktail and said she was adding "two shots of vodka" and proceeded to add about a third of the whole bottle

[@Joe-fe4xi]

Jennifer Nicole A tad rude.

[@asifgul6123]

😂

[@akemi5082]

Lmao the dishes I can afford doing are always the ones for the servants.

[@hannahking854]

Made my day with this! XD

[@healinggrounds19]

They are the tastier dishes anyway!

[@Calla-sl8gd]

I was about to say the same thing ... can't understand why this isn't top table food.

[@SuperKim2981]

Which tells you just how poor we really are. Damn, we are even poor for those times. Wow SMH 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@miriambucholtz9315]

That's the sort of food I grew up on and am well used to.

[@HinaBoBina521]

Mrs Crocombe:
*walks in*
*sniffs air*
I t s m e l l s L i k e p o o r I n h e r e

[@syn.pai22]

This has me DYING! I caaaan't! LMAO

[@confused6564]

LMAO

[@Win090949]

ｓｕｃｈ　ｐｏｖｅｒｔｙ

[@iWriteWithPride]

I snorted so hard into my coffee xD

[@roseandstem8054]

I cant stop laughing 😂

[@emmanguyen3527]

The irony is nowadays we all cook servant’s food for our *fancy dinner*
So we’re basically: *below servants*

[@Xochilisdead]

As funny as that is, I thinks it's less that we are below servants and more like what was fancy and what is not is switched. Things that were fancy and sought after were made easier to get a hold of, like cars and delicate clothing. Where things that were considered poor ways of doing things fell behind until they were unusual then became sought after, such as wine or Shakespeare.

[@sovereign4107]

I really hope you aren't cooking crisp macaroni like that.

[@marmite-land]

In the 1930's, caviar was a low-budget ingredient to make toast out of. But due to the war and the over-consomption of said caviar in the 1950's, it became rarer. See how tables changed twice

[@smb2962]

Because English still live unter the foot of the Royal as subjects

[@WyattRyeSway]

Stephanie MB .....I don’t think the royals have that much power anymore. Just ceremonial mostly.

[@marknagel7899]

That sadness when Queen Crocombe judges you because you’re flamboyant and put sauce on your macaroni.

[@ChrisStargazer]

Mark Nagel, where’s your feather? 😊

[@marknagel7899]

chris inhawaii In my hat, obvs. 😂

[@marknagel7899]

Jason Woods I have many skills. 😂

[@phantomstranger8959]

We mustn't be decadent UwU

[@KorrieRose]

Nah dude, you good, gotta have that good creamy shit, cheese sauce is the way to go with macaroni

[@DoctorOctobussy]

Me: mac and cheese with sauce is great
Mrs Crocombe: disgusting
Me: disgusting

[@DottyGale8]

GoodishGamer LoL! That was kind of my reaction, too! 😄

[@nicerice8439]

Facts

[@dannyfox4156]

It did look dry by our standard! YIKES!!! But, still a great video 😁

[@kumokundomo9705]

I am teary afterwards...no milk😭

[@ghost_fueled_scarecrow]

OBEY THE QUEEN

[@charlestaylor5741]

“When I was a child a macaroni was a word for a overdressed gentleman, a flamboyant gentlemen”
Is...is macaroni a Victorian gay slur

[@professionalpainthuffer]

Short answer: yes
Long answer: the victorians had a somewhat more forgiving attitude to gentlemen's personal, private transgressions, so I don't know that I would call it a slur exactly, but yes.

[@aguyhere7945]

More a slur for someone who was trying too hard to look like they were above their station in life, I suppose would be the way to explain it. You know the sort, people that don't have money but dress and act like they do but anyone with actual money would be able to tell right away that person was just a poser.

[@dragondahl3828]

If I don't misremember, I think it was more a national thing. Like the stereotype of an italian man being overly flamboyant, translated to calling overly flamboyant men "macaroni". I may be wrong though.

[@dragondahl3828]

I was sort of wrong. This is what wikipedia said: "Young men who had been to Italy on the Grand Tour had developed a taste for maccaroni, a type of pasta little known in England then, and so they were said to belong to the Macaroni Club.[5] They would refer to anything that was fashionable or à la mode as "very maccaroni". [6] Horace Walpole wrote to a friend in 1764 of "the Macaroni Club, which is composed of all the traveled young men who wear long curls and spying-glasses".[citation needed] The "club" was not a formal one; the expression was particularly used to characterize fops who dressed in high fashion with tall, powdered wigs with a chapeau bras on top that could only be removed on the point of a sword."

[@ashleyseider351]

No it’s means a man who is dressed beyond his means. He tries to convey wealthy by dressing up but he’s as poor as dirt.

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

"I think this recipe is a century old, even older than Queen Victoria." THE SHADE OF IT ALL!

[@Juliet_Capulet]

🔥

[@itsbritneybyotch7471]

Lol

[@kashinimeyo]

That’s literally not even what she said.
“Some of my favorite recipes were written last century- before even Queen Victoria was born”

[@HeavensNoriaki]

@@kashinimeyo lmfao I was gonna say the same thing

[@raynemichelle2996]

@@HeavensNoriaki me too

[@hiddens2346]

Okay soo I was not prepared to learn that mac and cheese was a thing in the victorian ages..

[@MJ-cc4uf]

History goes back to Thomas Jefferson.

[@covishen]

According to the Townsend feed, it goes back to the 17th century.

[@johnbaird4912]

M J.
Before Even him

[@marycuff6352]

Would it shock you to learn mac and cheese is at least as old as the Middle Ages? Here is an original Medieval recipe: www.godecookery.com/goderec/grec6.htm

[@deathgodbunny]

Jefferson brought it over from France when he became president after learning it in Paris during the Revolution

[@mizmartini]

ily sis but that’s a macaroni biscuit.

[@chrysivory6202]

sophiathe1sstt 😂😂 that macaroni looked a little parched.

[@simi55mega]

My italian ass was crying

[@charlotteroberts4052]

😭🤣😂

[@carmenfigueroa4590]

You guys are too funny.

[@Lianel402]

Yip I have to agree. Not too appealing...it’s crying out for some sauce.

[@queenvictoria5615]

Did the cook just call me OLD!

[@MegaPokemon1997]

But your Majesty is old

[@melissaventura4569]

But you are old

[@ateezfan_xx]

But you are old your highness

[@s.f6851]

Didn't expect to find you here your highness

[@dawn5227]

Would one admit to one's age?

[@raquellamaya1857]

nobody:
college students: *WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN*

[@hoi2855]

A Charles the French fan I see. A woman of culture.

[@sirtrently77]

All I’m seeing is a bunch of college students writing down anything about the recipe while making stressed noises.

[@anvithamyla2854]

@@hoi2855 I am too

[@McScootyKins]

The thought of sauce on her macaroni cheese was so revolting Mrs. Crocombe couldn't even find the right words 😂❤

[@christinawolfe4255]

Oh, she had the words. She's just too well mannered to say them .

[@la_scrittice_vita]

"Foreign." The supremely unappetizing thought to an English woman of that era was foreign.

[@Tanyableu]

@@christinawolfe4255 hey, if you can't say something nice...

[@MrsBrit1]

She couldnt say the words moist, flavorful, creamy, or delicious. She replaced them with bone dry, hard, and flat. Omg.

[@bigblue6917]

@@la_scrittice_vita Foreign did not always mean from another county, it could just mean not something she was used to. Some foods are unique to certain parts of the British Isles and as such would be foreign to other parts.

[@sunsky4549]

Boss: “Why are you late to work?”
Me: “Mrs. Crocombe needed my help in the kitchen today.”
Boss: “Fair enough.”

[@currymonster6516]

I'm trying that one Monday.. Thanks

[@fashionistoxo]

more like why did you call out today😩😂

[@KanishQQuotes]

Well of course, servants need a meal too

[@felipebrandao7296]

"It needs a nice, golden-brown, crisp top"
Who doesn't, Mrs. Crocombe

[@francescoanastasio2021]

😂😂😂

[@emilyb.8219]

sir--

[@MooseCall]

I'll take a white , smooth one thanks

[@TheHomerowKeys]

@@MooseCall that sounds like how you'd describe a boiled egg.

[@Danka42]

@@TheHomerowKeys nothing wrong with boiled eggs

[@simplynessa15]

how did I MISS THIS JEWEL

[@mojo5398]

WAIT VANESSA- HI

[@noofk6208]

Omggggg nesssa dksksksodososk

[@Ainlee4]

How tf did you end up here??😭

[@Spenceycat123]

Hi Nessa ❤️

[@kewlness888]

I need a Mrs. Crocombe Uncensored series. I can tell she's ready to go off about sauce on macaroni

[@khills]

She's HILARIOUS in person. The actress playing her is just top notch with her timing, and her interaction with people who don't "get" she's playing someone from a different century is just - it's well worth going for a visit, if you can.

[@Vlad2319]

@@khills the did a video on the real Mrs. Crocombe vs the actress portrayal. You call tell the actress is a treat to be around.

[@khills]

@@Vlad2319 Yes, I saw that before I got to meet Kathy as Mrs Crocombe in person! (And we were actually at Audley End long enough that we actually got to talk a little bit with Kathy, too, and not just in character. She's really lovely.)

[@Silverheartpro]

Crocombe’s Kitchen After Dark is absolutely needed.

[@saltypotato9322]

@@Silverheartpro OMG THIS

[@yeon-jiim7210]

Is noone gonna say anything about the fact that it filled the whole pan when it went in and was a thin slate of cheesy judgemental pavement when it came out?

[@mizmartini]

Yeon-Ji Im ☠️☠️☠️

[@victoriamoraes4769]

Yeon-Ji Im CHEESY JUDGMENTAL PAVEMENT is my spirit animal

[@902d]

That pavement ought to taste good!

[@902d]

Concentrated goodness

[@jnalex100]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😝😄😄😄😄😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@CKalix]

It's so interesting to see that you had to break the macaroni instead of having it already made of small pieces like now

[@mossy_plant_boiii672]

She knew I was watching when she was talking about a flamboyant gentleman when she looked at the camera and laughed I swear she looked into my soul like i see you with your floral print crop tops

[@tajbarbie3338]

Yuck shameful

[@wavy6470]

@@tajbarbie3338 you are the one who should be ashamed

[@reneshau.3369]

😭😭😭😭

[@soktharsrey8908]

Mrs. Crocombe: macaroni means overdressed or flamboyant man
*screaming in gay* I’m macaroni

[@GeekyGirlsNightIn]

Please make macaroni happen.

[@mintchip5763]

Hello fellow Macaronis

[@Dogedadogo]

SAME 🤣😂🏳️‍🌈

[@OofusTwillip]

@Aiswarya Venugopal In the 18th century, the word "doodle" was vulgar slang for "penis". "Yankee Doodle" was originally sung by British soldiers, to insult American soldiers during the American Revolution. When the Americans won their independence, they made the song a patriotic one...but didn't change a word of it.

[@whitealliance9540]

@Aiswarya Venugopal aww you learned something new today, how cute

[@plena5808]

Me who just got home from school: I'm so tired I'm gonna sleep
Mrs. Crocombe: Would you like to rethink that statement?

[@Izlh05]

You got home from school at 7???

[@yas-rd2tp]

fucking hair is frazzled timezones luv 😌

[@aliciacastillerogomez6178]

@@Izlh05 did you heard about time zones?

[@dilanturkkan6319]

@@Izlh05 you serious?

[@swivelsenpaier6135]

Elena me right now lol

[@NikoroAya]

I tried this recipe since we don't run out of pasta during quarantine and might I say that this recipe is divine! I use to LOVE saucy mac and cheese but I ought to try Mrs.Crocombre's version to try something new and I absolutely loved it, it's crispy on the top and very juicy in the inside, it has a very light and salty taste so we ate it with salad and chips! (fries) thankyou so much!

[@boredgirl9564]

i didn't even know there are people who would try the recipe, i thought we're all only watching it

[@MegaHux]

@@boredgirl9564 Some of these recipes are identical to the ones we were brought up on.

[@jeanniesaenz8057]

bored girl I don’t know how to cook.So I’m learning.And this all looks so easy with few ingredients 😛

[@maggiee639]

I was thinking this must be good but not what we think of as macaroni and cheese. I’m gonna try it now for sure.

[@datdao6982]

do you need to boil the pasta first?

[@genevievecai]

“Tastes a bit uh” *makes an unpleasant face* “ _this_ is much letter and overall better “

[@michaelafischer6177]

She said lighter, though?

[@notagamer1898]

That awkward moment when your Victorian mac and cheese comes out looking like a breaded porkchop.

[@marilynhands1859]

Not a Gamer 👍🏻👍🏻😂🙄🙄

[@maharanianindya5707]

😂

[@lhughes6656]

😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@abigguitar]

Yeah, I was thinking that it looked a bit... well... overdone.

[@SecondEvilEx]

Lol

[@519forestmonk9]

I always love how she is slightly startled when she recognizes us in her kitchen LOL!

[@thefisherman6627]

Mrs. Crocombe: Oh! Hello! *startled*
*F O R T H I S R E C I P E Y O U W I L L N E E D .*

[@ereagan4]

Me too! It's my favorite bit

[@cifa9713]

@@ereagan4 yeah mine too😂♥️

[@tainor89]

In Victorian times they will call her a witch, talking to invisible 1000s of people from the future via time traveling camera!?

[@shawnaozz9920]

I love that you said “us” like we’re really there.... because that’s how it feels 😌

[@WakandaBabe]

"Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni."
Well now, that makes sense!!

[@danielleking262]

OMG THAT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME!!! 😱🤯🤯🤯

[@QueenOfKings0402]

🤯

[@Vjaynd88]

I sang your comment.

[@natsuum]

The comment section be like:
*Full of servants*

[@92You.]

Natsu.
Lol

[@somecynic808]

I’d imagine servants made up most of these types of residences anyway

[@skycm4380]

the funniest comment here haha!

[@Namron9797]

The Corona virus couldn't even survive Mrs. Crocombe's victorian burns.

[@prakashdixit6151]

@Jack comment of the year

[@Juliet_Capulet]

You could get a friggin' suntan being in the line of fire of those things.

[@mikailabroekaert9768]

Nothing survives her burns.

[@Menuki]

She throws enough shade to make vantablack look shiny

[@kylesampson3197]

Well, I don’t why this woman keeps showing up on my feed, but I finally watched and now she is my favorite person in the world.

[@demareewheeler639]

Mrs. Crocombe has taken us all behind her skirt, teaching us the proper way to do anything since we have had no guidance during this quarantine.

[@tylayuhbaker1843]

Her voice is so soothing to my ears.

[@TheElisabethMaria]

"It's served as a side dish"
Me, planning to eat the whole thing for dinner: 😧

[@kaitlynmckessy4250]

Modern-day humans are gluttons.

[@arikakarin2323]

Still.. As side dish..

[@jess9269]

Pro tip: *It's only a side dish if it's not directly in front of you*

[@poofychild7977]

@@jess9269 😂😂😂😂 LOL

[@screamforicecream3]

"Served as a side dish."
Me: But that's only a suggestion, right?

[@incognitoburrito7458]

“Some people pour a sauce over their macaroni and this makes it a bit um *smack smack*..... this is better”

[@kezkezooie8595]

Yes, she reminded me of my Edwardian grandmother when she said that. This is the macaroni and cheese that she always made and that we grew up on and is the recipe I still prefer. The sauced one really only became the norm fairly recently in Australia. Around the 1970s, when the Kraft packet version came out here. Nowadays though, the saucy one is the more common. I prefer Mrs C's version but don't mind the saucy one as long as it's not the god awful packet macaroni and cheese.

[@kezkezooie8595]

@@johnperic6860 :)

[@hms21793]

The shade of it all!

[@m.p.2534]

Even my grandmother is not a lover of these overdosing massproducted mac'n'cheese sauces, and I have to agree the crunchier the better. So if I dared buying Kraft Dinner mac'n'cheese, she would kill me ! XD

[@binhocrusoe368]

I haven't seen anyone cooking pasta in milk for thirty years. Thanks for reminding me of this delicious pasta preparation. Nowadays, the most common is to cook in water.💖👏

[@mateussocorro9141]

“A little drizzle of butter”:pours twenty gallons of butter

[@basiclawhongkon]

"This recipe is lighter, more suitable as a side dish"
Me : I shall replace grams of cheese and butter with ounces then

[@mya.y927]

I think ounces are bigger that grams

[@tagrisaj3344]

@@mya.y927 You don't say?

[@alison__16]

@@mya.y927 I think that was the point ;)

[@bazooka617]

@@mya.y927 i hope you are joking

[@joycetilzeykeeler8050]

What is a salamander?

[@josmey6981]

My brain: you should go to sleep
CZcams: oh look a recipe that you don't need but in the Victorian way
That's a lot of likes omg thank you sm 🤧🤧🤧

[@YoHungry]

Same

[@SoCalCaitlin14]

Josmey blanco lol me with literally every Victorian recipe

[@adonistira6369]

Lmao...but I feel so sleepy everytime I watch this series

[@mrclueuin]

🌆😴😑Cooking the Victorian Way is on!
😳😊😅Got chores Tomorrow!
😄😊😋But yummy food.
So...😩😴😑
🌃🗽

[@erick-gd7wo]

Yep..... my case as well but i *do* enjoy it.

[@mikeyd946]

I always like how she double takes and says “Oh hello!” 😊

[@lxmns3726]

“A drizzle of butter” legit has the same meaning as “two shots of vodka”. Mrs. Crocombe’s “two shots of vodka” is equivalent to Gordon Ramsay’s “Sprinke of salt”

[@shrooman768]

Ingredients:
Peasant souls, 3 table spoons,
Peasant tears, 500 ml,
Peasant will, 200 ml.

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

All squashed under a layer of good, solid peasant brick as demonstrated here.
Tip: Always dry and flatten your peasants before using, for that truly soul-crushing* depression food feel. One slab of sadness-and-sandpaper or two?
And toe-crushing if you drop it on them. Even the mice can't move once they've nibbled at this.

[@Dark_Vlaid]

I just spit my drink

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

@Thenerdicat 134975
We wouldn't want you getting above your place now, would we? Just be thankful you have this breezeblock of cheese and sadness, and not the soup for the poor. They're hoping to make it up to peasant status one day; until then it's one rasher of bacon between 500 of them.

[@Juliet_Capulet]

😂

[@RamdomRando]

I literally laughed so much i was at the board of tears at your comment 🤣

[@1Laurboch9]

For anyone who could be interested: this type of macaroni is actually called “ziti” and it’s used in some traditional pasta dishes in Italy! (Source: trust me I’m Italian 😂)

[@givememore4free]

I thought ziti pasta was already cut

[@aurumtenebris]

Laura Aspen Thank you. You a good woman.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Yep, this is very similar to a baked ziti dish that my family made a lot. Only theirs uses a lot of mozzarella and sometimes ricotta cheese in addition to the parmesan and cooked in a base of tomato sauce. Came out similar to lasagna in consistency and taste.

[@1Laurboch9]

Raskolnikov70 yes! We also have a similar dish, but we add plenty of besciamella sauce in the pot and sometimes cooked ham (we do it like this in my family at least haha), we call it “pasta al gratin”. It comes out so creamy and delicious, a real comfort food 🤤🤤🤤

[@emfaadib1318]

Now I know.. 😀

[@Iamjennilee]

These ingredients make Alfredo sauce minus the breadcrumbs
Must work then ✨

[@lesabbath8416]

“Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni” hmmmmm 🧐 (after she explained what a macaroni meant lol)

[@cappygolucky]

Called 'Him'

[@GNerdful]

Macaroni is also name the white powder wig that was the fashion for Georgian gentleman. The song Yankee doodle was originally an anti-American song and its saying that a Yankee's idea of fashion and culture is sticking a feather in his hat.

[@demareewheeler639]

OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@leekilby9470]

GNerdful Also sarcasm when the song says: Riding on a pony. As opposed to riding in a fine carriage I imagine.

[@queemdarkcloud2]

Someone: How much butter do you use for your dishes?
Mrs Crocombe: yES

[@strangerthings88]

QDC Anna Lmao

[@moonnicks7587]

Paula deen left the chat

[@k.h4218]

I love how she looks like she’s surprised to see us. Like come on lady, we watch you cook all the time

[@deborahburroughs8905]

LMAO I KNOW!

[@_ShineOnSis]

KaylaH16 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mxyzptlksac]

lol I love the people in the comments for this reason 😅

[@cherrislushi]

4:15 she really held back that burn 💀

[@nightwing-edits]

💀💀💀💀

[@stefanoraz27]

💀💀💀💀

[@agnes8477]

I know it's not very Victorian but I made a vegan version of this recipe with vegan butter and milk and cheese. It turned out really well!

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Actually, I understand there were vegetarians, and also what we would call vegans, in Victorian England. Substituting almond products and olive oil for dairy was also quite common.

[@woofawoof7616]

​@@kathyjohnson2043that's so cool!! Do you have any articles I could read about that?

[@littledelicious4022]

“yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni”
Oh my god it makes so much sense now!!!

[@deejones4786]

I learned something new today and im shook

[@1oddduck703]

I just realized it!!

[@SpiralBreeze]

We learned that as kids in school! My teacher also said they’d wear tons of makeup and perfume to cover up pock marks and the stink.

[@MichaelSmith-lm6xl]

🤯

[@Saraphina_Marie]

Moreover that song was written to make fun of Americans and we made it our national theme song. Which is very on brand for us, really.

[@laurenhawes7201]

"This is lighter and simpler"
*takes out a brick of parmesean with noodles in it*

[@Denise_954]

🤣😂🤣😅🤣

[@alcidesfy]

I tried it today. And it was crunchy, butterry, smooth, surprisingly light. But I used English cheddar. And sprinkled a bit of grated cheese on top of the molten and broiled parts, for an extra kick

[@rishikeshkb98]

Gordon Ramsay : "It's very dry"

[@Juliet_Capulet]

"The topping...is like cahhhdboard. The plating is atrocious, did you get the pan from a thrift store, by any chance? Throw this shit in the tr...oh. Mrs. Crocombe. Didn't see you there. It is pheNOMInal"

[@Vincenza8907]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@zaok970]

Bet he'd be scared speaking to Mrs Crocombe.

[@blackrabbit212]

@@zaok970 We should all be scared speaking to Mrs Crocombe.

[@SeriouslySo1]

Mrs Crocombe would put him in the turbot kettle lol

[@mi_kirsh]

Mrs. Crocombe is my kind of butter drizzler.

[@ChrisStargazer]

Megan Reams Kirshbaum butter *douser* 😂

[@alexdavis5766]

Was anyone else ‘today years old’ to learn that the Victorians ate Mac and Cheese?!

[@MaryTheresa1986]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@Icabobify]

I learned from Townsend and sons that early colonial Americans ate Mac and cheese...but yes, this is a new one for me

[@josephkarl2061]

🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

[@brat46]

The famous British Victorian cookbook Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management included two macaroni and cheese recipes. This book was published in 1861.

[@SpectralNightingale]

There's actually books dating back to the 14th century with an old form of Mac and Cheese. It's hard to pinpoint when it was made, but the first _modern_ recipe is from the 18th century

[@josephcollins6033]

Wow! I'm from the US. I really, really like this approach to mac and cheese. No cream! It looks almost like a type of toast, a cheesy, buttery, crunchy piece of pasta. Thanks!

[@josephcollins6033]

@Herv Thanks!

[@lucyerickson8928]

Honestly the term “macaroni” need to come back. Name a higher praise, I dare you.

[@vanae6436]

I think you should reconsider that sauce Mrs Crocombe

[@CheritheChef]

I second this.

[@peanutsinspace]

No sauce! That is how the Crocombe do.

[@Mzmissy215]

How dare u question the queen

[@Erigato2010]

I was waiting for her to at least add some Milk at the end

[@jilljohnssen4462]

Eric Pierre Allen me too!

[@Timinator0815]

"A drizzle of melted butter" - Pours over cup after cup 🧐

[@gowrishankarmurukan2610]

Totally agree

[@rach3092]

Timinator me with butter honestly 😂

[@mariegp5021]

I know it looks dry, but since the macaroni is already cooked and still has moisture in it, when it's baked, the butter and little water in the noodles will gently steam the cheese and make it like greasy and soft underneath the crispy parm-bread crumb top.

[@jasmineyau5825]

Me: Ima make some mac n cheese for dinner
Mrs Cromcobe: Macaroni Cheese is a side dish
Me: Yes.

[@kck9742]

"Macaronis" were young men in the 18th century who had spent time in Italy, perhaps doing the "grand tour". and dressed like over-the-top fashionistas or "dandies." "Yankee Doodle Dandy" was a song that actually made fun of the American colonists, "Yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" -- in other words, "these colonials are such rubes that they think they're high-fashion by just having feathers in their hats!"

[@kezkezooie8595]

Yes, it's like the term "toffee nose" came from dandies who would have brown mucus in their noses because of using snuff. Much of the "walking with their noses in the air" stance came from this also - it made it a bit less likely that their toffee noses would run. That's what I've read, anyway and it does seem to fit the lifestyle and images of dandies that I've seen.

[@PRDreams]

Every man in Europe was a Macaroni back then, except the real working men of the day, all of them were flamboyant af 😂🤣😂 I rather a man wearing a feather on his hat and calling it an upgrade (macaroni) than to be walking down with a man on a dress and tights 🤣😂🤣

[@ViolinChick5]

😱 And here we Americans think it’s a patriotic song. 😂😂😂 It makes so much more sense now.

[@spleens4200]

ViolinChick5 because we owned that shit lol

[@me0wskies564]

yankee doodle is a diss track

[@alessandroiannonemusic]

remember that macaroni is the general word for many types of PASTAR

[@skygiu]

Nessuno sano di mente metterebbe la pasta al forno così senza un po' di besciamella.... Se proprio proprio deve essere bianca

[@yahia114]

PASTAR hahahahah

[@maxbra7307]

Facciamoci del male. Fisico

[@WindWolfAlpha]

Don't forget the vanillar! Lol

[@robertgronewold3326]

A lot of British people will let R's into their words without even knowing, though I think in her case she's trying to intentionally sound a little more lower class.

[@Loungemermaid]

Her breaking the macaroni is so soothing

[@bhimsenluchooman4046]

Mrs Crocombe, thank you so much for your time and recipe. I am so grateful to English Heritage effort to preserve the good story of England and bring it to life.

[@treneicewalker5434]

The actress who plays her..need and Oscar by now lol.

[@jeygran4540]

I don’t think she’s acting ;_;

[@mikailabroekaert9768]

Agreed

[@noblesetsentimentales]

*BAFTA ;)

[@Patricia-cp2zg]

@@jeygran4540 she is!

[@valeryl06]

@@jeygran4540 of course she isn’t! This is real life, this footage is from the 1800’s!

[@eddvcr598]

“Some of my favorite recipes were written last century... before _even_ Queen Victoria was born.”
THE SHADE
Not even the Queen is safe!

[@spanglelime]

Edd VCR I had a really good chuckle when she said that. I think it’s because I now have a distinct split between the character and the actress, Kathy Hipperson, in my mind and I keep thinking of her as Kathy now so when she doesn’t blink and says something like that I’m like, “damn she’s good, truly committing to the role!”

[@OofusTwillip]

"Some of my favourite recipes were written last century, before even Queen Victoria was born." She's not saying Queen Victoria was born in the previous century. Queen Victoria was born in 1819, so those recipes were much older than she was.

[@Madetha2301]

Scrolling through comments: What do people mean, what she does looks fine
At the end of the video: OMG! What happened??

[@miathapapaya]

She made mac and cheese jerky

[@morgainetaylor5777]

"For this recipe you will need..."
My favourite 6 words. I love these recipes!!
And I love her definition of 'drizzle' 😁

[@annoorlight]

Same here🙋

[@Spaghanna]

Mrs crocombe: it’s better without sauce
*presents viewer with a slab of pavement*
Me: hmm

[@lionelmarcussolaris2858]

It's better without the sauce for me. Moist Macaroni isn't really that great for me.

[@aldianoli]

The inside's moist. Try make it yourself. It's like the perfect combination between moist and Crispiness.

[@vytae9]

Cheesy pavement*

[@normanafif1268]

My stomach hurts, I’m laughing so much.

[@rubenmsk]

this are the most dried macaroni that i have seen in my life

[@miathapapaya]

Even macaroni cheese pie is saucier than this

[@a.walters123]

Everything about this video makes me extremely happy. Very well made!

[@Jaserjustforu3]

I found that “ before even Queen VIctoria was born” comment to be SHAAAAAADE SIS

[@CodexArgenteus]

I love how she's like "I enjoy recopies even from the last century!" It took me a sec to figure out what she's talking about as "Last Century" always means 19th or 20th to me automatically. ;) So she likes 18th Century cooking?! :D Is she a fan of Townsends? ;) I know they did a collaboration series of videos where each of them sent over foods to the other but we need more collaborations between Townsends & Mrs. Crocombe! And, yes, I especially love how Townsends is a frontiersman in the 1700s and he is having a darling correspondence with an estate cook in the 1800s and we are all just suspending disbelief at the logistics of mailing parcels through time travel. ;)

[@andreagriffiths3512]

Gets a notification on how to make Mac cheese as I’m eating Mac cheese...for breakfast, with sauce...knows all that shade was thrown my way.

[@peanutsinspace]

Mother Crocombe has never been more disappointed in you.

[@andreagriffiths3512]

peanutsinspace yes, but her way wouldn’t freeze so well so sadly us poor working folk need to do what we can

[@peanutsinspace]

@@andreagriffiths3512 I'm sure if you are repentant and ask for her forgiveness, she'll give it. This time.

[@spacewolfcub]

Shade? You were thrown a whole tree! Whatever she had to say was so bad she couldn't even say it out loud in polite company! :-o

[@katielaughlin886]

That lil giggle at the end of when she said macaroni meant a “flamboyant gentleman” 😂😅🤣

[@deehuckleberry3999]

Me: What do you think, son?
Son: (munching Kraft) That's messed up.

[@rheannemillet8781]

Why is no one talking about that intro??? I love how they're incorporating all the people in the Victorian Way universe!

[@jonathanbishop6461]

The sound the Mac n cheese made when it literally hit the plate 😂✋🏾.

[@jentlesites]

Askfghjkl i thought i was the only one who noticed 💀

[@jadez57]

Girl for reals!😂🤚

[@DaisiesInVenus]

😂😂😂

[@savannahsandelin6055]

OMFG THAT MAC N CHEESE NEED SOME MILK 😭😭😭

[@weirdbutawesome8703]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ariasnribs7243]

Me: Yo, Mrs. Crocombe, where’d you get that glorious dump-truck ass?
Mrs. C: Macaroni cheese n sausage, son.

[@paulkaveney1913]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickacca]

That part where she added more macaroni was a real twist, it really surprised me and I got almost scared.

[@shizumiro]

Hey id like to put a statement here that
these victorian way videos
specialy the ones with Mrs Crocombe
have the most
wholesome comment sections
yall guys are cool, i like you

[@angeliquephillips8746]

It's because we all know Mrs. Holcomb is reading them and if she isn't happy with us she'll stop cooking for us..
And NO ONE wants that...

[@angeliquephillips8746]

Sorry meant Crocombe trying to do several things at once was never my forte

[@tysonperna8844]

Come for the video. Stay for the comments.

[@ChelseaCherryblossom]

I love reading the comments here and seeing how beloved Mrs. Crocombe is... and how much everyone enjoys Mrs Crocombes disapproval xD
I would try this version of Mac n cheese, I have a big problem with sauces ... but I would sneak more cheese in there and bacon... and accidentally forget the breadcumbs

[@josiet199]

ChelseaCherryblossom Idk if Im right but I guess that the bread crumbs would help with a more crispy top

[@mya.y927]

@@josiet199 If you just put grated cheese on top, it will crisp by itself, you don't really need the nasty breadcrumbs

[@emmel4fun]

You don't like sauces, really? I love sauces. My sister has a problem with white sauces and mac n' cheese sauce (especially white cheese sauce). I don't understand it.🙄🤔

[@kikia6611]

I love these videos, and the comments are always hilarious.

[@peanutsinspace]

Do you see the sky darkening? Feel the cold creep up your back? That's the Crocombe shade coming for you.

[@babytwilight995]

I like how she makes everything so smooth and no mess.

[@randomreine7554]

Mac and cheese has had a glow up now

[@sas1037]

If Mrs Crocombe hates sauce on her macaroni all of us hate sauce on our macaroni. It’s Mrs Crocombe’s world, we’re all just living in it

[@Zephyrus555]

Yay! She’s back. ☺️ The new intro is lovely. We even catch a glimpse of our apple lad.

[@rosebunnylove]

I can't wait for more episodes with them

[@miekekuppen9275]

And the housekeeper!

[@Hlessirah]

I miss Apple Lad!

[@None.of.ya.business666]

The housekeeper was rather scary, though.

[@Poultrymad]

Prefer the original music though.

[@sheischacha6012]

Hello im from Indonesia.. i really love your channel.. as i love victorian era movies and comics.. im so glad finding your channel.. keep up the good work.. i wish someday i can visit audley end❤❤

[@AlIG-zk8cn]

“Macaroni is a general word for many types of pasta”?????????????
As Italian I can’t hear this, it’s a sin!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@JasminMiettunen]

It *was* at the time, apparently the word macaroni comes from southern Italian dialectal maccaroni (Italian maccheroni), plural of maccarone, name for a kind of pasty food made of flour, cheese, and butter, possibly from maccare "bruise, batter, crush," which is of unknown origin, or from late Greek makaria "food made from barley." According to wikipedia maccheroni has a much wider definition in Italian than macaroni in English.
“In Italian, maccheroni refers to elongated pasta, not necessarily in tubular form.[4] This general meaning is still retained outside Rome and in different languages which borrowed the word. In Brazilian Portuguese, Estonian, Greek, Iranian, Russian and other Slavic languages, Turkish, the word was adapted and is a generic term for all varieties of pasta.
Maccheroni comes from Italian maccheroni [makkeˈroːni], plural form of maccherone.[5] The many variants sometimes differ from each other because of the texture of each pasta: rigatoni and tortiglioni, for example, have ridges down their lengths, while chifferi, lumache, lumaconi, pipe, pipette, etc. refer to elbow-shaped pasta similar to macaroni in North American culture.”

[@bobknob5819]

I heard her call it paster

[@gabbieluzung3135]

😂😂😂

[@EpsilonFreak604]

What I've learned so far is that the calling someone a 'macaroni' in the 1800's is basically calling them 'extra'

[@benanderson89]

It wasn't. It was calling them a hipster and/or poser. Being a macaroni was derogatory.

[@R3GARnator]

Macaroni was a type of hat for rich people. Hence Yankee Doodle.

[@KairuHakubi]

I thought the point of Yankee Doodle is that he THOUGHT only having a single feather was worthy of being dubbed macaroni, but that in fact, it took a lot more than that. So macaroni was still a desirable thing.

[@ConstantChaos1]

Another good refrence is poser

[@aedynjakpoetry]

My macaroni cheese has come a long way from the Victorian era.

[@dt564]

Yes, this looks so dry.

[@aedynjakpoetry]

@@thedystopiandollhouse lol

[@standardsun]

I love this series. It definitely lifted my mood during covid and lockdowns. :)

[@Dafni.Cortes]

There should be a restaurant dedicated to Mrs Crocombe’s recipes! This looks fucking delicious!

[@jamiedianne6778]

That macaroni cheese looks like apple crumble at the end 😂

[@jadez57]

Don't insult apple crumble 😂

[@spanglelime]

Fun fact: I ate that last night for dessert. It was delicious. Didn’t look anything like that. I guess the crumble topping is dubious. Big fan of apple crumble and macaroni and cheese. I was down to try this until I saw how dry it turned out. It truly fits the literal definition of al dente.

[@JerricaVintageVixen]

Mac n crumble

[@Josephine-nf3yg]

Well it’s a older way to make macaroni my mom makes it all the time.

[@thetillerwiller4696]

Jamie Dianne I love apple crumble actually 😂😂

[@foodpuff8582]

That looks drier than desert sand without 6 months of rain

[@roastingnerd8545]

They said its tasty and crispy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@evelynrosemarydsouza8753]

You sound like Gordon Ramsay from a Kitchen Nightmares episode .

[@rupertprawnworthy758]

Please stop bringing your mother into everything.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Think I prefer modern creamy mac and cheese

[@robkoziorowski7637]

When she just put it on the plate, I thought: “Is that cookie cake?”

[@glw5166]

What a delightful series!

[@lhughes6656]

I can't be the only one that thought this didn't look appetizing at all...

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

Nope, but then again we're not Victorian servants! 😂😂

[@dimples1959]

I nearly cried when she said there wasn't going to be any sauce for the macaroni so you're not alone.

[@NeedlePup]

They really are right when they say to try it before you judge. I'm making my second helping as I type this and it's simply delicious

[@minaalgeria5688]

Me too

[@baumkuchens]

That looks really dry but really i don't mind. I prefer the saucy ones tho.

[@tom_something]

Coming soon: "Estate Cooks Try Other Estate Cooks' Mac 'n' Cheese"

[@Codemaster92163]

Lolololol

[@wcallisa22]

lololoo

[@Raskolnikov70]

I want to see that episode of Gordon Ramsey's show, with him barking 19th century insults at the estate cooks.

[@chrys2486]

Severely Underrated comment 👆🏾

[@Vespuchian]

The Great Victorian Estate Bake Off, perhaps?

[@randalalford7649]

I thoroughly love these videos. She is truly magic. The small amount of macaroni she put in the pot to boil suddenly bloomed into a feast of macaroni on the preperation table only to drop by more than half in the finished product (as she's cutting into it).

[@althd9944]

this is really helpful to get sleep.
so peaceful and calm.
i love this video. thanks.