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Joan Robins and Philip Harben show how to fry in the same fat doughnuts, fish in batter, chips, waffles, onions, and beignets souffles.
Recipe of the week:
Beignets Souffles
2 1/2 oz. flour
1 pint water
2 oz. margarine
2 eggs
1 oz. fine sugar
Melt the fat in the saucepan. Add the water and bring to the boil. Remove the saucepan from the heat and beat in the sifted flour. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well into the mixture. Finally add sugar and flavouring. Put spoonfuls in the hot fat and cook till golden brown. Serve dusted with sugar and with jam sauce.
Joan Robins

Contributors

Cook/presenter:
Joan Robins
Cook/presenter:
Philip Harben
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

A comedy by William Douglas Home.

Contributors

Writer:
William Douglas Home
Settings:
James Bould
Producer:
Dallas Bower
Ronald Knight, M.A., a house master:
Michael Gough
Robin Spender, a boy in his house:
Ray Jackson
The Rev. Hildebrand Williams, D.D., the headmaster:
Graveley Edwards
Charles, Earl of Whitrig, the Captain of the House:
Brian Nissen
Miss Osborn, his matron:
Winifred Oughton
Fiona Spender, Robin's sister:
Ursula Howells
The Duchess of Fernyrigg, Charles' mother:
Margaretta Scott
The Duke of Fernyrigg Charles' father:
George Curzon
The Rt. Hon. Frederick Spender, P.C., M.P., Robin's father:
Gilbert Davis
Mrs Spender, Robin's mother:
Alexis France
Radio commentators:
Raymond Glendenning
Radio commentators:
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

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