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| Two Fat Ladies | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Two Fat Ladies
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $36.46
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1790
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 30 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.1
MPN: ACRDAMP8094D
UPC: 054961809493
EAN: 0054961809493
ASIN: B00180IPR6
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Memories of The Two Fat Ladies October 7, 2008
I always loved their TV cooking shows, and was saddened when Jennifer passed away. I've been hoping there would be re-runs, but I think Clarissa would probably have been against it as a result of her friend's death. So this is a great way to remember them and the show, the incredible dishes they prepared, and great tours of parts of the UK. Enjoy!!
Truly Goes Down A Treat October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best word I could use to describe this show is, "delightful". I adore Clarissa and Jennifer, and look forward to enjoying this set for many many years.
I'm annoyed that the price of the set went down $11 the day after they shipped mine. The prices on Amazon fluctuate like the stock market. Regardless, even at full list price it is worth every penny.
Two Fat Ladies October 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just received my DVD's of Two Fat Ladies. I was heartbroken when their show went off the air, and mostly so when Jennifer Patterson died of lung cancer. A sad ending to an incredibly delightful duo of chefs. You can't find a cooking show that comes close to the antics of these two "fat" ladies, and the fact that they could make fun of themselves and vegetarians. They cooked the way my grandmother Belle did on the family farm in Vermont in the early 1900's. Lots of lard, butter, fresh cream (from the cows), bacon, and meat. Jennifer and Clarissa would have loved Belle's breakfasts....homemade pie, bacon,blood sausage, fried eggs, toast laden with lots of fresh butter, homemade molasses cookies, salt pork and gravy. Watch these two ladies cook up sumptious meals in castles with huge kitchens full of copper pans hanging from the ceilings and stoves they don't make anymore, to cooking in a hole in the ground; and feel your mouth water when they serve up the meals to Benedictine nuns in Ireland to a hunting party in Scotland or an embassy in London. You will be mesmerized by their unending jocularity and humorous intelligence on world affairs. This is not your typical cooking show-they outshine them all.
These ladies are awesome!! October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this show when it was on the Food Network. They stopped airing them when Jennifer passed away and haven't played them anywhere since, that I could find. I was very happy to see their shows put on dvd, there are episodes I've never seen before. These ladies are a lot of fun to watch. And of course all of the beautiful places they would go to cook made it even better.
Warmth at the hearth and in the heart. October 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's like having your two eccentric aunts come over, and cook. They show you the techniques, but not so much the exact amounts. They show you the techniques, while bantering with each other, and still having a good time, regardless of how tedious the task at hand may be. Throughout the series, you could feel the warmth that Clarissa and Jennifer felt for each other, overlaid with respect for the other's ways. And, at the end of the day, after the toils are done, the two relax with their respective drinks (Jennifer with a cocktail, Clarissa with water and lemon), and recap the day. You almost imagine the two frozen in time on those shows. Definitely a forerunner in cooking shows.
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