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Cookery series with Big Cook Ben and foot-high Little Cook Small. Little Cook spends his time running around the kitchen top collecting the bits and bobs needed for the different recipes. Together Ben and Small run a cafe where different customers call in for a tasty treat.
Ben has a pair of blue sandals and wants to go to the beach, but is prevented from doing so by a storm. A customer comes in. It is Little Betty Blue the Holiday Maker, and they decide to cook her some vegetable sandcastles.
Customer: Little Betty Blue
Recipe: Veggie Sandcastles
Ben has a pair of blue sandals and wants to go to the beach, but is prevented from doing so by a storm. A customer comes in. It is Little Betty Blue the Holiday Maker, and they decide to cook her some vegetable sandcastles.
Customer: Little Betty Blue
Recipe: Veggie Sandcastles
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00:00Big cook, little cook, welcome to our cafe! Big cook, little cook, want you to come and play!
00:16Meeting all the friends we cook for, sharing stories, trips and fun!
00:25Big cook, little cook, we'll cook for everyone!
00:32Ooh, new shoes, new shoes, look at my brand new shoes! Ooh, there we are! Beautiful!
00:42Oh, I'm all soaked! It's raining! Oh dear!
00:48Oh, hello! Welcome to our cafe! The best cafe in the world!
00:54Just the place to come on a rainy day like today!
00:57Excuse me!
01:00What do you think?
01:02I think you should take your shoes off the counter, Ben!
01:05You never, ever, ever put shoes on the kitchen worktop! It'll go dirty!
01:10No they won't small, not today! These are my brand new, squiggy clean sandals! Perfect for walking along the beach!
01:18Which is where I'm off to, right now!
01:20Oh no you're not! Today is not the day to go to the beach with new sandals! They'll get ruined!
01:26Oh, I was really looking forward to standing on the sand and listening to the sea!
01:33Whoosh! Whoosh!
01:36Oh, come on Ben! Cheer up!
01:40Hey, why don't we play a game before our first customer arrives? That might take your mind off the sea!
01:45It might!
01:47What game to play?
01:48Oh, I know! We'll play a game called Which Shoes! It's a guessing game! It's brilliant!
01:53OK, I'll go first!
01:54Erm, I'm a runner and I run, run, run! Which shoes do I wear to have fun, fun, fun?
02:01Well, which shoes do runners wear?
02:04Oh, right! I guess do I!
02:07Oh, right! Erm, OK, which shoes do runners wear? Which shoes do runners wear?
02:12Do you know?
02:14Shouts out the answer for me! Go on!
02:17Oh, I know! I know! Runners wear trainers!
02:21Right, first time Ben!
02:23Right, OK, my go, my go! Erm, right, yeah!
02:26I'm a dancer and I twizzle around on my twinkle toes!
02:30Hee hee!
02:31Which shoes do I need? Who knows? Who knows?
02:33Hmm, do you know?
02:36Oh, I do! It's ballet shoes!
02:39Yeah! Ballet shoes!
02:41I couldn't really wear these to the beach, could I?
02:45Oh, come on, Small! Sounds like we've got a customer!
02:53I'm on my way! Woo-hoo!
02:56Who is it today, Small?
02:57Well, she's wearing blue and she's carrying a bucket and spade!
03:13And what shoes is she wearing?
03:16Blue trainers!
03:17Oh, I know who it is! I know!
03:19It's Little Betty Blue!
03:21She's here on holiday!
03:23You're right!
03:24Little Betty Blue lost a holiday shoe!
03:26What should Betty do?
03:28Give her another, just like the other, and then she can walk out in two!
03:32Ha ha!
03:33And now we've got to decide what to cook for Little Betty Blue!
03:36I think it's time to look in my book!
03:38Yeah!
03:39We need a story to help us cook!
03:51Let's take a look in Little Cook's book!
03:54Little Cook's Adventures in the Big World!
03:57Let me see!
04:00Little Betty and I were at the beach together yesterday.
04:03It was a lovely sunny day, and Little Betty was wearing a pair of brand new shoes.
04:09I thought they looked so comfy!
04:12Will you take one off, Little Betty?
04:14I asked.
04:16It looks just the right size for me to sit in!
04:19And it was!
04:21She held me up in the air!
04:22It was just like being in an aeroplane!
04:25Meow!
04:27She cried as she whisked me round and round above her head,
04:31and we laughed and laughed!
04:34A family of crabs were watching.
04:36They all shouted,
04:37Can we have a go?
04:39But we were having too much fun to pay any attention.
04:42Then Little Betty decided that we should build a sand castle,
04:46so I got out of the shoe and started to help her.
04:49With one shoe on and one shoe off,
04:52Little Betty Blue filled her bucket with sand,
04:55and we built the castle higher and higher.
04:57When the castle was finished, she put a beautiful little flag on the very top.
05:04There!
05:05She said.
05:06A castle fit for a little cook.
05:09But then she looked round and gasped.
05:12Her shoe had disappeared.
05:14Oh, not again!
05:16She wailed.
05:17I'm always losing my holiday shoe.
05:21But I had an idea where it might have gone.
05:24And I was right!
05:26The crabs were having their turn!
05:28This is just like being in a car!
05:31They cried.
05:33Or a brand new house!
05:35And they laughed and laughed.
05:37Little Betty really needed her shoe back,
05:39so I had to come up with one of my best ideas ever!
05:43I looked down the beach and saw the perfect thing.
05:46A big shell!
05:48The crabs were happy to swap the shoe for the shell.
05:51They got inside it and pretended it was a train,
05:54then a rocket and a boat!
05:56This is fun!
05:58They cried.
06:00And they laughed and laughed.
06:02Thanks Little Cook Small!
06:04Our new shell is such fun!
06:06They called and Betty and I made our way home.
06:09Betty was so happy to have her shoe back
06:12and she said she'd never lose it again.
06:14Little Cook to the rescue once again!
06:19That was a great adventure!
06:21And Betty got her shoe back
06:23all because you had a brilliant idea Small!
06:25Oh, well done you!
06:27Whoa!
06:30Well, thank you very much Ben!
06:32So now you need to have a brilliant idea
06:34for what we can make for Little Betty Blue.
06:37Oh yes!
06:38Another brilliant idea for Little Betty Blue.
06:41Hmm.
06:43Ooh!
06:47Oh!
06:49I know!
06:52Big Cook's Big Cookery Book!
06:54Of course! The Big Cookery Book!
06:56There's recipes for everything in there!
06:58And where do we look for things to cook?
06:59In the book!
07:00In the book!
07:01In the book!
07:02In the book!
07:03In Big Cook's Book!
07:04Woohoo!
07:05Oh yes!
07:06Have I found the perfect thing or what?
07:08It's something to remind Little Betty
07:10of all the fun she had at the seaside!
07:12Veggie sandcastles!
07:14Yippee!
07:15Well you read out the ingredients Little Cook!
07:16And I'll see if we've got them!
07:18Okay, let's see!
07:19We're going to need an onion!
07:21Onion in the fridge!
07:22Over we go!
07:24One onion!
07:25Got that!
07:26A pepper!
07:27One pepper in there as well!
07:28Got that too small!
07:30Frozen peas!
07:31Frozen peas in the freezer!
07:33There we are!
07:34Frozen peas, yep!
07:35Turmeric!
07:36Turmeric!
07:37That turns the sand yellow!
07:38Okay!
07:39So turmeric to turn the sand yellow!
07:41But what are we going to use for sand small?
07:43Long grain rice!
07:44Long grain rice!
07:45Okay!
07:47And tomatoes!
07:49Tomatoes!
07:50We haven't got any tomatoes small!
07:53Oh no!
07:55Don't worry small!
07:56We've got all the other ingredients!
07:59Hey!
08:00Why don't you whisk off and find some?
08:02Oh yes of course!
08:05Hey!
08:09Why don't you come along too?
08:11Off we go!
08:16Go small!
08:17Go small!
08:18Whiz away!
08:20I wonder what he'll see today!
08:35There's a train!
08:36Choo-choo!
08:37Oh ho!
08:38Looks like I'm in the right place!
08:42Gosh!
08:43That's the biggest greenhouse I've ever seen!
08:44Let's go inside and see what's growing in the greenhouse!
08:45Come on!
08:46Oh ho!
08:47Oh ho!
08:48Looks like I'm in the right place!
08:49Gosh!
08:50That's the biggest greenhouse I've ever seen!
08:51Let's go inside and see what's growing in the greenhouse!
08:52Come on!
08:53Oh ho!
08:54Do you know what they are?
08:55They're tomatoes!
08:56And look!
08:57And look!
08:58This man is picking them!
08:59The tomato plant grows out of the soil!
09:00And hundreds of tomatoes grow in the soil!
09:01Oh ho!
09:02And look!
09:03This man is picking them!
09:04The tomato plant grows out of the soil!
09:07And hundreds of tomatoes grow in the greenhouse!
09:09Oh ho!
09:10And look!
09:11And look!
09:12That's the biggest greenhouse I've ever seen!
09:13Let's go inside and see what's growing in the greenhouse!
09:14Come on!
09:15Oh!
09:16Do you know what they are?
09:18They're tomatoes!
09:19And look!
09:20This man is picking them!
09:21The tomato plant grows out of the soil!
09:28And hundreds of tomatoes grow on its vines!
09:34When the tomatoes are young, they're green!
09:38And then they turn bright red when they're ready to eat!
09:42Ooh!
09:43Lovely red juicy tomatoes!
09:46These tomatoes are being grown in a greenhouse because it's nice and hot!
09:51And the warmth helps the tomatoes to grow!
09:58Ooh!
09:59It's too hot in here for me!
10:00I'd better dash!
10:13Oh if only I could have gone to the beach!
10:16The waves lapping at the shore!
10:19Whee!
10:20Whee!
10:21Whee!
10:22The sound of the sea!
10:23Whee!
10:24Whee!
10:25Whee!
10:26Whee!
10:27I'm back!
10:28You can't dream about the sea now, Ben!
10:32I've got the tomatoes!
10:34Whee!
10:35Whee!
10:36Whee!
10:37Whee!
10:38Whee!
10:39Wow!
10:40They're so lovely and red!
10:41I saw this man who was picking them!
10:43They grow on plants, you know!
10:45Lovely!
10:46Let's cook!
10:47We're all ready, so take a look and we will show you how to cook!
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11:27You can make something delicious to eat.
11:35Have you cleaned the surfaces?
11:37Yes. Have you washed your hands?
11:39Yes. All clean and ready to cook.
11:44Do you remember the ingredients to Veggie Sandcastles?
11:47You do.
11:48There was an onion, half chopped, a pepper, half sliced,
11:54frozen peas, half a cup, turmeric, one teaspoon,
12:00long grain rice, 150 grams, and tomatoes, four, chopped.
12:06Whoopee! Let's get started.
12:09Right, Ben, you get going on the recipe
12:11while I make the flag for the top of the sandcastle.
12:16Now, I've heated some olive oil in a saucepan.
12:18Make sure you get your grown-up helper to do that for you.
12:21Shall I do it red or blue, Ben?
12:24Red.
12:25No, blue.
12:26No, both.
12:28Both!
12:30Now, put the onions,
12:34peppers,
12:36and the turmeric into the saucepan.
12:42And give it a good stir for about five minutes.
12:48Shall I do it stripes or spots, Ben?
12:51Stripes.
12:52No, spots.
12:53No, do both.
12:56Stripes and spots.
12:58OK, so it's red and blue, stripes and spots.
13:02OK.
13:03This looks pretty good.
13:05Time to add the rice.
13:07And the tomatoes.
13:08And just enough water to cover them.
13:18And then we bring them to the boil.
13:30Ben!
13:32Ben, I've just had an idea.
13:33Why don't I draw a picture of Little Bessie Blue in the middle of the flag?
13:37Oh, yes, Maul.
13:38Oh, yes, Maul.
13:39That is a brilliant idea.
13:40Oh, I'm full of them today, aren't I?
13:43So it's red and blue, stripes and spots, with a picture of Little Bessie Blue in the middle.
13:49Oh, here goes.
13:50Oh, here goes.
13:52Aha.
13:53There we are.
13:56It's boiling now.
13:57So, turn it down.
14:02And let it cook slowly for 15 minutes, until the rice is soft.
14:08Pop the lid on.
14:10And now we have to do some waiting.
14:12I'll set the timer.
14:34Oh, yes.
14:35It looks just right.
14:37There we go.
14:39Now, here's a little tip for you.
14:40If it looks a little bit dry, you can always put a little bit more water in.
14:45Now, it's time to add the peas.
14:50Giving it a good stir.
14:54There we go.
14:57How's your flag coming, Small?
14:58Coming along, Ben.
15:00I've done the stripes, see, and the spots.
15:02Now, all I've got to do is put Little Bessie Blue in the middle.
15:05Good, because our veggie sandcastles will be ready very soon.
15:09There we are.
15:10Turn the heat down.
15:15Now, I've greased a beaker with a little butter.
15:18And I'm going to spoon in the mixture.
15:21There we go.
15:22A little more.
15:23A little more.
15:30Very nice.
15:32Press it down firmly with your spoon.
15:34And then leave it to cool for five minutes.
15:38Little Bessie Blue is ready.
15:40Little Bessie Blue is ready.
15:43And here's the best bit.
15:45I'm going to place the plate on top of the beaker.
15:49There we go.
15:50Like that.
15:50And very carefully.
15:52Turn them over.
15:53And slowly remove the beaker.
15:58Remove the beaker.
15:59There we are.
16:00There we are.
16:01Ta-da!
16:02Oh, very nice.
16:03What do you think of that, Small?
16:05Fantastic.
16:06And it's about to get even better.
16:10I've stuck my flag on a straw so that you can put it in the middle of the sandcastle.
16:14I think of everything, don't I?
16:17As I said before, you're brilliant, Small.
16:22Quick, Ben.
16:23Get it off the Bessie Blue now whilst it's still nice and warm.
16:27OK, then.
16:28Here we go.
16:29One veggie sandcastle coming through.
16:37There.
16:38So what do we do now?
16:39Can we play?
16:40Not yet.
16:41Time to clean and put away.
16:43Hooray!
16:44Wash, wipe, scrub and clean.
16:53Make the kitchen sparkle and gleam.
16:56My name's Ben and my name's Small.
17:02We've got the cleanest kitchen of all.
17:05Tidy all the bits and bobs.
17:08The things that help us do our jobs.
17:10Ingredients well put away.
17:12Ready for use another day.
17:14Pots and pans will start to smell.
17:15If we don't wash them really well.
17:17And now it's clear.
17:18Let's all smile.
17:19We'll be finished in a little while.
17:21All around.
17:22Up and down.
17:23Up and down.
17:24We've got the cleanest cafe in town.
17:26Up and down.
17:27We've got the cleanest cafe in town.
17:30Up and down.
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17:52delicious veggie sandcastle. It reminded me of all the fun I had with Little Cook Small
17:57on the beach. Woo-hoo! But because Big Cook couldn't come and missed out on all the fun,
18:03I'm giving him this shell. If you hold it up to your ear, you can hear something very
18:09special. Oh, Ben! Ben, isn't that kind? Well, what can you hear? Whoosh! Whoosh! Oh, Small,
18:19you'll never guess. I can hear the sea. Ho-ho! So now I don't have to go to the beach in
18:25the rain after all. I can stay right here. Whoosh! Whoosh! See you soon! Whoosh! Whoosh!
18:36You're lovely!
18:41Big Cook, Little Cook, welcome to our cafe. Big Cook, Little Cook, we'll cook for everyone!
18:54We'll cook for everyone!