- 6 weeks ago
Cookery series with Big Cook Ben and foot-high Little Cook Small. Small is waiting for Ben to pick some flowers from the garden to put in a vase. Unfortunately all he returns with are vegetables as his flowers have not grown. Gary the Gardener pays a visit and Ben and Small make him some delicious gardener's pickle. Small flies off to find out about pickling vegetables. To say thank you for his meal, Gary the Gardener leaves a pot and a packet of special fast-growing flower seeds.
Customer: Gary the Gardener
Recipe: Gardener's Pickle
Customer: Gary the Gardener
Recipe: Gardener's Pickle
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00:00Big cook, little cook, welcome to our cafe.
00:07Big cook, little cook, want you to come and play.
00:14Meeting all the friends we cook for, sharing stories, trips and fun.
00:23Big cook, little cook, we'll cook for everyone!
00:29Oh, hello! Welcome to our cafe, the best cafe in the world!
00:41Can you hear that whistling? That's Ben. He's getting some flowers from the garden.
00:46They're going to be big, colourful and smell beautiful!
00:52He's asked me to find a vase to put the flowers in.
00:55Now, what would be perfect to put flowers in?
00:59Oh, this will be fine! Hey, I can't wait to see the flowers! Can you?
01:05Here we are, Small!
01:07Oh, hello everyone!
01:09They're not flowers, they're vegetables, Ben!
01:12I'm sorry, Small, but none of my flowers have grown.
01:15I'm not very good at growing flowers.
01:17Oh, never mind! You're really good at growing vegetables!
01:20Now, come on! Put them in this vase!
01:22Oh, Small! They look really silly in that cup!
01:26I wish I could grow flowers!
01:29You can, Ben! You just need a bit of practice, that's all!
01:32We've got a customer! I'm on my way! Woo-hoo!
01:51Who's our customer today, Small?
01:53Well, he does this!
01:59He does this? I think he's digging!
02:02Ooh! It could be someone who could help me with my flowers!
02:05Is it a gardener, Small?
02:07Yes, Ben! It's Gary the gardener!
02:10Oh, brilliant! Gary the gardener!
02:12Ho-ho-ho! I wonder what we could cook for him!
02:15I don't know, Ben! I think it's time to look in my book!
02:29We need a story to help us cook!
02:31Let's take a look in Little Cook's book!
02:34Little Cook's Adventures in the Big World!
02:38Let me see!
02:41Gary the gardener was brilliant at growing things,
02:44Everyone said he had green fingers,
02:47but his fingers weren't really green!
02:49What they meant was that he could grow anything at all
02:52from a tiny little seed!
02:54He planted seeds everywhere!
02:57He watered them, he talked to them,
03:00and cared for them until every corner of his garden
03:03was full of beautiful flowers!
03:05He grew roses and tulips, daisies and sunflowers,
03:09delicious vegetables like carrots and leeks,
03:12but he grew so many that he didn't know what to do with them all!
03:17Gary decided to give his flowers and vegetables away to his neighbours,
03:22but he still had lots left in his garden!
03:25What was he going to do with them all?
03:28Then Gary put a sign outside his house that read,
03:31Free! Pick your own flowers and vegetables!
03:35There was a big queue every day,
03:38but he was still left with lots in his garden!
03:41What was he going to do with them all?
03:44Gary borrowed a big van from a friend.
03:47He piled it high with flowers and vegetables from his garden,
03:50and drove off to the local school.
03:53The teachers and children were very pleased to see Gary.
03:56They decorated the classrooms with his flowers,
03:59and ate his delicious vegetables at lunchtime!
04:02But Gary was still left with lots and lots of flowers and vegetables in his garden!
04:08What was he going to do with them?
04:11I knew that I had to help!
04:14So I climbed on my spoon and flew straight to his house!
04:18I suggested that we dried the flowers so they would keep forever,
04:22and pickled the vegetables and put them in jars!
04:25That meant his vegetables wouldn't be wasted and would last for a very long time!
04:32They will all make brilliant presents from our friends, said Gary.
04:37Little cook to the rescue once again!
04:41That was a great adventure!
04:43That was brilliant!
04:45Oh, Gary's really clever!
04:47He can grow vegetables and flowers!
04:50Whey!
04:51I know, Ben!
04:52I've never seen so many!
04:54Now we need to think what to cook for him!
04:57You're right, Small!
04:59Think in caps on!
05:04Ooh!
05:09I know!
05:10Big Cook's big cookery book!
05:12Of course!
05:13The Big Cookery book!
05:14There's recipes for everything in there!
05:16And where do we look for things to cook?
05:18In the book!
05:19In the book!
05:20In the book!
05:21In Big Cook's book!
05:23Gardener's Pickle!
05:24It looks yummily scrummily!
05:27Pickle perfect!
05:28Hey!
05:29You read out the ingredients, Little Cook,
05:30and I'll see if we've got them!
05:32OK, let's see!
05:33We're going to need onion!
05:34Onion!
05:35Over we go!
05:36Here we are!
05:37Onion!
05:38Got it, Small!
05:39Red peppers!
05:40Ooh!
05:41Nice and red!
05:42There we go!
05:43Yep!
05:44Yellow peppers!
05:45Yellow peppers as well!
05:46Yellow peppers!
05:47Yep!
05:48Salt!
05:49Over in the cupboard!
05:50The salt!
05:51There we are!
05:52Got it, Small!
05:53Malt vinegar!
05:54Ooh!
05:55Malt vinegar!
05:56Here we go!
05:57Malt vinegar!
05:58Yep!
05:59Turmeric!
06:00All yellow!
06:01All yellow there!
06:02Got it!
06:03Mustard seeds!
06:04Ooh!
06:05Mustard seeds!
06:06There we go!
06:07Yep!
06:08And granulated sugar!
06:09Granula...
06:10Oh!
06:11There it is!
06:12Got the granulated sugar as well!
06:13Here we are!
06:14Everything we need for the recipe!
06:17Well, we know Gary likes vegetables!
06:19This is going to be pickle-icious!
06:21Er...
06:22Small?
06:23Yes, Ben?
06:24Can you pickle anything?
06:26Er...
06:27I don't really know!
06:28He-he-he!
06:29Well, why don't you whizz off and find out and I'll get everything ready!
06:32That's a great idea, Ben!
06:34See you later!
06:35Hoo-hoo-hoo!
06:36Hey!
06:37Why don't you come along too?
06:38Hey!
06:39Why don't you come along too?
06:40Whee-hey!
06:41Go Small!
06:42Go Small!
06:43Whizz away!
06:44I wonder what he'll see today!
06:45There's a train!
06:46Choo-choo!
06:47Choo-choo!
06:49I wonder what he'll see today!
06:54There's a train!
07:09Choo-choo!
07:14This is the right place.
07:21This field is full of shallots.
07:25The farmer is picking them.
07:27There they are.
07:29Shallots are like onions, but smaller.
07:34This lady is going to pickle some shallots.
07:41First of all, she has to peel them.
07:43Off comes the skin.
07:49Now the shallots have to soak for a while in some salt and water.
08:00That's the vinegar that the shallots are going to be pickled in.
08:04The vinegar is going to be heated up on the cooker.
08:08Remember, this is a grown-up helper's job.
08:10Look, the vinegar is bubbling.
08:15Bubbly, bubbly, bubbly.
08:20Now the shallots are ready, it's time for more fun.
08:23Hooray!
08:23First, you have to fill up the jar with lots of shallots.
08:29Pack them in tightly.
08:30Then you can add some herbs and spices, any you like.
08:39They're peppercorns.
08:40Pour in the vinegar.
08:49Pour in the vinegar.
08:54Put on the lid, and that's pickled shallots.
08:57That was great!
08:59See you later!
09:00Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
09:09A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked.
09:13If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
09:19Oh, and here are our peppers now.
09:22Hooray!
09:23I'm back!
09:25I had a fantastic time.
09:27Oh, and guess what I saw being pickled?
09:30Tell me, Small.
09:31Shallots!
09:32Oh, dear.
09:33Have you got a cold?
09:35No, Ben.
09:36Shallots.
09:37I saw shallots growing in a field, and then they were pickled in vinegar.
09:42Shallots brilliant!
09:44Sounds great, Small.
09:46But we'd better get cooking.
09:47Gary the gardener will be really hungry by now.
09:50Right you are, Ben.
09:52We're all ready, so take a look, and we will show you how to cook.
10:00Jelly boats and pirates go with princess pea pies.
10:04Carrot cakes and fruit smiles.
10:05And envelopes surprise.
10:07We love our cafe, and we love to cook.
10:11We have a fantastic recipe book.
10:16He is big cook, and he is small.
10:20Friends in our cafe, we cook for them all.
10:25When your tummy gets all rumbly, you're ready for a treat.
10:30You can make something delicious to eat.
10:40Have you cleaned the surfaces?
10:42Yes.
10:43Have you washed your hands?
10:44Yes, all clean and ready to cook.
10:48Do you remember the ingredients to gardener's pickle?
10:51You do?
10:52There was onion.
10:54One.
10:55Chopped.
10:55Red peppers.
10:56Two.
10:57Deseeded and sliced.
10:58Yellow peppers.
10:59Two.
11:00Deseeded and sliced.
11:01Salt.
11:02One tablespoon.
11:03Malt vinegar.
11:04300 millilitres.
11:06Turmeric.
11:06One teaspoon.
11:08Mustard seeds.
11:09One teaspoon.
11:10And granulated sugar.
11:11A hundred and fifty grams.
11:14Whoopee.
11:15Let's get started.
11:17Right.
11:17First, I'm going to put all the vegetables into a mixing bowl.
11:22And now the peppers.
11:25In they go.
11:28And then I'm going to sprinkle the salt over the top.
11:31And then mix them all up together.
11:39Like this.
11:41Here we are.
11:42Mix, mix, mix.
11:45There.
11:45What's next, Mole?
11:49Ooh.
11:50Cover the bowl with clear film and leave it for 12 hours.
11:54Okay, then.
11:57Cover the bowl with clear film and leave it for 12 hours.
12:06Right, they're ready.
12:07What's next, little cook?
12:09Put all the vegetables into a colander and rinse them with cold water to wash off the salt.
12:14Okay, then.
12:15Let's wash off the salt.
12:17I'll go and get the kitchen roll.
12:19Ready to dry the vegetables afterwards.
12:23Here we are.
12:24All the salt's washed off now.
12:26Oh, Small.
12:28Look at you.
12:31I seem to have got myself into a bit of a pickle.
12:33Oh, there you have.
12:36Right.
12:37Never mind, Small.
12:39I'll put the vegetables in this nice clean tea towel to dry them.
12:42Now, pour the vinegar.
13:00the mustard seeds turmeric and the sugar into a saucepan and bring it to the boil
13:14and remember this is a job for your grown-up helper to do because it's a
13:18hob job and the hob is hot hot hot the turmeric will turn the mixture yellow it's boiling now
13:31so turn the heat right down and let it simmer for about 10 minutes I'll set the timer for 10 minutes
13:39then the 10 minutes are up okay small I'm gonna put the chopped vegetables into the pan and then
13:55bring the mixture back to the boil and remember this is a job for your grown-up helper to do
14:01because it's a hob job and the hob is hot hot hot cook for a couple of minutes then remove from the
14:08heat and let it cool for a bit just give it a final stir and then remove it from the heat
14:15to let it cool down and whilst we're waiting for it to cool down small we can sing my favorite rhyme
14:22yippee I love rhymes it's Peter Piper picked sing it with me small you join in too Peter Piper picked
14:32a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked if Peter Piper picked a peck
14:52Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. Where's the pack of pickled peppers?
14:55In the saucepan. Oh, right. Hey.
15:02Now that it's cooled, we can spoon the mixture into a clean sterilized jar.
15:13And I'm going to make a snazzy label to stick onto the jar.
15:16Do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
15:28There we are.
15:32And on goes the lid.
15:37There we go. All done.
15:41Ben, can you stick this on the jar, please?
15:44Thank you, Small. Oh, that's great.
15:48I'll just stick it to the side of the jar, like this.
15:56There we go. And to finish it off, I'm going to pop a bit of cloth over the top
16:02and use an elastic band to hold it in place.
16:06There we go.
16:08It looks brilliant, doesn't it, Small?
16:10It certainly does, Ben. Quickly, let's get it through to Gary the gardener.
16:15OK. I'm just going to pop it onto a plate with some bread and cheese.
16:19And there we have it.
16:21One gardener's pickle coming through.
16:23Ah, there. All done. So, what do we do now? Can we play?
16:33Not yet. Time to clean and put away. Hooray!
16:36Wash, wipe, scrub and clean. Make the kitchen sparkle and gleam.
16:52My name's Ben and my name's Small. We've got the cleanest kitchen of all.
16:58Tidy all the bits and pops. The things that help us do our jobs.
17:03Ingredients we'll put away. We're ready for use another day.
17:06Pots and pans we'll start to smell. If we don't wash them really well.
17:10And now it's clear, let's all smile. We'll be finished in a little while.
17:14All around, up and down, we've got the cleanest cafe in town.
17:20A-ha! Here comes the plate.
17:32Oh, yes. And it looks like Gary the gardener enjoyed his gardener's pickle.
17:37Look, Small. He's left a note.
17:39Well, what does it say? What does it say?
17:41Hoo-hoo! Let's see, shall we?
17:45It says, Dear Big Cook Ben and Little Cook Small,
17:48I really enjoyed my pickle-licious gardener's pickle.
17:51I know Ben would really like to grow some flowers,
17:54so I thought I'd give you some of my fast-growing seeds to say thank you.
17:59I think you'll enjoy them from Gary the gardener.
18:02Hey, look, Ben. Those must be the fast-growing seeds.
18:05Hee-hee-hee. Oh, yes.
18:08And listen, Small. There are seeds in them.
18:11Well, what are you waiting for, Ben?
18:13Let's water them! Hey!
18:15Hey! Ho-ho-hoo!
18:17Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!
18:28They really are fast-growing flowers, Small.
18:31You've got green fingers after all, Ben!
18:33Hey-hey-hey! See you soon!
18:36See you soon!
18:37Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
18:39Big Cook Little Cook
18:45Welcome to our cafe!
18:47Big Cook Little Cook
18:51We'll cook for everyone!
18:54We'll cook for everyone!