And we thought you'd like to know too what it's like to go undercover and turn detective. Oxfam wedding With mushrooms - remove stalks from mushrooms or cut away the very base of the stalks, wipe with kitchen paper but DO NOT WASH. OBE 1991; CBE 2010; Lifetime Achievement Award from BBC, 1998; Lifetime Achievement Award from Waterford Wedgewood, 1999; Woman of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award 2007

Bake in the centre of an oven preheated to 160C (140-150C in a fan oven) for 1...#8747; hours, then lower the heat to 140-150C (120-130C in a fan oven) and cook for approximately 2 hours. Baking times for rich fruit cakes like this vary considerably according to your particular oven, so test it carefully. Beat up the eggs with the seasoning and then pour over the hot veggies and mix until scrambled lightly The apples need partly pre-cooking; otherwise they will not be sufficiently soft. Cover the dish with foil so the apples do not scorch and cook for 15 minutesIf you don’t have time to do it on the day, don’t worry. Every post added over the course of the week will be entered into a competition to win free cookery books from Marguerite’s publisher, Grub Street. They will be awarding prizes to the most exciting or atmospheric effort – all you need to do is join in and describe your event (with or without pictures). Add the caster sugar - stand the mixing bowl on a folded tea cloth. This stops the bowl slipping on the work surface. I then thought more people might like to cook a Marguerite Patten recipe in their homes and raise a glass to her to celebrate her achievements – and the 100th anniversary of her birth. So, I approached the Guild of Food Writers who grasped the idea with enthusiasm...... So, all I can say to her many fans who have written me such amazing letters is ‘get cooking on 4 November’!’

If you wish to give your event a charitable purpose, make a donation to the Anthony Nolan Trust. This charity was particularly dear to Marguerite, whose grandson Charlie Henderson died earlier this year from leukaemia (thanks to Anthony Nolan he had two bone marrow transplants which helped him have seven years’ more life after the initial diagnosis). His sister Joanna also worked as a volunteer for the charity’s R&Be campaign before her death in 2011. Bob died in 1997, and Marguerite was predeceased by her two grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter, Judith, a great-grandson, Luke, and her sister, Elizabeth. Fortunately, after the interview and loud rounds of applause, Mrs Pattern let me know she had a very small appetite at her age and requested simple pâté on toast. We dined in the open air, having chosen an Italian restaurant near the Royal Pavilion, our small party favoured by the warm sunny weather that October day. Marguerite Patten’s fame was bought home to me when a young chef from a nearby establishment came running out of his workplace having heard the legend was in the vicinity. He was keen to meet and thank Marguerite Patten for being his inspiration. It was a lovely happening on an unforgettable day. Patten, Marguerite. "Christmas Pudding Recipe from ANCHOR® Butter". Howto.tv. Howto.tv . Retrieved 24 December 2016.The privations of the wartime diet are well-known but Marguerite’s description of whale meat is worth repeating, “it looked like a cross between liver and beef and because the raw meat had a strong and very unpleasant smell of fish and stale oil, I loathed handling whale meat to create recipes and in my demonstrations to the public.”