Jennifer Patterson, recently deceased, was a very eccentric and idiosyncratic cook, seen on TV on one occasion making meatloaf with her hands with long scarlet talons and rings on every finger. A large lady, she delighted in going about in leathers on classic motorbikes. Her cooking was traditional British country house cuisine, meat rich - she was extremely scathing of veggies. She was also a very devout Catholic. She was overpoweringly enthusiastic about life. She asked to be buried with her motorcycle helmet.

The TV program was called "Two Fat Ladies" and she appeared with Clarissa Dickson Wright, who roade in the side-car of the motorbike.There are books from the series, but the flavour is weakened in print.

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