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Pick-Me-Ups

TV chef James Martin explores home cooking, serving up pick-me-ups including a nourishing squash and lime soup and a vitamin-packed poached haddock with egg.

There's nothing like the taste of home when you're feeling a bit under the weather, and in this episode James serves up his own pick-me-ups, including a nourishing squash and lime soup and a vitamin-packed poached haddock with egg.

Wild pig farmers Roy and Sarah Hunt visit the kitchen with a selection of their New Forest bacon for James to create his own take on a comforting cheese, tomato and bacon snack. And historian Ivan Day recreates our ancestors' answer to convalescence food - an alcoholic posset.

44 minutes

Music Played

  • Josh Osho

    freewheel

  • Olly Murs

    Thinking of Me

  • Adele

    Cold Shoulder

  • Plan B

    She Said

  • Saint Raymond

    Fall at Your Feet

  • Stereophonics

    We Share the Same Sun

  • Lemon Jelly

    Nice Weather for Ducks

  • Snow Patrol

    Called Out In The Dark

  • Nerina Pallot

    Put Your Hands Up

  • MIKA

    Lollipop

  • Millie Small

    My Boy Lollipop

  • The Chordettes

    Lollipop

  • Jim Noir

    Eanie Meany

  • Xavier Cugat

    One Mint Julep (Cha-cha Twist)

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

  • Olly Murs

    Busy

  • The City Waites

    Lord Willowby's Welcome Home

  • The City Waites

    Newcastle

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Act 3 "Come away" [Sailor, Chorus] "The Sailors' Dance"

    Performer: William Christie.
  • The City Waites

    Saraband

  • HAIM

    Forever

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

  • The Bees

    Love in the Harbour

  • The Brand New Heavies

    On the One

  • Josh Osho

    Freewheel

  • Olly Murs

    Thinking Of Me

  • Adele

    Cold Shoulder

  • Plan B

    She Said

  • Saint Raymond

    Fall At Your Feet

  • Lemon Jelly

    Nice Weather For Ducks

  • MIKA

    Lollipop

  • Donell Jones

    Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me)

  • Jim Noir

    Eanie Meany

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

  • Olly Murs

    Busy

  • HAIM

    Forever

  • The Bees

    Love in the Harbour

Food producers

The food producers featured in this episode are:
  • Roy and Sarah Hunt from Tatchbury Manor Farm (Rare breed pigs), New Forest, Hampshire
  • Cesar and Pete Roden from The Ice Kitchen, London

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter James Martin
Executive Producer Karen Plumb
Series Producer Rosemary Edwards
Director David Robertson
Participant Roy Hunt
Participant Sarah Hunt
Participant Ivan Day

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