from a little-known victorianon cook, avis crocombe. today a youtube channel is dedicated to her.millions of fans. take a look. >> hello, you are here rather early, just in time to help with the lord and lady's breakfast. i am about to make bacon and onion roly-poly putting. it is savory and ideal for the servant's hall here at audley end. it is the kind of dish i grew up with. anchor: that makes me hungry. misses crocombe was brought toy lifestoric interpreters. the actress joins me from her home. yoi can seare not in costume. you have been playing misses mr crocombe for about a decade. did you expect she would become a cult hero?>> popular she has been.es how anchor: how did you get the idea to do videos playing her? >> it was english herthage who drove idea. they were keen to put the history online, which you can see today. they wanted to make theirub yochannel more diverse with cooking as well as weapons and castles and stately homes. it was to add another layer to it. anchor: do you actually do the cooking and those videos yourself? >> i do 90% of t cooking myself, yes. we do

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