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Film Released: 1979
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Robert Benton
Cast/Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Set in New York in the 70s, Ted Kramer
(played by Dustin Hoffman) and Joanna Kramer (played by Meryl Streep)
have been married for over 7 years and have a son called Billy (played
by Justin Henry). Ted is an advertising executive who is totally
immersed in his career, working long hours at the office. Even when he’s
at home, he neglects family life and spends most of his time there
planning his work schedule.
After months of loneliness and dissatisfaction with her marriage,
depression sets in and Joanna announces that she is leaving Ted but will
be leaving their son behind for Ted to look after. Ted’s world is
totally disrupted as he finds him having to balance his work and home
commitments and soon his career starts to suffer. He struggles on and
over the months, Ted and Billy develop a close father and son
relationship.
Almost a year later, Joanna reappears having been in California
undergoing therapy and having sorted herself out with job has come back
to reclaim her son totally unaware of the close attachment Ted and Billy
have formed. After all these months he and Billy have achieved a
relatively comfortable state and warm and loving relationship so not
surprisingly, he refuses to hand his son over to the mother who
abandoned them both.
The resolve to fight for custody over their only son through the courts.
After much heartache, the courts side with the mother, but throughout it
all, Joanna has realised that the Billy’s home is now with his father
and on the morning that she is supposed to pick Billy up to take him
away, she admits to Ted that Billy should stay with his father. The
movie ends with Joanna getting into the lift and heading up to the
apartment to tell Billy that he'll be staying.
The food aspect comes when the newly abandoned Ted is struggling to make
breakfast for Billy. Although Joanna has left a note of instructions
next to the "natural grain" cereal, a jar of honey, some wheat germ, and
a banana, with carefully written, Ted is so angry with her that he
throws the note away in defiance and suggests that he cooks some French
toast (Billy’s favourite).
Trouble is, he doesn’t have a clue how to do it. He gets egg shell in
the mixture, forgets to add the milk and ends up burning it then
dropping the entire contents of the frying pan on the kitchen floor when
he forgets the pan handle is very hot.
Below is a classic version of this
recipe.
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French Toast
Veg HT 10mins
Serves 2 Hot Vegetarian
Breakfast Brunch Snack
Ingredients
2 Eggs
60ml/2fl.oz. Milk
1 level tbsp Sugar
½ teasp Vanilla Essence
¼ teasp Ground Cinnamon
2 Slices of White Bread
25g/1oz Butter (approx)
Instructions
1. Break the eggs into a wide shallow dish then add the milk, sugar,
vanilla and cinnamon and beat with a fork or balloon whisk until well
blended.
2. Cut each slice of bread in half then place in the egg mixture and
leave for 1-2 minutes turning half way through so the bread soaks up
some of the mixture.
3. Heat the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat until hot,
then add the bread, gently pouring any excess egg mixture over the
slices in the pan.
4. Cook on one side for about 2 minutes until golden brown then turn and
cook the other side until golden brown, making sure all the egg mixture
is set.
Serve immediately.
Serving suggestions:
Top with fruit slices or sprinkle with caster sugar.
If you fancy a more savoury version, omit the cinnamon and vanilla and
season with salt and pepper or garlic/onion salt.
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