Magic Ingredient, The

Duration: 600

Complete Record: A teenage couple in a malt shop have an argument over gender roles. The girl feels a need to prove her womanhood and that she can cook, so she invites her boyfriend over for a home cooked meal. With a little help from her Aunt Harriet and her charming French imaginary friend, a sophisticated man with a top hat and a cape, she gets all the cooking advice she needs to wow her boy in a sumptuous meal. CU of splendid meal. She gently jokes with her boyfriend that before they go to the movie, he needs to help with the dishes! Aunt Harriet and the Frenchmen tell how to combine high-protein and starchy foods, mix flavors and use her imagination (the magic ingredient!). They throw in some cooking history like an anecdote about potatoes and Napoleon, the background on bouillabaisse and apple pie complete with some historic stills and showing the assembly of an apple pie.