0:00:21 > 0:00:25This story belongs to Zak and his Great Uncle Robert.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'It's a tiny tale about Great Uncle Robert
0:00:35 > 0:00:38'and all the things he used to do.'
0:00:38 > 0:00:42SOUND DIPPED
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Now, it's time for Great Uncle Robert to share his memories
0:00:51 > 0:00:55and take Zak on a journey of discovery.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Great Uncle Robert is a baker.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00He bakes bread and cakes for us all to enjoy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03There are bakeries all over the country and bakers also make
0:01:03 > 0:01:07bread that is in our supermarkets, bakeries and shops.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Bakers also make pies and, my favourite, cakes!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Zak, we're going to make some sandwiches.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- What type of bread do you like? - White.- White bread?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Do you know when this bread was made?- No.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It was made in the bakery this morning at three o'clock
0:01:23 > 0:01:26when you were sleeping.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30For many years, bakers have been getting up really early
0:01:30 > 0:01:34to bake lovely bread for us all. Look at this old film.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36That looks like a hard job.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I wonder if their mouths are watering with
0:01:39 > 0:01:41the lovely smells of warm bread.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Let's see if they've finished that sandwich yet. I am getting hungry.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Now, put the lid on.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52There we have a nice sandwich, haven't we?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54We're going to have that for lunch.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Zak, we're going to the bakery to make some bread.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Would you like to do that? - Yes, please.- That's good.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Mmm! What a tasty looking sandwich!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09But what exactly is a baker?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16People have been making cakes and breads for hundreds of years
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Look at these old pictures.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Well, Zak, I wasn't much older than you
0:02:24 > 0:02:27when I first came in to work in the bakery.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32My father started the business when I was 11 years old and I spent
0:02:32 > 0:02:36a lot of my childhood in the bakery just as you have been doing.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41Doing things like making bread and making up tins for the bakers and
0:02:41 > 0:02:46assisting the bakers and, I suppose, in many ways, getting in their way.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51My father taught me to bake, he was an exceptionally good baker
0:02:51 > 0:02:55and all of the traditional Northern Irish breads that we make today,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58he taught me how to make them.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03This is going to be fun! I love bread and cakes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07So, now, Great Uncle Robert and Zak are off to a museum
0:03:07 > 0:03:09to make some very special bread.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14We're going to see Mabel to see if she's making soda bread.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- What do you think?- OK.- Good idea.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Zak, this is Mabel.- Hello.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Hello, Zak. - Mabel makes soda bread at the museum
0:03:22 > 0:03:26and she's kindly allowed us to make soda bread today.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30So, let's have a go at it. You get the flour mixed up a little bit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31HE GRUNTS
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Right, that's lovely.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Now, Mabel has told us that we put in this amount of salt.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Then, we're going to use the spoon for the baking soda,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45cos we can't have too much of that.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We're going to put this amount in. So, you mix...
0:03:48 > 0:03:53You mix the flour and the salt and the baking soda now. You mix it up.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55This is very simple bread, Zak, and this is
0:03:55 > 0:03:59how your great grandmother would have made it many years ago.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01That's good, Zak.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07'To make soda bread, you need flour, salt, baking soda and buttermilk.'
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Right, don't put it all in, in one go.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Just put it in...a bit more.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14All these things are mixed in a bowl
0:04:14 > 0:04:16until it becomes sticky dough.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19What does that feel like, Zak?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Sticky and gooey.- Sticky and gooey.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Then the dough is removed and rolled around in flour.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Just a little bit. That's it.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Get some flour on it. That's it. We've got nice round form.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Then I'm going to cut it into four for Mabel.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47There we go.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51We've got four nice farls, haven't we?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55So, Mabel's going to bake these on the griddle for us.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58This is how soda bread was baked in the olden days.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02It was placed on this piece of equipment called a griddle
0:05:02 > 0:05:04and baked over a very hot fire.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11'Wow! That looks tasty.'
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Those look nearly ready. Delicious!
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Oh, look at this.- There you are, boys. You've done really well.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Thank you.- Thank you, Mabel. Right, Zak, get tucked in.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29BOTH: Mmm!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Oh!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Well...was that good?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- That's lovely soda bread, Zak, isn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Well done, Zak. That looks fantastic.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56This horse and cart is what your great grandfather used
0:05:56 > 0:05:59to deliver buttermilk from these churns
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and bread to the people in the country.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Do you know why he used a horse and cart?- No.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08He would have used a horse and cart
0:06:08 > 0:06:11cos there was no cars in those days, years ago.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14He would have used this to drive with the buttermilk
0:06:14 > 0:06:17and bread to all the people in the country.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And look at this old film of horses and carts doing exactly that -
0:06:21 > 0:06:26delivering butter and milk just like Zak's great grandfather used to do.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31My grandfather's Dandy was a much bigger horse than this.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34He was a big, tall cart and when I was a little boy,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38I used to stand and do what you're doing now, feed Dandy...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40The next morning, my grandfather put him
0:06:40 > 0:06:44onto the cart and they went and did their work that day
0:06:44 > 0:06:46and, at night, guess what they had to do?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- I don't know. - They had to feed Dandy.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52They had to give him more hay in the evening.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Good boy, Dan.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Good boy, Dan. Hey!
0:06:59 > 0:07:03I wonder what Zak and Great Uncle Robert are up to next.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Zak, you look like a real baker.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Are we going to bake some bread?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Yes.- Let me see your hands. Have you washed your hands?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Yes, all clean.- Oh, good boy.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Today, we're going to make some nice fancy bread.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24We're going to make some plaited bread.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26This is a nice piece of dough
0:07:26 > 0:07:30with fruit and cherries on it. Now, we're going to...
0:07:30 > 0:07:35We're going to do this and I'm going to give you a rolling pin.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37That's yours and this is mine.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43And we're going to pin it out like this...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49until it's about the size of a plate.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Good boy. That's lovely.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Now...I'm going to cut it for you...
0:07:57 > 0:07:59..into three. One...
0:07:59 > 0:08:01two, three pieces. All right?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Then you're going to roll those out for plaiting.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22And then we're going to go like this. If you watch...
0:08:22 > 0:08:23one over like that.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Right, nice and tight, and one over like this.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32And one over like this.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37And again. I want you to do this one over like that.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38That's it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42We've got a nice little loaf, haven't we?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45A nice plaited loaf. Well done, Zak.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48We're going to have to bake that and later on,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- we'll eat it, eh? - Yummy, yummy, yummy!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Wow! That looks tasty!
0:09:03 > 0:09:06This is my Dad and we're going to ice some wee buns.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08HE GIGGLES
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Zak's dad works here in the bakery too with Great Uncle Robert.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- So, Zak, shall we ice some buns? - Yes.- Yes?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16OK, what do we have to do first?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- We have to put the jelly in, don't we?- OK.- Like this.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Can you help me?- Yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Do you want to do some?- OK.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Good boy. That's it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Perfect. Great job.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Dad, I'll tell you when to stop. - Will you?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Stop. Stop. And Stop.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Perfect. Good job. - We have to put the cream in.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- We have to go with some cream, don't we?- Yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- We have to put the cream on like this.- And stop. Stop.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I'll help you and I can even tell you when to stop.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57And stop!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- A little bit more.- Stop!
0:10:02 > 0:10:03That's it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Zak, what do we need to finish these?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Em, icing.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- And what colour? - Yellow.- Yes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18So if I put some icing on here like this...
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- can you finish these off for me? - OK.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Some flowers.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Do-do-do!
0:10:33 > 0:10:34OK.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Now that he's made all his lovely buns, Great-Uncle Robert
0:10:53 > 0:10:57takes Zak to deliver them to his classmates at school.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Hello, Zak.- Hello.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- I have brought you some treats. - Oh, lovely.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Boys and girls, what do we say to Zak?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15KIDS: Thank you!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Right, Ben, you can have a blue one.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27What a feast! Save one for me, please.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Don't forget your teacher, Zak.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Mmm!
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I wonder how they taste.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Mmm!
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Everyone really enjoyed their special treats from Zak.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52What a lucky class.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53THEY LAUGH
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Zak, I've had such a great time showing you my job as a baker.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17We went to the folk museum.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24And we baked some soda bread on an open fire,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26just like your granny used to.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29They tasted great.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33We patted down the horse.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38He reminded you of your grandad's horse - Dandy.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We took a special delivery to my school.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44All my friends got to taste the cakes that we made.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I think they liked them.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48THEY LAUGH
0:12:48 > 0:12:50What did you enjoy the most, Zak?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Taking the buns that we made to school.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02What was your favourite part?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05My favourite part, Zak, was working with you -
0:13:05 > 0:13:09working in the bakery, cos I think you're a great baker.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Aw! That's a boy.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16What a fabulous heap of fun.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20That was Zak and Great-Uncle Robert's tiny tale
0:13:20 > 0:13:22about being a baker.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Now Great-Uncle Robert has shared his story with Zak,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30it's time for Zak to start his very own story.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Do you know someone with a story to share?