Julienning in thickness and about eight or ten "lignes" in length. The onions are cut in half and sliced thinly to give curved sections, the lettuce and sorrel minced, in what a modern recipe would term "en chiffonade". The root vegetables are briefly sauteed, then all are simmered in stock and the "julienne" is ladled out over a slice of bread. Julienning Julienne, allumette, or french cut, is a culinary knife cut in which the food item is cut into long thin strips, similar to matchsticks. Common items to be julienned are carrots for "carrots julienne", celery for "céléris remoulade" or
Are You Being Served? entire cast of the television series reprised their roles in the film. Reviews of the film were generally negative, with one reviewer declaring, "The humour consists mainly of withering selection of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey thunder-box which bolts from the outside are thrown in for good measure." Buoyed by the huge success of the series in the United States, BBC America commissioned a special straight-to-VHS compilation in 1992. Running at 78 minutes, "The Best of Are You Being Served" featured newly-shot scenes of Mr Humphries reminiscing with his elderly mother, Annie, about