cooking shows

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:34:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
wrote:


Would you care to share? I want to make soft chocolate chip cookies,
but they always end up crispy (IMO). Actually they're not crispy or
soft, sorta in between.... but I want them to be softer.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
Andy wrote:

I will keep an eye for the show. I also have seen an episode in the past of
Burt Wolf's on the "history of food". I will say I like PBS cooking shows
better than the Food Network or the Cooking channel.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On 28/02/2011 12:43 PM, Goomba wrote:


We have heard about how the child acts in restaurants. The apple did not
fall far from the tree.
 
Julie Bove wrote:





That should usually be possible. And 15 minutes would be a reasonable
window almost always.


In my priority system, phone calls and most events involving cats
should not be allowed to interrupt cooking in almost all cases.
Things don't "crop up" while I'm cooking because I've decided to cook.


Sounds to me like the reasonable flow is somewhere in between what
he is demanding and what you are offering.

(This topic resonates with me as I once was in the situation of taking
night classes that started at 8:00 pm, meaning I had to leave the house
at 7:05 and therefore wanted dinner prepared no later than 6:45.
My partner for several weeks had a lot of trouble meeting this timing,
usually for no real reason other than not doing the prep in the right
sequence. Before the end of the semester they got it down, though.)

Steve
 
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:15:32 -0800, Serene Vannoy
wrote:

20 minute meals would be a miracle for me if it was any more
complicated than heating leftovers or making a sandwich. Just cooking
rice in a rice cooker takes 20 minutes.


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
Julie Bove wrote:

Thankfully, my military husband was raised with manners, which served
him well in the military environment, especially the social functions.
And he's just fun to be around!
 
sf wrote:

I like the fact that they have foods I have never tried or never heard
of. It reminds me that I should try new foods more regularly and it
gives me ideas of what to look for when I'm shopping - Aynthing I have
not heard of before or have not tried yet.
 
Blockade Runner wrote:


I want to give the banana bread recipe from last week's America's Test
Kitchen a try.



Brian
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On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:13:21 -0800, sf wrote:



I learn a lot from watching Iron Chef. The chefs (either one) are
just using pre-existing recipes for the items they prepare. The part
that interests me is how they change out ingredients to meet the
mystery food challenge by substituting a particular meat or vegetable
item. It broadens my thinking when preparing food at home. I keep a
decently supplied pantry at home (not anything like a lot of you do)
and I like to put meals together from what I have in the house and
garden. the challenging chef on Iron Chef isn't someone I would call
desperate. They are looking for competitive recognition and
advertising for their own venue. And the contestants on Chopped are
cooking up heartrending stories to influence the judges. I really
find that show a deplorable and sleazy attempt to copy the network's
successful reality shows. Ick.
Janet
 
Julie Bove wrote:

I really look forward to Chopped All Stars exactly because they will
turn the tables on the judges. On Chopped it's clea on the faces of the
contestants they were not told what would be in the basket just that it
will be hard. With Chopped All Stars it's like they will have rocks and
distilled water in the baskets.

I think cooking shows in general have improved food other than fast food
over the years. I think nothing of doing stuff I learned on some
cooking show over the years then I see it as a lesson from chef school.
 
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:04:51 -0600, [email protected] (Blockade
Runner) wrote:

By menu, do you mean all the dishes presented on one show? No, but
maybe I'll make two. It's nice to see what the food presenter thinks
go together. It's inspiration, not a decree.

Wow! Does your mommy still cook for you too? Sounds like you're not
very good at planning ahead. Better work on it. An attitude like
that won't get you very far in school or at work either - so your goal
is not just learning how to get a decent meal on the table, it's
general self improvement. Now go play with your trucks in the street.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:22:05 -0800 (PST), projectile vomit chick
wrote:


Did you ever see him go head to head with Martin Yan, boning a
chicken? They are both so fast, and they make it seem so easy. And
they have fun competing against each other with this. They try to
outdo each other. It is a lot of fun to watch.

Christine
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http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com
 
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:25:18 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
wrote:


On any of the cooking shows, I enjoy learning about foods or ethnic
menus that I haven't tried and know nothing about. I'll make a note
of them and something in the future I will plan on adding a new item
to our dinner. I realize now that my mother was always bringing home
something new to try. I never recognized it because my father never
made a stink about anything new and we just ate whatever it was. There
are many foods that I can't find around here or can't afford anymore
that were part of my everyday life.
Janet
 
On 28/02/2011 12:46 PM, Steve Pope wrote:


We have a few ....disagreements.... about timing meals here. We
occasionally have evening events that require that we be fed and cleaned
up in order to be somewhere at a certain time. Unfortunately, my wife
always used to consider " dinner time" as the time that dinner should
be started, not the time it should be served, and it doesn't help that
her prep work is disorganized and inefficient. Several nights a week I
was going out for a volunteer gig that started at 5 pm and i had to be
there early to groom and tack horses, which meant leaving the house by
4:15, not sitting down to eat at 4:30.
 
Julie Bove wrote:

We went to a place last night that has been features on DDD. Some of
them have sucked some have ruled. This one ruled. Smoque BBQ in
Chicago.


He's an alien and that set of eyes is a lot more sensative to the bright
lights of being on camera.
 
sf wrote:

Chortle. Ain't it the truth. Twenty minute meals are like going to the
airport. A flight that is in the air for an hour is still a six hour
experience when you include driving to the airport and all the other
steps. Twenty minute meals take sixty because of the prep time and
clean up time.
 
In article , [email protected]
says...

I think the guy is a total dork... but Flay at least goes head to head
with real chef's in their own element, I respect that much, he isn't
afraid to lose like the rest of them. I doubt any of the so called
Judges for these shows would "throw down" with those they are
judging...;)
 
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