Thanks, I was wondering about the atmosphere and the tension in the air.
I'll have to check it out.
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Thanks, I was wondering about the atmosphere and the tension in the air.
I'll have to check it out.
Chef Jeff is a great show. The chef assigned one of the young men to be the group leader. The other fella was a little upset about it. I think he thought he should have been chosen. That's where the animosity comes in.
I think this is one of FN best shows ever.
Richard, if you're talking about Aaron McCardle's show....I think they showed the few episodes he made and they are taking a break. Aaron is on the road with Rachel Ray right now in her mobile teaching project. I saw Aaron on another FN commercial the other day so he's still around. Unlike Amy that opted not to come back, or, they decided not to bring her back. Elyse(cassiesmom)said she went to France with her family to live.
I think Aaron will be around for awhile.
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LOL, I saw something that has me split on the whole idea.
I was watching Mike Chiarello cooking a dish where he made a batch of veggies-I think it was in the oven, roasted.
After he took the juice/broth from the bottom of the pan he tossed them into the trash. I thought that it was a waste, My dogs will eat veggies and love them-I thought about it and remembered that dogs should NOT GET ONIONS!
Hokay! Last night, AB made a dish and tossed the roasted veggies into the dog's dish! I didn't see the set up for either dish so I can't be sure onions were present, but name me a cook that doesn't use onions and I'll call it a travesty!
I guess if you don't cook onions with the mix you are O.K., but I was a little concerned about how one treated the subject opposed to the other.
LOL, I watch way too much cooking on TV and put too much effort into watching them as they cook!
I think his name is actually Aaron McCargo instead of what I wrote above. I don't know the spelling. I saw a piece with him in it last night and heard his name. Oops. I told myself I need to come back here and say something.
I watch so much cooking on tv, I convince myself that I'm a gourmet cook until I actually cook. Forget it.
You gotta wonder how some of that food actually tastes(I think I said this before but it always bugs me).:)
I've been dealing with insomnia and just not sleeping much at all, and so have been watching FN till about 5am when the infomercials come on. I saw a commercial for one of the Dinner Impossible shows and the new guy is having an issue getting it done, and Aaron McCargo shows up to help "save the day". Good to know he's still around, even if it's not on a show of his own.
I love watching the older Good Eats shows. I still adore Alton Brown, lol.
I watch the AB ROLLER infomercials to lose all the weight I gain while watching and eating my way thru late nightTVland. :eek:Quote:
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I just can't do the Symon programs. IT seems like he panics to easily and doesn't have the 'panic mode' that Robert Irving had. This will probably be the last incarnation for this series.
I caught about 5 seconds of the Giada series with her sister, I don't know what is funnier-they way she treats her non-cooking sister or her sister admitting she don't know squat!
The weekend shows are coming up, see if I remember to watch some.
I did see part of part of the "Off the Hook-G Fieri" program. That was scary.
You're so funny, Richard.
Every time Giada has one of her relatives or friends on the show, she acts like they don't even know how to boil water. It really is sickening how arrogant she can be. I know all of her friends and family agree. Especially the ones that obviously know something about cooking.:rolleyes:
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If there is an Italian woman on the planet who cannot cook, she married into the family.;)
I put on the FC as background noise and was tripping on TF and his ultimate show. He made a chicken pot pie.....He pulls out a chicken and says that it's organic, tastes good and really good for the enviroment.
He goes to the fridge and pulls out a dozen eggs in a plastic egg box....Um, I thought that plastic packaging wasn't good for the enviroment.:confused::eek:
I did see and liked the Cooking in the Loft show, the hostess was kinda dopey, in a good way.
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Oh, and I love the cuts to commercials on the programs. Those are the segments where the host tell you that they are going to finish things up when they come back from commercial and they continue cooking.
RR almost threw a header today. She's making some kind dish that goes into the oven and she squats down to slide it in. She'll be right back she reminds us, then does this 180 twist as she stands up so she can finish up. LOL, she did it so fast that you can see her stumble and almost throw her hand out to steady herself on the counter.....
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Ann Burrell is making some kind of chicken and mushroom dish.....She's explaining what goes into the dish- "Pancetta, It's a bacon-y thing"..
I have to keep a little notebook to write all the things I laugh about.....:D
First time I've ever seen Giada was today.
It's the first time I've ever WANTED clams or oysters. She made it look so easy!
I have to keep a little notebook to write all the things I laugh about.....
Great idea, Richard. You seem to catch the best errors.
The story about RR is really good. She moves around like a hummingbird and we know she's knocking back 14 cups of strong coffee every day. No wonder she almost fell.
Whatever happened to her Dunkin Donuts ads?:)
PROGRAM ALERT
This Sunday was the contest that Deen and Fieri were supposed to host before the NASCAR race. You'll probably see it later on in the year, but there will be some kind of tie in in the prerace program....keep your eyes peeled!
I love Giada! Her food is amazing. I made a few of her dishes for my assistant's birthday and mother's day this year.Quote:
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Warm Vegetable Salad
Chicken Scallopine with Saffron Cream Sauce
This was good with rice for the sauce as well.
They sound a little involved, but they are REALLY easy!
LOL,
Why do I torture myself so?:D
I tuned into Booby Flake's program this morning as background noise-he had on some Texas gal and they were cooking pork steaks.
The gal starts to make her 'signature' BBQ sauce and BF has to interject his three cents in about it. HE wants it spicy hot so while she is making up the sauce part of her recipe he tosses out some different chili powder for her to put in.
The next thing that made me laugh was the "grilled" potatoe recipe. The woman thinly slices some potatoes and is going to put them on the BBQ. Before she puts them on to cooks she says, "Now I am going to take my grilled potatoes and put them on the grill."
I thought, they aren't grilled -yet, so how can they be grilled potatoes?:confused:
My last thing was about the Weber Grill top. Twice during the show Flay took the top off of the domed Weber he uses, and put it on the floor while he checked on the food.
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Oh, I flipped the tube back on and saw the Cooking for Real woman make the roasted corn with the mayo slathered all over it.
Now I want corn and have none in the house!:(
Richard I watched that one too.
I have to say - her grilled pears sounded yummy.
Her pork steaks looked much tastier than his cuban style pork sandwich thingies. I don't think I would like pickles grilled with my pork.
I have officially become a food network addict.
I wasn't in the room so I wasn't exactly "watching" but I heard it!Quote:
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Dang, I missed it.Quote:
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I'll have to wait for the TVFN program you know is coming!
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GF had his son on the show. What is the deal with the wristbands? His kid wears one to. :confused:
SM,
The Cubano style of sandwich is pressed like a paninni and the pickles are always part of it. Never had one, but pork. in a sandwich, is really good.
I didn't pay too much attention to the episode, but I did notice that the woman didn't bother to strain or make her sauce "smooth"- I am not a fan of any sauces that have stuff floating around in it.:eek:
I saw that Booby Flake show too. It was a rerun. That show was a comedy of errors. She almost flipped some food right off the grill, several times. Those potatos were questionable from the beginning.
Has anybody ever tried that squash she had? The green ones. There are so many things I don't know about.
I thought it was rather strange that she didn't come prepared to make the so called BBQ sauce. Richard, I'm with you. I like sauce as sauce. That stuff of her's was weird. Booby was handing her spices that he wasn't even sure what they were.
I also got the sense that he felt he was being outdone by her a couple of times. He hates to be outdone by a woman.:eek:
I saw GF's son on too. Ok....the young man is wearing an armband and his Dad is wearing a matching one. Hmmmm......how old is his Dad? Grow up Guy!!! I can never imagine GF as a husband and father. Holy Cow!!!
I have to say it again, I love the Chef Jeff Project. Personally, I think he cuts some of the kids too much slack but he doesn't want to make them backslide. Well, some of them are backsliding anyway.
I really love the show.
I can't wait for the Thanksgiving special where we see the Iron Chefs competing.
I am also seriously addicted.:o :o :o
Doggone it!!! I missed the NASCAR thing too. I watched te race but missed that.
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The green squash is called Chayote (Chai oh teh). My dad loved them and I haven't had any for a while. Again, you can find them in a regular store out here, but may have problems in different areas of the country.
Flay has this little 'thing' that he does when someone makes a suggestion that is better than his he'll look down and away from the person. I noticed that on the Throwdown programs. On TD, when the gals have a better thought than he does, he does get a little attitude.
I like the CJP but have to cringe when I hear the kids talk. I use the captioning feature on my TV set and when I see that the transcription is verbatim It drives me crazy. I am a stickler for kids being well spoken.
I gots a real problem wit dat.:eek:
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And speaking of squash?
Last year I didn't pay too much attention to the holiday FN programs last year- I guess they had one where all the hosts show up on set with a dish and they sit down and eat- I guess RR showed up with some pumpkin soup-my mom had watched it and was very irritated that the other chefs came with some elaborate dishes and RR showed up with puree'd squash.
I guess she really does practice frugal food preparation.
I had a real problem with the lady with four kids telling all the lies last night on CJP. What's up with that and why is she still there? Then there was the kid that was appointed leader and didn't show up. Jeff gave them both the day off--I would have made them stay. I think they wanted the day off--that was their intent.
I also have a problem with the kids talking the way they do.
Thanks for the info on the green squash, Richard. I see it here in the stores. Maybe I'll try it. We have a large Hispanic population here. We're able to find alot of foods that would be used in Hispanic homes more readily. I have a Mexican grocery store a half mile from here.
I forgot to mention.......did anybody catch the Guy Fieri Big Bite show the other day when he went to pour soda in something and shook up the bottle? It was hilarious. He mumbled, "Why did I do that", and tried to cover it up. At least he had the good sense to let the bottle sit before he uncapped it. :rolleyes: I still think Guy has way too many things going on. He still seems to be dominating the network.
I saw another cooking show yesterday on PBS. I didn't know the chef. She made a salad with raw potatoes. I never thought you could eat raw potatoes.
Did anyone catch the Giada episode where she is cooking with a woman in a brown shirt/top?
Talk about obnoxious.
The gal was making some pasta and GD was getting a little irritated about whe was the woman was cooking the dish. The woman had a accent, I take it she was from Italy, and was cooking A traditional dish of pasta. GF was hovering over her- More cheese? Put some green in the dish! Add my meatballs! The woman held her ground and GF got a little put off by the whole thing, she got snitty and went to sit down while the woman finished the dish.
It was really funny to watch her get an attitude because the woman wouldn't budge from her recipe.:rolleyes:
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She was really a tool, She'd suggest something for the dish and when the woman said 'no' to her, she'd look into the camera, smile with the "I cannot believe she'd turn down my ideas" attitude.Quote:
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LOL, I just cannot turn it off.....I may have to go for intervention!:D
It's no big surprise to any of us that she would react this way. Poor little thang has never known the word "rejection" in her life.:rolleyes:Quote:
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BATTLE HAM!
I'll get hammered for this, But I have to post it anyway.
I loved Iron Chef when it was the original......Fuke-San! I would run thru the GF's place trying to get her attention by yelling that!
This version runs me hot and cold. I like the 'secret ingredients" but find that the ICA chefs a little more conceited and the guest judges too flamboyant for me at times.
Last night I watched the HAM BATTLE-like who really is the loser?
The pig that died to be on TV, the chef that drops the challege or Alton Brown? ;)
The judges were Mark Ekco, Ted Allen and some gal that I have seen before on the panel and I have to say that I was CAPTIVATED by her. LOL< let me run down my judging the judges?
Ecko looks like he smells, You'd think a 'fashion' maven would dress-or know how to dress himself appropriately. He wore a cap and t-shirt. I know he wore his own clothes from the line, but I was shocked that they didn't let him wear an overpriced T-shirt with his name/company on it.
I can do a really good Ted Allen imitation - so I'll pass on him. The woman, I know her initials are KB-I remember that from the chyron the had on the screen when AB spoke to her.
Anyway, I was obsessed with her cleavage. LOL, bear with me, it has to do with food, trust me! I was trying to figure out what her nationality/background is, She reminded me of a woman I worked with years ago. She was Iranian, was stunning and had ample 'assests' like the judge.
The dress the judge was wearing was low cut, It wasn't really trashy and you would have to be "special" to wear it and not look cheap.
Anyway, when they first introduced her I stopped and thought to myself, "WTF happens if she drops something on herself?"
Now, I know that probably is the last thing you may think about during a cooking show, but, I am a man, I like ham, women and..........I like food..:confused:
Now, being the idiot I am I stayed up until they fed the judges just on the off chance gravity came a' calling- I wanted to see her dig that morsel out.
Just a second?
God? Please forgive me for having impure thoughts during the Iron Chef Ham Battle. Mom always taught me not to play at the table or mess around with my food, or act stupid while eating but this woman's cleavage was really distracting! AMEN.
After a mega-second I realized that I would never get to see that, and if it happened it would go onto a blooper reel somewhere, so I went to bed
and never found out who won the Battle Ham and the Battle Gravity.
But, for some strange reason, I have a hankering for some ham at the moment........
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I saw the Chef Jeff program where he took the kids to eat the seafood at the farmer's market.
That was funny and sad at the same time. To think that there are people out there who live in a state next to the ocean who have never tried shellfish.
We would go camping by the beach in Mexico growing up and my dad would go pick mussels off the rocks and cook them up......
It really makes me think about the people who think a Filet-o-Fish sandwich from Mickey D's is seafood!:(
LOL LOL LOL You never stop cracking me up, Richard.
I saw Battle Ham too. My first thought was that every dish would automatically be loaded with fat and cholesterol but that's the norm.
With ham, what else is there?
In my feebleness(is that a word?)I can't remember who the Iron Chef was. Cat Cora I think. Anyway...the Iron Chef was the winner by one point.
I love Alton Brown but his voice during that show is really starting to annoy me. He never shuts up.
I had also forgotten who the judges were but I think it must have been the lady that always shows plenty of cleavage. FN website probably has some info about her.
I like Ted Allen. He's always gracious. Ecko did not impress me in the least. Was he stuck up or what? I was also questioning the t-shirt. It was a cheesy move to let him wear that at best.
CJP The young man puking almost put me over the edge. I was irritated that the chef made them taste things whether they wanted to or not. I understand her reasoning but for heaven's sake. The kid was turning gray from the thoughts of it. Of course it was national tv so I know it was more for show than anything.
Has anybody seen the new Barefoot Contessa shows yet? It's on here on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. I have missed it every week so far. It's been a long time coming. I was surprised to hear she actually made new shows.
What exactly is that thing inside the Filet-O-Fish? It is pretty sad that some people think that's all there is to seafood. In my opinion, there is nothing better on this earth than an excellent seafood meal.
The CJP? I think that when you intro people to food that small should be the operative word. I LOVE Oysters-but doing shooters the first time out is probably daunting for the first timers. The texture is the first hurdle!Quote:
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I am not a huge Contessa fan-I like her recipes, but she's too nice to all the people she knows-can't they cook for her once in a while? :0
Did you ever see the commercial where they show fishermen pulling a net onto the deck of a boat, the net opens and a bunch of square fish fall out?
The tagline was something about getting a "square of fish" in some kind of meal. I really don't know, but when I want something different I'll buy one. I am not proud to say that!
Boullabaise, french bread and a good beer, with some oyster shooters to start? That's a seafood dinner!
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I just popped on the tube for a second and got some Nigella! I thought my love affair with her was over.....she's making a dish and pulls out an electric pepper mill! Like WTF? :eek:;)
Then she did something that I just adore.....
I have this think about KILTER. DON'T LIKE IT.
For example? If you want to make me really nervous, put me in an Architectural Digest home. AD is a mag that focuses on really nice homes and the way they were built. They do photo layouts of the house and they are immaculate. The house looks like no one lives there. They are beautiful, but they are cold because of the way they are kept. I can see the anally retentive owners freaking out and telling you to take off your shoes and dusting you off to keep their homes clean. Anyway, I like to see things like a book, glasses and a cup of coffee on a table, a cat asleep on a couch, Pair of slippers on the rug...little messages that people do live in the house, Something out of kilter.
So, Nigella is making a crab salad and goes about chopping up a red chili. She cuts it into little pieces, then drops it into the bowl.
As she goes to chop up a lime for the dressing, she pulls out the knife that still has flecks of the chili on it and goes to work on it.
I LOVE THAT. I know that sometimes you HAVE to wipe or get a new blade for the next step, but I hate the cold and clinical way that some/most of the people cook on TVFN. No, it's not surgery and there is a certain amount of care that you have to take when you cook or prepare chicken, eggs and stuff like that, but it was refreshing to see someone cook 'normally'!
I watched the Vegas episode of CJP.
That was pretty neat to go by limo, but it was a rapper's ride, the lights and side show was a little too much-Why not rent a motor home? The ride from El Lay to Vegas is about 5 hours. Slower in a huge limo or motor home, but why not spend the money to rent a MH and then let the kids play cards, go the the RR and snack? That would have been more fun and a way to get everyone into the swing of things.
For me it would be more tolerable that sitting in a car looking across at someone passed out in their chair. ;)
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And here is another peeve of mine-I pay way too much attention to these programs and all the shiat that goes on during them.I love to cook and get some good ideas from the channel but I feel that they sometimes take advantage of the contestants/cooks/guests.
Here is my view..
CJ takes the crew to his home to see what it is like to have family.
He then puts the kids to cook for his momma's birthday!
WTF? Come on Chef, that was really a put off to me.
Why not have a nice spread put out by your restaurant?
Side note?
The only other place I have been invited to where the hostess made me cook, clean and slave-and it was for almost a whole week- was that lady GINI-she's fun but I heard she also let people clean out her cat's boxes!
And what is it with these kids? NO GRILLING EXPERIENCE? Half of the smog in Lost Angeles is from BBQs and homeless people setting the hills ablaze when they light up an illegal fire to cook.
That should be one of the pre reqs to any cooking school. You have to cook a three course meal in a charcoal pit, then a gas or propane grill. THAT will separate the wheat from the chaff.:D
I just watched the rerun of the CJP and the kids offered to cook at his party....my mistake!
The end of Chef Jeff was really good, Adam-sheesh, Hope he gets his head outta his rump!
The new TVFN shows?
Chopped? Looks like Iron Chef for Dummies!
Guy Fieri? I was so tired of him last spring his ultimate recipe show looks like a redo of the first one! I wonder if TGI Fridays will be stealing recipes again.
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I watched the Iron Chef/Thanksgiving show last night.
I kept a pad next to the me on the couch and wrote down some of the "LowLights" of the show.
Tiki Barber is a grade-a, prime cut idiot-He is a freaking moron-nothing about him is entertaining, interesting or worthy of my time.
At the end-I don't have my list near me but am going for the one I remember making me laugh- was the fried bread thing with Lou Diamond Phillips and Booby Flake. You have to watch carefully for this little car crash.
LDP asks BF about the fried bread and if it's a Navajo (Amerind) style recipe-LDP had encountered it before.
They cut to a shot of BF looking down and saying that he went to the reservation to learn how to make it. He looked like he was ticked off that someone had figured out what he cooked and called him on it.
One other thing was the jalapeno peppers in cranberries? WTF was that all about?
Special Japanese charcoal?- Go to the store and buy some mesquite charcoal and see how hot THAT burns, it does smoke but hey, maybe I have lived in Cah lee fuh nee ah too long to notice smoke?
Pink Salt blocks? I can see people RUNNING to their computers to find out where they can spend 75 dollars for pink salt from Asia!
LOL
http://www.atthemeadow.com/shop/inde...dex&cPath=1_27
I swear to george that I guessed at the prices......and sure enough! I love the text that detailed the mining operation-and nowhere does it mention the poor people being exploited with 10 cent an hour wages for getting us that cool pink salt to cook with.:rolleyes:
lol lol lol You kill me, Richard!!!:D
I watched those shows too.
Chef Jeff finale was good. I'm still shaking my head over Adam not entering the school yet. HUH??? What the heck is he thinking? After all the hoopla from him--the crying, complaining, whining, thank yous.....what is wrong with this kid? He's given a chance like that and he blows it?
However, I was thinking about the whole situation. Some kids would be unrehabable. If he only had them for 6 weeks, highly unlikely that they would be all 100% brand new.
What killed me was the big deal about the chef practically offering him a job and he hasn't taken advantage of anything yet??? What the heck, most people would love to go to that school.
Iron Chef Thanksgiving Challenge. I want to say that that show seemed to repulse me more than usual with some of the ingredients they were adding.
Tiki Barber??? Who does he think he is? He was way too arrogant for my taste.
Booby Flake agreeing right away with Lou Diamond Phillips......Puh leaaassseeee BF had no idea what that bread was. He was so taken aback, he just automatically agreed with him. Right away, YEA, that's Navajo bread!! He apparently forgot he was talking to a Native American Indian?? Flake hates to be upstaged.
I loved it when the pot caught on fire but I had wished it would have been BF that was responsible.
I was pretty repulsed by the dead geese/ducks, whatever they were. It wasn't pleasant. Thank God they were already dead. I couldn't have handled them killing them on camera. Not that they would do that.
I was really surprised that there was a one point difference at the end. I was certain that Maurimoto and Cora's dishes paled in comparison, according to the talented Tiki Barber.
The jalapenos and cranberries. Arby's has a sauce they give you for the jalapeno poppers called Berry....something. That's exactly what it tastes like. Cranberries and jalapenos. It is actually delicious.
Chopped looks rather crazy. Iron Chef for Dummies--Good one!!
What was the new one with Ted Allen? I can't get away from him on that Food Detective show. That show gives me the creeps. It reminds of a bad science show from the 80's.
I used to like him. As an Iron Chef judge, he is just too nice.
Lastly, but certainly not least. Richard, how did you like those spiffy chef garbs that were designed by Mark Gecko? C'mon buddy!!--You took the already existing outfits and designed identical new ones. The only changes were shiny, ugly fabrics and big old tacky buttons. Stellar job MG!!
I am not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination.
Levi's and a Target t-shirt are my style. I am not a fan of clothes, especially shirts that have these mysterious logos/words that mean nothing to me.
I go to the closeout sales at target for shirts 2/7 dollars, so tees with SOUTHPOLE Est. 1843, Ecko Ltd. rhinos and A&F sports teams that do not exist and cost more that quadruple of what I can get two of - matter of fact for 28 dollars I can get 8 t-shirts if I wait long enough for a sale.
The 'new' look unis I had seen before, There is a neat Chinese food place in Pasadena where the hostess wears the same thing. It just has a gold pattern on a solid red color. It was much ado about nothing.
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Another thing about fashion, the other day I ran into a guy with a South Pole shirt on. I always laugh because for every NORTH POLE shirt I see, I see someone who will never see that side of the planet-and someone making money off of a marketing strategy.
I'll have to get my list out and go over it. I did channel surf a bit during the program so I missed more highlights. I have to see GF's special...
That should be a hoot!
I was watching some of Dear Food Network-I wonder what BF would do without CHIPOTLE.
Everything is Southwest. UGH he just made Sweet Potatoe Soup with chipotle cream on the top......
It's car wreck time on the food network!:D
I still can't believe that Guy Fieri has children. I'm scared. I would not want to be those kids teacher! Unless he actually cooks more than he walks around places and eats their food, it might be ok to have him for a "room dad" to supply munchies, but other than that, I can't imagine what his kids are like (yeah, one kid was on the Thanksgiving Disasters show, and he's a cutie, but I wonder how obnoxious he really is.)
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I would never let my kids get on T.V. - the kids usually have the parents wrapped around their fingers and are allowed to do whatever is necessary to become stars!:confused: I have a niece that was into the show business thing-she is a spoiled brat already.
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I had to laugh at Giada the other day.
She was doing her travel show and was in Florida-racing around and eating up the town.
She went to a night club to take a salsa dancing lesson- It was a room with a stage at one end-and the teacher giving the lesson to a room full of people.
GD is in the front row of the class and you can see she is a beat off the steps.
I am laughing when the guy next to her stepped on or kicked her. DUDE, I got hysterical. That was one of the funnier shows I had seen in a while.
And what is it with the hosts using props now?
Flay and his 'drawing board' and list that he tacks to the pole, TF just pulled out a megaphone during his segment.:confused:
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The new thing that makes me want to scream is the "Everything is good with bacon".....I have heard that about 10 times in the last week....
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Hmmmmm.... as a bacon lover, I kinda have to agree with that statement! ;)Quote:
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Get yours here.
Speaking of "everything is good with bacon", I saw Guy make this, and was actually thinking of making it for Thanksgiving, but not sure about the bacon on top of it. It almost seems like overkill for flavors.
What do you guys think?? It's a take off of that old green bean casserole (which I hated with a passion).
The Mean Green
For the Beans:
2 pounds green beans, ends trimmed, cut into 2-inch pieces (weighed prior to trimming)
4 strips bacon, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large Vidalia sweet onion, 1/2 cut into large dice, 1/2 reserved
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 2 by 1/2-inch pieces
4 shittake mushrooms, cut into 1/2-inch strips
4 oyster mushrooms, cut into 1/2-inch strips
1 tablespoon minced shallots
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
For the Roux
1/4 cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups panko bread crumbs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large pot of boiling water, blanch green beans. Remove to an ice bath until cool, drain and let dry. Lightly butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish.
In a large frying pan, over medium-high heat, saute bacon until lightly crispy, remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. In remaining bacon fat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil, heat over medium-high heat, add onions and saute until just starting to caramelize, add in red bell peppers, saute 2 minutes, add in mushrooms and minced shallot and saute for 2
more minutes. Season with the salt, pepper and cayenne. Set aside.
For the roux:
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. When butter is melted, add in flour, all at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until well combined. Continue to stir for 1 minute more. Add in milk 1/2 cup at first, stirring well to combine, then add 1 cup more milk, stir to combine and bring to a simmer, then add final 1/2 cup of milk and stir and simmer until thickened. Add in seasonings, combine with green bean mixture and pour into prepared pan. Top with 1 1/2 cups panko crumbs, then reserved bacon, then remainder of panko lightly sprinkled on top.
Place in oven, set timer for 35 minutes.
For the Topping
1/2 cup buttermilk
Reserved 1/2 Vidalia onion, thinly sliced, with a mandoline
3 medium shallots, thinly sliced with a mandoline
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
4 cups canola oil
In a medium bowl place buttermilk, onion, and shallots. Let sit 10 minutes, drain well.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and seasonings. When green beans have been in the oven 25 minutes, in a large frying pan, heat canola oil to 350 degrees F. While oil is heating, dredge drained onion and shallots in flour mixture. Drop carefully into the hot oil, 1/3 at a time. They will cook rapidly, 1 minute or less. Turn over if necessary. Remove and drain on paper towels. Let oil heat between batches. When timer goes off for green beans, take out of oven, top with onion-shallot mixture, evenly coating the casserole, place back into oven and continue to cook for 5 more minutes. Remove and let set 5 minutes before serving.
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Originally Posted by blue
LOLOLOL, Now I have to try THAT!
I like bacon too, but when it comes on hamburgers and covered in chocolate
that kinda creeps me out.
I love pork- the best way to eat a pig is BBQed in a pit, the second best way is spit roasted. At one of our "international days" at work the Phillipino table did a suckling pig and the skin was so perfect. Just the right amount of crunch and flavor......Man was that good!:D
Bacon has it's place in my heart. And in my arteries too!
Bacon salt! Now there is a yummy must have!!
Wow, I clicked the link, and
"Bacon Salt is a zero calorie, zero fat, vegetarian and kosher seasoning that makes everything taste like bacon."
So of course it has stuff in it that I'm allergic to, sigh. (Garlic and paprika)
I knew it sounded too good to be true!
I'm not allergic to bacon, though, so all is not lost, I'll still just have to watch calories, etc.
Did you see the Bacon Lip Balm?! OMG, lol, that's too funny!!