Had it with the Food Channel...

[RICHARD]

The way she says "pancetta" drives me batty! And always flashing those teeth, tossing her head back w/uproarious laughter, as though she's telling an inside joke. Enough already. Just cook the damned bacon.

PAHN CHETTA..... HAHAHAHAHAHAHa

I hear you.

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Does anyone remember the Next TV Food Network Star program?

There was a challenge where the contestants went on a radio show.
Jag, the heavyset ex-serviceman, made a comment about the network not having any 'ethnic' hosts or shows. When he came back to the studios, the VP -I think his name is Bob Tuschman- tore him a new one about his comments. At that point, I knew that there was going some kind of changes in the schedule. Later when comparing notes about the show with a friend I told them that there would be some kind of Hispanic/Latin TV show put together. What about the Neelys?

Political correctness really bites.

Again, All 'latin' cooking isn't about plantains, black beans, guava or chipotle chiles.

Being Mexican I have eaten tons of chiles... I have tasted black beans and plantians once and drank about 5 cans of guava nectar IN MY LIFE!

The crap that woman cooks is all based on sweet, sugary rubs and bases.

Save the pineapple for the upside down cakes-not the Mexican Goat Meat Sashimi :eek....that grossed me out...

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Paula Deen drops her accent more than her butter.
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I like Brown until the pig's foot incident.

When he took his South to North motorcycle trip he was in the south and at a roadside stop.

Somehow, he had a HUGE pickled pig's foot in his hand. Apparently, Milquetoast wasn't fond of the pig's foot so he manuevered over to a trashcan and dropped it in...

(Also, check out the part of the trip where he comes across head cheese and is never seen to take a bite...)

Right before Christmas he does a TV spot for the TVFN charity...

"There are kids that need your donations......"

Pig's feet aren't part of the food pyramid but I am sure some kid, somewhere, wouldn't mind a pig's foot...I know, but I was brought up with the mindset of NOT WASTING ANY FOOD.

It really takes some nerve toss food into a trash can as part of your TV show, then beg for donations for a charity.

Try cutting back on the Giant Indonesian Prawn Stir Fry, Use cheaper shrimp and donate the difference.

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In the few shows that I have seen of the Duff Goldman train wreck I have never seen anyone eat the cakes.

Why does fondant look like styrofoam and how much cake do they waste when carving out the shapes?

[Randi]

Have you had the Georgio & Tony food show yet? Not sure how well they cook really, but Georgio looks fantastic and is always laughing. Just watching him and I'm in a better mood. Reminds me of the good old days.

I think you'd either love him or hate him.

[RICHARD]

OH OH OH!

On the Discovery Home Channel there is a guy that owns a farm and cooks, he's called the Manic Organic something.....

DHC has some really good cooking programs on.

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Randi,
What channels or a website?

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And what is with the TVFN rip off of the Take Home Chef?

Hockey player, model, chef and ????


No harm meant, but why are all these guys accented and have goofy hair?

[Randi]

It's on BBC here, but it may be on a different channel in the UK and other places.

Can’t find much now, but here’s a bit of info - there's another picture in the first link (a bit down on the left - the book cover)

http://uktv.co.uk/food/item/aid/530464

http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/arc...io/page2.shtml

[Medusa]

I do like Paula Deen. She's very likeable and she seems to be a lot of fun. But her recipes are so heavily laden w/butter and fat, I can hear my left ventricle slamming shut just watching her program.

[RICHARD]

Oh man,

I saw the end of Good Eats and AB was wrapping a standing rib roast with string that came from a ball that was sitting on the floor.


Guy Fieri was in a Mexican restaurant while a woman was cooking a pot of menudo. He started out with his hand on the rim of the pot she was using.
In one of the next shots he was resting his forearm across the rim.

Nice.

[cassiesmom]

Does anyone remember the Next Food Network Star program?

I do! And I remember the episode in which Tuschman let JAG have it for his comments about ethnicity. What happened to Amy, the winner? Did her show ever go to air? The only show I'm really glued to on the Food Network is "Unwrapped". I don't like Guy Fieri. I also don't like Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes. I love to see the cakes they do, but I just don't like him.

[Karen]

In the few shows that I have seen of the Duff Goldman train wreck I have never seen anyone eat the cakes.

Why does fondant look like styrofoam and how much cake do they waste when carving out the shapes?

I did see one the other night where they actually showed people eating the cake. And there was a funny one last week where the Jeff guy had done a cupola cake for some college's anniversary celebration, and the president of the college declared "No one eat the cake! I want the students to see it!!" Jeff looked at the camera and said "It's cake, people! Cake is to be eaten!"

Dunno about "cake waste" when they carve out the shapes, I'm sure one can only eat so much "bread pudding," "trifles," etc. made from cake scraps before never wanting to eat it again ... maybe it goes to a pig farm? Surely there must be one in the area ... (Okay, maybe not. When I was a kid, all our food trash was put in a separate barrel, and picked up by the pig farm's trucks every week.)