Had it with the Food Channel...

[cassiesmom]

OH, I had forgotten the 'many small bowls of pre measured, perfectly centered and perfectly placed around the "mother bowl".

That is a peeve I was able to work through, By cooking as sloppily as I can.

I was watching "America's Test Kitchen" -- the host was preparing brown sugar cookies and had the wet ingredients mixed in a small bowl. She was ready to add the dry ingredients from a much larger bowl. I was sitting there thinking why she wouldn't have started the wet ingredients in the larger bowl when she said right out loud that under normal circumstances, that is exactly what she would have done. I thought of Richard's mother bowl! Hello, why would you not demonstrate what you want a home cook to do?! Oh, cooking shows. The other one that cracks me up is "Everyday Food" on PBS - they do the same thing! Every ingredient for every recipe is pristinely positioned in its own little cup or bowl for the cook to use in preparing the dish. That is NOT an enticement for me to try this at home.

[RICHARD]

Every ingredient for every recipe is pristinely positioned in its own little cup or bowl for the cook to use in preparing the dish. That is NOT an enticement for me to try this at home.

That's the Martha Stewart influence.

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OH LOLOLOLOL,

I just looked up at the TV and there was a clip of John McCain in a grocery store helping a woman shop. THe woman is wearing a purple top and has two kids.

He picked up a box of something and puts it into the basket for her.

He told her that he was filming a TV show and he would go to her house and cook a meal for her and a Republican guest. He was going to let her pay for the groceries but he'd bring his own bodyguards.

THe name of the program is "Take Home Candidate."

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[jennielynn1970]

You're kidding, right??? The "Take Home a Candidate" thing?! I googled it, just in case, but can't find it.

I think I'm relieved.

[RICHARD]

You're kidding, right??? The "Take Home a Candidate" thing?! I googled it, just in case, but can't find it.

I think I'm relieved.

The clip was real, the story was a little farce.

It was a parody of Take Home Chef.

[jennielynn1970]

The clip was real, the story was a little farce.

It was a parody of Take Home Chef.

Oh thank god. I was going to be sick.

Yuck, cooking for McCain, and having to pay for it yet.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I just had to bring this thread back up after watching FN yesterday.

Ok. Enough of Anne Burrell. I'm getting a little squeamish watching her slap everything and digging with her hands.

Speaking of squeamish....Did anybody see Paula Deen yesterday with her and her friend from Savannah making cinnamon rolls? Those two didn't use a utensil for any part of the prep. They were digging butter out with their fingers, patting the ingredients on the dough with their fingers. It was a slopfest. Way over the top. It was sickening. I loved how Paula kept telling the lady to deep fry her rolls for better flavor. And.....lo and behold.......she deep fried some dough on skewers.

I don't have a problem with handling some things without utensils but FN is getting to be too much.

I love Iron Chef and I'm so happy to see new shows on Sunday night. Last night it was curry for the secret ingred. I've decided that some of the things they prepare on that show come from part of an animal I want nothing to do with. Among other things. Some things I see, turn my stomach. I'm always surprised that the judges eat this stuff and don't gag on some foods.

Is it necessary to go so far over the edge to prepare good food? Won't some simple dishes with normal ingredients do the same?

I saw Aaron's new show yesterday at 1:30. I thought it was good. He was on with the Neely's before that. Both segments kept my interest. He still can't talk and cook at the same time but he's gotten alot better.

I can't help but wonder what happened with Aaron's son that ran away from home. I haven't heard anything else.

[RICHARD]

I was watching the Ask Aida show the other day.

Talk about BORING. IT's the old Tyler FLorence show-the one with the Gal who can't boil water sidekick-this time it's a dopey male computer nerd sidekick.

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AB is too hyper and showy-enough.

Here are two more instances of why the TVFN channel is getting less and less time on the tube in my house.

They didn't happen on the food channel but-I was flipping the channels and came across Mario B. cooking on the Martha Stewart show, on the next channel Paula Deen was on one of the shopping networks.

Mario made some kind of focaccia (sp?) and Martha was 'helping' -Now, why does SHE have to do the same recipe as the cook? She was her usual Anal Retentive self-Mario made a mess and Martha had to make her batch of dough perfectly.....MB looked like he was peeved by the time they were finished with the segment.

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I then flipped it back to the Paula Deen sell-a-thon. She was selling some pre package stuff she put together......during the cooking and tasting she is talking to the host, some doofus guy that they spoofed on Saturday night live once-PD interrupts the host and starts to laugh about a piece of food she spits onto the guy jacket. She laughs again, then reaches over, picks the food off of his jacket and then puts it back in her mouth.

I quickly turned the channel.....


EWWWWW!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Paula Deen is everywhere. I can't get away from her. After some of the stunts she pulls on Paula's Party, we know how nasty she can be.
Her Smithfield commercials are pretty funny. She's a terrible actor.

Has anybody watched Aaron's show on Sunday? I think it's pretty good. He seems to be a really good cook. I think FN picked a winner with him.

Have I mentioned lately that I'm in love with Pat Neely? I love him more and more. Look out Gina!!!!!

[RICHARD]

Food Defective show is boring, it's an Alton Brown show without the cooking.

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Dinner Impossible is really lame now.

I caught about 5 minutes of the "Devil went down to Georgia" show and it's really unwatchable.

He was supposed to cook for 300 people and CHarlie Pride -I think.

Toward the end of the show he looked into the camera and says something like, "I don't have to yell at my crew, They can do the job without me yelling!" IT's an obvious slam at Robert Irvine and he said something else that was totally off the wall.

Then the word gets from the staff where he is cooking,to the woman running the kitchen that he is falling behind. The woman comes out and tells him that she heard he was behind schedule. When she leaves he makes a comment about how the kitchen staff should not say anything about him and his cooking-they can do the challenge.

So he starts to spin around gets people to fix one service of all the food, so he woun't lose the challenge, then takes it to the dressing room for the star.
Of course, it's the most delicious food ever cooked!

I turned it after that....

boh-ring!

[Daisy and Delilah]

I'm glad you borught this up, Richard. Michael Symon is terrible on that show. I only saw the one where he went to Alcatraz. It was so bad, I could only watch part of it. As I remember, he wasn't even in a rush and everything fell together perfectly. That didn't really fit the show's title

I see Guy Fieri has another show coming on. How long can this guy hold up on the diet he eats without collapsing?

[Karen]

I can't help but wonder what happened with Aaron's son that ran away from home. I haven't heard anything else.

According to this link, Aaron's son Josh came back home, and is getting the counseling he needs.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thanks, Karen. Everything is looking up for him and I'm glad. I really like him and his new show.

I see the article mentions to go to FN to vote. I didn't know we had the chance to vote. I never heard a word about it.

[cassiesmom]

I was watching a rerun of "NFNS" last night ... I just want to ask a couple of questions.

One, was Bob Tuschman actually getting emotional when he talked about Adam in this past week's episode?

Two, does Guy Fieri ever have a show on which he actually cooks, or does he just go around to restaurants and watch other people cook?

Three, who the heck dresses Bobby Flay? What's with the huge knots in his ties? In watching this past week's episode again I agree with the person who wrote that Bobby Flay just doesn't want anyone else on the Food Network to be an expert grill-master besides him. Go, Adam, go!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Elyse, funny you should mention Bobby Flay's terrible dress. Have you seen the clip of the upcoming show? He's wearing a huge knotted tie that's plaid and a plaid shirt. It looks awful. I would think his wife is classy enough to want him to look better. It seems she could help him if she has better taste. Not to mention the network wondering what he's going to wear. Hmmmm......they're not worried about Guy Fieri are they?
I can't believe how this show has brought out the arrogance so blatantly in BF.

Guy has a show called Guy's Big Bite. He supposedly cooks on that show but if you watch it, it's questionable. I saw one of his first episodes yesterday they were re-running. It was comical. In my opinion, he's got too much going on with the other shows so he's pretty sloppy on GBB.

I think Tuschman was getting emotional. I thought the same thing. Bob seems like he could break down very easily. I notice it alot more this year than last year.

[cassiesmom]

One, was Bob Tuschman actually getting emotional when he talked about Adam in this past week's episode?

Tuschman is definitely an Adam fan. And I am, too. (If only he were 10 years older! *sigh*)