Had it with the Food Channel...

[Daisy and Delilah]

I watched the show but I was flipping back and forth to the Oscars. I missed that part. I don't watch TC so I wouldn't have recognized her. Wasn't Booby Flake's challenger a chef/judge on Chopped? Maybe I'm wrong.
Do all blondes look alike??

[RICHARD]

I watched the show but I was flipping back and forth to the Oscars. I missed that part. I don't watch TC so I wouldn't have recognized her. Wasn't Booby Flake's challenger a chef/judge on Chopped? Maybe I'm wrong.
Do all blondes look alike??

LOL, some blondes do.


The gal's name is Ariane and she was a contestant on this season's TC.

Here's another thing I noticed watching TVFN the other day.

On one program they were using Kroger brand food stuff. They usually will print "new" labels for the canned and boxed stuff or tape over the brand names. That was a first time I noticed any program using a store brand of food.

[Daisy and Delilah]

LOL, some blondes do.


The gal's name is Ariane and she was a contestant on this season's TC.

Here's another thing I noticed watching TVFN the other day.

On one program they were using Kroger brand food stuff. They usually will print "new" labels for the canned and boxed stuff or tape over the brand names. That was a first time I noticed any program using a store brand of food.

I remember seeing a show about FN, on FN. They specifically said they find it humorous when people spend days looking for the brands they see on there. In fact, they make the labels themselves. I'll never forget hearing that. I have seen them use Hellman's mayo and a few other things.

Has anyone noticed lately.....they seem to be talking about canola oil in recipes and not just olive oil?
I know they don't use olive oil in some cases but I've seen at least three shows instructing to use canola rather than olive oil and that's in a dish that OO would have been great.
Aaron McCargo has used grapeseed oil several times. How much can that stuff cost???

I caught Aida M. the other day plating up chicken that was obviously raw and her assistant had to eat some from the same plate. I hope he got the cooked stuff.

[RICHARD]

I remember seeing a show about FN, on FN. They specifically said they find it humorous when people spend days looking for the brands they see on there. In fact, they make the labels themselves. I'll never forget hearing that. I have seen them use Hellman's mayo and a few other things.

IT's Hellman's, East of the Rockies! I saw that on a label when I was a kid and still wonder about it.

I think they really do not think about the viewer's when if comes to brands.
The reason they do not let brand names get thru is that they do not want to have to enter into any contract with a distributor.

Appliances and cookware do what is called a promotional consideration-they give the appliances for a blurb at the end of a show or a close up of the name badge during the show.

Also, they want a company to BUY time for commercials, so any name flashing is good for the company, it's free advertising.

The last thing about product placement and why people want to know what is being used is really simple.

People want to know WHAT is being used. Some products vary in quality-salt is salt, but when you get to exotic marks or brands people want exactly the brand the cooks use.

I guess a good example is tomato products. Every brand has a different taste and sometimes using another brand/cheaper brand will change the flavor of what you are cooking.

People get to be brand loyal for a number of reasons, they are the peeps that will buy the Official RR Cookware or Knives. A bunch of BS, I think-I you know your kitchen you can cook in anything.

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I did not know they admitted to printing labels, I just saw the lettering on the cans/boxes and would laugh at the stupid names they came up-it reminded me of a movies I saw where they had a can of seafood soup and it was labeled something like Captain Jack's Chum Chowder..

Funny....

[Karen]

I know when Aaron McCargo use grapeseed oil once, he said he used it specifically because it has a different boiling/burning point ...

Of the three oils - olive, canola, and grapeseed, I am allergic to all but the grapeseed!

[RICHARD]

I know when Aaron McCargo use grapeseed oil once, he said he used it specifically because it has a different boiling/burning point ...

Of the three oils - olive, canola, and grapeseed, I am allergic to all but the grapeseed!

I had never heard of grapeseed oil until recently!

Having bitten into some grapeseeds and noticing that they were bitter I would have never thought about them being used for oil!

I just checked online to see what it costs and saw three prices -6.84 to 7.99 for 16 ounces. Probably cheaper at the store?

[Daisy and Delilah]

FN generally spares no expense with anything. They want to introduce everything out there, no matter what the cost.

Karen, what do you cook with? You must be allergic to most everything and that must stink.