Had it with the Food Channel...

[Daisy and Delilah]

This story seems a little suspicious??

[RICHARD]

This story seems a little suspicious??

I think she was driving Charlie Sheen's car the other day?


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I just finished Top Chef Masters.

Why can't I be a judge on that program?

Because everything I eat is good to me?

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I figured out why I had such a dislike for Susur.

When he was talking about his first wife, it hit me.

He reminds me of a friend that I worked with.

He committed suicide by hanging himself in his garage.

He was a nice guy, popular and always good for a laugh.


Funny, I am still mad at him after all these years.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I'm sorry to hear that, Richard. That could tear anyone to pieces.

That guy reminded me of somebody but I could never figure out who it was.

[RICHARD]

I have taken a vacation from most of my cooking shows....

I have been watching FitTV, it's an exercise channel and they have some cooking programs on that I really like.

I just have to remember the names!

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I saw a really funny cooking show on BBC called, "Come Dine with Me"

It's a gameshow where four strangers are hooked up to host a party at each of their houses. They meet, eat and then grade the meal with the winner earning 1,000 pounds.....

I laughed because I could GAIN 1,000 pounds just watching.

THe narrator is the FUNNIEST part of the show.

If you get a chance, I highly recommend the program.

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The Cooking Channel?

I don't get the programming, but I do get a few of the programs on the ON DEMAND part of my cable....I have watched a few of the programs and the hosts are very pretentious. They have some gal that cooks on the sidewalk.
She's very obnoxious. The other programs kinda sucked.

TVFN is turning into a game show channel-and they are sending all the cooking shows to the Cooking Channel. They have brought back to the channel the "Two Fat Ladies". Loved them, but I don't get the programming, so I am out of luck.

I saw the next game show is Racing Food Trucks.

I can hardly wait.

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As usual?

I have a complaint about a show I saw..... Giada was cooking up a picnic to have at the Getty Museum. The GM is a huge museum that was built here in El Lay....

I have wanted to go to the GM, but never had the chance...I tuned in to see what they would show of the place.

Hardly anything......

The first part of the program was her cooking and then taking the food out and having a picnic on the grounds of the museum.

She made some kind of fish cake? (I didn't pay attention to THAT part....)

As her and her guest sit down to eat, G has her kid with her.

The child is sitting in her lap facing away from G.

G begins to feed the child and takes this cake and just holds it up to the kid's face and lets her eat that way....

I was thinking, "Is she really sure that she cut up all the ingredients small enough for a child to chew/swallow?

I don't have any kids, but I know enough NOT TO LET A CHILD eat without paying attention to what they are eating.

My mom had a few rules about feeding tots.

You feed them first and make sure that the food is of the proper size.

Never feed them by holding food and letting them determine the size of 'bite'
they will shove into their mouths.

Don't feed a kid on your lap. Take the time to set them up so you can see what they are eating.....

A few steps to make sure the child is eating, not stuffing their mouths and you can see WHAT they are eating.

I gave up and changed the channel.....

[Karen]

So I was happy that Aarti won the Next Food Network Star - and did anyone catch her first show last week? I think she's fun to watch, and I like learning about new things - and might try her kulfi recipe - bookmarked it, though I'd substitute black chai for the Earl Grey and have to skip the pistachios ...

[RICHARD]

I saw one of the grossest/funniest things on the local morning news the other day.

There was a segment on New Year's and places that were doing dinner specials.

The program had an eatery set up a table with food outside of the studio-the menu for the NYE festivities.

The cook/chef was there with an assistant, giving samples to the host and hostess of the show.

The woman host took a taste of one dish, then set her used spoon at the edge of another dish of food that she had not tasted.

The camera caught it and showed the assistant grab the spoon and take it off the plate.

I was amazed and kinda disgusted....I think I am going to stop watching food programs or shows that have food on them.....

[cassiesmom]

New season of "Next Food Network Star" starts June 5th and there is a guy from the west suburbs of Chicago in this cast -- Jeff Mauro from Elmwood Park, Illinois. I'll have it on!

[RICHARD]

Here's another observation I had about Paula Deen and her show.

We came across her program and she was making some kind of Rice Krispies Treats - RC and marshmallows, shaped and put on a popsicle stick.

PD's son was helping her while she played with a small child that was also on the set with them.
PD sat the kid on THE CUTTING BOARD next to the area where the food was being prepped.

Holy Mole!

Does that woman have a brain?

I remember going to the bank with my mom, when I was a kid and getting yelled at for hanging on the counter..."People sit their kids on the ledge!"

I never forgot her words.

[RICHARD]

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/11/14/th...etwork-shows/3

[Karen]

Richard - you should explain your links - telling people it's one writer's opinion of the Worst 5 Food Network Shows is a lot more enticing than just a link!

I just watched the Next Iron Chef Finale for this season, and thought it was obvious, as the meals went on, which chef would win.

Did any of you know there was no turkey at the first Thanksgiving? I, shamefully as a Massachusetts native with ancestors present at that feast, didn't know that!