Cookery shows

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 17th, 2008, 18:32

Is he as dangerously drunk as floyd? Always good to watch an eccentric wino throw oil at flames on a wobbly little boat.

Post by **Grimmie** » October 17th, 2008, 18:37

He gets drunk quite often and switches to voiceover mode when he's incomprehensible.
Much wittier and sarcastic than good Mr. Floyd.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4ZSBg_qy0[/media]

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 22nd, 2008, 22:36

Plat préféré

It may seems strange that i am reviewing a program none of you will probably ever watch, but the concept of this show certainly strikes me as interesting, interesting enough to tell you about it.
The show is about Flemish chef Jeroen Meeus, who seems like a pleasant enough chap, making the preferred favourite dishes (that's what 'plat préféré' means: favourite dish) of famous dead people, and whilst doing so he visits relatives and places that were important in said dead person's life, and makes and tastes local food whilst doing so.

At the end of each episode, when he creates the actual dish, he does it in a place that was more important for whatever person the episode is about, more important then others.

So far he's done Roald Dahl (Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, wich he made in the gipsy house), Jacques Brel (Mussels with fries, made in a fritkot on the grand place in Brussels. it's a Belgian thing, you wouldn't understand

) Freddie Mercury (Chicken Dhansak wich he prepared in Wembley Arena) And this week he did Salvador Dalí (Llagosta a la Catalana wich he made in front of Dalí's house)
Next week he's making Hitler's preferred dish, wich he'll prepare in the Eagle's Nest (although i strongly doubt they'll let him)

like i said before, none of you will probably ever get to see this, since it's mainly in Dutch, and even though i'd happily subtitle an episode for you, programs from countries like mine don't end up on floors. I find it a bit of a shame since i'm sure some of you might actually like it.
But who knows, if the BBC discovers this they might churn out something themselves...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 22nd, 2008, 22:41

Sounds interesting, something i'd watch if it wasn't in dirty forren

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » October 22nd, 2008, 22:56

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Sounds interesting, something i'd watch if it wasn't in dirty forren

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 24th, 2008, 10:01

Apparently river frottage autumn started last week.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » October 24th, 2008, 16:39

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Apparently river frottage autumn started last week.

I watched that, it was quite good. Also watched the last episode of What to Eat Now last night. Been quite a good series, but I'm glad the episodes were only half an hour long. Not sure I could take any more.

WEY's cookalong is on tonight too - needs a 1kg side of salmon.... Besides, I made salmon en croute last weekend so I'm feeling quietly smug already.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 25th, 2008, 4:02

Grimmie wrote:I'm not much of a foody type, but when I do sit down and watch stuff like this
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475900/">Anthony Bourdain: No reservations</a> is one of my favourites.

Just trying this (on Grimmie's episode recommendations*), pretty pleasing.

Lateralus wrote:WEY's cookalong is on tonight too - needs a 1kg side of salmon.... Besides, I made salmon en croute last weekend so I'm feeling quietly smug already.

Linkeh to both things?

*S5E6&7

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » October 25th, 2008, 8:13

http://www.channel4.com/food/ for Cookalong. I watched it and thought it was actually pretty good. Ramsay really flies through the cooking and there is a lot of prep beforehand (mostly getting equipment ready), but I thought that having Patsy Kensit there to cook at the same time was really good. It showed that it can be done in that time (after a fashion) but she spent the whole time complaining he was going too fast, as I imagine anyone trying to do it at home would do too.

He had a couple of other pre-recorded bits to throw in too, such as putting on prosthetics and going along to a Delia Smith cookery courses, and although I can see why they were included, I thought those particular ones happened to be a bit weak.

However, having the three recipes done step-by-step is a good idea, and I think that the programme might achieve its aims. Just hope that he opts for slightly cheaper key ingredients next time.

Oh, and I don't have a recipe for the salmon I cooked, but it's essentially the same as Gordon's only with a mushroom white sauce instead of herb butter and mustard.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 27th, 2008, 3:51

Just watched the cookalong, pretty good, though I wanted to punch Patsy Kensit by ~25 minutes in.

Him being very clear about safety with the caramel/flambé was a good thing, I'm not sure it happens enough.

I agree on the prosthetics bit, just a bit too much like filler.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 18th, 2008, 1:09

Holy fuck, Nigella is looking even more like a pantomime horse now.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 19th, 2008, 0:11

Recently I've been watching Indian Food Made Easy.

So far (4 eps into season 1) it seems pretty good recipes wise, nothing too criminal yet.

Oh, apart from her using shun knives (which really are a step above global, IMO) on glass cutting boards, which 5punkers <a href="http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic. ... >really</a> <a href="http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic. ... ">don't</a> <a href="http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic. ... 0">like</a>.

Worth a watch, pretty educational, presenter is tasty enough too.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 19th, 2008, 0:17

I've seen her do a few series. She doesn't cut much, or at any speed from what's gone before. Still no reason to punish good knives with glass.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 19th, 2008, 0:19

HereComesPete wrote:I've seen her do a few series. She doesn't cut much, or at any speed from what's gone before. Still no reason to punish good knives with glass.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 20th, 2009, 3:48

Heston does little chef

Post by **FatherJack** » January 20th, 2009, 4:45

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Recently I've been watching Indian Food Made Easy.

I quite enjoyed the series, but thought the presenter was a bit insincere - smiling with her mouth, while her eyes made her look like she wanted to be somewhere else. Some good tips in there though when she talked about the home-made versions of stuff.

I preferred the Chinese Food Made Easy series - genuinely enthuasistic presenter, who seemed to love it even when dumped in the street cooking for randoms, and I learnt almost as much as I have from Ken Hom.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 20th, 2009, 4:49

I wasn't so keen on the chinese food made easy presenter, she annoyed the fuck out of me for some reason.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 20th, 2009, 5:10

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I wasn't so keen on the chinese food made easy presenter, she annoyed the duck out of me for some reason.

I thought she was cuter, which probably helped, and was probably just me - but what really appealed was her equanimity fielding questions about "oriental" foods that ardent Chinese would have taken offense at.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 20th, 2009, 5:19

FatherJack wrote:I thought she was cuter, which probably helped, and was probably just me - but what really appealed was her equanimity fielding questions about "oriental" foods that ardent Chinese would have taken offense at.

Granted, she is a fair bit cuter, but that just made her annoy me more, It's difficult to be angry at someone that tasty.

I'll probably try it again, I seem to remember getting angry at her for recommending a fucking massive cleaver for a fair bit of cutting, which yes, is traditional, but I'm not sure it's super wise given how easy they are to lop your whole hand off with.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 20th, 2009, 5:44

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Heston does little chef

I rather enjoyed that, though it felt borderline mockumentary in places, just because of how fucking stupid the little chef staff are.