Food Channel

[jimnms]

Anyone else watch the food channel alot? It all started when I was in the hospital after my accident. I was on a liquid diet, so I used to watch it while I ate and pretended to be eating what they were fixing.

We didn't get that channel at home, so I missed it. Our cable co. has recently added that to our channel lineup. If I can't find anything else to watch, there's always something good on the food channel. The Iron Chef show is my favorite though, it's the only show on there I plan to watch.

If we ever get the Discovery Wings channel, my TV will permanatly become fixed on that channel though. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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[marco25]

Jim, as you can imagine, I LOVE the Food Channel. I enjoy Emeril's shows, Rachel Rae, Jackie Oliver the Naked Chef, that French confectioner who makes works of art out of chocolate and sugar, and all the specials about barbecue.

[SCI-Nurse]

If you can't actually eat it, then "vicarious eating" is the next best thing. Reading cook books, watching cooking shows, etc. all work for me.

(KLD)

[marco25]

Emeril's menu for a Mother's Day meal. Sounds wonderful!

http://houseandhome.msn.com/Food/Experts/MothersDayMenu.aspx

[marco25]

I'm afraid watching the Food Channel has destroyed all my sense of time and proportion. Just because Emeril can prepare a full course meal in 30 minutes doesn't mean I can do the same. This became a painful reality Mother's Day.

I'd posted Emeril's menu for a Mother's Day meal a few days ago. Inspired, I told my parents I'd prepare the Crab, Artichoke and Spinach dip and the Garlic Mashed Potatoes for Sunday dinner at their house.

For some insane reason I thought I could whip these dishes out in about an hour. It was more like 3! I was running so late that I didn't have time to bathe or change my clothes! Dirty hair, old shirt and shorts ... classic Mother's Day image, yeah. My kitchen looked like the crab dip had exploded. It was everywhere. Then when I was pouring it in the baking dish, a big glob fell on the floor, and then I stepped in it.

(This dip recipe is not para or quad friendly. It's barely AB friendly!)

In the meantime I was boiling the potatoes. It became clear that I wasn't going to have time to finish the dish until after I got to my parents' house. I gathered up the cream, butter, etc., and the kids and I ran out of the house with the dip--forgetting the potatoes. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

I walked into my parents' house and declared, "I need alcohol!" My brothers were starving maniacs! I told them the dip needed to bake for 30 minutes, but they wouldn't wait. However when one of them bit into a frozen lump of crab meat, he agreed it needed some time in the over. Oh ... and I FORGOT to chop the spinach, so it was like eating dip with long green spaghetti noodles in it. It was a mess!

After dinner I staggered home in defeat. Plus the dessert my mother had prepared made me sick. How can Tiramasu make you sick??? One brother got sick too.

So doubled over with stomach pain, I decided to log in to CareCure and entered the chatroom. I forgot what was being discuss but Steven and November were in there, and I was interested in what they were saying. Then my phone rang, so I jumped up and started moving toward the phone, keeping my eyes on the chat scroll. So I didn't see the solid wood chair that was right in my path until I toppled over it, taking it rolling with me onto a hard brick floor.

I thought my white legs needed some color, but blue, purple, red and green were not what I had in mind. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif Anyway, that was my Mother's Day. It started off great. My children are wonderful ... but sometimes life has to balance the scales a little. I still feel like a lucky momma. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[chick]

I MISS the FRUGAL Gourmet!!!!!! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

(I saw him on local PBS, not Food Channel tho.)

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[marco25]

I miss him too, chick! I got the best recipe from him for Red Beans and Rice. People around here love it, and then are shocked that it's not a "Cajun" recipe. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

I also miss Justin Wilson, and he pre-dates Food Channel too. He prepared some great dishes, and was so funny. Whenever I add wine or alcohol to a dish, I think about his "measuring techniques." http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[booster]

Personally I hate Emeril, but to save yall from my personal justification, I'll leave it at that.

I love cookbooks, cooking shows, and demonstrations. My wife is a cheif (lucky me). My favorite show was on PBS with Johnie Carabas and his partner Damian (can't spell the last name), they cracked me up. I miss that show http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[marmalady]

LOL, Martha - All you were missing was Emeril's little kitchen elves that do all the prep work for him! That's why he gets it done in an hour!

I miss Justin Wilson, too - do you know if he's still around? I have one of his old cookbooks, and it's as funny as the shows.

Chick - Frugal Gourmet, huh? Surely you are aware that he was indicted, I believe, for child molestation; all of the networks took him off the air after that, and quite a few places quit carrying his cookbooks. Sad. I was a huge fan of his, but got rid of all the books I had - just couldn't look at his face on the cover anymore.

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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Mother Teresa

[marco25]

Oh gee Marm I'd forgotten about that. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif Don't blame you for tossing his books. If I'd had any, I would have tossed them too.

Yeah, the elves come in handy ... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Justin Wilson may still be alive but I'm not sure. I googled and just got old cookbooks. He sure was a character!

Booster, why do you hate Emeril? Your wife's a chef? Wow! What's her specialty?

[booster]

Pastries are her specialty, she actually insisted and made our wedding cake, very cool!

Listening to my wife curse Emeril everytime he comes on was funny at first, now it's anoying (not really) http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif. But, I respect her point of view. From my standpoint, I think he's an ego maniac that has some underlying psycological defect. Hell, who doesn't http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[marco25]

LOL ... Booster, I do not disagree with your assessment of Emeril, but it's probably why he's got so much entertainment value.

BAM! BAM! BAM! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[booster]

LMAO! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[marco25]

Emeril's Memorial Day menu (http://by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg?msg=MSG1085013896.35&curmbox=F000000001&a=e0898a5fc9219c70f29bccd5891e8f2c)

Looks good. The Creole link talks a lot about shrimping/fishing over the coast of Louisiana. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif Some grilling tips too.

[chick]

Yea, the Frug was accused. I'm not sure if charges were dropped, settled or if he was ever convicted.

I did think he was a bit touchy feely with Elmo http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

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"do not be too moral. you may cheat yourself out of much life. aim above morality. be simply not good; be good for something."

[steveg]

I liked the Frugal Gourmet and had completely forgotten about him until chick brought him up. Don't blame you for tossing his books Marmalady. I liked the 1/2 hour Emeril show (not certain if its still on) because it was about the cooking. His 1 hour show is about him. A few years back I went to Navy Pier in Chicago and they had the Food Network there and lots of local restaurants. It was fun to go to the cooking demos with the real life celebrity chefs