FRC snark alert: I'm tempted to start a really snarky thread about cooking show pet peeves. Reason?

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michael-in-phoenix

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I have a couple of shows I watch because I like the food they prepare, or the things I can learn about ethnic recipes, etc. In other words, I watch because the content interests me. Unfortunately, some of the other stuff they do/say/show drives me up the wall.

If I don't get it out, I just might burst a vein on my forehead, and no one wants to see that.

I know this has been done before, and maybe it doesn't need to be done again. I'll leave it up to you, my friends. Should we proceed, or is this better left un-ranted?

Michael

 
I'm up at bat: Drives me nuts when TV cooks imply you can use substitutes

without at least hinting that the directions/quantities/results may not end up the same.

 
Another Pet Peeve: the amount of olive oil used where the recipe will state something like 2 TBL...

and you've just watched a half a cup used.

The only shows I've seen where the cooks actually measure oil are Ellie Krieger and Hungry Girl.

 
I'll play...I have so many, let's start with ATK and their instant read thermometer that always

registers the temperature they're aiming for. Like really now?

 
All of the mugging for the cameras...

since it's now Foodtainment and not about cooking skills:

All dishes must be tasted, and there must be an immediate gustatory reaction equivalent to the heavenly gates being thrown open, sunshine streaming through, and heavenly choirs singing.

Most of them start their "Mon Dieu! this is so delicioso!" moment before the food enters their mouth (and it's never too hot, even though it was just finished cooking), but even if the fork does actually go into the mouth before the display, they still haven't tasted the food since they have neither chewed nor swallowed it.

See: Giada and her eye-rolling ecstasies of never before tasted pleasure displays.

Watch Julia taste something on her shows. She tests it to see if its too hot, sometimes blows on it, then puts it into her mouth, thoughtfully tastes it and analyzes it, then makes her pronouncement.

 
I call it the "Dip and Moan" syndrome. Bring the food to your mouth,

taste exactly two molecules of food, tip you head toward your shoulder while simulataneously closing your eyes and forcing the remaining muscles into a facial orgasm.

I mean, really. For a sugar-coated donut?

 
LOL Richard. Can you imagine

if one of the cooking show, every time the chef samples one of his/her creations, there would be a quick blip with your "heavenly gates being opened....choirs singing". That would be hilarious!

 
It started for me when what's-her-name used "EVOO" instead of saying "olive oil".

I admit, since she showed up and all the others followed I either YELL at the TV or simply do not watch what is laughingly called the "Food Network" or "Food Channel".

 
I'm game! What really annoys me are all the dishes spent cooking the most simple dish.

I mean really, who needs five spoons, three bowls and four measure cups to make muffins?
I take it no TV chef does her own or his on dishes.

 
... ah, that's a killer.... (more)

and, since new people might be watching the show at any given time, she MUST say "extra virgin olive oil" AFTER each EVOO which absolutely kills any reason to shorten the name.

instead of ONCE, we gotta hear the nickname and the full name!

and Anne Burrel is following right along with her "BTB RTS" "bring to boil, reduce to simmer"

I think she's a great chef, with a heavy hand on salt, though - but I love to watch her show. Just keep rolling my eyes to the ceiling at each BTB RTS

 
Making up names drives me nuts!! Spoontula? Guy also follows her methods on TV. Did I mention

it drives me nuts!! I like how they have created an environment where the love of food and cooking is "cool" and appreciated, but do not like the silliness.

 
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