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FRC snark alert: I'm tempted to start a really snarky thread about cooking show pet peeves. Reason?
- Thread starter michael-in-phoenix
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Yikes. I finally got all the way through this (almost). I had no idea that anyone else was as irritated as I am by these programs. I just thought I was getting old, cranky and expecting too much of productions.
I stopped watching these shows years ago. I really did enjoy them 15 years ago and I think I learned a lot. I had a little TV on the bar above my favourite work counter and watched while I cooked.
But they became so inane, so vulgar in some cases, women such as Nigella Lawson flirting with every move rather than being straightforward about what she was doing.........FOOD. And then her phrase.......How good/easy is that?..........being regurgitated by everyone else in the business, esp. Ina Garten. And the contests, well I never watched more than 2. The Brit Baking Show I enjoy as I see evidence of comrades supporting each other rather than ready to tear out the opponents' eyeballs. No evidence of tearing down contestants' efforts and making asses of them. And now that's all I watch. And why... The Worst Cooks in America? I don't know so can't say much but how lame are we all becoming.
I blame the audiences for making that rubbage popular.
And some of the editting is missing mistakes that these people make. I don't understand the function of an editor that cannot catch an episode that puts a filo dough parcel into the oven without a final butter brushing on the top. The printed recipe did catch it.
I think more shows need to tell people the reasons for doing. Not just do it, but tell us what happens if you don't. If you stir sugar into cornstarch before adding it to a liquid, tell us what the sugar does so we can use that info in different applications. for example
And everything is aMAZing. What stupid cooks are we that we are always amazed by the results of following a recipe! Yes, that conjures up Giada rolling her eyes and I do so wish that video were available that took her in jest.
In support of cooking programs though, I do think they are responsible in large part, for getting people into the kitchen to do more than just eat. And that's "a good thing". Boys now want to take home economics and are not embarrassed to demonstrate culinary skills. Since I am now 'meeting' men, it is fun to hear of their forays into things culinary.
I feel better, knowing that I have not been a picky old grump on my own, disregarding these new programs. Thanks for letting me know that.
I stopped watching these shows years ago. I really did enjoy them 15 years ago and I think I learned a lot. I had a little TV on the bar above my favourite work counter and watched while I cooked.
But they became so inane, so vulgar in some cases, women such as Nigella Lawson flirting with every move rather than being straightforward about what she was doing.........FOOD. And then her phrase.......How good/easy is that?..........being regurgitated by everyone else in the business, esp. Ina Garten. And the contests, well I never watched more than 2. The Brit Baking Show I enjoy as I see evidence of comrades supporting each other rather than ready to tear out the opponents' eyeballs. No evidence of tearing down contestants' efforts and making asses of them. And now that's all I watch. And why... The Worst Cooks in America? I don't know so can't say much but how lame are we all becoming.
I blame the audiences for making that rubbage popular.
And some of the editting is missing mistakes that these people make. I don't understand the function of an editor that cannot catch an episode that puts a filo dough parcel into the oven without a final butter brushing on the top. The printed recipe did catch it.
I think more shows need to tell people the reasons for doing. Not just do it, but tell us what happens if you don't. If you stir sugar into cornstarch before adding it to a liquid, tell us what the sugar does so we can use that info in different applications. for example
And everything is aMAZing. What stupid cooks are we that we are always amazed by the results of following a recipe! Yes, that conjures up Giada rolling her eyes and I do so wish that video were available that took her in jest.
In support of cooking programs though, I do think they are responsible in large part, for getting people into the kitchen to do more than just eat. And that's "a good thing". Boys now want to take home economics and are not embarrassed to demonstrate culinary skills. Since I am now 'meeting' men, it is fun to hear of their forays into things culinary.
I feel better, knowing that I have not been a picky old grump on my own, disregarding these new programs. Thanks for letting me know that.
mariadnoca
Moderator
I only watch the pbs shows and sometimes Great British baking. Jaques Pepin is my favorite. I will never get tired of watching his knife skills and I actually still do learn some thing every once in a while from him. I think this is his last year, so I’m trying to catch it when I can.