Would Delia approve?

[baasheep]

I like cookery shows. Whats not to like? Its a treat for the eyes without paying for it on the waist. However I often wonder if this is the prime goal of these shows. I can't imagine ever actually making anything from these shows. Getting ideas yes. Before the invention of the internets though who actually spent their time furiously scribbling down recipes as whatever perky chef assured their viewers that this recipe couldn't be simpler.

They do that a lot even now don't they? This recipe couldn't be simpler. All you need is evaporated milk, kaffir lime leaves, chinese clear honey, the womb of a virgin...etc. I often wonder if on a Sunday morning the chefs on tv would recoil in horror if they saw me in my hungover state deciding what to eat for breakfast. Blearily gazing into the fridge through fingermarked glass lenses, wanting something salty, sweet and fattening and ultimately deciding streaky hickory smoked bacon fried until crisp followed by a bar of cadburys finest is the breakfast of champions.

Ho Hum back to the cookery shows....

Comments

[cyros.livejournal.com]

I call FoodTV the Food Porn channel. Interesting to watch, a treat for the eyes but not at all based in reality :)

[dcfullest.livejournal.com]

I have actually gotten a few shockingly easy recipes from www.foodtv.com.

(I made acorn squash with spaghetti sauce this week, who would have think that would be good?)

[anyas-mama.livejournal.com]

I heart you! This post made me snort juice out of my nose.

I've learned some basic techniques from FoodTV that I otherwise wouldn't have known (Mum didn't teach me how to cook other than microwaving) and knowing some lingo has helped me figure out recipes. But I am always thinking that my pantry must be embarassingly paltry compared to everyone else in the world if they can whip up those crazy recipes with ingredients "on hand".