Another smug cook who waffles on about how wonderful their cooking is. I know they got to describe the taste but do they have to pat themselves on the back so much. :rolleyes:
The roast chicken recipe:
He goes on about chicken skin being 'heaven'. It's not. It's bad for you. That's where the fat is.
Then he takes the skin off the potatoes - that's where the goodness is.
The skin is the best bit of the chicken¬ Just ask Eric Cartman
I can understand about the potatoes. He wanted them peeled so they could soak up the stock.
I suppose he could have cut them in half as a compromise but maybe with the slow cooking in the stock the skin would peel off and would not be appetising in the final dish.
The roast chicken recipe:
He goes on about chicken skin being 'heaven'. It's not. It's bad for you. That's where the fat is.
Then he takes the skin off the potatoes - that's where the goodness is.
He's not a nutritionist and his show isn't about healthy eating.
Rick Steins programme on Spain has been a real eye opener not a risotto in sight neither steak or chips.
Think I saw Risotto made three times last week, so If you didnt catch it the first or second time..........
For me its just VERY BASIC FOOD
I don't think the show is meant to appeal to people such as yourself, who have a lot of experience in the kitchen, but rather is targeted at beginners.
I love the camera shots of him swirling oil or sprinking flour- so clever
i think its an enjoyable show to watch. I dont really like the time slot though as its when we sit down for the friday night shabbat dinner. I would prefer they put it in the normal monday 8:30 bbc2 slot. Hows it doing in the ratings?
I don't know how good a cook this bloke is, because the arty-farty, overcooked production is so distracting. Do we really need slo-mo footage of an egg being beaten, let alone the ridiculous panning round the bowl using some flashy video/CGI technique? Worst of all are the idiot captions appearing on screen to tell you what a pinch of salt etc is.
It annoyed me so much, I had to change channels halfway through. :mad:
Its just old style cooking, the pear salad is from the 70's. If you want to learn or be inspired for new dishes, look at Rick Steins Spain - and its not your normal run of the mill stuff.
So out of interest what ARE we all eating be interesting to do a poll - if this programme is an inspiring incite, what the heck is everybody eating. I dont do processed food, cook everything from scratch, from soups, salads, tons of vegetables, not too many carbs, not turkey twizzlers, no pre cooked meals, takeaway occassionally - If I dont eat vegetables in two days I start to feel quite low on energy, Im not a health freak either, cos I have the over the government recommendation in alcohol units......... but thats another debate on its own
Its just old style cooking, the pear salad is from the 70's. If you want to learn or be inspired for new dishes, look at Rick Steins Spain - and its not your normal run of the mill stuff.
It's pretty clear from this and your earlier comments that you don't like the programme or the type of food cooked. Fair enough.
Simon Hopkinson is known for loving eating and for cooking simple food superlatively well. It seems to me the purpose of the programme is to show other people how to make good, simple food which tastes delicious. Perhaps that isn't as exciting as some other programmes. I don't think it needs to be.
Huge numbers of people watching TV cookery shows don't know how to cook anything - they just heat things up. Loads of people eat junk - this may inspire someone to roast a chicken.
Ah so Hugh, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater, Rick Stein, Philip Vickery, Gino De Campo, Richard Corrigan, Gary Rhodes, Delia Smith, Michelle Roux, (and his son) Gordon Ramsay, Nigella Lawson, Rachel, we havent learned how to cook basic stuff - sorry no. Its the same old recipes. So what have all the previous chefs been doing and what makes this guy current?
They are dishes that we should all be cooking naturally unless you are living on turkey twizzlers, there not expensive, not complicated. So I will ask again. What is everybody eating?
Ah so Hugh, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater, Rick Stein, Philip Vickery, Gino De Campo, Richard Corrigan, Gary Rhodes, Delia Smith, Michelle Roux, (and his son) Gordon Ramsay, Nigella Lawson, Rachel, we havent learned how to cook basic stuff - sorry no. Its the same old recipes. So what have all the previous chefs been doing and what makes this guy current?
Sorry, yes. Many people still haven't learned to cook basic stuff. New audiences come to TV programmes all the time - perhaps they haven't seen previous ones. Perhaps they don't like foul-mouthed shouty chefs. Who knows?
According to a recent article in The Guardian, Simon Hopkinson was commissioned for series of programmes making all his favourite dishes. This series is the result. He's obviously 'current' in TV terms.
You say you're an experienced cook. Me too. But I like Simon Hopkinson and I like his approach to food and cooking. If you like other chefs with other approaches, fine. We can't all like the same things.
I agree, but I have roasted chickens for 18 years so I really dont see the point in this programme - its another slot filler with the BBC couldnt come up with anything more interesting.
So "whats new" Ive seen risotto three times this week
kate, we get that you don't like the program or the recipes. Fair enough.
We get that you're a cook who's 39 years old and that you've been doing those recipes for years. Again, fair enough.
But just because you don't like it, doesn't mean you should carry on complaining about the same things and trying to dissuade the rest of the FM's from watching it.
If you want to praise Rick Stein's Spain, then make a thread/post in the show thread about it.
I just don't see why you need to keep going on over and over again like a broken record. You're twice my age and yet you can rival a teenager with the amount of complaining you've done on here.
Seriously, if you really don't like it that much, then don't post.
Once again, seeming nobody has answered, what the hell is this nation cooking - that this guy inspires, can nobody do a dressing for a salad - Lemon, oil, salt and pepper, simples
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Rick Stein on Spain actually breaths live into different things, coq a vin, steak and chips dosent cut it im afraid - dated old, and antique
I can understand about the potatoes. He wanted them peeled so they could soak up the stock.
I suppose he could have cut them in half as a compromise but maybe with the slow cooking in the stock the skin would peel off and would not be appetising in the final dish.
He's not a nutritionist and his show isn't about healthy eating.
I don't think the show is meant to appeal to people such as yourself, who have a lot of experience in the kitchen, but rather is targeted at beginners.
Ive done every dish that he has cooked and I am 39
Is it more for people just starting out?????
i think its an enjoyable show to watch. I dont really like the time slot though as its when we sit down for the friday night shabbat dinner. I would prefer they put it in the normal monday 8:30 bbc2 slot. Hows it doing in the ratings?
It annoyed me so much, I had to change channels halfway through. :mad:
I'm not a fan of the visual effects or the music but the actual content is ok.
It's pretty clear from this and your earlier comments that you don't like the programme or the type of food cooked. Fair enough.
Simon Hopkinson is known for loving eating and for cooking simple food superlatively well. It seems to me the purpose of the programme is to show other people how to make good, simple food which tastes delicious. Perhaps that isn't as exciting as some other programmes. I don't think it needs to be.
Huge numbers of people watching TV cookery shows don't know how to cook anything - they just heat things up. Loads of people eat junk - this may inspire someone to roast a chicken.
I watched Heston's perfection program the other night and there's no way I would faff on creating his burger or steak.
Sorry, yes. Many people still haven't learned to cook basic stuff. New audiences come to TV programmes all the time - perhaps they haven't seen previous ones. Perhaps they don't like foul-mouthed shouty chefs. Who knows?
According to a recent article in The Guardian, Simon Hopkinson was commissioned for series of programmes making all his favourite dishes. This series is the result. He's obviously 'current' in TV terms.
You say you're an experienced cook. Me too. But I like Simon Hopkinson and I like his approach to food and cooking. If you like other chefs with other approaches, fine. We can't all like the same things.
So "whats new" Ive seen risotto three times this week
We get that you're a cook who's 39 years old and that you've been doing those recipes for years. Again, fair enough.
But just because you don't like it, doesn't mean you should carry on complaining about the same things and trying to dissuade the rest of the FM's from watching it.
If you want to praise Rick Stein's Spain, then make a thread/post in the show thread about it.
I just don't see why you need to keep going on over and over again like a broken record. You're twice my age and yet you can rival a teenager with the amount of complaining you've done on here.
Seriously, if you really don't like it that much, then don't post.
I was contemplating it after watching the show the other night.