Heston's Great British Food - C4 Tuesdays 9pm

degsyhufc · 11/12/13 - 00:17

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hestons-great-british-food

About the Show

Heston Blumenthal reveals the secret history of some iconic British dishes and then transforms them, as only Heston can

Series 1 Summary

Britain is home to some of the most iconic dishes in world food, from fish and chips, pies and steamed puddings, to roast beef and Yorkshires.
In this series, Heston Blumenthal takes on one great British dish per episode to reveal its secret history and to use as inspiration for an incredible culinary salute.

Scarlett Berry · 11/12/13 - 00:45

Thanks for the reminder... I shall avoid C4 at 9pm. Cannot stand Heston Blumenthal

Andy Birkenhead · 11/12/13 - 01:02

The nutty pan-rattler returns.
Let's see what rubbish he comes up with THIS time !:D

jimbo1962 · 11/12/13 - 02:02

arentchafugginsickofhim ?

[Deleted User] · 11/12/13 - 02:09

I use a lot of his techniques, but this looks pretty silly!

Andagha · 11/12/13 - 02:10

That starter looked like one of my battered sausages I have from the chippy now and again..lol

Andagha · 11/12/13 - 02:11

Sad_BB_Addict wrote: »

I use a lot of his techniques, but this looks pretty silly!

I reakon Massimo from tonights MC has been near Heston considering his weird dishes..lol

gkmacca · 11/12/13 - 02:21

This is what happens when a talented chef has way too much time on his hands.

treefr0g · 11/12/13 - 02:40

A hot mushy pea stand.

That has to be my greatest nightmare.

gkmacca · 11/12/13 - 02:42

He keeps thinking that you get the 'essence' of something by chopping up all the ingredients and eating it. It's stupid. Like when he thinks he'll get the 'essence' of fish and chips by mincing them together. No Heston, mate, that's a fish cake!

treefr0g · 11/12/13 - 02:55

This looks like my kind of food.

I always like to climb a ladder to have my starter.

Did Heston fall asleep in th sun?

gkmacca · 11/12/13 - 02:58

It's so hygenic, a bunch of brats taking big bites off the same monster chip.

[Deleted User] · 11/12/13 - 03:02

I thought he would demonstrate how to cook the "perfect" fish and chips, not all that silly gimmicky stuff.
I use his method for boiled and poached eggs - perfect every time.

jonbwfc · 11/12/13 - 04:41

Sad_BB_Addict wrote: »

I thought he would demonstrate how to cook the "perfect" fish and chips, not all that silly gimmicky stuff.

There was a brilliant Open University food show that used to be on on a Saturday after the kid's TV, I think it was called something like 'Ever wondered about...' They would do a different dish each week and go into the history of it and the science in how it is made & etc. They did fish & chips one episode and, frankly, did a much better job than Heston firing hardboiled quail's eggs out of the bumhole of a giant fiberglass angler fish.

Edit : The podcast that went along with that episode is here but I can't seem to find any online video of the show itself.

Further edit : seems there's quite a lot of bits of the show on youtube.

Jon

[Deleted User] · 11/12/13 - 04:59

jonbwfc wrote: »

There was a brilliant Open University food show that used to be on on a Saturday after the kid's TV, I think it was called something like 'Ever wondered about...' They would do a different dish each week and go into the history of it and the science in how it is made & etc. They did fish & chips one episode and, frankly, did a much better job than Heston firing hardboiled quail's eggs out of the bumhole of a giant fiberglass angler fish.

Edit : The podcast that went along with that episode is here but I can't seem to find any online video of the show itself.

Further edit : seems there's quite a lot of bits of the show on youtube.

Jon

That´s great. Thanks for sharing.

degsyhufc · 11/12/13 - 18:31

jonbwfc wrote: »

There was a brilliant Open University food show that used to be on on a Saturday after the kid's TV, I think it was called something like 'Ever wondered about...' They would do a different dish each week and go into the history of it and the science in how it is made & etc. They did fish & chips one episode and, frankly, did a much better job than Heston firing hardboiled quail's eggs out of the bumhole of a giant fiberglass angler fish.

Edit : The podcast that went along with that episode is here but I can't seem to find any online video of the show itself.

Further edit : seems there's quite a lot of bits of the show on youtube.

Jon

The first series were hosted by chef & food historian Alan Coxon, aided by Prof. Kathy Sykes. Chef Paul Merritt took over for later series.

The episode on fish & chips when in to the history of the first chippy.
It's debatable but said that the first chippy was setup in the north west.
Fish was popular in the south - popularised by Jewish immigrants IIRC.

It wasn't until years later that fish & chips were brought together.

degsyhufc · 11/12/13 - 22:29

Ah, just watched the episode and see that Heston did cover what I posted above.

I think it could be good if he had a more serious documentary about food history but I guess they want his wacky entertainment style shows.

Got to admit some of it looked impressive.
But then again nipping down to your local chippy would probably also satisfy you just as much

Hey there!

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