Old Cooking shows

[ilovewindex]

What where your favorites and why?

Mine was either Justin Wilson or Two Fat Ladies..

i really miss both and Two Fat Ladies is very hard to find

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ4YMVGgsMU

 

[tomturbomatic]

I liked both, too, although mainly for entertainment. At least most of what Justin cooked, you could consider eating, but the some of the stuff the TFLs made seemed so heavy it could kill you. I liked Justin's collection of Magnalite, too. I have the 12" deep chicken fryer and always babied it, but somehow the base warped and it does not sit flat anymore.

 

[maytagmike]

The French Chef

I can remember my mom watching Julia Child when I was 10 years old, fell in love with her cooking shows over the years, and i now have a nice collection of her cooking shows on DVD. Don't forget the glass of wine.

 

[ilovewindex]

Yes the stuff TFL make is just out there.. Its pure entertainment

I never got to see much of Juila, which is a shame... And now the food network has kinda destroyed cooking shows

 

[norgeway]

Thats Easy!!

The Betty Feezor Show on WBTV in Charlotte NC, and the Nancy Welch Show on WSPA TV in Spartanburg SC, both were on over 20 years and I have every cookbook both put out, Betty died from cancer in 1978 but Nancy Welch is still living.

 

[joeypete]

My dad being full Italian was an avid cook. We watched cooking shows every weekend on PBS. On my own I used to watch The French Chef of course. Julia Child has been my inspiration since I was little. We also watched The Frugal Gourmet, and later Ciao Italia. Brings back tons of memories.

 

[philcobendixduo]

Real Oldies!

"The Galloping Gourmet" (Graham Kerr) who always had a "short slurp" of wine as he cooked.

"The Frugal Gourmet" (Jeff Smith) who used to drive my CRAZY by referring to the AROMA of good food as an ODOR".

 

[vacerator]

Yes,

and Clarissa and Diana was it? They made and sipped mojitos, etc. I loved them.
First time I ever used Juniper berries from their hedgehog recipe.
Bubble and squeak, kedgeree, if they were still with us today, I'm sure they'd be making Stout braised beef in pastry pies.

 

[vacerator]

Not Diana,

Jennifer Patterson.

 

[ilovewindex]

Ooh I forgot about the fungal gormet. I was a weird kid. I liked watching lbs and there cooking show

 

[lordkenmore]

Another vote for Julia Child's THE FRENCH CHEF. I think I might have discovered it due to AW.org. I knew about Julia Child, of course, and had read some of her writing. I had seen some of her on TV, although the TV shows she appeared on were newer. After hearing the raves about her first show, however, I got a DVD set from the library. Just to see what it was like, but not really expecting to watch much. (I was not in a cooking phase...) I can't remember how much I watched--maybe the whole set, maybe not--but I certainly liked it and watched it more than expected. What I liked is that she taught useful things--not just demonstrating recipes. And she was endlessly interesting.

Another vote for THE FRUGAL GOURMET. A bit harder, because there were unpleasant sexual abuse allegations against him. I also heard some other ugly stories from someone who worked with him on another matter. I know someone on AW.org in the past indicated a strong dislike of Smith because of some of this. But...I liked one of his shows (on Chinese cooking), and that show was educational and helped keep me sane during a really bad part of my life.

 

[ea56]

I learned how to make an omelet from watching Julia Child on PBS in the 1960's. She was always so natural and gave you the feeling that if she could do it so could you. To this day every time I make an omelet I think of watching that show on PBS. It really helped that Julia explained why she was doing what she was doing so that it made sense.
Eddie

 

[vacerator]

Yes, I also

learned to make proper scrambled eggs from Julia. Of course, I don't finish them with extra butter. I like them taken off the heat just before they are totally set.

 

[Ultramatic]

As a kid...

 

 

The French Chef and The Galloping Gourmet. Both on WNET channel 13. New York's first PBS station.  I remember Graham Kerr's appliances were coppertone.

 

[launderess]

Loved:

Frugal Gourmet

Taste

Galloping Gourmet

Good Eats (early seasons)

Two Fat Ladies (no wonder with the amount of butter, fat, lard, and suet they used).

 

[davey7]

I remember going to what I think was the Frugal Gourmet's shop when I was a kid - in the then no man's land of the "near north side" - now specifically River North.

 

[askolover]

Jeff Smith's Frugal Gourmet was my favorite as a teenager.  My mother said I used to say, "Wanna see man cook" from the time I could talk...and that I was referring to Graham Kerr!

 

[mikael3]

I learned to cook from Julia Child’s book, From Julia’s Kitchen.  The French Chef was no longer on TV when I was growing up, other than a few random episodes from time to time, so I only had the book.  She was very thorough and a good teacher.  At some point in my life, I have cooked just about every recipe in that book, and I became a good home cook by following her lead.

 

Because Food Network apparently owns distribution rights on Julia Child and Company, and they have chosen not to air them, I have only seen a few episodes of that show.  In the early 1980s, I watched several episodes of the widely panned Dinner at Julia’s; I actually enjoyed that show, as long Julia was on camera instead of all those dreadful guests she invited.  And I watched all her shows in the ’90s.  I really liked the ones with Jacques Pépin. 

 

Only within the last few years have I had a chance to see The French Chef.  All of the episodes (minus 6 episodes from the first season, and a few episodes in later seasons, all of which are apparently lost) are available on amazon prime.  Seeing those shows was an absolute revelation.  Her excitement is contagious, and she would make anyone want to stand up and run to the kitchen.  But the greatest part about seeing the shows was that Julia still had something to teach me.

 

[Ultramatic]

Julia Child

 

 

I remember when I was a kid my mom would join me to watch The French Chef sometimes. I'll never forgot when Julia would toss refuse over her shoulder (and onto the floor), "Ma, did you see that?!" I'd exclaim, my mom just as astonished. But I loved Julia. Taught me how to do my first omelet. I must have been 8 at the time.