Yesterday's post included a video of a woman cooking the whole Thanksgiving dinner in a flimsy aluminum pan. She even cooked potatoes and green beans for four hours.
I promised more criticism/critique of some of the cooking shows.
1--Most of these videos are with SO present. That's okay, but they are more like a performance for him.
2--Most of these videos are just a concoction that puts a cookie in a muffin pan, with candy on top, pours caramel on it and a boxed cake mix. A whole muffin pan with sugar is the result.
3--Banter between her and guy is flirtatious, off-putting.
4--When a 9x13 pan is used, a big show is made of getting whatever is put in in layer even. THEN, she stirs it all up and makes a mess all over the pan.
5--She uses her hands for everything, every ingredient!--sugar, chocolate, things with a spout to pour.
6--Constant patter that is repeated often--look how good this looks, this is going to be soooo good, don't you think so? , I can't wait to taste this!
7--The final product is eaten with the hands. This is always sloppy and eyes are cut to companion.
8--The final product never is cooled. That is why it is all so messy. They oooh and ahhh over the fact it is hot and messy.
9--They are never prepared with anything. It all seems like they said, "Let's make a video" and pulled out the camera.
10--It all seems to be for the benefit of the person present.
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11--I just watched a woman handle a hamburger patty and then dip her hand in shredded cheese and a bag of chopped celery. Gross.
12--There are lots of mistakes and accidents. The cook seems surprised. It seems no one tries their technique before filming.
13--another thing--In about half these videos, there is so much cleavage, it is blurred out.
Now some of them may not follow this script. Enough do that it gets annoying. I will not tell you where they are on the internet. They are to be commended, I suppose, for doing this. They are just annoying.
Sunday night, I started hiccupping when I turned over. These were huge, noisy hiccups that developed into acid reflux. I was not able to lie down, so sat in living room trying to stifle them so I would not wake Tommy. He did stay asleep. I tried to sleep again and they started again. I got up again.
Finally, about 8 am, I got back in bed. He woke me at 11 so we could do something. I just wanted to sleep, so I did from 12:30 until 2:30. We went to grocery store and bought bogo items. Plus, he got cole slaw mix and carrots.
When I went out about 4 pm, the air was dry and slightly chilled. It was a very pleasant feel to the air. However, it got up to 80 here today.
Dinner was cold chicken, cheese, and lots of Brussels sprouts. I don't remember what Tommy ate.
Remember the guy who left the sexual remark? He texted asking it we were okay. I deleted that. Then, I had Tommy call the cleaner. I could hear a guy on the other end and confusion in Tommy's conversation. Tommy had the cleaner's name on number for the jerk. Tommy apologized and told him he dialed the wrong number, apologizing again.
Soon, Tommy got a text telling him he was rude.
Today, I dialed the guy's number. "I wonder how you can call Tommy 'rude' after you sent me a vulgar voicemail?" I could hear him asking me about what voicemail. He called my number several times. I did not answer. I predict he will come to the door to ask me. We will not go to the door. Instead, I will call the police to remove him. I am a little afraid of him if he comes here. Can you believe it?
What else have you noticed about these cooking shows?
This was not edited at all.
Son2 watches that kind of stuff and said it's ran mostly by idiots.
ReplyDeleteChef,
DeleteLOL, I won't argue with him.
I think you need to stop trying to engage toxic people.
ReplyDeleteA man who leaves sexual remarks should have been deleted from you contacts long ago. No possible good can come of calling him and asking him questions. Creepers cannot provide a single good reason why they creep.
Maybe you are bored or just curious. But you are asking for trouble, esp. when he tells the police, "But SHE called ME, officer! They BOTH keep calling me!!"
I have never seen cooking shows with lots of blurred-out cleavage. Uhh, you do know that PornTube is not a
subsidiary of YouTube, right?
Sue,
DeleteHe called me about 7 times yesterday. Tommy made a call to wrong number. Not bored, not curious. This is on the front page of MSN. I am curious as to why I am at fault here.
I do watch a couple of online "cooking" shows. I follow Brenda Gant. She is a good cook and very friendly. I also follow "Coffee time with John and Mama" John is friendly and I enjoy his banter with his Moma. However, he/they are not great cooks. For the most part they are eating healthy meals and I know how difficult it can be to cook for two.
ReplyDeleteJanet,
DeleteI will have to look them up. Thanks.