On Nov 11, 11:20*am, (z z) wrote:
> I always enjoy my Saturday mornings with PBS. I just saw my first Julia
> Child show from when she started out. It was fricking hillarious. The
> format was such that it was a small box centered on my tv screen, in
> black and white. She was making french onion soup. Dropping things,
> knocking over the open bottle of brandy, saying things like "Oh well"
> and then the part at the end where she gives "hostess" advice and they
> show her "buffet" on a card table. Very campy. (And her french onion
> soup looked horrible.)
>
> Then I also saw one of her last shows where she brings in a guest
> chef-he was from someplace called Lulu's in SF. He fried baby artichoke
> hearts-looked delicious. He also breaded lemon slices and fried-that
> would be interesting to eat. I wouldn't mind eating at that restaurant
> if it still exists. He used her mortar and pestle and she said she
> bought it in France in 1948 before he was born. Great stuff.
>
> I watched Lydia Bastianich make chicken parmagiana which I have never
> liked but hers looked pretty good. I especially enjoyed her lesson on
> stuffing a chicken breast fillet. The breast fillet was about 3 times
> the size of the average chicken breast sold in the grocery store.
>
> I had to leave before I could watch Martha teach how to cook rice in 5
> ways.

I love the Saturday cooking shows also. Did you see Cook's Country and
their tips for making dressing come out tasting like it came out of
the bird? Basically, they put the stuffing in a casserole dish, and
put turkey wings that had been pierced and browned in a pan on top of
the stuffing to bake? I thought it was brilliant!