Well, this is new to me: looks like some inventive idiots have posted
spam in the reviews section of the recipes on Food Network's website.
I sent an email to them, FWIW <shrug>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:13:06 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> Well, this is new to me: looks like some inventive idiots have posted
> spam in the reviews section of the recipes on Food Network's website.
> I sent an email to them, FWIW <shrug>

Are you sure it hasn't been there for a few years? <shrug>

Are they spamming HGTV and the Shopping at Home Network?

:-)

I'm sure you're right. I just can't imagine watching most of their
shows, let alone reading reviews from the people who watch them.

-sw

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:22:22 -0600, Sqwertz >
arranged random neurons and said:

>On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:13:06 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
>> Well, this is new to me: looks like some inventive idiots have posted
>> spam in the reviews section of the recipes on Food Network's website.
>> I sent an email to them, FWIW <shrug>
>
>Are you sure it hasn't been there for a few years? <shrug>

I don't recall seeing it before and I'm pretty sure I would have
noticed.
>
>Are they spamming HGTV and the Shopping at Home Network?

:-)

to you, too
>
>:-)
>
>I'm sure you're right. I just can't imagine watching most of their
>shows, let alone reading reviews from the people who watch them.

I don't watch FN, HGTV or anything like it, and some of the reviews on
FN are unintentionally funny, esp. when they claim a recipe is 5
stars, then completely rearrange it with various substitutions. "I was
out of flour, so I used playground sand..."

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

On Dec 4, 5:13*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> Well, this is new to me: looks like some inventive idiots have posted
> spam in the reviews section of the recipes on Food Network's website.
> I sent an email to them, FWIW <shrug>

You tricked us. We thought that FN had Sheldon on as amateur chef,
and we all know what he'd make.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
--Bryan

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> Well, this is new to me: looks like some inventive idiots have posted
> spam in the reviews section of the recipes on Food Network's website.
> I sent an email to them, FWIW <shrug>


Food TV is pretty much a junk channel anymores anyways, Terry.......


--
Best
Greg....

In news:rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz > posted on
Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:22:22 -0600 the following:

> I'm sure you're right. I just can't imagine watching most of their
> shows, let alone reading reviews from the people who watch them.

Yes, whatever happened to the good old cooking shows where you see someone
calmly and pleasantly describing what they're doing in a cozy kitchen?
Most of the shows on Food Network now are like watching productions of the
World Wrestling Federation. Competitive cooking, and judges who use their
personal preference as a basis for criticizing the choices of competing
chefs. It's like a critic who likes thin crust pizza knocking a chef for
making a pizza with a thicker, chewy crust.

Bring back the old shows, even if they're reruns.

Damaeus

On 2010-12-06, Damaeus > wrote:

> Bring back the old shows, even if they're reruns.

Agreed!

I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. Real cooking by
real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. No hype, no
crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. Jes the real
deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
unique dishes.

nb

In news:rec.food.cooking, "l, not -l" > posted on Mon, 6
Dec 2010 23:02:10 GMT the following:

> You might want to see if you cable company carries the Cooking Channel; it
> is more about cooking and less about food as entertainment. It has a number
> of the old, actual cooking shows from when Food Network was about cooking,
> plus a bunch of new ones. There's some junk food, but a lot of good food
> shows too - Sara's (Moulton) Secrets, Emeril Live, Two Fat Ladies, Julia
> Child, several Jaime Oliver shows, etc.
>
> Take a look at the show list to see if there is something you like:
> http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/index.html#tva-z

Unfortunately I'm on Dish Network. They don't seem to be interested in
adding channels to see if people like them. They do the reverse. They
wait for people to demand a channel before they add it. Well, I had never
heard of The Cooking Channel, so I'd never know to demand it. And I think
of people who simply don't think about what other channels might be out
there, so it never even dawns on them that there is actually something out
there they would love to see.

Damaeus

On Dec 6, 1:43*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2010-12-06, Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > Bring back the old shows, even if they're reruns.
>
> Agreed! *
>
> I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. *Real cooking by
> real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. *No hype, no
> crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. *Jes the real
> deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
> and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
> unique dishes. *
>
> nb

>
>
I remember those shows! They were aired back in the 90's on the
Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. They were good!

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:02:10 GMT, l, not -l wrote:

> There's some junk food, but a lot of good food
> shows too - Sara's (Moulton) Secrets, Emeril Live, Two Fat Ladies, Julia
> Child, several Jaime Oliver shows, etc.

I used to think Jamie Oliver was the worst show on TV (couldn't
stand watching/hearing him talk), but now he'd be a welcome pastime
compared to what's on now.

Unfortunately I don't get the Cooking Channel here. At least not
for free.

-sw

itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> On Dec 6, 1:43 pm, notbob > wrote:

>> I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. Real cooking by
>> real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. No hype, no
>> crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. Jes the real
>> deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
>> and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
>> unique dishes.

> I remember those shows! They were aired back in the 90's on the
> Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. They were good!

Were those the ones with the woman narrating, Chef whisks two
eggs into the duck confit truffle mixture ...

I liked that show.

nancy

On Dec 6, 10:05*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 1:43 pm, notbob > wrote:
> >> I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. Real cooking by
> >> real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. No hype, no
> >> crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. Jes the real
> >> deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
> >> and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
> >> unique dishes.
> > I remember those shows! *They were aired back in the 90's on the
> > Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. *They were good!
>
> Were those the ones with the woman narrating, Chef whisks two
> eggs into the duck confit truffle mixture ...
>
> I liked that show.
>
> nancy

>
>
Yes, those are the ones. Some were entitled "Great Chefs of Chicago"
some were entitled "Great Chefs of New Orleans" etc., etc. There was
also another series of food shows that the late Edward Woodward (the
"Equalizer") would narrate.

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:05:52 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>> On Dec 6, 1:43 pm, notbob > wrote:
>
>>> I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. Real cooking by
>>> real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. No hype, no
>>> crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. Jes the real
>>> deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
>>> and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
>>> unique dishes.
>
>> I remember those shows! They were aired back in the 90's on the
>> Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. They were good!
>
> Were those the ones with the woman narrating, Chef whisks two
> eggs into the duck confit truffle mixture ...

They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. But yes, there
wasn't a bunch of babble. The words were chosen carefully and only
occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. The rest was 100% cooking and
presentation.

I wonder if they have those on torrents...

-sw

itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> On Dec 6, 10:05 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>> On Dec 6, 1:43 pm, notbob > wrote:
>>>> I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. Real cooking
>>>> by real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. No hype,
>>>> no crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. Jes the real
>>>> deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown
>>>> hotels and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely
>>>> popular unique dishes.
>>> I remember those shows! They were aired back in the 90's on the
>>> Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. They were good!
>>
>> Were those the ones with the woman narrating, Chef whisks two
>> eggs into the duck confit truffle mixture ...

> Yes, those are the ones. Some were entitled "Great Chefs of Chicago"
> some were entitled "Great Chefs of New Orleans" etc., etc. There was
> also another series of food shows that the late Edward Woodward (the
> "Equalizer") would narrate.

Oh, I didn't know he narrated, too. He was great, he had that voice.
I hope the shows are on somewhere, I'd like to see them again.

nancy

On Dec 6, 9:11*pm, itsjoannotjoann > wrote:
> On Dec 6, 1:43*pm, notbob > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 2010-12-06, Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > > Bring back the old shows, even if they're reruns.
>
> > Agreed! *
>
> > I wish I could watch old episodes of The Great Chefs. *Real cooking by
> > real chefs in real working kitchens around the World. *No hype, no
> > crap, no pretend chefs or annoying celebrity jerks. *Jes the real
> > deal, working chefs from wildly popular dumps to World renown hotels
> > and restaurants preparing authentic classics to insanely popular
> > unique dishes. *
>
> > nb
>
> I remember those shows! *They were aired back in the 90's on the
> Discovery channel in the early to mid-afternoon. *They were good!

Yes, they were!

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:46:42 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:

> On Dec 7, 1:32*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>
>> They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. *But yes, there
>> wasn't a bunch of babble. *The words were chosen carefully and only
>> occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. *The rest was 100% cooking and
>> presentation.
>>
>> I wonder if they have those on torrents...
>>
>>
> Check it out and let us know!

All I see is "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe". I'd bet
PBS has them on sale somewhere.

-sw

On Dec 7, 9:07*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:46:42 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > On Dec 7, 1:32 am, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> >> They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. But yes, there
> >> wasn't a bunch of babble. The words were chosen carefully and only
> >> occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. The rest was 100% cooking and
> >> presentation.
>
> >> I wonder if they have those on torrents...
>
> > Check it out and let us know!
>
> All I see is "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe". *I'd bet
> PBS has them on sale somewhere.
>
> -sw

>
>
Do you think PBS would have them even though they were not a series
aired on Public Broadcasting??

On Dec 7, 9:07*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:46:42 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > On Dec 7, 1:32 am, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> >> They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. But yes, there
> >> wasn't a bunch of babble. The words were chosen carefully and only
> >> occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. The rest was 100% cooking and
> >> presentation.
>
> >> I wonder if they have those on torrents...
>
> > Check it out and let us know!
>
> All I see is "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe". *I'd bet
> PBS has them on sale somewhere.
>
> -sw

>
>
You're right, they were originally produced/aired on PBS then went to
the Discovery channel in the late 90's. That's where I remember
viewing them. I found one new, unopened VHS tape on ebay for $26.00
plus about $3 shipping.

On Dec 7, 10:30*pm, itsjoannotjoann > wrote:
> On Dec 7, 9:07*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:46:42 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > > On Dec 7, 1:32 am, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> > >> They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. But yes, there
> > >> wasn't a bunch of babble. The words were chosen carefully and only
> > >> occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. The rest was 100% cooking and
> > >> presentation.
>
> > >> I wonder if they have those on torrents...
>
> > > Check it out and let us know!
>
> > All I see is "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe". *I'd bet
> > PBS has them on sale somewhere.
>
> > -sw
>
> You're right, they were originally produced/aired on PBS then went to
> the Discovery channel in the late 90's. *That's where I remember
> viewing them. *I found one new, unopened VHS tape on ebay for $26.00
> plus about $3 shipping. *
>
>
I found them. http://www.greatchefs.com/free-videos/

I haven't checked out the site completely but perhaps we can view the
shows online and scrolling to the bottom the dvd's can be purchased,
too. It appears there are several videos in each selection.

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:30:45 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann
> wrote:

> You're right, they were originally produced/aired on PBS then went to
> the Discovery channel in the late 90's.

My area came to cable late in the game, so I remember Great Chef's
from PBS too.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:39:45 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:

> On Dec 7, 10:30*pm, itsjoannotjoann > wrote:
>> On Dec 7, 9:07*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:46:42 -0800 (PST), itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>> > On Dec 7, 1:32 am, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> >> They had a woman narrator and a male narrator. But yes, there
>>> >> wasn't a bunch of babble. The words were chosen carefully and only
>>> >> occupied maybe 40% of the airtime. The rest was 100% cooking and
>>> >> presentation.
>>
>>> >> I wonder if they have those on torrents...
>>
>>> > Check it out and let us know!
>>
>>> All I see is "Who is killing the great chefs of Europe". *I'd bet
>>> PBS has them on sale somewhere.
>>
>> You're right, they were originally produced/aired on PBS then went to
>> the Discovery channel in the late 90's. *That's where I remember
>> viewing them. *I found one new, unopened VHS tape on ebay for $26.00
>> plus about $3 shipping. *
>>
>>
> I found them. http://www.greatchefs.com/free-videos/
>
> I haven't checked out the site completely but perhaps we can view the
> shows online and scrolling to the bottom the dvd's can be purchased,
> too. It appears there are several videos in each selection.

You might like this as well:

http://www.amazon.com/Dine-Europes-M.../dp/3833111585

It's part as Konneman's "Eurodelicies" (pictured below as related
items - also interesting books). It's a huge book, but not
affiliated with the series. It's along the same lines, though.
Once I saw the price ($11 incl. shipping), I'm ordering it now. I
haven't seen it lower than $30 in stores.

It's not big on backround and a lot of the ingredients are hard to
come by, but it's a great idea and picture book :-) I do have a
couple of the "Eurodelicies" as well (Seafood, and the
Meat/Poultry). This will be a great addition to my collection.

If Amazon will stop locking up and let me place the order ...

-sw