Do you "get" people who are interested in food/cookery programs

SEPT 23 1989 · 15-02-2011 07:09PM

The sheep have moved from property to food

Poor Craythur · 15-02-2011 07:15PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The sheep have moved from property to food

Nah, property and cookery shows have been running to excess concurrently for years.

Canis Lupus · 15-02-2011 07:20PM

Masterchef is one of the few tv programs I make time for. Love it and I enjoy cooking. As has been said earlier in the thread when I lived at home I couldn't have cared less but once you move out things become different. I also learned that my mom isn't a very good cook once I started myself

Milky Moo · 15-02-2011 07:22PM

Couldn't be bothered cooking for the vast majority of my life, but for the past year I have loved everythng about it!

I love cookery shows, cooking new things and eating in good restaurants.

Maybe it is an age thing?!

15-02-2011 07:25PM

Yeah, definitely, you're either a foodie or you're not. I've always been obsessed with food, even when I was a kid, I used to think all day about what I was having for lunch and of I knew I was going out for dinner, I'd be really excited. I love cooking meals at home from scratch and would way rather go out to restaurant than a club. I had a horrible holiday in Morocco once because the people I went with always wanted to grab a quick sandwich and eat it while they walked so they wouldn't 'miss' anything. To me, eating well is part of the experience and sitting down to eat is essential. I can't stand eating any old thing just so I'm not hungry. But I understand why some people don't see food as a big deal. I just wish they'd respect people who do.

starbelgrade · 15-02-2011 07:26PM

xzanti wrote: »

I LOVE cooking programmes.. Come Dine with Me and Masterchef are my favourites.. My OH moans about it constantly.. I can't see why people wouldn't be interested in it tbh..

But then again, I hate football and can't see why people are interested in that so it's horses for courses I guess..

I like cookery programs and football.

In fact, they are the only two things I would regularly watch on television.

bonerm · 15-02-2011 07:29PM

The only cookery show I watch is The Delicious Ms Dahl (and it isn't for the recipes).

HoPpiE · 15-02-2011 07:35PM

Definitely something that can develop over a period of time. I always liked food, the eating part, that is, but was never particularly interested in the cooking/preparation/aesthetics of it. All changed a couple of years ago when people started telling me I had a talent for it.
Anyway, here I am half way through 1st year of a Degree in Culinary Arts and absolutely loving every minute of it.

Little Acorn · 15-02-2011 07:42PM

Love cooking shows. Watch all that I can find on tv.
Nevin Maguire
Rachel Allen
Catherine's Italian Kitchen
Trish's Paris kitchen [haven't seen that in ages, must have stopped]
Jamie Oliver
Gordon Ramsay
Masterchef
Daily Cooks Challenge
Ready Steady Cook [again haven't seen in ages]

I'll watch the cookery section of chat shows aswell, used to watch Darina Allen "simply delicious" when I was younger, and love the programme TASTE that was on SKY. Apparently there was 62 episodes of it made.

It's not like I try to cook everything I see, I just find it very interesting and relaxing to watch people cooking. I like cooking myself, but wouldn't consider myself very knowledgeable about it all. There's piles of common enough things I've never even tasted. Loved home ec. in school too.
There's some great cookery vids on youtube.

I also like programmes like Grand Designs, Showhouse, Property Ladder, [Sometimes the people are very annoyong on these shows, so I just skip to the end to see what the final outcome of the design looks like.]
and shows like Kirstie's homemade home, and Kirstie's Homemade Christmas.

sandmanporto · 15-02-2011 07:56PM

personally no!
I can never get my head around finding some of the odd recipes, then following the procedure to cook perfectly because I always mess it up!
I always found cookery books make it look simple but it's always, for me anyway, never simple to perfect the dish! I am just not a good cook. Ragu sauce and pasta it as about as good as a cook I am :P

whydoibother? · 15-02-2011 08:01PM

I do a fair bit of cooking. I don't particularly enjoy the process, I do it for the result. I want to eat good quality food that's (usually

) reasonably healthy and I want to know what's in it. I am not somebody that loves cooking and could never devote a morning to going out specially to find obscure ingredients and then coming home for three hours cooking to create something really elaborate. It has to be:

1. Tasty
2. Cookable in 30 mins
3. Economical
4. Healthy (this one gets waived occasionally)

I'd kind of compare cooking to shopping - some people enjoy the activity, some just do it for the result. Some girls go shopping for a new dress and will love trying on 15 dresses. I just want to get the dress and if I see a good one in the first shop after 5 mins, all the better, that frees up the rest of my afternoon.

Little Acorn · 15-02-2011 08:04PM

Overheal wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9I2JfLgQrE

creme fraiche?:D

sunflower27 · 15-02-2011 08:06PM

I love Come Dine With Me. A couple of years ago I was on holiday in New York and waiting to do the Statue of liberty cruise and got talking to this blonde woman. She was English and looked really familiar.

A few weeks later back home I saw her on a repeat of CDWM. She was awful on the show, gave everyone 1-3 out of 10. The producer actually made her re-score them or she would be disqualified.

She was a big woman with blonde curly hair, probably late 20s.

Morag · 15-02-2011 08:22PM

So when did she start loosing weight and do you think she's friend of Ana or of Mia?

sunflower27 · 15-02-2011 08:26PM

Sharrow wrote: »

So when did she start loosing weight and do you think she's friend of Ana or of Mia?

What?!?

Dudess · 15-02-2011 09:56PM

Oh I love good quality, organic, home-grown, home-made etc foods - adore going to restaurants, farmers' markets etc. I'm not mad about cooking but I'm all right at it. I wouldn't make a point of watching cookery/food-based programmes but I'd definitely pay attention if there was nothing else of interest on TV.
It's not a snobbery thing - I don't look down on people who aren't foodies (some food critics are shockingly wanky - I'd never dream of going on like that) but my personal preference is the non processed stuff. And I have a few mild food intolerances anyway so I'm better off watching what I eat. That doesn't mean I'd never eat junk-food though - it's damn tasty, especially after a few drinks.

LambsEye · 15-02-2011 10:00PM

In my opinion Come Dine With Me is the greatest show on earth. I absolutely love it. I have arranged my viewing schedule in the past so that I watch nothing else but Come Dine With Me.

I love cookery programs too. Food Porn. My mate's a chef and the whole scene can be VERY pretentious but gosh darn, I love me some foooood.

minidazzler · 15-02-2011 10:03PM

I wasn't interested in cooking til about 3 years ago when I got bored with the same old meals. So I developed a love for cooking. Your post is invalid OP!

Poor Craythur · 15-02-2011 10:04PM

LambsEye wrote: »

My mate's a chef and the whole scene can be VERY pretentious but gosh darn, I love me some foooood.

Like Jamie telling you it's essential to sprinkle your herbs from a height.

Poor Craythur · 15-02-2011 10:06PM

Dudess wrote: »

Oh I love good quality, organic, home-grown, home-made etc foods - adore going to restaurants, farmers' markets etc. I'm not mad about cooking but I'm all right at it. I wouldn't make a point of watching cookery/food-based programmes but I'd definitely pay attention if there was nothing else of interest on TV.
It's not a snobbery thing - I don't look down on people who aren't foodies (some food critics are shockingly wanky - I'd never dream of going on like that) but my personal preference is the non processed stuff. And I have a few mild food intolerances anyway so I'm better off watching what I eat. That doesn't mean I'd never eat junk-food though - it's damn tasty, especially after a few drinks.

TBH, don't how much better a lot of organic food tastes. A lot of it is imagined IMO. And organic chicken is tougher in my experience. Of course, people eat organic stuff for ethical reasons too, which is grand.

LambsEye · 15-02-2011 10:10PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

Like Jamie telling you it's essential to sprinkle your herbs from a height.

Poor Craythur wrote: »

TBH, don't how much better a lot of organic food tastes. A lot of it is imagined IMO. And organic chicken is tougher in my experience. Of course, people eat organic stuff for ethical reasons too, which is grand.

OR "rustically" squeeze your lemon in your fists and with a bitta pizzazz. I'll use my lemon squeeze thank you very much Jamie.

I still buy into it though!

I don't eat organic food because of taste, I eat it because I don't trust any large companies with my food. When I was living in America I found the quality of food shocking and I genuinely refused to eat anything other than organic chicken. It's not so bad in Ireland but the amount of chemicals and rubbish that go into American food is terrifying.

Watch Food Inc!

Sergeant · 15-02-2011 10:10PM

whydoibother? wrote: »

1. Tasty
2. Cookable in 30 mins
3. Economical
4. Healthy (this one gets waived occasionally)

Jamie Oliver might look like he gets off the special bus, but in fairness his books and shows are filled with recipies that can be prepared, cooked and served within half an hour.
And the recipies don't require you to shoot your own peacock, leave it to dry out on a Cornwall tile, before cooking it in orphans tears for 27.23 minutes.

LambsEye · 15-02-2011 10:14PM

LambsEye wrote: »

I love cookery programs too. Food Porn. My mate's a chef and the whole scene can be VERY pretentious but gosh darn, I love me some foooood.

Does anyone ever watch The Barefoot Contessa? It's RIDICULOUS. She lives in the Hamptons and fannys around making spinach and feta pies for her FABULOUS gay friends who bring her bouquets of FAAAABULOUS flowers and they all dine out of the veranda.

Quality.

Aidric · 15-02-2011 10:15PM

I could honestly spend most of a day watching various cooking programmes, find them relaxing and entertaining actually. I might only try 20% of the recipes but that makes no odds.

Poor Craythur · 15-02-2011 10:17PM

LambsEye wrote: »

Does anyone ever watch The Barefoot Contessa? It's RIDICULOUS. She lives in the Hamptons and fannys around making spinach and feta pies for her FABULOUS gay friends who bring her bouquets of FAAAABULOUS flowers and they all dine out of the veranda.

Quality.

She's a WASP as far as I know. What do you except?

LambsEye · 15-02-2011 10:23PM

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUS

Just GORGEOUS,

I mean, you've gotta have tomatoes in the garden.

Dudess · 15-02-2011 10:41PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

TBH, don't how much better a lot of organic food tastes. A lot of it is imagined IMO. And organic chicken is tougher in my experience. Of course, people eat organic stuff for ethical reasons too, which is grand.

Oh yeah, when I say "organic" I mean stuff that's treated with as little chemicals as possible - I don't mean it in the pretentious way. I know there are a lot of tossy people into farmers' markets etc, but some people, myself included, are genuinely just into high-quality food. It's not even something I made a point of choosing, it just developed gradually over the years.

ebixa82 · 15-02-2011 11:44PM

CDWM is one of the greatest shows on TV. Dave Lamb is essential to it, some of the earlier episodes have him without any abuse and they are pretty tedious to watch..

People who aren't into cooking either haven't experienced the joys of cooking, naturally are not good at it or are just plain ihgnorant!

OPENROAD · 15-02-2011 11:53PM

Sergeant wrote: »

Jamie Oliver might look like he gets off the special bus, but in fairness his books and shows are filled with recipies that can be prepared, cooked and served within half an hour.
And the recipies don't require you to shoot your own peacock, leave it to dry out on a Cornwall tile, before cooking it in orphans tears for 27.23 minutes.

+1

His London restaurant is also very good imo

whydoibother? · 16-02-2011 01:02AM

Jamie Oliver's food does generally look appealing. The type of thing I wouldn't be into is the Delia Smith style - 5 million ingredients, steps to be done days in advance of the main cooking and references to recipes from previous shows (we will make this using the pastry I showed you last week) because you're supposed to be either watching religously or have bought the book. I personally think the internet is better than all books/shows, just decide what you want to make, google it and you'll have loads recipes to compare in seconds. Of course if you enjoy watching cookery, fire away.

Do you "get" people who are interested in food/cookery programs

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