So I was preparing my hate e-mail to The Food Network for moving Alton Brown’s Good Eats to DAYTIME the other day. I haven’t seen an episode in months, and I needed my Alton fix.
Every now and then I check TFN to see if they are still running endless marathons of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Sadly, they are. It seems like this is the only show they have confidence in as they have been running it daily and for months in prime time. Also on weekends. In fact just about every time I turned on the channel I saw Guy Fieri’s mug at yet another restaurant exclaiming that some food was “rock star.” Ya seen one DDD, ya seen ’em all in my opinion.
It was clear to me, when I started this post and saw it had been nearly eight months between “food network inspirations” that I was in desperate need of a food show that would take away my writer’s block. In a last ditch effort to find that show, I turned to The Cooking Channel and OMG!!! A commercial aired within a few seconds announcing that Alton’s Good Eats was moving to TCC! AND, IN PRIME TIME! And not only THAT — EVERY BLESSED WEEKNIGHT at 8 pm Eastern! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! (shamelessly kissing the TV screen).
Since both networks are owned by the same company, I plan to compose my “what were you THINKING” email to TFN, and my “You people are super geniuses — but what took you so long” email to TCC.
Friday was the four-episode premier on TCC and I learned the secret of “eggs over easy” and of scrambling without overcooking. It turns out eggs don’t like salt while cooking, it makes them turn rubbery. And if the scrambled eggs look done in the pan they will be over-done on the plate.
I also learned that coffee beans should not be kept in the freezer because the condensation causes them to lose their flavor; and that a decent kuppajoe requires 2 and a half tablespoons of coffee per cup!
My only problem now is whether to watch Big Bang Theory on Thursdays, or just catch it on the internet a couple days later. Because they’re still not giving us full episodes of Good Eats online. So I think I know my answer. Five nights of Good Eats!!! Oh heavenly days! Er…nights.
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Comments on: "Good Eats moves to The Cooking Channel" (1)
Since first posting this I have enjoyed several new to me episodes, but discovered that they are not running nightly, but two on Wednesdays and four on Fridays. But the biggest disappointment is that after just a few weeks they have been airing RERUNS and even mixing them up with Alton’s “Feasting on Asphalt” shows. This program has enough material to keep from resorting to reruns for many months — very disappointing! So far many of the shows are from more recent airings – so how about some earlier topics? At least they are grouping them topically, which is very helpful.