OK, TiVo will be the end of my brain to be sure, but it keeps tossing up new things I’ve never seen before. Lots of programs I’ve heard of but never bothered to figure out what channel or when they’re on - but now they just show up on the recorder.
Up until now, I’d not seen any of the Iron Chef shows, but now I’ve seen a few of Iron Chef America and holy crap they’re insane. It really amazes me how these folks can come up with anywhere from 5-7 dishes with the “secret ingredient” and they all seem to be things that you’d at least want to try, even if you’re not drooling over it. My brother says the original Iron Chef shows are better, but the American version is pretty cool. And there seems to invariably be one judge that seems to be a self-important, pompous ass that you want to pop in the mouth. I’ve no doubt it’s by design.
There aren’t a lot of cooking shows where I think, “Damn, I would have never thought of that” - this is one of the few.
Plus, the plating is absolutely gorgeous on everything these folks turn out. I’m lucky if I don’t have half the dish on the counter trying to get it to the plate.
