Julia Child

[madaboutharry]

After watching the HBO series Julia, I decided to watch the original episodes of The French Chef on PBS Living.

I am loving each episode. (Well, the chicken liver episode was kind of gross). All these decades later her techniques are universal and make great sense. And she was so incredibly charming.

But, her kitchen hygiene was awful!
It is a surprise that she didn’t fall ill from salmonella or E. Coli right there on the set. 🙄

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I remember those barely focused and grainy early PBS videos...

that basically told French cooking schools their techniques were old fashioned and didn't make better food.

When Netflix was in the CD busines, I subscribed to her series, and it went well with her books.

Julia was a rare giant in the food education business

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[walkingman]

2. Enjoying the Julia documentary on CNN tonight 🥗🥩🍜

[dweller]

3. If it looks perfect on the plate

It just means someone has had their hands all over it …

One of my favorite quotes from Julia



✌🏻

[mitch96]

4. There is a wonderful series called Dishing with Julia on PBS.. I highly recomend it.. It's a HOOT!

Current chefs critique the famous chef...all good..
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https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/dishing-with-julia-child/

[Warpy]

5. My mother hated to cook and it showed

Julia Child rescued me, starting in the late 60s from her earliest reruns on forward. I always said I learned how to cook in self defense. Julia Chils taught me how to do it well.

Oh, some of her later episodes got a little silly with exotic ingredients and equipment (duck press, I'm looking at YOU) but even those shows were entertaining even as they put me off being a gourmand even if I could have afforded it.

[madaboutharry]

6. I also grew up with an awful cook.

Nigella Lawson taught me how to cook and made me love cooking. Though, I think Julia might disapprove of some of Nigella's techniques!

[Warpy]

7. She found an oven fried chicken recipe that was seasoned properly

and that was pretty good. The problem was as much the 1950s as it was her, too much came out of a can and canned vegetables were a pretty grisly proposition. She did really hate to cook, though.

She had a system when my dad was home on weekends, he'd ask what was for dinner, she'd say "pork chops" and he'd say "let's go out." Most of this occurred when I knew for a fact there wasn't a pork chop in the house and hadn't been for months.

[madaboutharry]

8. I have some real good stories.

My mom once set the Thanksgiving Day turkey on fire. We ate the sides.
She would put ketchup on spaghetti. She never got the hang of making scrambled eggs. The list is long. Her meatloaf, however, wasn't bad.

[Warpy]

9. I've noticed that whatever you put into meatloaf, it tastes reliably like meatloaf

My mother's turkey wasn't any worse than anyone else's, turkey being but but not terribly tasty. Sides were canned veg and mash. That's about it.

Spaghetti was Chef Boy Ar Dee out of a box, sauce in a can and "cheese" in a packet. There wasn't much to screw up.

Ketchup on spaghetti is awful, as most broke ass college students can attest. Mixed with water, a little sugar, and non dairy creamer, it becomes a pretty decent tomato soup, though, pro tip for the periodically skint.

My mother's track record with eggs is that I never learned to like them.