Food programmes

I avoid food programmes like the plague! Particularly the "cheffy" ones.
I've also always used up leftovers as I was taught by my mother.
I agree about wasting good food, just because it isn't presented properly.
My DH says to just slap it on the plate, as long as it's tasty and cooked properly he'll eat it.
I know that you enjoy food with your eyes as well, but quite honestly they do go a bit too far.

One of these days someone will do some proper cooking using popular ingredients and not those unpronounceable names from far-flung places.
What happened to the down to earth meals easy and cheap to make for the majority to enjoy, particularly those who are struggling with families ?

Let's have more of the Hairy Bikers !

I think I read somewhere that the food from Masterchef and similar programmes was donated to various charities. Apart from the meals cooked there are a large amount of fresh ingredients left as well.
So many of these programmes are pretentious now and have no relevance to real life. Bit like the soaps I watch I suppose.

I hate MasterChef. I love The Hairy Bikers. We've been to see them live twice. They were good fun.

I get put off when they hover 3 inches above the food breathing all over it. Yuk.

I find I'm put off by many cookery programmes because (for good reason) we have become a tee-total household. The sight of chefs sploshing alcohol into their dishes without suggesting alternatives makes me cross. Many recommend wines and specialist beers to go with the food, could they not suggest alcohol free alternatives sometimes? Saturday Kitchen on the BBC is particularly annoying. The Hairy Bikers are no better. I know I'm a grumpy old woman.....

There are many programmes showing people how to make everyday meals, some on a budget. Masterchef is a bit different from them, it is about skills and ideas, not about feeding a family for a week. I agree though that most of it is pretentious, and often wouldn't make a decent sandwich between two slices of bread!

If it captures people’s imagination and creates an interest in food then that’s a good thing.
I totally agree it’s important not to waste food and young people should be taught how to roast a chicken, make a meal from the leftovers and soup from stock!
It’s wonderful though to show off occasionally and many old fashioned cuts of meat and methods are used in modern cuisine.
Ox cheeks, cod cheeks and offal are all making a comeback.
I do however think tripe should remain in 1945!

A marrowbone was always on my mum's food list. I believe she fed both brother and I the soup from an early age.
Neck-end of lamb for hot-pots.

If the behind the scenes for food programmes, is like the support office staff when someone has a buffet lunch in a meeting room, as soon as the filming is over, everyone present will be tucking in and wrapping up anything left to take home.

We used to love meetings with buffet lunches at work. As soon as the meeting ended, we descended on the trolley and cleared it of all the delectables fed to Directors at working lunches.

I belong to a local liaison commitee at our local power station and although our lunches after the meeting are modest affairs, as the last meeting attender goes down the stairs on their way home. People in adjacent offices 'casually' wander down to see what is on offer from the meeting lunch.

Actually, I do not watch any cookery programmes, too boring.

Calf's foot jelly.