Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Jerk-Chef on BravoTV
While I enjoyed my "Bananas Brule" I still felt there was something not quite right with them. They were good, but I wanted great. Then it occurred to me: with fish, you don't cook fillets on the grill, since the exposed side grain sticks and the fish breaks easily. You cook steaks because the end grain doesn't stick very well and removal is easy. Suddenly, I had it: Banana Steak Brule! Hurry! Back to the kitchen!    Imagine my surprise when I turn on Bravo TV to Top Chef and see some jerk cooking MY Banana Steaks! He calls them Banana Scallops. He also paired them with some bacon flavored ice cream. Dude, I did the bacon and banana thing already! He's CLEARLY been stealing ideas from my blog. That jerk! (Chris emailed to tell me the chef, Richard from Atlanta, apparently does the bacon thing often and had actually done the seared scallops in prior episodes here and here) I sat on the couch, seething with rage. I wanted to kick that guys potASSium! I threw yucky banana peels at the tv, screeching at the top of my lungs. I beat my chest and waved my arms over my head. I jumped up and down on the sofa. I then fell off the sofa and bumped my head. Sadly, my mom wasn't here to call the doctor. I know his "cure" would simply be to tell me to stop jumping on the furniture. Then he'd charge my insurance $3,856. Perhaps I need to cut back on my banana intake? Seriously, I have had a bunch of bananas over the past couple of weeks. Get it? A BUNCH of bananas? Actually I have had 3 bunches of bananas. I am beginning to feel like Koko Kobayashi. Earlier this month, Alton brown did a banana episode of Good Eats. I thought perhaps that may have been where I got the idea for torching some sugar coated bananas. Sadly, he doesn't torch them but he does make Bananas Foster, which does involve bananas and flames (and rum!). You can catch that episode again this Friday at 11pm repeated at 2am on Food Network. I then discovered that in his episode on sugar he does "Banana Splitsville" which has more or less the same thing as my first shot at Bananas Brule. Alton, of course, goes way overboard in his version. What have I learned from all of this banana infused, TV chef turmoil? I have learned that I probably need to have my own cooking show. I've been told this many times and even kicked the idea around with a few people. In fact I had a discussion with Courtney about having a cooking show when I was down in Jacksonville. Tune in tomorrow to learn more about our potential TV show. And if you think that's just a cheap gimmick to insure maximum readership tomorrow, you are right! (You see? I already know how previews, cliffhangers, and "sweeps" work on TV.)  |
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