Good Eats

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Last night, while watching Alton Brown, on good eats ( I love all his technical and chemical stuff) he was cutting up a bunch of Brussels Sprouts. He said to use any medium sized knife, or a SANTUKO,the Japanese general purpose kitchen knife. I about rolled out of my chair laughing. The knife is a SANTOKU. The reversal of the last two vowels is a common error, but I would have thought Alton ( and the proof readers) would have done his homework better. Everyone considers him a kitchen scientist and great chef, when he actually is just an actor and producer with a great research team. He used to be bad at science, but reads his scripts well.

The famous Mr. Wizard ( Don Herbert), who taught science to America's youth for 50 years, was also an actor. He had no science knowledge,beyond the classes he had to take to get his English and Drama degrees.

Stacy ( or is that Styca? I'll have to ask Alton.)

 

[WadeH]

Like you my wife likes most of the science or facts he gives but can not stand him. Every once in while he makes something pretty good. But she really can not stand the fact that he went to University of Georgia where she went. It just bugs her that he is a Bulldawg too.

 

[Allen Newberry]

I am guessing he just misspoke as I have never noticed him say that and he actually has his own line of shun cooking knives.

Allen

 

[Bruce Bump]

I have trouble with the Japanese terms too. What is the proper pronunciation? I only speak english.

 

[Lucky Bob]

San-toe-coo. Beautiful part about Japanese is that, like Finnish (for a random example) there is virtually no variance between words in the pronunciation of a given character. May vary between regions or even speakers, but the "coo" sound is always going to be "coo", unlike, say, "tough" and "dough"!

 

[Mark Basford]

If you think that you have problems with Japanese you should see some of the challenges that they have with Engrish.

 

[delbert ealy]

I like the food network and I often watch Alton with my kids, I'm hoping they absorb a little, and his show is pretty kid friendly. My wife thinks he is a little hokey, but tolerates him.
I only saw part of that episode and missed the goof.
Del

 

[James_Terrio]

I enjoy cooking shows, but it often amazes me how badly those "professionals" treat their cutlery. Scraping the edge on the cutting board, tossing it in the sink when they're done with it... makes me cringe.

 

[nate1714]

Alton is a knife person In fact I wouldnt be surprised if people see him a blade show...he has been in the past. He is a knife nut, just for some reason he isn't on this forum (that I know of).

 

[oldrifleman]

Alton is a knife person In fact I wouldnt be surprised if people see him a blade show...he has been in the past. He is a knife nut, just for some reason he isn't on this forum (that I know of).

Yeah there was a thread in the Busse forum a while ago about how the wonderful Ms Amy-O (of Busse company lore) had a massive crush on him and ended up scareing him off.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

You sure know how to bring a guy down. Mr. Wizard was my hero for more years than I can count. To know he is just another talking head makes me

Next thing you'll be telling me is, Fred didn't really want to be my neighbor.

Fred

 

[JasonSCarter]

Alton Rocks, I love his show, The hokeyness is what drew me to it, wasnt all uppity like a few other of there shows, I like Diners, Drive In's, and Dives to, that guy has one of the best jobs EVER. Dinner Impossible when I can catch it.

 

[James_Terrio]

... I like Diners, Drive In's, and Dives to, that guy has one of the best jobs EVER.

I bought his book based on the show, for my GF. She loves it.

 

[strahd71]

alton brown is cool........ did you guys see where he made the beef jerky with a box fan and furnace filters? he's like a culinary Mcgyver (sp)!

jake

 

[Sam Salvati]

Robert AKA Mete does not like Alton Brown IIRC!