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Julia Child

qualitygal — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:20:44 GMT

I had to watch her today on You Tube. She's great in those shows. I never saw her when they aired the first times. I was looking through some of our cookbooks, and I thought, why not her?

Did you ever watch her? I learned a few new things today on veg's, I never knew. What fun! I have to watch more in days to come.

Any new things in the kitchen for you?

Re: Julia Child

Kitlynn — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:31:50 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
I had to watch her today on You Tube. She's great in those shows. I never saw her when they aired the first times. I was looking through some of our cookbooks, and I thought, why not her?

Did you ever watch her? I learned a few new things today on veg's, I never knew. What fun! I have to watch more in days to come.

Any new things in the kitchen for you?

I watched her and now I watch reruns. You might enjoy the movie Julia/Julie it is really good. I do have her cookbook also.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:31:15 GMT

@qualitygal I remember watching her shows on PBS. She had great information, but the best take away for me was that you could make mistakes while preparing the dish and still fix them before presentation. Also, she stressed that presentation should be unapologetic and gracious.

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qualitygal — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:31:01 GMT

@Kitlynn I did see that movie. It was good and thinking back on it, I didn't understand how I could have a cookbook of hers. I think I thought, it might be too complicated. But from what I saw today, she seemed straight on and just used a few more steps. If the taste is worth it, why not, right?!

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Kitlynn — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:42:48 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
@Kitlynn I did see that movie. It was good and thinking back on it, I didn't understand how I could have a cookbook of hers. I think I thought, it might be too complicated. But from what I saw today, she seemed straight on and just used a few more steps. If the taste is worth it, why not, right?!

A lot of her recipes in the cookbook are more complicated and I am sure some of it has to do with the era it was written in. But some of them are not so yes why not go the extra step if the recipe sounds good.

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chrystaltree — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:47:14 GMT

I remember watching her shows on PBS. I watched with my mother. She had a couple of her cook books but I don't think she ever made anything from those books.

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Still Raining — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:20:34 GMT

Long ago, like with Nixon, she was live preparing the state dinner as a show.

Must have been having game hens since she was cutting them up with her shears.

She stopped mid snip, looked at the camera, and told us that if we didn't have game shears.....pause.....thinking.....thinking of such a world of bad cooks...

Still cracks me up.

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bigtraps — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:43:49 GMT

GURL... Loved Julia. She was the greatest. Blows the Ina's and Pioneer Women away today.

Oh did everyone see David V gushing over Ina this weekend. OMG. GURL, come on.

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ninjawife — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:00:01 GMT

I have a couple of her later cookbooks from the Cooking/Baking with Julia series. There are a lot of great recipes from her esteemed guest chefs.

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Whitney400 — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:02:19 GMT

Julia was one of a kind. Very talented. The funniest presentation I ever saw her give was one on Good Mornin America (New York) years ago. She was heavily into French cooking and she used a lot of wine in her dishes. I don't know what time she started preparing for the show, but by the time she was actually on air, she must have consumed more wine than what she put in the food. Charlie Gibson had to help her out with the cooking because she was pretty tipsy. She was slurring her words. The whole show was hysterical.

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Sooner — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:08:41 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
I had to watch her today on You Tube. She's great in those shows. I never saw her when they aired the first times. I was looking through some of our cookbooks, and I thought, why not her?

Did you ever watch her? I learned a few new things today on veg's, I never knew. What fun! I have to watch more in days to come.

Any new things in the kitchen for you?

@qualitygal My dad and I loved her and never missed a show that was on in our area.

I had Mastering French Cooking in college and during those years and my first few out, I cooked every recipe I could get ingredients--or even close--for!

Ina Garten, Martha Stewart and others have said they did this too. And I will proudly say I'm not afraid to cook anything! I know techniques and can make most recipes I've ever seen work.

I have even made homemade puff pastry, souffles, and boned and butterflied a leg of lamb!

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qualitygal — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:21:56 GMT

@Sooner Wow, that's an amazing accomplishment. It would be fun to have that much knowledge and cook and bake. Good for you!

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qualitygal — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:15:01 GMT

@Whitney400 wrote:
Julia was one of a kind. Very talented. The funniest presentation I ever saw her give was one on Good Mornin America (New York) years ago. She was heavily into French cooking and she used a lot of wine in her dishes. I don't know what time she started preparing for the show, but by the time she was actually on air, she must have consumed more wine than what she put in the food. Charlie Gibson had to help her out with the cooking because she was pretty tipsy. She was slurring her words. The whole show was hysterical.

@Whitney400 I'd have loved watching that!!

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Sooner — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:58:11 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
@Sooner Wow, that's an amazing accomplishment. It would be fun to have that much knowledge and cook and bake. Good for you!

@qualitygal Thanks but Julia Child was that good at writing her books and you learned high level cooking skills. Luckly I was very young, bored to pieces and worked hard to learn them.

That woman gave me basic skills that I have enjoyed and my family benefitted from my entire life. If you can make the basic sauces, saute, braise, fry, steam, poach, temper, whip eggs, and cut up meats and poultry you can make anything.

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Brilliana — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:56:52 GMT

Love Julia Child. She brought elegance to American cooking. My favorite is her Reine de Saba cake. Intensely chocolate and delicious.

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Jessa9 — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:45:28 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
I had to watch her today on You Tube. She's great in those shows. I never saw her when they aired the first times. I was looking through some of our cookbooks, and I thought, why not her?

Did you ever watch her? I learned a few new things today on veg's, I never knew. What fun! I have to watch more in days to come.

Any new things in the kitchen for you?

I enjoy watching the old Julia Child's on Create, especially the ones with her and Jacque Pepin

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Spurt — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:54:10 GMT

My sister and I always watched with my mom......she had a good sense of humor too...

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insomniac2 — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:37:23 GMT

I always watched Julia Child's shows. I loved her attitude.

I saw the movie that came out a few years ago; I read two books about her that I enjoyed much more, though.