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I'm watching old episodes of Jacques and Julia on Hulu :-)

house_cat — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:16:49 GMT

What a delight!

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faeriemoon — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:18:21 GMT

I think Jacques always got a kick out of Julia. He didn't let her get away with much.

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BichonEmma — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:21:55 GMT

I loved that series. My 5 year old thinks it's awesome too. We rented the whole series from the library

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house_cat — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:26:32 GMT

I learned at least three things I didn't know about cooking potatoes, with just one episode. There are so many mediocre cooks on t.v. now, it's such a pleasure to watch the experts. No drama, just good cooking.

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Sooner — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:30:23 GMT

Can you imagine what they would say about many of today's ""cooking"" shows? Especially the QVC ones and most of what they sell?

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faeriemoon — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:33:28 GMT

On 6/16/2014 house_cat said:
I learned at least three things I didn't know about cooking potatoes, with just one episode. There are so many mediocre cooks on t.v. now, it's such a pleasure to watch the experts. No drama, just good cooking.

This is true! I love the cooking shows that are truly instructional. I have a feeling Julia would hate all these stupid cooking contest shows, and a lot of the other nonsense that is aired on the Food Network. PBS always had the best cooking shows.

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wingnut — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:33:57 GMT

They were the Dynamic Duo. I still watch them everynight on one of our PBS stations. After Jacques and Julia is Jacques Pepin ""Fast Food My Way"". Can't get enough of him - he taught me to make the best scrambled eggs!

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vabreeze — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:54:12 GMT

On 6/16/2014 house_cat said:
I learned at least three things I didn't know about cooking potatoes, with just one episode. There are so many mediocre cooks on t.v. now, it's such a pleasure to watch the experts. No drama, just good cooking.

house_cat, would you mind sharing the things you learned about cooking potatoes? So curious to know!!!

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house_cat — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:29:16 GMT

On 6/16/2014 vabreeze said:
On 6/16/2014 house_cat said:
I learned at least three things I didn't know about cooking potatoes, with just one episode. There are so many mediocre cooks on t.v. now, it's such a pleasure to watch the experts. No drama, just good cooking.

house_cat, would you mind sharing the things you learned about cooking potatoes? So curious to know!!!

Oh, dear! I hope I can remember now. First of all, they showed how to make pomme frites - puffy fried potatoes. He showed how they do it in the restaurant, testing them quickly to see which ones will puff up correctly and which won't so that when a customer orders them they can pop them into the oil and be sure to get good results. I've never seen those before. I'd give it a try, but you need the oil temp to be exactly 300 degrees and I don't have a thermometer.

Julia made garlic mashed potatoes with the KA mixer. I thought if you mashed potatoes in a mixer like that they would get gooey, but hers didn't. She boiled some garlic, then smashed it into some salt with a fork before adding it to the potatoes. When I make garlic potatoes I use roasted garlic. That was new to me.

Jacque made hash brown potatoes like I'd never seen. He baked potatoes, then peeled them and chopped them using an aluminum can that was opened on both ends. He said it was a trick he'd learned years ago. He cooked it on the stove, then baked it until brown - THEN he coated the top with sour cream and some shredded cheese and put it back into the oven to brown. The result was a potato pie that looked SO GOOD!

I love potatoes… can you tell?

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Lacey1 — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:02:02 GMT

If you peel/large dice the potatoes, put them in the rack, and cook them about 5 minutes in the pressure cooker-they come out fork tender but not water logged, (as from boiling).

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Yahooey — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:17:12 GMT

I think Julia is a hoot. I also enjoy the series - Baking with Julia. I got a few recipes that are keepers.

I agree that PBS does the best instructional cooking shows. ATK is a favorite.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:21:06 GMT

On 6/16/2014 Yahooey said:
I think Julia is a hoot. I also enjoy the series - Baking with Julia. I got a few recipes that are keepers.

I agree that PBS does the best instructional cooking shows. ATK is a favorite.

Have you ever seen the episode where she tasted something so delicious she actually teared up?

She lived to cook.

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house_cat — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:07:08 GMT

On 6/16/2014 lacey1 said:
If you peel/large dice the potatoes, put them in the rack, and cook them about 5 minutes in the pressure cooker-they come out fork tender but not water logged, (as from boiling).

Yes. You are right. I cook mine in an electric steamer - that works great, too.

And faeriemoon, if I'm not mistaken, she didn't even come on the cooking scene until she was 50 years old.

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vabreeze — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:12:41 GMT

Thanks, house_cat, for taking the time to tell report the tips learned for cooking spuds!

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Yahooey — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:23:45 GMT

On 6/16/2014 faeriemoon said:
On 6/16/2014 Yahooey said:
I think Julia is a hoot. I also enjoy the series - Baking with Julia. I got a few recipes that are keepers.

I agree that PBS does the best instructional cooking shows. ATK is a favorite.

Have you ever seen the episode where she tasted something so delicious she actually teared up?

She lived to cook.

Julia was never pretentious. I love that she would ask questions and let the guest reply and Julia would simply say, that is an excellent tip. Julia knew the answer. She always let her guests shine. The chefs of today would blurt out over the guest so the viewer can see how talented the host is and I use that term loosely. I saw her kitchen at the Smithsonian and it was a treat.