The Alton Brown Appreciation Thread

[SuperPopTart]

I love AB!

[stray]

I had to google the name. I guess that I don't appreciate him?

EDIT: Hmm...That came out more shitty and lame than I intended. Sorry 

[HaemishM]

Food Network, motherfucker!

Alton is the shiznit. I love the little silly gadgets he shows off, like the dinosaur-headed water bottle. My wife covets his gadgets.

[Signe]

What's not to love?



A man who cooks like him is Teh Sexah!

[SuperPopTart]

I had to google the name. I guess that I don't appreciate him?

EDIT: Hmm...That came out more shitty and lame than I intended. Sorry 

YOU aren't AB worthy.

Alton Brown is awesome. He's just...awesome.

[Bunk]

He needs to learn how to say "Fukui-san!"

[Jayce]

/appreciate

[voodoolily]

He needs to learn how to say "Fukui-san!"

Heh.

Here is a foxier picture of him that I pulled from the recipe thread (after I concurred that this thread should exist).



Remember how rough-around-the edges he was in the beginning? Awww... Catching the occasional old-ish episode of Good Eats reminds me of that. You've come a long way, baby!

[Rasix]

What the hell are you doing to this forum?

[voodoolily]

What the hell are you doing to this forum?

Moi? Honey, what AREN'T I doing to this forum? 

[WayAbvPar]

I am a huge AB fan. I have a bit of a crush on W too.  :-D

[SuperPopTart]

What the hell are you doing to this forum?

Kindly shut up.

Thank you :)

[Shockeye]

He couldn't hold Paula Deen's jock.

[Sky]

Gadgets are for tards. Gimme a cast iron pan and that's all I need, dagnabbit!

Anyway, I haven't seen the guy. My favorite tv cook was Pasquale.

[Signe]

What the hell are you doing to this forum?

We're fixing it for you.

[ClydeJr]

I remember one of his shows where he was cooking something big like a brisket or turkey or something like that. He was complaining about ovens not having even cooking. Some areas in the oven are hotter than others. His solution: Get a giant clay flowerpot, turn it upside down, and and cover the entire pan with it. The oven would heat the clay pot unevenly, but inside the pot the heat would raidate evenly on the food.

He posted this rant on his website:

Dear Tom Cruise,

Your lack of belief in the existence of clinical depression tells me one thing: you didn’t spend $10. to see War Of The Worlds. If vitamins can possibly help me out of this spiraling funk, please let me know which ones. Dinos? Pebbles? Freds?

Please, I’m crying out for help.

Alton Brown

My wife has this as her desktop:

[WayAbvPar]

Dear Tom Cruise,

Your lack of belief in the existence of clinical depression tells me one thing: you didn’t spend $10. to see War Of The Worlds. If vitamins can possibly help me out of this spiraling funk, please let me know which ones. Dinos? Pebbles? Freds?

Please, I’m crying out for help.

Alton Brown

As if I didn't AB enough! He should be beatified instantly.

[HaemishM]

Goddamn, that man is eloquent.

[Shockeye]

As if I didn't AB enough! He should be beatified instantly.

New heart emoticon added due to WAP's moving words.

Don't abuse it, schild.

[SuperPopTart]

I remember one of his shows where he was cooking something big like a brisket or turkey or something like that. He was complaining about ovens not having even cooking. Some areas in the oven are hotter than others. His solution: Get a giant clay flowerpot, turn it upside down, and and cover the entire pan with it. The oven would heat the clay pot unevenly, but inside the pot the heat would raidate evenly on the food.

He posted this rant on his website:

Dear Tom Cruise,

Your lack of belief in the existence of clinical depression tells me one thing: you didn’t spend $10. to see War Of The Worlds. If vitamins can possibly help me out of this spiraling funk, please let me know which ones. Dinos? Pebbles? Freds?

Please, I’m crying out for help.

Alton Brown

My wife has this as her desktop:

I had that as my desktop for the longest time.

Now I have this:

[Paelos]

This place is getting too TLC, Queer Eye, Trading Places lately.

So here's some thongs:

[Hanzii]

I remember one of his shows where he was cooking something big like a brisket or turkey or something like that. He was complaining about ovens not having even cooking. Some areas in the oven are hotter than others. His solution: Get a giant clay flowerpot, turn it upside down, and and cover the entire pan with it. The oven would heat the clay pot unevenly, but inside the pot the heat would raidate evenly on the food.

He can't be a real chef, since he doesn't own one of these:


Its called a römertopf and has been in European kitchens for ages (I have an antique bought for $5 at a market). It wasn't invented by some American whippersnapper with a tv-show.
The french use a cocotte.

But I do like me a good cooking show and kitchen gadgets... so somebody send me a dvd...

[voodoolily]

If you knew anything whatsoever about AB, you'd know that he HATES what he refers to as "unitaskers", that is, instruments good for only one thing. The flowerpots are way cheaper, just as functional, and are multitaskers. He recommends, whenever possible, saving your money and getting tools that also function as hardware (e.g., fine rasp instead of a zester or microplane).

"The only unitasker in your kitchen should be this:"

[Hanzii]

If you knew anything whatsoever about AB, you'd know that he HATES what he refers to as "unitaskers"...

I think it was clear from my post, that I don't. His show hasn't jumped the pond to where Im at.

I would agree with the general sentiment when referring to useless stuff like eggcookers or popcornmakers, but since I don't own any large flowerpots, would never put food inside something I'd used for dirt prior and the other way around (using the pot in the oven, then for plants) would mean I'd have to keep buying pots, I don't see how his way is cheaper... unless he only uses the same flowerpot in the kitchen, in which case it's a unitasker and the dedicated tool would be better suited...

I also once used my dads weedburner to make Creme Bruleé, but I do prefer my small - unitasking - kitchen gasburner... it could be used in the garden, if you have forever, but is a bit easier to drag around in the kitchen.

[Evangolis]

I have found memories of using the acetylene torch to cook lunch when we were building grain bins in Nebraska.  Now that is a multi-purpose tool.

Brown is pretty cool, in a geeky way.    I watched a lot of him before I gave up TV for regular sleep.

[voodoolily]

OM fucking G I'm so happy I could crap myself for all of these wonderful new emoticons!!    !! Thank you, Magic Super Happy Fun Shockeye!

[Shockeye]

For Paelos.

[Paelos]

Thanks Shockeye. Take solace in the fact that if you put many more emoticons on the forums my eyes will bleed with fiery anger.

[Shockeye]

Thanks Shockeye. Take solace in the fact that if you put many more emoticons on the forums my eyes will bleed with fiery anger.

I think I'm done unless I see one that screams, "f13 needs me!"

[Otis]

Alton is one of my heroes. I will forever worship this man for teaching me how to make the perfect omelet.

And also for illustrating some of the finer points of cooking with the use of barbie dolls and sock puppets.

[Hanzii]

Alton is one of my heroes. I will forever worship this man for teaching me how to make the perfect omelet.

And also for illustrating some of the finer points of cooking with the use of barbie dolls and sock puppets.

O.k., now you got me. I neeeed to see that show. Somebody help me out here... I live in a third world country (televisionwise...)

[Otis]

Alton's show is called Good Eats (and pardon me if that had already been stated.) Food Network sells DVDs, but they're horribly overpriced and I believe you can only buy themed sets; there are no "season boxes" available, so all of the episodes are not on DVD.

But that's OK, because you can still find each season wrapped up in a neat package if you look around. I'd bust out a direct link for you, but I don't think the mods would appreciate that. Try a search for "digital distractions."

Even if you aren't that interested in cooking, Good Eats is a pretty damn enjoyable show.

[MaceVanHoffen]

Alton's show is called Good Eats (and pardon me if that had already been stated.) Food Network sells DVDs, but they're horribly overpriced and I believe you can only buy themed sets; there are no "season boxes" available, so all of the episodes are not on DVD.

But that's OK, because you can still find each season wrapped up in a neat package if you look around. I'd bust out a direct link for you, but I don't think the mods would appreciate that. Try a search for "digital distractions."

Even if you aren't that interested in cooking, Good Eats is a pretty damn enjoyable show.

I must contribute to the Alton Brown love.  His show is awesome.  I went to one of his book signings over in Berkeley a few years back and almost threw my underwear at him like a screaming groupie.  He's exactly the same in person and impromptu as he is on his show.

[voodoolily]

Alton's show is called Good Eats (and pardon me if that had already been stated.) Food Network sells DVDs, but they're horribly overpriced and I believe you can only buy themed sets; there are no "season boxes" available, so all of the episodes are not on DVD.

But that's OK, because you can still find each season wrapped up in a neat package if you look around. I'd bust out a direct link for you, but I don't think the mods would appreciate that. Try a search for "digital distractions."

Even if you aren't that interested in cooking, Good Eats is a pretty damn enjoyable show.

Welcome, n00bles. The mods and admins don't give a shit about posting links. They welcome it, in fact. Here's that link, btw. Thought I'd link you right to his site so you don't have to wade too much, Hanzii. Enjoy.

Edit: Oopsie! He doesn't sell his show from his site. Here you go.

[voodoolily]

Cute Mashimaro, SuperPopTart!