# TV shows in other countries about "American cooking" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943 "2018-11-03T20:09:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/21 "2018-11-04T14:45:11Z")
> [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](#): > > The attitude was similar here - a lot of “how dare you?!” - though not with Government certification being mentioned. His point wasn’t “this is poison, it must always be avoided”, more “this is nutritionally very poor: very sugary, very salty, very fatty. You’re therefore in trouble if you routinely eat it; you need to shift your priorities and stop thinking of food in such a perfunctory way. Cook good food more often, it’s important.” > > There was a lot of indignation about it from people who didn’t like being told what to do (even though their lifestyles seemed to suggest they needed to be), saying that their kids would never eat something that wasn’t fried, etc. > > Like I say, a noble attitude but perhaps his delivery was always doomed to rile folks up. The ones most hostile to him were the “nutritionists” responsible for elementary school lunches: “It says right here on the box, ‘US Government approved’!” My favorite cooking show will always be Graham Kerr’s _ **The Galloping Gourmet** _. I was surprised to learn that it was videotaped here in Toronto, lo those many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/22 "2018-11-04T14:46:01Z")
[James Martin’s American Adventure](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week7/james-martins-american-adventure) ran repeatedly in various formats on ITV here in the UK earlier this year, though I didn’t watch any of it myself. Nothing particularly original - there have been plenty of similar cookery shows about the US on British TV over the years. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/23 "2018-11-04T15:55:10Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I’m wondering if that’s the one where he called American kids brainwashed because they preferred Chicken McNuggets to his own handmade chicken offering. Even worse. He showed them the process of getting the mechanically separated chicken; they kids were grossed out. Then he breaded it and fried it. The kids were delighted. “Chicken nuggets!” No connection that it was made from the stuff they thought was gross just a few minutes before.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/24 "2018-11-04T17:29:06Z")
Honestly, food in the process of being prepared does look gross. And if you can’t handle that, then you have no business being in any kitchen. The mechanically-separated nuggets are nutritionally identical to his artisanal hand-cut chicken offerings. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/25 "2018-11-04T19:39:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Honestly, food in the process of being prepared does look gross. And if you can’t handle that, then you have no business being in any kitchen. The mechanically-separated nuggets are nutritionally identical to his artisanal hand-cut chicken offerings. Even with the blenderized bones? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/26 "2018-11-04T20:23:54Z")
There’s no bones in the mix. The flesh is mechanically separated from the bones. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/27 "2018-11-04T21:12:39Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > There’s no bones in the mix. The flesh is mechanically separated from the bones. Jamie dumped everything in the blender, bones and all. Yeccch! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/28 "2018-11-04T21:52:43Z")
That’s just nasty, and not at all what is done commercially. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/29 "2018-11-04T22:03:46Z")
The bones get sifted out in a later stage of the process. Yes, occasionally a small piece of bone gets through, which might conceivably chip a tooth or something, but that’s very low on the list of things to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/30 "2018-11-04T22:25:40Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > We get restaurant tours, and cooking competitions, from the USA, but nothing like the home cooking shows of one kind or another that we get from the BBC. We don’t really have those here any more either. Kinda annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/31 "2018-11-04T23:12:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Even with the blenderized bones? :dubious: 😕 If the bones are strained out, no problem. If ground beef isn’t considered disgusting, why should ground chicken be? Now if Jamie had blenderized the feathers with it… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/32 "2018-11-04T23:24:15Z")
most of the food network cooking shows are either pioneer woman .barefoot contessa and trisha Yearwood everything else is on the sister “the cooking channel” station but if you can get PBS on the net from about 9 am to 8 pm its all “how to cook” type of shows by many that used ot be on food network when it started …. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/33 "2018-11-05T01:06:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Are there any? There are plenty of TV cooking shows here about the cuisines of other countries-- Italian, Chinese, French Indian, Scandinavian. Are there shows in Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, etc,. that show people how to cook the dishes of the US of A? Does anyone WANT to cook our food? Maybe the rest of the world assumes that we have no indigenous cuisine except hot dogs and hamburgers. Do we? Do we have any indigenous cuisines? Well, how many we have depends on what you count as “indigenous”. ALL cuisines have roots in other places, and America is no different. As a country of immigrants, America probably has borrowed more than a lot of places, but I would consider these cuisines/dishes indigenous to various extents: Cajun Creole Barbeque (in its many blessed varieties) Many Pizzas (see above) Low Country Tex-Mex California Soul Food Amish Desserts (God bless those Pennsylvania Dutch and their sweet teeth) Lobster Rolls Philly Cheesesteaks The US has a great variety of cuisines and native dishes. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/34 "2018-11-05T02:28:16Z")
> [@Clark\_Cello](#): > > Do we have any indigenous cuisines? Well, how many we have depends on what you count as “indigenous”. ALL cuisines have roots in other places, and America is no different. As a country of immigrants, America probably has borrowed more than a lot of places, but I would consider these cuisines/dishes indigenous to various extents: > > Cajun > Creole > Barbeque (in its many blessed varieties) > Many Pizzas (see above) > Low Country > Tex-Mex > California > Soul Food > Amish Desserts (God bless those Pennsylvania Dutch and their sweet teeth) > Lobster Rolls > Philly Cheesesteaks > > The US has a great variety of cuisines and native dishes. You’ve got a point. I guess if there were an “American Cooking” show on TV in, say, Italy, what kind of food would it feature? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/35 "2018-11-05T02:32:38Z")
Hamburgers and pizza with corn in it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/36 "2018-11-05T02:40:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You’ve got a point. I guess if there were an “American Cooking” show on TV in, say, Italy, what kind of food would it feature? It would feature whatever the Italian directors and executives felt would “hook” an Italian audience. Italians obsess over ratings too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/37 "2018-11-05T03:01:14Z")
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen someone cook “American Food” as part of a “non-American” cooking show out here. If they were, it would probably be southern American food (from somewhere like New Orleans). As a side note, I have watched American cooking shows before and have to ask: does anyone else think the hosts are super aggressive? It always feels like I’ve done something wrong and they’re lecturing me. I know Gordon Ramsay is always yelling at someone, but it feels like he’s yelling with the audience. American hosts feel like they’re mad at me. Maybe I’m imagining it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/38 "2018-11-05T03:05:56Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > … > > I have watched American cooking shows before and have to ask: does anyone else think the hosts are super aggressive? It always feels like I’ve done something wrong and they’re lecturing me. > … > > Maybe I’m imagining it. I certainly hope you are, because if all those American hosts really DO believe that you personally have done something wrong… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/39 "2018-11-05T03:07:05Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > Hamburgers and pizza with corn in it. The only place I’ve ever seen the latter is London, England. It had tuna on it, too. Yeccch! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943/40 "2018-11-05T03:12:01Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I certainly hope you are, because if all those American hosts really DO believe that you personally have done something wrong… 😃 And here I was thinking I’d covered my tracks so well! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-in-other-countries-about-american-cooking/823943.md?page=3)