[CH] Offensive and Insulting
John Benz Fentner, Jr. (johnfentner@home.net)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:38:43 -0500
This is from today's InfoBeat News. It is indeed a tribute
to my Irish heritage to know that we are secure in our claim
to being the world's second worst cuisine. :)
UK TV cook gets roasting for how to boil egg show
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's leading television chef was in
hot water Tuesday for teaching the nation's notoriously bad
cooks how to boil an egg. Delia Smith, Britain's
best-selling cookery writer and dispenser of motherly wisdom
in the kitchen for more than 20 years, has also been given a
roasting for giving TV viewers detailed instructions on how
to make toast. Gary Rhodes, spiky-haired rival chef, slammed
Smith's back to basics TV program as "offensive and
insulting to people's intelligence." Rhodes, 38, whose
culinary style is more brulee than boiled, said; "I don't
need to be shown what boiling water looks like and I think
that the rest of the population don't need to be shown it
either. I really don't believe that the majority of people
cannot boil an egg."
With apologies to our Britannic Bretheren.
JB
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John Benz Fentner, Jr.
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