Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Saturday, December 29, 2007

The Cooking Channel -- Mom Style

I like to cook. I also enjoy (for the most part) the Food Network. However, I think it's time they produce a show that stars something other than a young-looking, chirpy anorexic with a chemically-whitened-toothy-smile and a boob job telling me how easy everything is to prepare in 30 minutes or less. Bullshit. The minute they bring out the food processor or an ingredient I can't pronounce, I'm gone. I live in the real world.

I think they should produce a show that features the following real-life scenarios. It would go something like this:

Mom comes home from work/school with kids clamoring, "What's for dinner mummy, I'm hunnnngry."

Mom is clueless as to what to pull together in five minutes or less. As mom is rummaging through the cupboards, the telephone rings. It's the soccer coach. Damn. One of the kids has soccer practice in 1/2 an hour and its mom's turn to drive the carpool. How can mom pull off dinner in such a short time span and fulfill her carpool duty?

I would like to see an entire show featuring easy kid menus that the kids will actually eat. Phooey on the over-repetative gourmet stuff on the Food Network. Granted, there would have to be some creativity for peanut butter and jelly, but bring it on.