Hola! Hoy me gustaria hablaros de algo que es curioso y sorprendente para mi y que son, algunos programas de television. La tele se parece bastate a la de otros paises (española, holandesa), pero lo que esta claro es que aqui hay una obsesion o fijacion por los programas de cocina y de comida, madre mia! Muchas veces vemos el canal llamado "Food network" y para mi es super divertido, hay programas con titulos tan graciosos como: "Chopped", "The iron chef", "The best thing I've ever eaten...", "Cupcake wars", "Ace of cakes", "Meat and potatoes" o "Worst cooks in America".
Hola! I'd like to talk today about something very curious to me. I'm talking about TV programs :)
TV is pretty similar to the Spanish or Dutch (in general), but something that is very clear to me is that this country is obsessed with cooking programs and food, OMG!
We watch a channel called "Food network" pretty often and it is super funny, they have programs with titles like: "Chopped", "The iron chef", "The best thing I've ever eaten...", "Cupcake wars", "Ace of cakes", "Meat and potatoes" o "Worst cooks in America".
Hay algunos programas que son mas o menos normales y bastante entretenidos, ese es el caso de "Chopped" (troceado). Cuatro personas tienen que preparar un menu con unos ingredientes obligatorios para cada plato. Hay un jurado que prueba lo que han cocinado y va eliminando a los cocineros hasta que solo queda un ganador. Se prepara un entrante con unos ingredientes que los cocineros descubren en el acto, tienen unos 20 minutos para su preparacion y luego el jurado lo prueba y emite su veredicto. En cada plato se va eliminando a un cocinero, hasta que queda un ganador despues del postre. Cada vez que un cocinero es eliminado, el presentador dice "Veamos quien ha sido troceado", asi que si tu eres "troceado" es que has perdido :).
La verdad es que es un programa donde se puede ver la creatividad de cada participante y ademas, se ve la manera de cocinar de cada uno, que tambien muestra algo del caracter de la persona. El ganador se lleva 10.000 $.
There are some programs that are very normal and entertained in my opinion. This is the case of "Chopped". There are four contestants who have to prepare a dish with some ingredients that are mandatory to include. Starting with an appetizer and finishing with dessert, one contestant is eliminated after each dish. There is a jury who tastes the food and decides who is "chopped", if you are "chopped" then you have to leave the contest.
The truth is that you can see how creative people are and also with the way of cooking you can also know a little bit about each contestant's personality. The winner makes 10.000 $.
Algunos programas se mas competitivos como es "Iron chef of America" o "The next iron chef". En este programa participan cocineros muy conocidos de restaurantes de gran reputacion y deben preparar menus muy especiales, a veces con un solo ingrediente. Uno de los programas que mas me gusto fue uno donde habia que preparar un menu de 6 platos donde el ingrediente predominante era el champan. Todo parecia estupendo, unos platos bien decorados, que al parecer sabian muy bien y que al jurado le encantaron.
Some programs are more competitive as for example "Iron chef of America" or "The next iron chef". In this programs there are several very famous chefs and they have to prepare high quality menus, sometimes with only one ingredient. One of the programs I liked the most was when they had to prepare a six course menu using champagne as the main ingredient. Everything looked great, perfectly decorated and apparently they also tasted good according to the jury.
Tambien hay otros programas que son divertidos, pero que en mi opinion muestran cosas exageradas. Esto se ve por ejemplo en programas como "La guerra de las magdalenas", donde se comparan distintos restaurantes o tiendas donde se hacen "cupcakes", son unos dulces que tienen forma de magdalena pero pueden llevar cualquier cosa por encima y estar hechas con una gran variedad de ingredientes. En el programa de hoy han mostrado cupcakes con chocolate y bacon...no comments :)
There are other programs that are just fun in my opinion and I think they sometimes show exaggerated things. You can see this for example in "Cupcake wars". Today chocolate cupcakes with bacon topping...no comments :)
Un programa que puede ser interesante es "Lo mejor que he comido..." y los puntos suspensivos pueden ser cualquier cosa: cocido, frito, en trozos, con tomate, en un bar, en un puesto ambulante, etc. Con este programa se ven cosas curiosas, pero al menos se mueven por varias ciudades y enseñan sitios que podria ser interesante ir.
An interesting program is "The best thing I've ever eaten...". The three dots can be replaced by whatever you want: boiled, fried, sliced, with tomato, in a deli, etc. This is curious and they show places to go in many cities and I believe it can be interesting.
Otro que me parece exagerado es "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives". Guy Fieri visita sitios a todo lo largo y ancho del pais, eso si, hasta el momento todos los sitios que he visto han preparado cosas gigantes y con millones de ingredientes. Normalmente muestran como se prepara la comida para mucha gente y claro, las cantidades que se usan son enormes. Los platos suelen tener muchas especias, azucar casi siempre y grasa...tambien :)
"Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" is also exaggerated. Guy Fieri visits many places all over the country, but he only goes to places where the portions are huge and the meals are cooked with one million ingredients. They show how some dishes are prepared in big scales and it is amazing to see the big amounts of ingredients they use. The dishes normally have many spices, sugar and fat...also :)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/48110.html
Dentro de esta categoria de exagerados tambien se encuentra "Man vs food" en el "Travel channel". El presentador visita restaurantes donde hay desafios, es decir, tiene que comer un plato especial de la casa y si lo consigue, se lleva un premio y ademas, su nombre aparece en la "pared del honor" :). Normalmente, estos platos especiales son gigantes, mega picantes o ambos, jeje! Algunos ejemplos son filetes de casi 2 kilos, burritos de 2 kilos, sandwiches de 1 metro y cosas asi...
Inside the category of "exaggerated stuff" we also find "Man vs food" in the "Travel channel". The presenter visits restaurants where you can win a challenge consisting on eating the special dish of the house, normally something huge, spicy or both. Some examples are 4 pound rib-eyes, 4 pound burritos, 1 meter sandwiches, etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gsTxx2SuVk
Mas o menos eso es todo lo que os queria contar, por supuesto hay otros programas que no se quedan cortos y que no son sobre comida. Hay programas que muestran las adicciones de gente y como se curan, un programa especial para gente con sindrome de Diogenes...en fin, sorprendente!
"Wife swap", el español "me cambio de familia" es de mis favoritos, jeje! siempre hay una madre de campo que tiene cabras o vacas que se cambia por la tipica pijita de ciudad :)
Los programas sobre bandas callejeras y sobre las 48 primeras horas despues de un crimen tambien me gustan :)
This is more or less everything I wanted to tell you. There are other programs that are not about food and are also surprising as the programs about people's addictions, a special program for people with Diogenes syndrome, etc...surprising!
"Wife swap" is one of my favorites. There is always a mother used to work in the land with animals, goats, cows, etc and another mother who comes from the city and is posh and picky.
The programs about "street gangs" or the first 48 hours after a crime are also pretty interesting :)
Por ultimo, no podia irme sin enseñaros uno de los "mejores canales" que es: "Pray my Lord"
Normalmente hay predicadores soltando unos rollos que no se como la gente los aguanta, jeje! pero mas que aguantar, la gente esta en extasis, vibrando con las palabras del predicador...amazing!
Finally, I couldn't leave without telling you about one of the "best channels: "Pray my Lord"...
There is normally a preacher talking for hours and sincerely, I don't know how people can stand it for so long :), but they are like in an "extasis" state of mind, flying to another dimension while listening to the preacher's words...amazing!
Frases de Amor para Mi Esposo Cortas
5 years ago
before you tell your audience about the "food obsession", you should mention that you're largely watching the "food network" channel (which is entertaining). Had you been watching "O" or "FX", you'd give your audience an entirely different perception of american television. If you can track down "hoarders"... wow. that show is... if you don't have one yet, you should consider getting netflix while you are in US and streaming shows when you want them - they have man vs food (the guy is charismatic... I just have no idea how he eats so much food :)
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Hello! yes, I have netflix! I love it. To be honest I don't watch so much TV, but if I turn it on I'm surprised about the food programs :)
ReplyDeleteThe post was about food programs mainly, of course I know there are millions of channels and interesting things to see, but for my perception of food and TV, these shows were impressive :)
Adam (the guy of man vs food) is really charismatic and the same for Guy Fieri too.
Bye!
if you have netflix, search and watch an episode of "hoarders" - now that's something I don't think you have ever seen before - kim and I had nightmares :)
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