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Guess what came on tv last night? The orginal Iron Chef! Ha! I loved that show! And it was every bit as corny as I remembered. But I had forgotten how sort of low budget it was. I mean, all their pans and equipment looked all battered and, well, like it had been used in cooking competitions repeatedly.

I need to find some food icons.

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The Japanese one? Very cool. The presenter is always so excited! I used to watch it a bit in Japan but it wasn't until I got back to Australia that I knew what they were saying, 'cause there was subtitles or something.

I need food icons too. And ones that express emotions etc.!

Voice overs. I also like in the original, there's an audience, and the announcers and the judges all keep up a running dialogue. In the American one, it's just Alton and Kevin. No audience, and the judges keep out of the commentary, except for a brief introduction.

Voice overs, thank you! My memory's like a sieve. I haven't watched the American one. We get the Food channel, and we watch Dinner Impossible, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (the British series is better), and Jamie at Home, mostly.

Oh, the American version is fun, too, I just wish they'd play the original more often. Although I admit, I mostly watch it because Alton Brown is the announcer--I love his show, Good Eats. It's filmed in Atlanta, too, and my advisor told me that he uses the Art Institute's library to do research for his show. So if I stalk the library long enough, I can pull a Kathy Bates (you know, in that movie Misery, have you seen it?) kidnap him, and torture him until he agrees to make me an intern on his show. *plots*

Other than that, I like Ace of Cakes, Molto Mario, and Paula's Home Cooking. If you ever get a chance to see Paula's show, do, because then it will almost be as if you'd met my grandmother; she has the same personality. It actually took a while before I could watch her again without tearing up. I've never seen Jamie at Home, though I've seen it advertised, but it only comes on Saturdays and I work then.

Oooh nice plan! (yep, saw Misery years ago but it's not a movie you forget - plus all the piss-takes of the classic scene help!)

Haven't heard of the food shows you mentioned. I don't know if the Food channel is the same, I mean the same programming or not, but if it is and we get those shows here then I'll try to keep an eye out for them.

You should definitely watch Jamie at Home if you can, it's one of his better series I think, and the book is excellent too. It's great because it's filmed in his kitchen garden at his old home in the English countryside, and the garden - a mix of herbs and veggies - is to-die-for. I want! And he and his gardener give gardening advice and do organic gardening. It's on here on Sunday evenings and again at night, so maybe we do get different programming after all. Probably not even the same food channel!

Well, maybe it does come on Sunday evenings, I can't be sure. Anyway, I work then as well, so it doesn't make any difference.

It would seem weird, but maybe it is a different network. I mean, I watch Dinner Impossible sometimes, too, but as far as I know, Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares airs on BBC America. It would figure, wouldn't it? Too bad you can't watch Good Eats, it's fun. He doesn't just cook, he explains the science and why you have to do things a certain way, and does all these skits--really hilarious. Oh oh, and he did this mini series thing called Feasting on Asphalt, where he and a bunch of guys just went on a road trip all over America, looking for exactly the kinds of places I love, places that really didn't warrant the term "restaurant" Old diners that were still in business, country buffets, barbeque joints, even a few tea rooms, but nothing that was glorified enough to be called a restaurant. It was fun watching him and the camera crew just hack into a barbequed pork shoulder and eat it with their hands in North Carolina. And fight over the last piece of fried alligator in Louisiana.

Ramsay did all those shows? I haven't heard of any of them!

I noticed Ace of Cakes was on telly last night, but at 11pm - too late for me on a work nigh :(

No no no, not Gordon Ramsey, Alton Brown. I'm not so impressed with Gordon Ramsey, to be honest. I know it sucks that Ace of Cakes always comes on so late. I was able to watch it last night though. :)

Sorry, got confused! Ramsay has his moments, but you never get to really see him cook! We used to watch Hell's Kitchen but we're more interested in cooking than spats and drama. Adam does a funny immitation of him though, it's bad but funny.

Hee! I used to love watching that show on Food Network. The American version just isn't as much fun somehow.

You're right. The American version is slicker, more high tech. Plus, you just know that Iron Chef isn't something that any American producer would have ever even considered making if the Japanese hadn't come up with it first, and it had been successful.

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