Ham in Review
Last night, the Food Network premiered a new show– Ham On The Street.
George Duran, aka Ham, takes to the streets of America, interviewing people and finding out what American are actually eating.
The theme of the first episode was breakfast.
After seeing how fast a diner cook could prepare a number of different times of eggs, he broke out the Ostrich Egg and set out to find someone who could successfully prepare it.
Lets just say that at one point they use a tire pump to suck out the yolk….eew.
Ham them goes on the street to get people’s confessions about odd breakfast behavior, cooking, based on suggestion, a chocolate sandwich and a breakfast pizza (which looked delicious).
The street sections are funny, if a bit too long.
Though the show has a minimal amount of actual cooking (that is to say it’s more in the family of Altom Brown or Unwrapped), it’s a cute show. It should be interesting to see how they keep the episodes original.
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3 opinions for Ham in Review
Thomas Brandt
Feb 2, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Love the show. Wait until you see last night’s episode. All I have to say is “beer-can-chicken” with a guy named Bubba. It’s great to see a show that can make me laugh while I learn a thing or two about food. Thanks George Durran and Ham On The Street.
Alan
Apr 27, 2006 at 10:32 am
Simply stated - I hated the show. Please, Please stop trying to be funny, over the top and clever, just teach me how to be a better cook. If this show tanks, I’ll be all the happier. George is probably a great guy, but the show dosen’t do him justice nor anyone else involved in the production. Very disapointing to me…
Alan
Peter
Jun 14, 2006 at 1:25 pm
In response to Alan, this show, and other such shows [ unwrapped, Alton Brown’s good eats ] though don’t give you a multitude of step-by-step recipes, stating that you get ingrediants A, B and C, cook them in process 1 2 3, serve it to people who need to be impressed, and then they will be under the impression of your great chef skills.
These shows actually teach you the real stuff, the SCIENCE behind the instructions. WHY you saute in butter and not plastic. The shows you are looking for are shortcuts, and real learning cannot be replaced by shortcuts.
Adeau.
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