Hells Kitchen

This is probably the most dramatic food show ever to be put on television. Chef Gordon Ramsey’s hit television series has run many seasons in the row, and he seems to have the recipe for success. In this show, Chef Gordon Ramsey takes a season to train a head chef. The show begins with many chefs, all of whom are ambitious, ready to compete, and completely unprepared for what awaits them in Hell’s Kitchen!

Hells Kitchen

Iron Chef

There are a couple of different Iron Chef shows, and all of them are awesome. The sweetest thing about this show is that all of the chefs are already seasoned professionals, so you not only get to see great chefs compete head to head to win, but you can actually learn a lot about cooking from watching this show. Also, you get to see them work with a lot of ingredients that you do not normally get to seen for example, I once saw an episode of Iron Chef where a contestant had to work with grasshoppers! Now that is intense!

Iron Chef

Chopped

Chopped is a show where four chefs come together to compete head to head in a one-episode contest for ten thousand dollars. You will see chefs from all walks of life on this show, and from a lot of different skill levels. You will also see chefs who’s styles vary a lot, meaning that you can see a lot of different foods and preparation methods on this show. But of course, only one chef can win, so the competition is fierce!

Chopped

It is nevertheless amusing how the mere sight or even mention of food makes one hungry or feel starving for that matter. Talk about body clocks, how our senses react to varied stimuli in our environment. And my body clock plus that whiff of enticing smell tells me that it is a few minutes more before dinner is ready, and my fingers frantically fidget a few entries across the keyboard to kill the time away.

Dinner is Served

Roasted chicken, ham slices, and potato wedges with gravy to match, all mine to devour, or so my selfish id desired. A lovely sight indeed, what with my lovely wife and playful kiddo waiting up for me to fill my seat. Dinner is sumptuous sweetheart, as always!” She smiled coyly and gave me a peck on my cheek. “Now, tell me, what it is you have done so badly?” And we let out a loud laugh.

I chewed slowly to delight in the different textures of my meal and the savoury dip that goes with it. I could not help but ask myself, what will this taste like without gravy? Still edible of course, I chided myself, but definitely taste worlds better with gravy on it.

Making Your Own Gravy

Gravy is basically a sauce derived from drippings of meat mixed with a coat of starch to thicken its consistency. One can substitute meat cubes, broth, or stock for real pork, chicken, or vegetable flavour. After roasting your choice meat, you tilt it to one side to separate the fatty oil from the thick dark juice which, in turn, we will use as gravy.

Carefully spoon off the fatty oil but leave a few drops behind and then mix this with the dark sauce. Let it boil and when it begins to sizzle, pour the starch that you have prepared and start blending the ingredients altogether.

When the sauce begins to thicken, you can now mix the stock derived from the meat cubes and blend it with even strokes and wait until it gets thick. Let it simmer before serving it with your favourite dishes. This is perfect with red wine.

Celebrate life and precious moments with every meal. You alone can make it special, when it is prepared with affection and shared with wonderful people. Indeed, life is worth celebrating everyday.