Apr 25 # 1 of 18
In fact, I have trouble counting past ten with my shoes on. But....
Out of curiousity, I watched that new FN show, "Five Ingredient Fix." The premise is, you can cook "simple" gourmet meals using only five ingredients.
Now five ingredients doesn't strike me as a particularly low number. But it gets worse. Herbs, spices, and other flavorings are, apparently, not counted as ingredients. Extrapolating out, I would guess that something like a bechamel would only be counted as one (the host made one dish in which she combined cream with creme fraische and counted it as one ingredient). So, for one of her dishes, her 5-count became 8 when I did the counting.
So now I'm wondering if I'm the only mathematically challenged cook around here. Or do you agree that five ingredients, when you leave out herbs and spices, and the individual components of complex blends, is actually a rather high number.
Apr 25 # 2 of 18
I can "accept" (although I don't really agree with it) such recipes if water, salt and pepper are not counted as an ingredient - but trying to get away with posting a recipe for Pfeffernusse Cookies as a 5-ingredient recipe is not my way of counting. (this is just as an example)
ingredient #1 - flour, salt, soda, 10X for dusting
ingredient #2 - brown sugar, white sugar, honey, molasses, extract
ingredient #3 - margarine
ingredient #4 - eggs
ingredient #5 - cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, etc.
Don't forget - computers and calculators have taken over the brain cells today - many canNOT count.
Apr 25 # 3 of 18
hey - think of it this way - maybe it's the NEW MATH they are teaching!
lol
Apr 25 # 4 of 18
KYHeirloomer wrote:
In fact, I have trouble counting past ten with my shoes on. But....
Out of curiousity, I watched that new FN show, "Five Ingredient Fix." The premise is, you can cook "simple" gourmet meals using only five ingredients.
Now five ingredients doesn't strike me as a particularly low number. But it gets worse. Herbs, spices, and other flavorings are, apparently, not counted as ingredients. Extrapolating out, I would guess that something like a bechamel would only be counted as one (the host made one dish in which she combined cream with creme fraische and counted it as one ingredient). So, for one of her dishes, her 5-count became 8 when I did the counting.
So now I'm wondering if I'm the only mathematically challenged cook around here. Or do you agree that five ingredients, when you leave out herbs and spices, and the individual components of complex blends, is actually a rather high number.
I don't watch the food network anymore. It has just gotten too bad for me to waste my time.
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
Apr 25 # 5 of 18
Brook I think it's a laugh when they say five ingredients but that doesn't include the spices, and seasonings etc... to my way of thinking that is misleading...becasue all spices, flavorings, etc. are ingredients...even the list of ingredients on the labels count spices and flavorings, and even food coloring as ingredients! What the heck is wrong with these food network folks? I think they got ahold of some idiots:D and now those idiots are getting paid the "big bucks" to just be idiots!!!