Gordon Dishes on Masterchef: His Take on the Breast Milk

      Gordon always gets a bad wrap for his lack of anger management skills, but I think he has strong anger management skills. I think he just lacks being able to put up with complete and utter bullshit skills, and so he explodes. I mean think about it, every time he flips out, it is pretty much warranted. Am I right? So with that being said, this interview from Variety shows a really nice side of him. As someone inspiring to become at least decent in the kitchen, I found this article quite inspirational.

     One of the things he talks about is having a contestant make Mac and Cheese. Gordon raved about the presentation, but one bite in and he knew something was up. He noticed a sweetness to it, and when asked about the sweetness, it was unveiled that he was in fact eating this woman's boob milk. As a woman who has nursed, I would never want to trick someone other than my husband into consuming my breast milk, which incidentally I did by the way. I mean, c'mon, really lady!? Maybe next time we can try blood in place of oh, I don't know, BBQ sauce. Let's give that a whirl. Gordon said that was the grossest thing he has ever had to try on the show and for good reason. Worst part, this was at the auditions! At least if he had known her a bit better, it would have seemed a little less bizarre.......Ok, yea, maybe not. Anyway, check out Gordon talking about his experience with the TaTa Milk.

     Gordon talks about the how the show is easy to relate to, and he is right. The contestants come in hungry, and not for the breastmilk mac and cheese. They come in with a hunger to learn and grow as chefs. They come in with dreams of leaving their everyday, mundane jobs that they hate for the opportunity to work in a field they are passionate about. They come in looking to satisfy something inside of themselves that has been missing, and these are the reasons this show is easy to relate to. For me, specifically, cooking has never been a huge priority. I grew up in an "on-the-go" family. We were constantly running from one sports practice or music lesson to another. Our family dinners consisted of Subway or Mickey D's in the car, and for the lifestyle we led that was fine. As an adult who works in a high stress industry, I need this outlet. I need to satisfy my hunger for creativity and growth. Masterchef inspires me to get out of my comfort zone and try new things. It takes the idea of cooking dinner from something we have to do to something we get to do. When your meals consistently require hamburger meat as your main ingredient, it is easy to get burnt out, but when you know each night is going to require a challenge with something you may have never tried before it becomes exciting!

     The last topic I will touch on from this article is this idea of being a celebrity chef, and how this concept has evolved over time. When cooking shows came onto the scene, we think of incredible talents like, Julia Child being the typical celebrity chef. Fast forward to 2015, and now we have celebrity chefs that have literally emerged out of their home kitchens largely due to the shows like Masterchef. This is an amazing concept in the world we live in today. Not that long ago, the only celebrity status one could gain would be from signing with an agent or inheriting an ungodly amount of wealth. With technology today, we are seeing celebrities being created everyday through this notion of viraltivity. (Yes, I just made up a word....If it was good enough for Webster, right?) People and their crazy antics are going viral each and every day. Some folks try too hard, and earn their fifteen minutes of fame, while others like the Bieb skyrocket to top celebrity status. How any of this works is beyond me, but one thing I know for sure is that these celebrity home chefs are heating things up on the viraltivity scale! I am excited to see where this season's chefs take us, and hope to give a few of their challenges a try.

 So, with that being said please enjoy some of these internet celebrity sensations, and Happy Cooking!

 

 

 

 

It's Been Far Too Long

Hello friends...it's me...Amelia, ya know that girl that bakes and blogs....yes, yes, yes, I know, I know...since it's been forever you have found some other bakin and bloggin chick to pay attention to, but that is all about to change! I am back! Auditions for Masterchef are December 3rd, and I have a lot of work to do! I still need to get in the kitchen and become friends with things like chicken, pork, and oh I don't know, veal maybe? My point is I am pretty awesome at the baking thing, but when it comes to holding any type of raw meat I crumble to my knees and break out into hives the size of golf balls. It creeps me out! But, once I pop a xanax or have a glass of the oh so delectable vino, I am a decent home cook and so I am going to apply for MC. So that's a brief update on that!
Now as for other news...I HAD THE BABY!!! Woot Woot!! On September 15th, Grey Patrick was born. I was all gung ho to have him au naturale, but that didn't work out so well. I was doing good until hour 7 hit, and then shit hit the fan and I caved and begged for the epidural. Ok, so I didn't beg in fact I just said I wanted it, and next thing I knew the guy with the needle was there. I kinda wish the nurse had tried to help me stick to my plan but she did not, and my husband was being a dear trying to give it the ol' "you said you wanted to do this, and no, you're not getting an epi" etc in that firm football coach voice, but it wasn't working for me. But regardless of how, our healthy little guy arrived and has been such a joy in our lives...well a joy to me, the hubs is still adjusting to being up all night! Alright enough of this, time to blog about deliciousness!!