What's your point eggs-actly?
In 2006, that weekend welcoming show on BBC Saturday Kitchen Live brought on a new segment - The Omelette Challenge.
The young James Martin counted down "3, 2, 1,"... and just after that second, the egg-straneous race had begun.
Since then, hundreds of chefs have clattered pans, and splattered food to the egg-streme - in a way almost as dire as my puns. In the challenge, chefs compete to cook a 3 egg omelette in the fastest time possible. It's sad to see that on a cooking show with such wonderful dishes, humble foodstuffs can be abused so radically, with the majority of these egg 'dishes' becoming inedible and presumably discarded.
Abuse? Yes, abuse of our privilege in this developed and cosy nest of a home we live in.
This is a cooking show I take it?
So chefs can showcase their talent, ideas and passion for cooking?
You are the ones that don't just survive on the food you eat. You survive on the food people buy from you. You live because you have food. Excess food. Food at the tip of your fingers for increasingly cheaper prices guaranteed for the rest of your life whilst at the exact same time the children, men, women, your family are all exploited worldwide to serve to you this desired good you so desperately deserve - whilst they can barely afford a substantial meal or good night's sleep.
How, upon this earth, can you say you love and respect food when you can't even be bothered to find out the story of it or hold your morals to your heart and cook the damn egg well so at least someone can eat it.
We trust you to provide us with food daily throughout our lives, but the way it's being done is not long-lasting. It's not sustainable, safe or in any way justified.
I would like to take a moment to give thanks to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for his confidence in taking a stand for his ethos and using his power in an attempt to change the world for the better. Truly courageous and I hope many more people shall follow that same path someday.
I would like to apologise if I have offended or conceptualised all chefs in a certain way as this is not my intention. There are obviously other fantastic people out there that do such wonderful things. So what should you do about me not crediting you?
Shout about it.
Tweet it, comment it, re-tweet it. Make a heck of a load of noise.
If you are someone who sources sustainably or supports all the people, those of whom are burdened with a life thrust upon them - tell me. Tell the whole world what you do. Tell them what they can do. Tell them what is right because if you know what is wrong, you've just got to let it out.
Someone will listen and they will then understand and someday, the world will be a better place because of it.
So now I leave with a thought for you all. Should we let the humble egg be smashed once more?
I'm sorry BBC, you do so much for our nation's imagination. But isn't it time you actually listened to your BBC presenter Hugh on the other channel for once...?
H _ M
:)
Bibliography:
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/541756/saturday-kitchen-omelette-challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2
The young James Martin counted down "3, 2, 1,"... and just after that second, the egg-straneous race had begun.
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| https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pqqHhLS8teM/maxresdefault.jpg Alain Roux, Marcus Wareing & Nathan Outlaw take part in The Omelette Challenge |
Since then, hundreds of chefs have clattered pans, and splattered food to the egg-streme - in a way almost as dire as my puns. In the challenge, chefs compete to cook a 3 egg omelette in the fastest time possible. It's sad to see that on a cooking show with such wonderful dishes, humble foodstuffs can be abused so radically, with the majority of these egg 'dishes' becoming inedible and presumably discarded.
Abuse? Yes, abuse of our privilege in this developed and cosy nest of a home we live in.
This is a cooking show I take it?
So chefs can showcase their talent, ideas and passion for cooking?
You are the ones that don't just survive on the food you eat. You survive on the food people buy from you. You live because you have food. Excess food. Food at the tip of your fingers for increasingly cheaper prices guaranteed for the rest of your life whilst at the exact same time the children, men, women, your family are all exploited worldwide to serve to you this desired good you so desperately deserve - whilst they can barely afford a substantial meal or good night's sleep.
How, upon this earth, can you say you love and respect food when you can't even be bothered to find out the story of it or hold your morals to your heart and cook the damn egg well so at least someone can eat it.
We trust you to provide us with food daily throughout our lives, but the way it's being done is not long-lasting. It's not sustainable, safe or in any way justified.
 |
| http://images.alarabiya.net/eb/b8/640x392_91684_241113.jpg There are people worldwide who struggle just to feed themselves one good meal a day |
I would like to apologise if I have offended or conceptualised all chefs in a certain way as this is not my intention. There are obviously other fantastic people out there that do such wonderful things. So what should you do about me not crediting you?
Shout about it.
Tweet it, comment it, re-tweet it. Make a heck of a load of noise.
If you are someone who sources sustainably or supports all the people, those of whom are burdened with a life thrust upon them - tell me. Tell the whole world what you do. Tell them what they can do. Tell them what is right because if you know what is wrong, you've just got to let it out.
Someone will listen and they will then understand and someday, the world will be a better place because of it.
So now I leave with a thought for you all. Should we let the humble egg be smashed once more?
I'm sorry BBC, you do so much for our nation's imagination. But isn't it time you actually listened to your BBC presenter Hugh on the other channel for once...?
H _ M
:)
Bibliography:
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/541756/saturday-kitchen-omelette-challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2
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