Marky B

Although,I'm not a great fan of cookery programmes (apart from River Cottage),I don't mind watching Come Dine With Me. The voice over by Dave Lamb adds a touch of sarcasm to the show,but who is he - has he been in anything else?
Ta Ta
Marky B:)

I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

Steve Crook

I'll second the vote for River Cottage. That's real food, none of that arty-farty stuff with lots of swearing and tantrums by the cooks.

Dave Lamb has had bit parts of quite a few comedy shows like Armstrong and Miller, Goodness Gracious Me and others

Steve

Marky B

Thanks for your reply,Steve. Did you ever watch Hugh Fearnely Whittingstall's programme where he was driving around the country in a converted Land Rover,cum kitchen,living off squirrels,berries,dead rabbits (found a dead rabbit,sniffed it,thought it okay and cooked it) etc. He went fishing from a cliff in Cornwall,using sprats as bait - ended up having the sprats for breakfast.
Another good one from River Cottage was when he spit roasted a pig for a Mediaval fare - yummy.
Ta Ta
Marky B:)

I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

Steve Crook

Yes, great stuff. Also his "TV Dinners" series where he went to sample some of the strange things other people eat. One of those was with some Greek-Cypriot friends of mine in North London.

I also like the BBC's "Full on Food" series for similar reasons. No celebrity chefs acting all precious, having temper tantrums and swearing a lot. Just people who are interested in good, if unusual, food made from good ingredients, cooked simply but with a lot of caring. They had Richard Corrigan & Heston Blumenthal as their chefs cooking things up on the show. They also had presenters who were prepared to do things like follow a lamb from the field to the table so that they could see how it was treated at every step of the way.

Steve

Harbottle

What next a buffet made from road Kill.... delicious

penfold

There was a guy who was in the news a couple of years ago who does just that...he had a particular fondness for roast badger ....tasted a bit gamey, like venison, if nicely mature....IIRC. :blink:

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Steve Crook

Try the menu at the Road Kill Cafe. It features such delicacies as:
Chunk of Skunk
Smear of Deer
Thumper-on-the-bumper
Rigor Mortis Tortise

Yum yum

Steve