Napa Style Chef Knows Nothing About the Irish
Just a bit of a peeve here. I was watching the Food Network this morning, and that horrible cooking show "Napa Style" came on. The host, presumed "chef" Michael Chiarello, starting yapping in this nasally whine about how he was going to make some sort of Irish inspired meal for his softball team and blah blah blah I don't care, he just needs to not wear such tight jeans, and then he said that he would complement his outdoor meal with the Irish-traditional Black and Tan beer beverage. He then proceded to completely insult the entire country of Ireland.
First of all, a Black and Tan isn't exactly an Irish tradition. Mixing the resolutely Irish beer (Guinness) with the traditional Black and Tan partner Bass Ale (so very, very British) is like saying "Hey Ireland - lets relive decades of conflict by topping your country's pride and joy with a pale, lighter ale from a country you have a dubious historical relationship with!" But here in America the Black and Tan is pretty common so we'll just let that bit of annoyance slide.
What he did on his show today made me throw up in my mouth a little. He made a Black and Tan with a Guinness....and a CORONA LIGHT. The heck? This is somebody who the Food Network puts on TV as someone we're supposed to turn to for help on how to boil water and salt potatoes, and this squinty-eyed moron makes a Black and Tan with a freakin' Corona light? Take the spoon he used to pour the watery Mexican beer on top of Ireland's finest and gag me. And get this hack off my TV screen.
*click*. Well, that was easy.
/end rant
First of all, a Black and Tan isn't exactly an Irish tradition. Mixing the resolutely Irish beer (Guinness) with the traditional Black and Tan partner Bass Ale (so very, very British) is like saying "Hey Ireland - lets relive decades of conflict by topping your country's pride and joy with a pale, lighter ale from a country you have a dubious historical relationship with!" But here in America the Black and Tan is pretty common so we'll just let that bit of annoyance slide.
What he did on his show today made me throw up in my mouth a little. He made a Black and Tan with a Guinness....and a CORONA LIGHT. The heck? This is somebody who the Food Network puts on TV as someone we're supposed to turn to for help on how to boil water and salt potatoes, and this squinty-eyed moron makes a Black and Tan with a freakin' Corona light? Take the spoon he used to pour the watery Mexican beer on top of Ireland's finest and gag me. And get this hack off my TV screen.
*click*. Well, that was easy.
/end rant
posted by The Semi-Pro Chef at Sunday, June 19, 2005
2 Comments:
I would have to agree that except for my strange attraction to Rachel ray, i don't really *trust* any of the good looking chef's on the food network. Give me Mario Batalli or the two Fat ladies anyday, at least I know they enjoy food. s far as the Carona thing, that's just kind of scary to me. However, if you think about it... Mexico and Ireland have alot in common. Neither can fight a war worth to save their lives. Both have been conquered by imperialist powers. They both are known for their charming folk music, which often seems to consist of stories about them getting beaten by those imperialist powers,And both are well known for being drunkards. Ok that last one went a bit too far, my bad.But I am Mexican and irish so I can joke at my people.)
BTW, glad to hear your alive :)
Hey, back in the 1920’s the black and tan were the name of a dreaded limey goon squad that hunted our forefathers down as they fought for freedom in their own country, a country that the bastard monarchy stole over 800 years ago. So in Eire we never call that mix a black and tan, and we’d never use a freakin’ Carona either!
Give ‘em hell girl!
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