Good Eats S13E4P2 - American Classics: Spaghetti With Meat Sauce

[starsplash922]

@Alex052480

but, it will probably be the best spaghetti and meat sauce you'll have ever had.

[mushmaloo]

Ketchup?? Gross

[shirlemyj]

i always feel like an illiterate asshole when i listen to him talk...

[ravensunn]

that does look good but i my self dont like canned tomatoes you can taste the medal in them i either make mine from scratch or get jarred ones

[zwithgol]

What did he do with the bacon after it was cooked?

[eddievhfan1984]

@zwithgol Chef's snack? LOL

[NYhippie543]

God that looks good, but I don't have the patience to do this, nor do I have a dutch oven.... You know, being Asian and all.

[iAMtekey]

if it saves a few hours, i can go meatless

[Ibeatganon4fun]

"Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz..."

[Shorigun]

I love alton to death but this just takes way to long to make.

[TeamInferno81]

Behold! The Porcini Mushroom.

[SimuLord]

I love AB, but this recipe was a severe swing and a miss when I made it in my kitchen. I (and my guests) said "should've just bought some Prego and a pound of hamburger."

[phys1c]

@SimuLord What was wrong with it? Was it really hard to do, I'm curious because I'm thinking of making this myself soon..

[SimuLord]

@phys1c The flavor was just...off. The consensus seemed to be that the dueling flavors in the sauce were...well, the best analogy would be in a team sport, if the players have no team chemistry.

[MIT1369]

@SimuLord I'd have to guess that your palets were more attuned to something else. I made this just a few weeks past and it was raved about by some very particular "foodie" friends I have.

[Jcolinsol]

He's advocating canned tomatoes? What an idiot.

[KingSlimjeezy]

@Jcolinsol WHAT? you have no place here sir, if you even slightly educated (which i doubt sice you have colon in your name) you would know that canned tomatoes are perfectly fine if not better for sauces. Why? EMEMENTRY my dear boy. cooking the tomatoes as they do in canning condenses flavors, removes water and gives a higher lycopene concentration, all of which would have to be subbed for more ketchup when using fresh, which would result in a bland watery sauce. AND THATS NOT GOOD EATS!

[Jcolinsol]

@KingSlimjeezy

Pfft, they also leach toxic plastics into you food. That's real smart, and bisphenolA sounds like GOOD EATS to me.

[KingSlimjeezy]

@Jcolinsol pfft good luck avoiding all the random chemicals with scary names you encounter in life, go back to your bubble

[Jcolinsol]

@KingSlimjeezy

Buaha! Is crow "GOOD EATS"?

[KingSlimjeezy]

@Jcolinsol wat

[Tokorai]

@KingSlimjeezy lol, you're awesome. I'm sure the Nobel Prize committee will be giving you a call soon. =D

[MIT1369]

@Jcolinsol If you read the labels and buy good canned tomatoes there's absolutely nothing wrong with canned.

[Jcolinsol]

@MIT1369

Well, the chemicals are in the cans themselves, not the tomatoes. It's more like: if you only cook with canned tommy-toes occasionally and don't feed it to kids, you'll probably be okay. But, it's probably better to use jarred tomatoes, or even better, jarred spaghetti sauce. Cuts down the 4 hour cooking process, lul.

[faye76000]

where is the garlic bread?????

[MIT1369]

@faye76000 "But that's another show." 8^D

[Natedawg422]

Dammit why did I watch this? Now I'm starving.

[beckasha83]

wth is up with the subtitles?

[queenlvr46]

@beckasha83 What subtitles? It's just the ingredients being listed.

[mentalinadustbin]

Did you have the transcribe audio turned on by mistake?

[beckasha83]

@mentalinadustbin as it turns out I believe I did, because it's not doing it anymore.

[Roachross2]

.5lb for 6 people? Thats crazy

[turtles12]

@Roachross2

no its not stupid, you have the pasta too so its enough

[Roachross2]

@turtles12

[turtles12]

@Roachross2

yeah I eat 1 just for myself

[sabian1hhx1only]

Have any of my fellow musicians listened to the kool music in back round before?

[turtles12]

@sabian1hhx1only

yeah it sucks

[flavioateo]

The sauce recipe just looks crazy. Might be good eats, but I feel no urge to try it really...

[amerein2006]

Im sorry Alton, but this was ruined at the ketchup. Probably good without it though.

[emouch1]

this recipe is a rip off from Blumenthal's recipe... he even used the star anise onions, which is a Blumenthal discovery. AB is getting lazy...

[DullBullet]

lol @ ketchup

[bruiseraa]

I wonder if the ketchup is about sugar (or high fructose corn syrup). In the Godfather movie, Clemenza reveals his spaghetti secret to Mikey: a couple tablespoons sugar.

[Fishmorph]

@bruiseraa I'd wager it's the combination of the sugar and vinegar.

[Roachross2]

@bruiseraa Yea thats whatr I was thinking.. I was brought up u always add some sugar cuz the tomato sauce is really acidic.

[TheNinthWorld]

i don't much like meat sauce, i like Alfredo sauce with angel hair

[gdmcgill]

lol buzz buzz

[Alex052480]

sO let me get this straight, ITS GONNA TAKE A TOTAL OF 4HOURS just to make spaghetti and meat sauce?!?!? LOL

[Knife138]

@Alex052480 4 hours to make it from scratch. We COULD use already-made sauces in those Ragu jars and brown meat in that instead.

[KelKel627]

@Alex052480 Learn to cook and you'll realize that the best food takes longer than 4 min in the microwave to make. :)

[khianidude]

2:34 = Music playing is O Mio Babbino Caro... why opera music?

[isawaguy]

He said "Now's a good time to crank up some Puccini. Just for atmosphere."

[gcarped]

I love AB, but ketchup and Worcestershire? Not too sure about that. Maybe we will agree to disagree this one time. Don't get me wrong, Good Eats is amazing! I am and will continue to be a huge fan! Go AB!

[arugulatarsus]

I am an avid Good Eats fan and I must say, this looks more like "In search of perfection" than Good eats. Alton basically took something that is supposed to be simple and made it WAY too complex. Why not Brown the meat in the dutch oven as a first step? This recipe looks like it will take 6 hours to make, I think I'll stick to my recipe. :)

[whitefire64]

@arugulatarsus the show isn't really about quick eats. it's about getting the best flavors out of a dish. :)

[ychengwei]

@arugulatarsus The similarity to Heston Blumenthal's recipe IS staggering. From the frying of tomatoes in olive oil to the browning of onions to the use of worcestershire sauce and ketchup. These steps are unusual enough to warrant suspicion.

[gio000001]

what's that thing?! I'm italian and I've never seen something like that crap before!

[gcarped]

Did you listen at all? Alton clearly stated that this was am AMERICAN CLASSIC (see the title of the episode), not an Italian dish. If you don't like it, go elsewhere.

[xxdjcharlierockxx]

dont know many americans that use ketchup in there sauce or lea & perins for that matter...and how would we know we liked it or not if we went somewhere else? dont be a douche...

[EatTinker]

You're from Italy and you've never seen bolognese sauce before?

[psphackingtutorials]

I am so going to the store and then cooking this. It looks awesome.

[darkprose]

Wow --- I normally don't care to much for spaghetti with meat sauce (too prosaic, the way it is often cooked by the relatives, maybe?), but this seems absolutely fantastic. Rich, deep, many layers of flavors. I am going to have to try this.

[nowayride]

1:00

Did he just wipe his hand on his apron?

[KronicDemon442]

just putting his hand down.

[familyphotoshoot]

that's what aprons are for

[darkblade119]

that last scene made me drool on my keyboard

[CoCoChaud]

That looks soooo good .. *drool*!

[0TheChef0]

i need to get one of those mini plungers

[teikoshizuka]

I love AB but I'll prolly die of hunger waiting for the sauce to cook lol

[kiminokami]

Wait. Your patience will be rewarded.

[VoidOnTuesday]

@teikoshizuka Don't try making authentic Bologna then... I cook my family recipe for about five hours. There really is another dimension of flavor when you do it the traditional way.

[MIT1369]

@teikoshizuka Good eats come to those who wait. 8^)

[diagnosedyellowfever]

well you thought wrong.

[JudgeSabersmith]

I'm confused. I thought it was a bad idea to cook anything tomato-based in cast iron because of the way the acid int he tomato can remove the "season" from the cast iron.

[Satashi26]

@JudgeSabersmith: you don't want to normally, but it takes a long time for anything bad to happen. The high acidity can react, but only if it reaches a certain degree of temperature. However, if it came in contact with foil as well, you'd be making a battery out of it, and it would react very quickly. So this is safe for our beloved cast iron.

[matthewisthebest]

@JudgeSabersmith Thats aluminum, not cast iron

[adw1723]

I love Alton Brown but kill the background music....PLEASE!!

[bello787878]

a little oil in the water would help prevent foam ups and boil overs.

[NoYoureaTowel]

I'm not going to show you. No! No! Get away I'm not going to show you! Alright it's ketchup.

[familyphotoshoot]

LOL I TROLL U

[dancinbluegirl]

more enamel cast iron for me

[knowsfords]

Infact I just had spaghetti now.