Good Eats S1E9P2: A Bowl Of Onion

[ToxicSpork]

I wouldn't have expected somebody so good with his research to butcher that Star Wars line like Alton did. Oh well, it's not the most misquoted line in movie history for nothing...

[wulfman15]

The sound the knife made as he scraped the blade across the board at 1:54 made me cringe so hard. Poor knife blade!

[animefreak1714]

alton gets a orgasm when he eats onion soup

[TheMooglesrus]

what about the noise at 10:19? lol

[unamericano]

Gruyere and fontina is what I always use for my French Onion Soup.

[athroughme]

don't have an electric skillet? I used an electric fondue pot. Also, just made this recipe and it was strong! so you might want to shrink the recipe down a bit unless you have a big family. Fantastic onion soup but very potent.

[logiclovr]

JEZEBEL!!! XD rotfl!! I love it when AB plays with barbies on the show, so funny!!

[turtles12]

everything about this is terrible, for the white trash

[couchebag]

@turtles12 First things first, wheres your shitter? I've got a turtle12 head poking out! Listen my illiterate simian friend, Mr Brown is a respected chef who graduated from a the New England Culinary Institute. Where did you train? He can outcook you, your mamma and your mamma's mamma combined. Now just relax and eat some more nasty snot filled fried Okra while swilling down your 40 ouncers of Old English 800.

[turtles12]

@couchebag

everything about this is terrible, for the white trash

[pyrotech123456]

9:51

"I ate some french onion soups and i JIZZED in my pants."

[goddesselppy]

Can you buy supplies at a restaurant supplier if you don't own a restaurant?

[pibeagles]

@goddesselppy yes, they usually are open to the public.

[sonikdude49]

lol dumbo's mom

[startledmonkey]

I have that same clock at 6:24 only its red lol

[CSFP123]

I was hoping if anyone on here can answer - just making sure....did he say we can substitute the white wine for balsamic or sherry vinegar? sorry for the noob question. just making sure I heard right since I plan on making this soon.....thanks in advance.

[teejers01]

@CSFP123 He said "laced with".. meaning "in addition with a little bit of..." so a little vinegar to the wine to boost the acidity.

[CSFP123]

ok now my question is can I substitute the white wine with something else or do I have to use it? and if so what is a good white wine to use?

[kerriohz]

oh how i love that man

[GrenMoyo]

9:51 ? XDDDD?

[ghostbirdofprey]

For crutons, I usually hack up some french bread a bit longer than the crock, so part of it sits in the soup, and part of it extends above

[sharonlemur]

Did Alton just double-dip?

[heyawhaw]

0:15 "Luke ... I'm your father! Go clean your room!"

XD

[NeverLetItRest]

You know the dress Barbie has on in that one part? I had that exact same one when I was a little girl, lol.

[kiminokami]

The exact same one? Wasn't it a LiiiiiTTLE tight?

[NeverLetItRest]

I was a really tiny child? No, I had that same dress for my Barbie, but I guess I didn't phrase that exactly right, lol.

[Pyroblazer]

The only one going to eat it is himself dude.>XD

[stovetop32]

What's that noise he makes at 9:51???? LOL he's having a bit too much fun with that bowl of soup... X0

[WinkyMcGee]

damn, i didn't mean to thumbs down you! i couldn't stop laughing at that same spot!

[baker5901]

omg that is amazing

[loperspest]

He's having a foodie-gasm.

Obviously.

[AJMWriter]

I think SNL said it best: "You're watching the Food Network--porn for fat people!" (Please know I mean no disrespect to anyone, being a big guy myself...that line just cracked me up and I think works perfectly here...)

[MrGrizmint]

@stovetop32 guys totally poppin his topper

[KingSlimjeezy]

@stovetop32 he was just proud of himself.... thats all

lol

[colfranz1278]

I suddenly feel the need to get these soup recipes. They're delicious!

[flaschenbottles]

What kind of onions do you use for the soup? Sweet onions?

[memory627]

sweet red or a combo of the 2

[StareCalmo]

What type of bread do any of you think would best suite this dish? I'm thinking standard italian might do well, or maybe a rye. Any thoughts?

[icemom09]

I use a french baugette. If you have a panera bread in your area they sell a really good one for less htan 3 dollars.

[FrostbittenWolf]

If you live nearby a Schnucks they should sell loafs of french bread for a good price.

[gcdrummer02]

if you use a baguette, make sure you slice it on the bias, or the crust is gonna be really hard to bite through.

[Cher298262]

what about white? it could absorb teh flavor of the rest and still taste good. thats what id use.

[Zatoichi444]

I cook with alcohol all the time, and this guy is right...it does soften the edges...one time it softened them so much, I woke up in the middle of the living room floor..

[RyuTheAwesome]

By the way, you shouldn't go to the store with the onions cooking.

[poker720]

funny story when i made this i drove about 30min to get crock pots!

[UEnvyMyButchness]

If you leave the root end on, and put a slice where you would cut the onion half to turn it into quarters-- (_l_) -- it's a little bit easier for the casual home cook to slice off the desired shape.

The roots hold the layers together, and give you a good place to place your fingers.

If you want a quick dice, you can even put more cross-the-grain slices -- (_l_l_l_) -- and save yourself a few seconds.

I dunno, I'm just finding out a lot of people don't know these tricks, figured I'd share.

[LoneStarLynch]

Looks awesome

[aahhhshaddap]

does it come out as good as when you use a regular pot? i like the show but using an electric frying pan or whatever it was is a bit elitist for me. i just want to try something new without the fancy tools.

[RyuTheAwesome]

I wouldn't call that a fancy tool. YOu could probably make it in normal pot/pan.

[DesiRobot]

This sounds expensive to make. Are there cheaper, yet good tasting alternatives to this wonderful man's creation?

[righthere200]

What's expensive about it?

[Pyroblazer]

Maybe onions are really expensive to  his/her people...XD

[poker720]

i made the soup last week and it was tasssty its like a five star restraunt!

[CollyStrings]

Just made this recipe tonight with the fontina cheese, and it was absolutely awesome!

Highly recommended to everyone!

Very easy and a warm fulfilling soup dish.

[ElPasoTV]

found this recipe after watching the BBQ Pit Boys smoked grilled onion soup recipe. Don't think alton really liked this onion soup recipe his test kitchen came up with, but he went with it.

[loborose22]

O.O *watches Alton cut like Bobby Flay* whoa.

[BarbecueWeb]

electric fryin' pan....? must be one of those new york city food channel boys

[RyuTheAwesome]

haha. I'm gonna guess that was sarcastic.

[recchiap]

Love the Barbie references, they crack me up.

[Kabloooy]

Now I must go and buy some onions.

[ohnoooes]

God... I would marry that man.

[loborose22]

who wouldnt?

[GreenishBlueTurtle]

omg it looks good

[cleverloginname]

More recently, it seems that he has reversed himself on the "don't cook with what you wouldn't drink" position.

[koehnc]

All you folks complaining about butter, you guys/gals need to get out of the 90's. Its widely known and accepted that butter is far healthier than all that unsaturated oil in your margerine/can't believe its not butter. Tastes a hell of a lot better too. While you're at it, check out olive oil.. its good for ya.

[ZR3FR1K]

this is my favorite show A.B. is cool

[Pokygirl2001]

I made this tonight and just... ugh. Something about the apple does not work. Otherwise it's pretty good but the apple juice made it turn out sweet o.O not great.

[detailone]

er, I think the recipe calls for apple CIDER, not juice...

[MrPodperson]

@detailone In America, they're pretty much the same thing. Personally, I tend to think of cider having pulp, while juice does not. I also expect cider to be darker.

[Maylee1973]

@MrPodperson Actually Cider is spicy, not the same as regular juice. As for pulp vs no pulp, I have no idea about that, I have never come across an apple drink with pulp...

[MrPodperson]

@Maylee1973 I think different people have different criteria. I know I've definitely encountered unspiced cider.

And I was mistaken when I said pulp. I just meant that cider is usually thicker. I assumed that was because of pulp, but I'm not so sure now.

[guitarbumx]

@Pokygirl2001 I've made it with apple juice, and the trick is to note that apple juice is a lot sweeter than cider. Hell, even cider is quite sweet. I'd go with more savory stock and use the apple just to liven the flavor a little. Maybe like 25 oz of stock and 5 oz of apple (as opposed to his 20 - 10 ratio) .

[ctarider665]

dude i love those long stringty strands lol

[ebwarg]

Was this while peeling onions? Are you saying that the gas you generated counteracted the gas from the onions, hence no tears?

[Edenberry]

Right up there with the scene...where they lock up Dumbo's mom...*sniff* I love him!  ;-) So cute.

[MahBoi3579]

I think he enjoyed that soup a little too much (the sound he made before the first bite was kinda wierd)

[mrlmchoylifut]

hahaha

[beearr01]

I think it is interesting on 8:47 he double dips his spoon...not a biggie. Just a culinary observation. I wonder if this is as good as Famous Barr French Onion Soup??

[lymon]

No he doesn't show me where he does?

[guitarbumx]

@beearr01 Everyone double dips, at least from my experience. Perhaps in the tidiest kitchen everyone is trained to trade spoons from a bain-marie full of water all the time. But I don't think it's common.

[wyrdness1]

@guitarbumx i don't, unless I'm cooking for only myself. I find it uncouth. A chef in a restaurant is legally required not to. Also Alton did not double dip. The spoon was changed just off screen. Remember he has props persons hiding everywhere for that purpose.

[ScienceNerd51]

"Luke! I am your father! Clean up your room!"

[guitarbumx]

That was some damn nice knifework.

[iwilldestroyyou9642]

i like good eats,onions,and soup! mmmmm...tastey...

[leia5899]

My husband and I made the onion soup over the weekend. It was yummy, but just a word of caution, your house will smell like onions for a few days.

[axl870]

hooray for the mad French chief!

[calhounbros]

oh yeah

[halogeek911]

White onions contribute a better taste to the soup than red onions.

[l337nik]

In a few seasons he chastises Marsha for ever considering canned soup and actually does make his own beef broth. Ha.

[SIDSmom]

i used to cry during dumbo!

[ebwarg]

Everybody cries during the "Baby Mine" sequence--everybody HUMAN, that is.

It's a little known fact the the Voight-Kampff test in Blade Runner actually consists of showing suspected Replicants that sequence and seeing whether or not they cry.

[FrostbittenWolf]

What the hell are you babbling about?

[gateboyatlivedotcom]

Wow...hard core Blade Runner fan. Kudos to you for winning the "Obscure Reference of the Day" award

[otheofoolo]

OMG he uses butter and salt in everything

[Elliesboy]

Because you dont realize it but ALOT of things require salt and butter.

[magdalene74]

butter and salt are good for you, dont let the food police fool you, the cardiologists of the world only make money if you stay sick, you really think the AMA is gonna give you good advice on what to eat to stay healthy???

[nyc14gauge]

Nice conspiracy theory, but like the ones you believe about the 2nd gunman in Dallas and Elvis' cloned twin, its just not true. What is true is that moderate amounts of butter and salt, in cooking, are not the culprit. That triple whopper with cheese you're sucking down is what really clogs up the arteries.

[ScienceNerd51]

You win, nyc. You speak the truth. :D

[jonxchin]

there's an entire episode where he defends butter.

also, a couple scenes here and there where he defends salt.

[Mishonee]

yeah, its true. plus, alton, has he ever lied to us? for one thing, anything he says, ill believe (within reason heh)

[Juhsayngul]

30 seconds = 15 minutes

[expertshinobi]

Ah, Good Eats. I love this show.

I hate onions though, lol.

:]

[Elamdri]

How do you live?

[expertshinobi]

I live a wonderful, onion-free life. ;D I dunno, they just seem so gross to me. Slimy and oh so gross...

[wyrdness1]

@expertshinobi If they're slimy, they've been in too moist of an environment.

[LazyBadgerHC715]

why does he have a different pair of glasses every episode except the one were he wwas washed up on the beach and he should learn not to by so many glasseews and try to were the same pair through a whole season and what kitchen is he in

[Alrepa]

he wears diff ones cause theyre diff seasons!

[sweeneyt1]

Great episode--love French onion soup. Two things, though: 1) That knife on the plastic cutting board sound is just brutal, and 2) It's interesting that he violates one of his own cardinal rules at 8:47--he double dips the spoon. Of course, that's still more sanitary than I usually am in the kitchen.

[LazyBadgerHC715]

I agree totally and I saw tha at 8:47

[jamesmadison5]

G'day,

Hells yea this is kickarse. I did most everything he said, but I had found another recipe which substituted a dark beer for the wine/sherry. Keep on cooking! Keep on Chooglin'!

Peace

Blessed Be

[Lugrashio]

AB, in my opinion, is so much better in the latest versions of his show. Alot more funner, its more serious in the early days

[climbingtheladder]

I dunno, I think he gets a bit too goofy at times with some of the humor now.

[AlbinoBunny12345]

MY NAME IS LUKE!

[ddrchar]

Haha... "Hey Barbie."

"Yes Ken?"

"I brought you flowers!"

"::sigh:: They're ugly."

"Jazzabelle!"

[Alrepa]

i though t i was the only one who thought that was funny

[soschadao]

orgasmically good!

[takadi]

the electric skillet seemed kind of cumbersome and excessive, but good nonetheless

[vegafem]

I used to feel the same way, but trust me -- it's the best $20 you can spend.  Pancakes are now a joy to make.

[elbethere]

Mr. Brown, you have taught america how to fish. Thankyou

[yum1971]

awesome, AB should be a saint. thanx for posting these, keep em coming!