Heston Blumenthal/In Search of Perfection/Roast Chicken 3

[karadan100]

Heston is my new hero.

[MattChildsTV]

goose fat is the best for cooking roast potatoes

[Will137]

Does anyone know what kind of oven trays he uses? In all his programmes, he seems to remove the tray from the oven using his bare hands. Are they special trays? or is he just double 'ard? (or maybe the oven isn't actually on when they record and things are precooked?)

[Allhum]

@Will137 he can take out the tray since its only 60 degree, if you're a chef you are used 2 put your on hands on things at 80 degree and over, so 60 is nothing 2 take out with the bare hands.

[antsman88]

and very occasionally you put ur hands on things that are 270 degrees and drop the pan on the floor and swear very loudly and kick the oven door shut (like i did last saturday night!)

[chefkoo]

@Will137 the oven isn't on. it's just for the presentation

[fabbe0]

he's just used to touch hot stuff as a chef, especially just 60 degrees,

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

@Will137

He has metal plates in his hands from where he broke them mending the roof

[bigsmart]

watching this the first time my mum said "maris piper, no argument" she was really smug when she was proved right about the salted water as well...

[maamfaec7]

i have to say, i have worked in great kitchens all my (Pro) life, and i love this man for... the way he seems to care about food on a science style level, but what the fuck is up with his ears lol, they scare me!

[Hartebreaker84]

The reason you can't leave the skin on is because it gains no structure during cooking therefore you will get no traditional roast potatoe structure

[LumacaBomb]

if he wants the taste of the skin, why don't just leave the skin on?

[jrvslam]

you cant just cook the skin!

[matt17601]

5:36 asbestos hands :O

[CodeKitten]

It's only 60C :)

[invertedchords]

salted water potatoes look absoloutley... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM