Good Eats S5E7P1: The Trouble WIth Cheesecake

[NotContinuum]

I really don't like how the recipe on the show is different from the one in his book. This one uses 20oz cream cheese, saves from of the crumbs for the size instead of pushing them up the side, blind bakes for 10 minutes, and only bakes for 1 hour, followed by 1 hour rest in oven. The book uses 24 oz cream cheese, puts the cheese and sugar in before the sour cream, pushes the crumbs up the size, blind bakes for 15 minutes, and bakes for 2 hours before a 1.5 hour rest. Color me confused.

[SimuLord]

Fun fact: When searching "good eats s5e7p1" to find this episode (watching every episode in order...got a ways to go!), the fifth result is "The Prodigy - Firestarter". Buh?

[raptorsmokes0521]

*dislike*



[jeehwi]

this episode is one of the most viewed episode as far as youtube goes.. it really says how people feel about cheesecake.

[VoiceOfReason7]

THANK YOU ELVIS!! XD He agrees Cheesecake IS pie!!

[WWOLFwts]

WHY IS GOOD EATS ON IN THE MORNING NOW?!?! I PREFERRED THE EVENING LINE-UP SO I COULD WATCH IT FIRST THING WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK!!!

[mchao23]

@WWOLFwts agreed, but you can always dvr it. unless you don't have a dvr. also, cooking channel shows like 4 episodes every friday sometime in the evening

[mermaidpageantgirl10]

that is my FAVORITE SHOW ON FOOD NETWORK

[trumbachd1]

I once considered making a *Savory* cheesecake using "Cheez wiz", Queso dip, or a similar American Cheese Spread in place of the cream cheese, but i don't kmow what effect omitting the sugar would have on the custard setting, cook time, temperature, etc.

[brt927]

I know the guy who played Elvis!

[trumbachd1]

"Cook's thesaurus " Says That 14 Graham Crackers yield 1 Cup of Crumbs, which means 28 would be 2 Cups and the remaining 5 would be roughly 1/3 cup for a total of 2 and 1/3 cups of crumbs to cover the pan.

The reason I bring this up is if someone might want to use another type of Cracker such as Cheez-it or Ritz for any savory pies/Casseroles.

[bigmackburger]

@trumbachd1 I have nothing against graham crackers, but I like to use vanilla flavored wafer cookies for my crust, among many other things. Like lemon cookies, I only use altons vanilla wafer recipe

[AlexNuchiha]

I like me some Yankee cheesecake =D

[DrewPicklesVEVO]

WHAT THE FUCK PART 2 NOT AVAILABLE IN MY COUNTRY FUCK OFF, STUPID FUCKING COPYRIGHTING ASSHOLES, GET THE FUCK OFF YOUTUBE, THIS SITE DOES NTO DESERVE THE NAME YOUTUBE ANYMORE! MORE LIKE "THEIRTUBE" OR "YOU(GET FUCKED OVER)TUBE

[PurplePumpkin18]

he looks sharp in a suite

[ohhcomely]

i want his stuff

[Arkenarge]

the only thing that annoys me when he doesn't say good eats and let the title say it D: theres a too long of a delay RATHAGW

[Jcolinsol]

Why is Alton so hung up on labels?

[MolesMalone]

yeaaah stir the shit out of it.

[Jcolinsol]

@MolesMalone

Mmmmm, fuck YEAAAH, now top it off with a little, creme freesch.

[gr8fzy1]

"Peak performance IS predicated on proper pan preparation...."

God I love Alton Brown...<3

[PraiseDivineMercy]

If cheesecake is really a pie, would it taste good if you just poured the batter into a premade pie crust? It certainly would be easier to make at home that way.

[Celestyal22]

@PraiseDivineMercy I don't see why not. I'd rather have cheesecake 'pie' then no cheesecake at all. ;)

[LlamaBill]

@PraiseDivineMercy The crumb crust is the easiest part, takes hardly any effort.

[lillithdv8]

I made it today & gave the recipe to my sis!

[phoebeprince]

i never use grahm crackers on my cheesecake. i use brownsugar and butter. :) makes it better.

[gr8fzy1]

@phoebeprince

You wanna try something different that still yields a surprisingly tasty cheesecake?

Crushed Vanilla wafers...

[girl121carolyn]

science, its fun.

[Shadow194]

you mean the bowl? you dont need to lock the mixer down..

[drumingguy02]

I love how he presses the graham cracker crust into the "corners" of the round pan

[gr8fzy1]

@drumingguy02 That's because the bottom of the pan is still at 90 degrees to the sides...hence, a corner.

[jstb0b]

anywhere else to get better quality? likethehat has a lot of videos and that's great, but the video quality is lacking. beggars can't be choosers i guess...anyway there wouldn't be a food network without this show. love me sum good eats.

[theglurgle]

@lafajagto Rachel Ray is soccer mom spaghetti and meatball bitch. Alton is an intelligent, educated, well spoken man who can run laps around Rachel Ray with his eyes closed. get real.

[Derbydollful]

@theglurgle that was a little nasty good grief Let's save our venom for people who are worthy

[NymphetaminePJM]

Elvis. ha. What an obscure Men-in-black reference. Loves it

[missbeatrix1]

Any possible way to cut out the tang and richness in cheesecake?

I love the part with Elvis! Hillarious!

[blade55440]

@missbeatrix1 the "tang" I've never encountered honestly. As for the richness, the more you beat it, the lighter it'll get. Hence "italian" type that is very light and airy almost.

[missbeatrix1]

@blade55440

Huh!  Must be my tastebuds! I think my mom adds sour cream or something acidic to hers, sometimes.

[yoda1515159]

1:37

[pyrotech123456]

I just watched the diet episode then i wanted to watch something on the opposite end of the spectrum

[SailorPerson]

"I said it was good, I didn't say it was fat free" YOU TELL EM! before we have some healthy freaks attacking us :P

[Dahalx]

If you use eggnog instead of whipping cream, it makes a very yummy christmass cheesecake.

[SuperGoldfish1999]

my favorite episode

[PCGAMEfreak]

@brosatriani

There is too a corner. The horizontal base meets vertical side meets to form a right angle or 90 degrees. Therefore, a the round pan does have corners.

[mklish]

@PCGAMEfreak a corner is where three (or more) planes meet. And the round side of the pan can either be one side (Thus the round pan having no corners) or infinity sides (Thus having infinity corners.)

[ikvsabre]

That's not what "corner" means.....

[ohhthankheavens]

@ikvsabre fine... crevice

[brosatriani]

That's it Alton, tamp the crackers into the corners of the circular pan... haha

[gocrazed1]

i don't get it.

[brosatriani]

there are no corners in a circle.... geometry fail.

[gocrazed1]

,,,wow. As alton would say, as he has done in "Flat is beautiful"

Wow, you're a nerd.

[brewingrunning]

@brosatriani

Uh, there is a right angle, and thus a corner, between the horizontal base of the pan and the vertical sides of the pan.

3-dimensional fail...

[hyuckhyuckhyuck]

How many grams of digestive biscuits would equal 33 graham crackers?

Also, why does he want a coarse biscuit base? :O

[Jenophile]

I'll try to help you by making a guess. As I recall digestives are sold in cylindrical packets of 14 oz. Try crushing 2+1/2 packets and compare visually to the amount Alton shows. The reason for not over-crushing is probably to make the crust crunchier, finer particles = softer crust. Good luck!

[reikidennis]

I would think that my statement implied that I had not found or seen part II. I love Good Eats and their work. I enjoy this series and love to cook. It was not meant to be a negative response, instead it was meant to say that I could not find part II the day I watched part 1. That's what I mean. Have a good day.

[reikidennis]

It bothers me more that we don't get to see the completed project in these videos.

[crimsonroses1]

mine has never been choppy that i can remember and i have watched a ton of the episodes likethehat uploaded so it prolly has something to do with how fast your internet it....and you shouldnt complain they spend a ton of time uploading this just so you can watch it

[TJFolf]

The person added in an intro 'like the hat', and then re-rendered it. To save on file size, they rendered at a low quality I'm sure. That's why the first half of every episode, which has the intro, looks terrible. While the second half, without the intro, looks much better.

[austinlee168]

i don't get why he's trying to prove by saying that people don't know how to make cheesecake.

[reikidennis]

He says this probably because most people use jello® cheesecake instead of taking the time to make a real cheesecake.

[overclockedamd123]

whoever posts the vid im grateful...but wow the quality if terrible....i mean AWEFUL

[LoveMyPhilly]

That was awesome! got to love cheesecake....and cream cheese :-p

[apbrit2009]

for my crust i use home made chocolate chip cookies

[Crimsanity]

"I said it was good, not fat free" and it's still worth every calorie.

[chefjordan]

Am i the only person where the first half of the show is like choppy and the second is normal?

[louieliu97]

no its the same with me

[IndependenceFilms]

The first part does have choppy video. The sound is fine, though.

[oldsoulyoungbody]

Its happened with alot of other good eats episodes uploaded by likethehat, im not sure of the reason

[Babiemunky]

no, i agree, it is a little choppy for the first part, thank god the sound is good or i wouldnt watch it :P

[colfranz1278]

Mmm, cheesecake...

[steffgirl97]

i didn't see the end?!!!

[CrosstongueRJ]

there is a part 2

[steffgirl97]

i LOVE good eats

[zaniebobanie]

what kind of glue does anyone think the magnets are stuck to? I would really like to try doing this. thanks

[MoyraAngel]

He said hot glue. If you choose to do this watch the temp of the gun. They have Low and High temp guns and some things do not react to the higher temps while some things won't work at all with the lower temps.

[StareCalmo]

So, is the title of this show supposed to be a parody of The Trouble With Tribbles? I'm trying to figure it out. I only have one complaint with these shows: The recipes sound so delicious and it's so inspiring to cook them. The problem? There aren't enough hours in the day to cook it all!

[fatsam619]

my favorite show in FOOD network.. :D

[chickenpun]

this is basically one of the like 3 shows i watch(unwrapped/i cant remember right now)

[niceworkmicrosoft]

@fatsam619 It's the only one I can watch now, after my CIA degree. Everyone else is a phony and a poster boy or girl

[bigmackburger]

@fatsam619 Always will be in my opinion, I love this show, and love Alton! My fav chef

[80sfaan]

Elvis!lol!

[wanketta]

Damn. I always KNEW Elvis was a space alien.

[simplyridiculous]

I love Alton so much, but corners? It's a round pan. :(

[lowdmouse2010]

He means where the sidewalls meet the bottom. Its a 90 degree angle, easy to miss with the butter

[ZroseZ]

I wish I had watched this before I made my first cheesecake. I didn't cream the sugar and cream cheese completely together before adding the liquid. Needless to say, my cheesecake came out like crap. :(

But good additions to the crust are coconut and crushed almonds.

[HellecticMojo]

coconuts are such badass toppings

[megamonkeyhead]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOE

[HoboKnifeFights]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

What kind of pie?

Well, that would require further analysis....Based on the matrix structure of the eggs, I would say that's a custard pie.

[Taipans]

Alton Brown is a Hero in the minds of many aspiring cooks. My wife loves using his recipes and she is making his cheesecake this weekend!

[mylovelydame21]

Hey, how did it turn out?

[CarmelU2fan]

Man this guy makes some good looking food!

[mylovelydame21]

I know, right? He can make tofu look tastey.

[reppinofficial]

love this show u no how foodnetworks some shows theres people, when they make stuff sometimes its borin

this show is actually interesting

[Taipans]

lmao, ENGLISH DO YOU SPEAK IT!? =O

[ctarider665]

elvis in not dead he is on a island with biggy smalls and lisa stebeck lol

[sweetjoey2]

i love it proof once again that not only is elvis alive but he's not of this world lol you go ab and lth :D

[HareGuuLover]

ALTON IS MY IDOL!

He is so brilliant!

X_X; The only person WORTH watching on Food Network.

[Lollypopluvy]

Amen to that!

[pjo24]

Alton Brown And Anthony Bourdain are the only chef personalities worth watching Ever!

[GreenManalichi]

I enjoy Ramsay too...but he does get old at times too

[shufk77]

i disagree alton is very good and informative but  ina garten is very good and jamie oliver has his moments

[mylovelydame21]

I like them, too, but he's a bit more fun.

[gocrazed1]

What about Emril?... oh , you said WORTH watching. uh..... Rachel Ray?... no... uh... I got nothing.

[ThInTrM]

More people need to watch Good Eats. Recently on the Nintendo Wii's "Everybody Votes" channel, a (slim) majority of people voted that cheesecake was a cake, not pie. Gah!

[zeldarooles]

Hahaha, is that Cousin Ray?

[Elamdri]

Yah, they use a lot of cast members for multiple roles. Coco Carl is the Food Agent. Paul is Leverman and Lactoseman.

[BurgundyAtTwilight]

and it's the same costume for both Leverman and Lactoseman ^___^ love it

[posaune16]

"Peak performance is predicated on proper pan preparation..." LOVE the alliteration!

[MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt]

whats the differance between Savory and Sweet cheesecake ?

[coreybox]

Savory isn't sweet ;-).

His recipe for savory cheesecake had trout in it.

[MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt]

ahh k, i thought it was baked and ''not'' baked cheesecake :P thx

[dsm4gsus]

Wait a min. he keeps his eggs in the door? I thought you weren't suppose to do that.

[xeryph]

Why not? It doesn't really matter, from my personal experience.

[dsm4gsus]

Alton says not to in his first Egg Files. They will possibly get to warm.

[xxBloodRedSandmanxx]

I always keep my eggs in the door. its only opened like 5 seconds at any one time.

[dsm4gsus]

Alton's words, not mine. And Alton, always knows best.

[grahambcp]

It wasn't so much that they shouldn't be in the door, it's that you shouldn't take them out of the carton and put them in those plastic holders that some fridge's have built in.

[thecoolllama]

I still don't get what the trouble with cheesecake is, so what if the name lies, it still tastes orgasmic.

[ukgirl1972]

Haha, "Thank you. Thank you very much."

[BigBakes15]

can you get this on dvd?

[BigStupidFingers]

yes

[xxBloodRedSandmanxx]

He says 1 1/4 cup.

[cheddardawg]

did he use the whole tub of sour cream? i dont know cause there was no overlap!

i've your gonna rip a vid and put it up - make it useful.............

[baxtertext]

Simmer down your ADD and watch it again...

[LeonWolf]

what the hell are you talking about it sayes 1.25 cups. If you dont like it dont watch it

[cheddardawg]

i wonder - how much cream did he use?

[cheddardawg]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm shitty editing..........tastes mushy

[ThisRudeDude88]

what does cheese cake taste like??sadly ,but i never had it..i think because it says CHEESE cake..lol.

[catsnjags]

it taste a lot like... well.... cheesecake.

[themetalmonkey]

Its creamy sweet slightly savory goodness! :D

[Raikou04]

EVLIS IS BACK.

[javakat343]

he dissapeared into the darkness!

[HatshepsutLecter]

Yay for cheesecake. ^_^

[judyb1169]

This was one of the best episodes. Thanks.

[ttwilightzzone]

Oh, Rodman! :)

[kidromeo86]

mmmm cheesecake!