I got such a kick out of the old school Julia Child episode I watched during a quiet moment on Saturday. Never saw much of her growing up, but what 70's and 80's kids didn't know her by sight? This was something called "Julia Child Cooks with the Masters" and it featured an Indian chef babe with Julia perched awkwardly on a nearby stool, hunched forward with a spoon.
The chef was making a sauté and Julia dive-bombed her spoon toward the pan, "Oooh, I need a taste," but got the verbal brushback. Holding back a pout, Julia set down her spoon. A little later I saw the spoon again, but no dice on the tasting. Finally, after a lesson from the chef on how to extract coconut milk from a real coconut, the chef pronounced canned coconut milk her favorite. At last Julia was able to dart that spoon past the cute little Indian chef and into the can of milk for a desperate slurp. This seemed to satisfy her.
I was also amused that after cooking her entree amidst spicy peppers, and then laying the peppers beside the food as a garnish, the chef said "but don't eat them--they're deadly."
I stood in line at the grocery store several years ago behind Julia Child. She was old and haggard, stood about 6'4", and had a hunched back that made her look like Quasimodo. And she talking to the cashier in that crazy hot potato voice. It was a quite creepy experience.
Posted by: Darnell Lamb | January 28, 2009 at 01:35 PM