Blog:Grust's Top 5 Best Episodes of Good Eats

Good Eats is hands down the best cooking show of all time because in addition to cooking, Alton teaches the science and history of certain foods. Because of it, it is now the only show I DVR on my Dad's TV (I live with my parents due to mental disabilities). In honor of this show as well as it getting a reboot October 15, I figured I should list my top 5 Best episodes of this amazing cooking show.

5. Fry Hard: This is the episode that made me buy a Dutch Oven to try my hand at deep frying. Alton also explains that when done right, very little fat is absorbed. He only does fish and chips in this episode but that's only because he wants to teach us the science of frying.

4. A Pie in Every Pocket: In this episode Alton Brown creates a versatile dough used to make pocket pies. As a kid one of my favorite snacks were fruit pocket pies so having this recipe was a godsend for me. In fact, I liked this dough so much I even came up with my own recipe for apple pie filling by combing the mango filling recipe Alton made with the knowledge I have for apple pie filling. As a treat I'll leave the recipe here:

Grust's Apple Pie Filling (Pocket Pie Only):

Ingredients: 4 baking apples grown locally if possible, peeled and diced 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 2 teaspoons cinamon 1/4 cup lemon juice

Directions Place vinegar, lemon juice, and cinnamon into mixing bowl. Prepare apples as directed and stir into vinegar. Place mixture into saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and refrigerate in a large bowl until cool.

3. Another Man Food Show: Breakfast: This episode encouraged me to make breakfast for both me and my dad on Sundays. While I don't exactly do everything he does, it does encourage me to make nice big breakfasts that fill our bellies. This episode also introduced me to the French Press, which I use to make me and my dad coffee. I love it so much I view automatic drip machines as EVIL. This episode even played a role in me falling in love with cast iron cookware when he cooked hashbrowns with a skillet.

2. Art of Darkness II: If you asked me what my all time favorite cooking ingredient is; hands down, it's cocoa powder, the pure essence of chocolate. This episode is also why I keep both natural and Dutch cocoa on hand at all times. The place where I get my cocoa powder is Wincrest Bulk Foods. Also having made the hot cocoa mix, I bought a large pack of powdered milk just for that alone. I like this episode so much and having been making so much chocolately goodness on my own, that if Hershey's ever goes SJW, it won't upset me.

Honorable mentions: This show is so amazing I have not encountered one episode I didn't like. In fact even if I'm not interested in a recipe, the science taught and Alton's silliness and charisma as well as even the plot of an episode stills keeps me focused and even entertained. So for honorable mentions, I can only say, every single episode. The show is that good and for people who like to cook I highly recommend it, especially if you also want to know the science of cooking or even food history.

Okay with all the gushing out of the way, here is what I choose as the number 1 best episode of Good Eats

1. Going Dutch: While Fry Hard was the episode that made me buy a Dutch Oven, this episode made me fall in love with the cookware and cast iron in general. While I only own kitchen style (kitchen style have rounded lids while the original stye had lifts on the edges to keep charcoal from falling off for better cooking) and Alton uses Charcoal style, the recipes are converted on the show's website Food Network to utilize a kitchen oven over charcoal. The sourdough bread he made was by far the best bread I ever ate, and I even added honey in one batch for some sweetness. This is hands down the best episode of the entire series and I've watched it a million times so far.