Blog:Grust's Top 5 Ideas For Good Eats: The Return

IT'S BACK The greatest cooking show of all time makes it triumphant return. Alton Brown had announced its return during the miniseries, Good Eats: Reloaded and now that it's finally back I have my own ideas for what he can discuss, so here is my top 5 ideas for Good Eats: The Return.

5. Wine Making: I like to drink (not enough to get hammered but tipsy, got a horror story on that) and Alton had already done an episode on making beer. While beer can be made mostly from grains, wine is a special drink made from fruit juices. While grape is the most common known fruit there are a ton of varieties of fruit to chose from. My favorite wine of all time is Fuki Plum Wine and I'd really want to make it.

4. Art of Darkness 4: Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE. I can already imagine the administrators getting worried I'll have another psychotic episode. I would say for this episode, he should focus on dark cocoa powder. I only know of one recipe that uses it (homemade Oreos) but I need a lot more before I buy any.

3. Cast Iron Skillets: I love cast iron. While Alton has certainly cooked with cast iron skillets on the show, he's never done an episode dedicated to them like he did with Dutch Ovens or even knives. I myself like to take very good care of my cast iron and one criticism I have with Alton is how he cleans his by using salt and oil but really you just need a good scrubber and hot water (using cold will crack a hot cast iron.) Once clean, I dry it then heat it up so it thoroughly dries and opens its pores then coat it with canola oil. I hope he does that if he makes this episode.

2. Churn Baby Churn 3: In the last 2 Churn Baby Churn episodes he focused on using a countertop ice cream maker which inspired me to have my dad buy me the Kitchen Aid Standmixer Ice Cream Maker Attachment which I loved so much I reviewed it. However countertop ice cream makers only allow for at most 2 quarts of ice cream while the older styles (barrel and metal canister) allowed for 6 quarts. So for this episode, he should focus on these. Plus I want to get the most out of an older style my uncle gave me before it dies out (it was sitting in a shed for years) and I buy a new one.

One honorable mention


 * Bacon: Do you even need my opinion for this one?

Number 1.

1. Wild Edibles: I've been getting into survival a bit and there's a saying that when man is lost in the woods, he'll starve to death surrounded by food. I think it's import to discuss these in a survival situation and Alton can use backpacking or primitive equipment to prepare these. One piece of science I personally know is that some poisonous plants can be made edible when cooked.