Given the choice between eating Fried Rocky Mountain Oysters, Century Egg Salad, or Traditional Spotted Dick, which would you pick? Egg salad may seem safe, but the putrid smell emanating from your plate, the slices of egg with amber/black flesh, and an eerily virescent burnt charcoal colored yolk may discourage you. Would you stop eating the breaded, golden-brown fried Rocky Mountain Oysters when you learned that they’re not shucked from a shell, but are harvested testicles from a bull or sheep? I suggest trying the Traditional Spotted Dick, a suet (hard fat found in cows and sheep (Merriam-Webster)) pudding made with raisins or fruit. The Food Network prepared me for this predicament by introducing me to each of the aforementioned dishes, …show more content…
There is a clear impact on society by these competition shows with the introduction of kid competitions. Junior MasterChef features children between the ages of 8-13 competing to be the best young chef in America. Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off, Chopped Junior, Kids Baking Competition, and more programs exist because kids are just as affected by food culture as adults. New generations of chefs are being swept up into the food frenzy due to the exposure from foodie-TV. One of the main reasons children why children claim a love for food and enter these competitions because they watched and idolized the people they saw on TV. Televised chefs, restaurateurs, food critics, contestants, and judges inspire within young minds a passion for …show more content…
Her favorite channel is The Food Network and she is captivated by her favorite show Chopped. When Giana visits her grandmother each weekend, she begs her to create her very own mystery basket (containing various mandatory ingredients that must create one cohesive dish within the time limit) so she can try and put her creativity and cooking skills to the test. Chopped has taught her a valuable lesson. If something takes an unexpected turn while cooking, she is quick to take a step back and reevaluate the situation. She knows that a mistake does not signify defeat, but an opportunity to problem-solve and find an alternative solution. Her love of competition cooking has taught her that a setback is not a failure, and to keep trying no matter what. Throughout competition themed cooking shows this lesson is a prominent theme. This has also crossed-over from cooking to her everyday life Giana never gives up without exercising every possible option she can think of. She has also learned that it is okay to lose, because she still succeeded simply for having tried. I’ve had the privilege of watching her implement her food-taught problem solving skills when she is doing her homework, reading a book, various chores, and in the games we