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Good Eats: A Chuck for Chuck
It’s Thursday, and that means pot roast night for Alton’s neighbor Chuck. Or it would, if Chuck’s mother hadn’t deserted him for Branson, Missouri and the charms of Tony Orlando. Now Chuck wanders the megamart, forlornly trying to discover how to make his own pot roast. Fortunately, he runs into Alton, who shows him how to select the meat and how to make a delicious Pot Roast and the jus (juice) to flavor it – and all for under ten dollars – and some foil from a television antenna, and various other bits and pieces from around Chuck’s trailer.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 4x7 Production Number: EA1D12 Airdate: Wednesday June 27th, 2001 |
Recap
Thursday finds Alton’s neighbor Chuck (owner of the Turk-o-Rama) at the food store looking for the “pot roast aisle.” Chuck’s mom makes pot roast every Thursday, but this Thursday, she’s gone… to Branson and Tony Orlando, leaving Chuck minus a meal. Good thing Alton’s also shopping that night, because Chuck hasn’t got a clue...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Cards
- For a much better beef diagram, visit www.foodtv.com.
- Although beef shoulder is referred to as “chuck,” all other animal shoulders are simply called “shoulder.” Pork shoulders however are known as “butts.”
- The longer the bone in the Blade Roast – the more tender the meat will be.
- The Maillard Reaction is one of the “browning reactions” which includes caramelization.
- Remember, even the best ventilation system won’t work unless you open a window or outer door to allow new air in.
- Sir Humphey Davy proved the existence of aluminum (and gave it its name) in 1808.
- Many ovens have a tough time maintaining a low temperature, so alway [sic] monitor your heat with an over thermometer.
- For additional tips on successful pot roasting visit the Good Eats pages at foodtv.com
- The word “gravy” comes from the old French word “grané” or “spice.”
Episode Quotes
Chuck: You know, Mr. Brown... this looks like the beginning of a beautiful Good Eats!
Alton: You know that’s usually my line, Chuck!
Chuck: Oh, G... I’m sorry!
Alton: You know that’s usually my line, Chuck!
Chuck: Oh, G... I’m sorry!
Chuck: There’s so much meat. I’m afraid!
Alton: Don’t be. Just think like your Mom would.
Chuck: Okay... put on a sweater...
Alton: About the meat, I mean!
Alton: Don’t be. Just think like your Mom would.
Chuck: Okay... put on a sweater...
Alton: About the meat, I mean!
Alton: Yeah, that’s one cup. Eight ounces, sixteen tablespoons...
Chuck: Forty-eight teaspoons, two gills, sixty-four drams, three thousand eight hundred and forty minums...
Alton: What, no metric?
Chuck: Two hundred and thirty six milliliters...
Alton: Nobody likes a know-it-all, Chuck!
Chuck: Forty-eight teaspoons, two gills, sixty-four drams, three thousand eight hundred and forty minums...
Alton: What, no metric?
Chuck: Two hundred and thirty six milliliters...
Alton: Nobody likes a know-it-all, Chuck!
Alton: We’re going to go with about a third of a cup...
Chuck: Seventy one point six milliliters.
Alton: Make it eighty, Rain Man.
Chuck: Seventy one point six milliliters.
Alton: Make it eighty, Rain Man.
Alton: When that chuck was still connected to the critter and that critter was still walking around, that piece of meat did a lot of moving, okay? It moved other bones, it moved muscles, it connected ligaments... it was connected to a lot of things, okay? And some of that connective tissue contained collagen, and when that dissolves, that collagen turns into gelatin, the stuff that makes pot roast finger-lickin good?
Chuck: I thought that was gravy...
Alton: Well, actually, if you make the roast right, you don’t really need the gravy.
Chuck: I thought that was gravy...
Alton: Well, actually, if you make the roast right, you don’t really need the gravy.
Alton: There you go. Dig in, Chuck!
Chuck: Mmmmm. So what’s with the green stuff?
Alton: That’s called fennel. I found it growing between the eighteenth and nineteenth hole on the Gobble Golf Course. Dig in, let me know what you think.
Chuck: Mmmmm. It tastes just like meat!
Alton: Yeahhhh, it’s pot roast. What’s your Mom’s taste like?
Chuck: Gravy.
Alton: There you have it. Hard to tell who’s having the most fun, here. Chuck’s mom may have seen the dawn, but Chuck has certainly seen the light! (to Chuck) Eat your food. Inside your mouth. (to viewers) See you next time, on Good Eats!
Chuck: Mmmmm. So what’s with the green stuff?
Alton: That’s called fennel. I found it growing between the eighteenth and nineteenth hole on the Gobble Golf Course. Dig in, let me know what you think.
Chuck: Mmmmm. It tastes just like meat!
Alton: Yeahhhh, it’s pot roast. What’s your Mom’s taste like?
Chuck: Gravy.
Alton: There you have it. Hard to tell who’s having the most fun, here. Chuck’s mom may have seen the dawn, but Chuck has certainly seen the light! (to Chuck) Eat your food. Inside your mouth. (to viewers) See you next time, on Good Eats!
Episode Goofs
Alton claims he found fennel growing between the eighteenth and nineteenth holes of Chuck's mini golf course. But a golf course, even a miniature one, only has eighteen holes. Occasionally the clubhouse bar is named the "Nineteenth Hole" in reference to the fact that players may end their game with a drink. But it is not part of the course.
Cultural References
Learning that Chuck’s mother has ditched him for Branson, Missouri and Tony Orlando, Alton exclaims, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around That!” That lyric comes from one of Tony Orlando’s most famous songs, Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree, which soared up the charts in 1973. It tells the story of a man released for prison, having done his time, who wonders whether his lover will welcome him back.
As they leave the food store together, Chuck tells Alton that "This looks like the beginning of a beautiful Good Eats…" It's a parody of the last line from 1942's Casablanca - after it's clear police inspector Louis Renault will look the other way at Rick Blaine's involvement in Elsa's escape, Rick says it looks "like the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Alton and Chuck go around and a around because Chuck does not realize that the cut of meat they are after is also called chuck. The exchange is very much like the classic Abbott and Costello bit, Who's On First, where Bud Abbott tries without success to explain the unlikely names of various baseball players to an increasingly infuriated Lou Constello.
Alton “never leaves home without” a collection of spices. The catchphrase “Don’t leave home without it” originated in 1975 as part of a hugely successful advertising campaign for American Express that introduced Karl Malden as their public face – a role he would occupy for the next twenty-five years.
After Chuck demonstrates the ability to convert between various kinds of units quickly, Alton nicknames him Rain Man. Rain Man, released in 1988, told the story of autistic savant Raymond Babbitt and his grifter brother Charlie. That character was an autistic savant capable of doing complex counting operations at lightning speed. A real savant, Kim Peek, inspired the story of Raymond Babbitt.
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