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Good Eats: Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut
Alton goes nuts! Well, actually, he goes nuts about nuts. From how to purchase them, to where they come from and how to cook them, Alton covers it. Whether it's Cashew Butter that's also a fine sauce base, or Pistachio Mixed Herb Pesto, or Pistachio Fruit Ball dessert, or a Macadamia Nut Crust that works as well on fish (such as Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi-Mahi) as it does with cheesecake, nuts are versatile and... Good Eats.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 7x17 Production Number: EA1G14 Airdate: Wednesday February 25th, 2004 |
Recap
The show opens as Alton balances along a tree branch in search of the subject: nuts. No food, says he, delivers as much flavor, nutrition and versatility in such a small package. Most Americans think of nuts as cocktail diversions or perhaps the source of peanut butter. But whole nuts freed from their shells provide a lot of culinary opportunity and a lot of…Good Eats...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Cards
- The Romans believed that, because walnuts were shaped like two halves of the brain, they could cure headaches.
- The Queen of Sheba so loved pistachios that she hoarded all that were grown in her country for herself.
- Mahi-mahi is the Hawaiian name for dolphin the fish, not the marine mammal.
Cultural References
Sometimes you feel like a nut... sometimes you don't...
...Peter Paul Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the Peter Paul candy company created a catchy ad campaign for two of its candy bars, Almond Joy and Mounds. The two candies arew very similar; the chief difference is the presence of almonds on the former. The campaign attempted to suggest that however you felt, Peter Paul had a candy for you. Like many successful ad campaigns, this one essentially became a meme.
...Peter Paul Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the Peter Paul candy company created a catchy ad campaign for two of its candy bars, Almond Joy and Mounds. The two candies arew very similar; the chief difference is the presence of almonds on the former. The campaign attempted to suggest that however you felt, Peter Paul had a candy for you. Like many successful ad campaigns, this one essentially became a meme.
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