So, there I am, watching Good Eats (I do love the Good Eats) and Alton is doing lobster. And he straight up says that a 3 oz serving of lobster has the same amount of, or less, cholesterol than a 3 oz serving of chicken breast, which normally I would file away under "now isn't that interesting," but this particular tidbit of information at that particular time triggered a "now wait a minute" in my brain. Didn't Brian get called out by Chef Tom for using lobster when he was supposed to be making a low cholesterol dish on Top Chef? No, I must be remembering it wrong because it can't be possible that Daddy Tom and Alton Brown were saying two different things. But sure enough, I watched the repeat of Family Favorites and everyone, including Chef Tom, berated Brian for choosing such a high cholesterol protein. I googled it immediately, not because I don't believe every single word that comes out of Alton's mouth (because I do,) but because I wanted to see what websites had to say. And of course Alton was right, but this meant that Daddy Tom was...wrong. I love Chef Tom. Adore him. His low voice, his incredulous looks at the poor choices the chefs make, his propensity to call anything "the worst dish in Top Chef history." How can you not love that man? And, well, he's a chef. Shouldn't they have a general idea of the cholesterol content of lobster? It was just...devastating. It would be like finding out that Shel Silverstein plagiarized The Giving Tree or that Ralphie really did say "fudge." But I suppose that we're all human. And I suppose that I should cut Daddy Tom a little slack. I suppose that I'll have to stop saying "you were wrong about the lobster! How could you be wrong about the lobster? Why, Daddy Tom, why?" at the t.v. whenever he appears. I suppose I should accept the fact that every once in a while, one of my heroes might slip on their pedestals.
But, to be clear, that doesn't apply to Alton. He's never wrong.
Addendum to post:
Praise be to Ted Allen for realizing their mistake and, of course, blogging on it.
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I do have to say that, although you KNOW I love me some AB, I have to disagree on the "Alton is never wrong" tip. He does sometimes get things very, very wrong. Case in point: he once said that 2% milk has had "98% of its milkfat removed." Wrong. So very wrong.
I'm sorry if I have completely shattered your belief system here. Remember, there is no such thing as a perfect man. Even on televised cooking shows.
What? Um, what? But...but... I suppose you're going to tell me that the Easter Bunny doesn't actually lay Cadbury eggs and that we never actually landed on the Moon.
Oh no, that Easter Bunny bit is 100% scientific fact. But don't get me started on that "moon landing" business...
CHEF TOM MADE A MISTAKE???? I love him more than I should and am just as devastated by this news! ALMOST as devastated as I was when CJ went home last week, and don't even get me started on when they sent Tre home. I swear, if that damn Hung wins again I'll shoot my tv!
Hung is so obnoxious! And while he's done some good stuff, he's also had some really mediocre, or just downright bad, weeks. I was upset when Tre got sent home, also, I had high hopes for him, but I was starting to tire of CJ by last week. I'm rooting for Casey, she's really grown on me.
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