How
many channels do you have access to? I
grew up with 2 channels and sometimes we’d get a third, depending on the
weather. Today there are no great shows
like the shows I grew up watching: The Cosby Show, The Waltons (my favorite),
Starksy and Hutch, The Brady Bunch, MASH, Hawaii Five-O, Adam 12, Kojak, Sonny
and Cher, Disney on Sunday nights and Wild Kingdom..I could go on and on.
We
watched cartoons every Saturday morning, now they have what they call cartoons,
on every day. SpongeBob needs to be
canned. The shows that are geared for
younger audiences, have sexual tones and are not appropriate for kids. These shows don’t teach any lessons. Every episode of The Cosby show had a lesson. Kids learned that it was not okay to lie to
your parents, and punishment was given so you’d learn to respect them and learn
to do what is right.
Our
kids often watch those shows about food – Chopped, Cupcake Wars, and others of
this type. They enjoy them and I get a
kick out of them bringing what they learn or watched into our kitchen. So
wouldn’t it be cool to go to a Battle of the Chefs competition? That is what we
did. Sunday, we went to the Cornell School of Hotel Administrations 3rd
Battle of the Chefs competition. Honestly,
it wasn’t the food that convinced me to buy tickets to this event. It was one of the judges. Kevin Boothe.
Kevin is an NFL football player for the New York Giants. Yes, I bought tickets and we went. It was fun.
There were five teams competing and each team made an appetizer, a main
course and then dessert. We had 15
tastings and the kids had fun trying and talking about the foods. They tried foods that they would have if I
had made it at home. For example, a cold cucumber and strawberry soup. It was
different and very good. They tried
foods and mingled with the college students as seating was an issue. And then the judges appeared from the
conference room. We were first in line
to get autographs. Here’s proof:
Kevin
is very nice. He even took his Super
Bowl rings off and set them on the table so we could pick them up and try them
on. They were huge, heavy and
beautiful! Something to be very proud
of! They kids had photos taken, received
a signed photo of Kevin and enjoyed the afternoon. It was a relaxed meeting and very
casual. An unforgettable afternoon!
Olivia
got to meet another alumni from the school who is a chef. He recently competed on Iron Chef America where
he battled against Bobby Flay.
What a
way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
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