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Comment on How come they don't do a cooking show for poor or middle class people? Something that is under 10 bucks that will last a couple days and be great.

jaschen306@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m going to date myself, but we used to have this show called Yan can cook. Chinese guy teaching you cheap ways to cook Chinese food.

How tag line “Yan can cook. And so can you.” Dude is a legend.

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iamericandre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yan taught me I can use a cleaver for everything

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- jaschen306@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Because of him I also use the cleaver for 95% of my cooking. Except I now have 4 different sized cleavers.
  
  My favorite cleaver is the veggie cleaver I got from Japan. It’s super thin and glides through veggies.
  
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AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Looked him up and got this synopsis from nzb360.

Early 80s Chinese cooking show starring celebrity chef Martin Yan, airing on PBS station KQED. This is a US continuation of the Canadian syndicated series of the same name that ran from 1978 to 1982. The show features Chef Martin Yan as the presenter, and focused on Chinese-oriented cooking delivered with Chef Yan’s trademark humor and wit, filmed live before a studio audience who were presented the prepared dishes for sampling and commentary.

There’s a few episodes on YouTube as well. Not sure about PeerTube.

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- jaschen306@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I used to watch this as a kid with my mom. At the time he was the only Chinese person on TV that was Asian that wasn’t a comedic relief or some kungfu villain.
  
  I still cook some of his dishes. With how cheap Asian cooking is, there is no reason to eat taco bell except for convenience.
  
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spiderhamster@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No slam dunk.

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