The Galloping Gourmet - Graham Kerr

Does not seem like there is much conversation about Graham Kerr on LTHF. An interview this week with NYTimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/dini ... urmet.html

Yes, a pioneer of food TV. Grew up near the Canadian border and his counterpart on CBC was Bruno Gerussi. He hosted "Bruno Gerussi: Celebrity Cooks."

Thanks for posting excelsior. As a kid, I watched The Galloping Gourmet daily. My sisters and I would imitate him and make up our own show (minus the wine).

I used to love watching that guy in his heyday. He was very entertaining and excessive in his cooking; then he did a complete 180 and starting spouting religious sayings and dumbing down his recipes in an attempt to be more "healthy" and less hedonistic. I think he even gave up his traditional glass of wine (and replaced it with a whole lot of whine). I stopped watching him around that time, and he was off the air completely shortly thereafter.

Still, he was great in his day.

Hi,

I will admit when I saw this topic, I thought he may have died. I am glad this is not yet his obituary.

Graham Kerr had a series on Min/Max: minimize fat/salt and maximize flavor.

It was an outcome of his wife's heart attack and stroke. I remember reading he went full on 'healthy food' with brown rice, vegetables, tofu and such. His family was sneaking the food they liked when outside his presence.

In this series, he strained yogurt until it was spreadable. He would spread it on his morning toast with marmalade. He suggested having it with butter was a treat enjoyed occasionally.

If I needed to consider all these factors, I have his min/max series here to consult. I expect he figured out how to maximize flavor without feeling like it was a punishment.

Regards,
Cathy2

P.S. There have been some mentions of Graham Kerr, though no thread devoted to him.

In case anyone doesn't have time for TFA, he ain't dead - 82, fine. Thanks, 2017.

I edited my original post to say it was just an interview. I also recall seeing some episodes on tv a couple decades ago.

Glad to see he is still on the planet. I have fond memories of watching him with my Mom so many years ago.

Like many who posted above, I used to watch the Galloping Gourmet with my brother, who would imitate Mr. Kerr's accent (and fashion a kitchen towel as his ascot!) while narrating as we cooked. I recall, however being pretty disappointed by his recipe for hamburgers with a red wine sauce. I thought it was a lot of work for no improvement on the usual. But then, some things are meant to be eaten in their iconic forms and in no other guise.

I have found memories of Graham Kerr also. I particularly remember the Lancashire hotpot episode of his Galloping Gourmet show. I wish I could see some of his old shows on TV. (I see there are some on YouTube.)

Katie wrote:I have found memories of Graham Kerr also. I particularly remember the Lancashire hotpot episode of his Galloping Gourmet show. I wish I could see some of his old shows on TV. (I see there are some on YouTube.)

Here's Graham's recipe!

Thank you, Cathy!

Enjoyed the article. I loved Kerr's Galloping Gourmet, and I have enjoyed a few of the other iterations -- including the one where he developed "spring-boarding," where one basic recipe could be turned into others with minor tweaks. Nice to see him looking so well.