Years back on the Food Network, I used to watch Door Knock Dinners. Gordon Elliot ran into people on the streets or parkings lots of America and would offer to make dinner for their family with whatever they happened to have in the house at that moment. It would be a bonus if they had a well stocked spice rack, but sometimes, even so, you wondered what he was going to do with a package of hit dogs, a freezer burnt piece of fish and Wonder Bread.
I miss that show!
Half the fun was him looking for people to cook for. Half the people didn’t know the show and just thought he was a crazy person. Nowadays, if the show ran, it would be the equievelant of people roaming through New York to look for the “Cash Cab.” Folks would be driving around slow to try to find Gordon Elliot chasing after people in parking lots.
I did an internet search for Mr. Elliot, and in none of his bios does it mention the show. Wonder if his credits are just so vast, or was he sort of embarrassed of the show? Who knows. The only evidence on the net of the existence of the show was a clip of an “Iron Chef” version of the show, which you can check out on Youtube.
Okay, aspiring Gordon Elliots out there, here are the contents of my cupboards, pre-grocery trip. What would you make of it?
- A pretty well stocked spice rack. That is a bonus.
– A few cans of soup that have been sitting there since my husband’s been on a low sodium diet (chicken noodle)
– Canned Salmon that an Aunt bought us. Like tuna fish…but salmon. We have just never touched it.
– Frozen ocean perch. I love lake perch and miss it. Ocean perch I guess tastes different. My husband won’t touch it.
– A Tastefully Simple Garlic! Garlic! mix presumablty to make dip.
– Chocolate Soy Milk
– Horseradish
– Pretzel Chips
– Flour
If you were also a fan of the show, let me know what you would do, besides just opening up the can of soup and calling it a meal.
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