Reminds of this over-the-top reaction on masterchef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJEaSGzSOqE

The funny part is that Gordon Ramsay's BURGR restaurant has truffle oil in the menu: https://gordonramsayrest-2938.kxcdn.com/assets/1-Menus/USA-R...

I don't see truffle oil specifically - it has truffle aioli which would obviously be a different condiment/ingredient. Their reaction in that clip seems to be in response to a few things:

1. the assertion there's no actual truffle in white truffle oil 2. that it's pungent and the contestant was pouring it on

I imagine Ramsey is not opposed to truffles, per se, but certainly to fake scents manufactured to smell like truffles and using the flavor to excess.

Dang it, I read that menu too fast :)

I see a lot of Truffle Aioli... which could be truffle oil, but could also be truffles mixed with oil, garlic, etc in the production process. (Or, perhaps more likely, it is truffle oil and his restaurant is just marketing it )

I don't see any truffle oil on that menu.

I love how youtube is showing me advertisements for truffle oil right at the moment where Ramsay is completely blasting it.

Reminds me of the early days of SEO where the google ads would say things like "Find the best prices for DEAD BABIES BOILED IN HOOKER BLOOD only on eBay!" If that's what you searched for.

uBlock is a great extension. You ought to check it out. It'd help with the advertisements.

Truffle oil is usually a sign of an amateur chef, but I would disagree it has no place. Most people abuse it and I would include truffle fries on the list. It's a bitter and inferior truffle flavor.

However, I love finishing white mushroom pizzas with by distributing 10-15 drops of truffle oil on a medium pie. Clearly, it's not the same as shaving truffles, but it actually works well when the oil isn't cooked and it's paired with a combination of fresh and earthy flavors.

Alton Brown is amazing. Wish he still did Good Eats. The geekiness of it all... I think he really loved that.

(For those who don't know - he plays a caricature of himself on Cutthroat Kitchen, an angry and "evil" version, he grew the beard just for the show. Naturally his normal persona is a food geek.)

Good Eats was on for 14 years and has 252 episodes, what more can you possibly ask for? That's a good run for any show nevermind one as labor and time intensive as Good Eats.

What makes you think his Good Eats host character is his "normal persona"? He doesn't play a caricature, just a character.