Making Julia Child’s 30-Minute Ham Dinner is Literally Impossible
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2023
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Julia Child's 30-minute dinners are a near impossible challenge for me. Perhaps 3rd time's the charm as I attempt her Ham Dinner for Four in Half Hour. Recipe in the French Chef Cookbook
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For everyone claiming that Julia Child was only able to do this because of editing, assistance, pre-prepping everything . . .
The French Chef didn't have a budget for rehearsals, and was filmed "live-to-tape" like many TV shows of the day, meaning everything was filmed in one go, with no editing. The only cuts are from one camera to another as they go from wider shots to show her moving around the kitchen to close shots showing her hands as she did something or a dish as it cooked. This is why we have so many lovely "teachable moments" (bloopers) where Child had to fix things on the fly ~ they could not edit them out.
In this particular show, she has her ingredients out, but not necessarily prepped. She cuts and washes the leeks while we watch. She gets the peas from the fridge. She pushes everything through the food mill (after it comes apart unexpectedly and she has to re-assemble it). Other than setting the ingredients on the counter, she does everything on camera in the allotted time.
Her real advantage was just knowing the recipes and being very, very practiced overall.
Exactly. There are some dishes I make that I can have done in thirty minutes because I've been making them for over twenty years.
But if you put like homemade tamales or empanadas in front of me and say they can be made in thirty... Not by me they can't :D those would take a couple of hours.
Thank you for saying this.
I’m sure if Jaimie had made this many many times like Julia did, he’d have been able to do 30 min.
She just knew what she needed to do because she’d done it before.
Well, it does help to have a large open commercial space that doesn’t have the restrictions that home kitchen does. It doesn’t make her any less skilled, but the book is a bit reductive in the fact that it doesn’t take into account the restrictions of home cooking when creating that estimated time.
Julia's version seems to reveal a certain amount of support behind the scenes that you don't have, except for bowl delivery. There is a great deal of preparation that has already been completed.
she also obviously doesn't do the dishes with as many pots, pans, and bowls she uses
@@TheAciddragon069 Yep. Jamie is really operating by himself. Of course, he also seems to be a bit fussier than Julia, sorry Jamie.
I think a lot of time is lost due to missing practice and routine. If you cook this dish regularly, your time will greatly improve.
A non-accomplishable 30 minute meal with 15,000 dishes does not seem worth it. But I love watching you make the attempt! ❤
@@F13Helm that's a big point too, he lost several minutes just having to stop and reread the recipe, plus taking time to figure out what he actually had to do.
nothing like a 30 minute recipe that uses 6 pans and multiple bowls and requires considerable amount of prep work... ah, Julia. you are of a different kind than us mere mortals.
(and congrats on the apron!)
I'm not sure I have 6 pans..or enough burners!
What's crazy is she did manage to make these recipes in 30 minutes. The problem is, she didn't realize that not everybody is as skilled or practiced as her. She would practice making these recipes for days before shooting. Because she didn't have the money to re shoot. So there was no practice shooting before the actual live shooting. So pretty much she had to get it right. And it had to be done in 30 minutes. Which is very interesting, at least it is to me.
I almost don't care how this turns out. It's fun to watch.
💯 correct!
That should be the Anti-Chef slogan.
Let's hope he turns on the blender with no cover again.😂
That’s how I feel half the time. 😂
The tribute to Scott really brings a tear to my eye this early morning. Thank you for continuing to memorialize that sweet, pure soul.
Excuse my ignorance but, who is Scott?
@@xanmontes8715 The snail. His all too brief story is part of the watercress soup episode. It's an emotional journey, so bring tissues.
Scott 🐌 gone to soon!
“30 minute” dish followed by an hour of cleaning up 😂
Thanks for all the work!
I already know how this is going to go, but I clicked immediately all the same 😂
Same :D
😂😂 I’m here for it…
I stumbled across his chocolate cake attempt and I haven't laughed that hard in years! Bless this man!
The other day when I was cooking and needed a bowl, I looked up at the ceiling, clapped and said "bowl me". I actually expected a bowl to start coming down from a magic portal and was surprised that it didn't work 🙃
Only true followers of Julia can unlock that power
@@CoRLex-jh5vx Indeed!
As soon as I saw that snail with the RIP, I laughed out loud. Poor guy! I remember him so fondly. Such a nice tribute to include him on your apron.
Haha! I was getting anxiety about what a mess and how many dishes for a 30 min meal you have an hour of clean up! RIP Scott! Love the apron ❤
yeah you can tell Julia didn't have to wash the dishes
@@TheAciddragon069 right!? Haha he used so many pots and pans way too much for a quick dinner!!!
The cleanup seems to defeat the purpose of the quick dinner, not to mention the assembly of an endless list of ingredients. Good Lord, that might be a 30minute dinner in Julia’s day when most women didn’t work outside the home but I’m exhausted just THINKING about trying to fit that into the usual afternoon/evening routine of a working Mum.
@@jill7759 right!?? Poor Jamie used every pot, pan dish he owns! Lol it’s comical that that’s what a 30 minute meal is!
Not to mention all the prep!
I'm glad to see Scott is getting the memorial he deserves. RIP SCOTT! 😅 You're the best, Jamie.
"That tasted exactly how it looks." 😂
2:42 RIP scott you will always be missed😢😢😢😢😢😢
This was the most chaotic episode yet but I loved it! Definitely good laughs!
I love that you're paying tribute to Scott on your apron. Much too rich for my blood, but I wish you the best of success with your merch drop.
Me too. Wanted to get one, but $70 plus shipping is a bit too much for me.
Agree especially when it gets converted to Aussie dollars. I am sure it will be a sellout though.
It’s actually not the first anti-chef merch, but it’s probably the most elaborate
Yea it's super expensive. Would've loved to buy one but I can't afford that.
$70 for your apron??!? Are you crazy ?
I was so interested to see if there was any chance that you could do this in 30 minutes (because I was shocked that the overwhelming consensus in the comments is you can't) that i went and actually watched Julia's episode for this and I'm now even more sure than I was before it's 100% doable in that time with very little prep. There's no way you could do it following a recipe but her preface is that this is a meal you've made many times before and can pull out of your pocket for a fast semi-impressive dinner for company and as that no problem. Without any faffing about as a meal you could just zone out and cook knowing exactly what you need, where it was in your kitchen and when you need it no problem. Nothing in this hard or time consuming it's just multitasking, process and the confidence to walk away from a hot pan to do something else knowing you'll be back to it in time to not ruin anything .
I trust you checked the watercress for any of poor Scott's relatives.
😂😂😂😂😂
UA-cam recently recommended your channel to me and I am so glad! I have been devouring your content. Thank you for all you do!
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He's great, right! I never miss an episode, especially Jamie & Julia!
@@samking6335He’s amazing. I feel like I’m watching a friend cook.
I wish it was in my budget to buy an apron and support your channel. I’ve been subscribed for a very long time and look forward to every upload. Plus, my 75yo mother says you’re “a cutie patotie” lol
I agree with your mom, lol. If he was 20 years older, single, and would cook for me? I’m in! 😂🥰
@@firequeen2194 Right?! My hubby would burn water if it was possible! So I do all of the cooking. lol
I don’t cook but I can watch a man this beautiful and this dry charismatic to do literally anything
Man, Jamie you're getting pretty damn good at this cooking thing. I agree, the time is a little suspect. Maybe 45 min. Those aprons look so sick too.
Jamie, you are the reason my sisters and I watch UA-cam on Sundays. 😄
You could've put "30 minute may-ham" in the thumbnail XD
15:38 Whoa thats melting.
Jamie after pouring cherries he flambed into ice cream 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have a sneaking suspicion that neither Jamie nor his audience is taking into consideration:
1. Julia had assistants to do the scutwork. They were almost never seen.
2. Julia had pre-prepped most of the spices, etc.
3. Julia practiced cooking the recipes before filming.
4. The skillful editing isn't noticed.
I might be wrong, but I don't think so.
If you watch the episode there's cuts between cameras, but no cuts for her to do things without cameras rolling. Like many TV shows from this period, it was filmed live-to-videotape, so in one start-to-finish piece. She was absolutely practiced and well-trained, but there's plenty of "bloopers" in the show where she fixed things on the fly because they could not stop filming or edit later. The practice she had wasn't in the studio, however, because they didn't have a rehearsal budget.
It's absolutely possible to do these recipes in 30 minutes if you have the ingredients ready, and we know this because we can watch her do it. Her real advantages are just skill and practice and knowing the recipes.
Julia did not have to fetch her own cookware or "catch" her own bowls, nor did she have to set up her camera shots, so anything close to her timing means you've really excelled.
You're doing the work of an entire studio team that made her look good.
Also, the recipe DID say "about" half an hour. Like I said, you really did excel. 😊
Scott on the apron is perfection, even if the tomatoes weren't! That was hilarious
Rip Scott! Gone but never forgotten!!!!
My fave bit (and I couldn't stop laughing WITH you) was the stabbing of the pea mixture. Man on a mission!
This is the only channel where I feel like I'm on the cooking journey with him.
Jamie: "I'm going to stay faithful to the instructions. Unlike Julia, I'm not even going to do the prep work without the clock running, just to keep this as realistic as possible for you all."
also Jamie: "bowl me!" 😆
arguably the bowl me stunt costs him time. Also the talking and panicking and reading. Which is fine because nobody would like to see a focused chef Speedrunning this recipe with no commentry
I don't think anyone including Julia could prepare all of that in 30 minutes. I do believe she probably had some magic going on behind the scenes. My aunt was one of the fastest cooks I ever met, and she would have been hard pressed to do all of that in under an hour, I think you did remarkably well.
Came here to say the same thing. Way too complicated for 30 minutes.
Yes...Meals Under Thirty just has a certain editorial and hopeful ring to it. It is encouraging and wishful. Meals Under 55 or Thereabouts, might not have had the same zippy appeal!
I'm confused why everyone seems to think doing this in 30 minutes is so impossible? If you're following a recipe reading every step as you go not sure what to do when and with what ingredients or equipment sure never going to happen. Julia's whole point with the 30 minute meals though is that it's something you've made many times and can pull out when you need a fast, semi-impressive meal. If that's what you're doing in you're own kitchen where you know what you need and where it is this is easily a 30 minute meal.
@@thedude20125 Even a well prepped cook will be unable to do this in 30 minutes. There's too much going on that you can't time-stack. This is easily a 45 to an hour investment to make. Julia had help or skipped steps when she did it, or they just edited it down. Even if you've done this recipe a bunch of times you would struggle to do this in under 30 minutes.
Well check for yourself. [Ham Dinner In Half An Hour | The French Chef Season 3 | Julia Child](ua-cam.com/video/4HY6fW17wRo/v-deo.html)
So happy Scott has a forever home on the apron! 😂🩵
This menu takes me back to my childhood in the 1960s. My mom used the French Chef cookbook and came up with some real doozies. It definitely beat the Chef Boy R Dee that most kids were eating.
The chaos is the best part! You just made my day man!😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂😂😂
With all that washing up to do it must be called "30 minutes to cook 2hrs to clean up"
Also yes. Those tomatos are much bigger than we are used to in Europe
Idk man, this heavily depends on the kind of tomatoes. I like to use oxheart tomatoes for my burgers that are approximately the same size and since there are a plethora of different tomato varieties,some are definitely that size.
I literally laughed so hard at the addition of Scott to the apron that I was literally cackling alone on my couch 😂🤣😂🤣😂 gone but not forgotten 🤣😂😂🤣
I’m in the UK
I adore your videos, commitment, talent, and the fact u never give up!
I learn a lot.
Always wait for Sundays ❤
You’ve come a long way man
Never stop doing this x
30 minute cook off challenges are madness
The apron is amazing. Love the rip Scott 🐌 touch
Awwww I love Scott on the apron!!! That's the sweetest thing ever ❤
Awwweeee Scott the snail on the apron is epic!!!! Rip Scott ❤
I love how Scott T. Snail will be forever remembered.
Someday it might be interesting to do a revisit of these and see if you can do it in 30 the second time. We already know from Anti-Chefs past that take 2 usually goes better.
I love the nervous laugh around minute 10 haha
30 Minutes of Ham Hell???🤔🍖🔥
Sign Us Up!!😂❤️🤣
DRUNKEN Cherries Jubilee?🥴🍒🤭
I'm going to order the apron asap, I wear aprons every day and you don't know how much I appreciate that it crosses in the back instead of looping around the neck, the cross back ones are so much more comfortable for wearing long periods of time
Ya gotta love when chefs leave out the prep time in their timed meal prep.
RIP Scott
I love that as far as you've come with your cooking there are still some things you haven't mastered. If you ever figure out the food mill it's all over.
I think the method is in the 30 MINUTES COOK - with 30 minutes preparations BEFORE COOKING. She Lied to you ;) Always a joy, thanks x
These 30 minute dinners make me see Julia as Lucy pulling the football away from the chef. Also, that is Avery small portion of ham for four people.
Perhaps it is Lunch snd not a dinner? Re portions :)
(One Ham steak each seems ok, tho?)
My cat and I were cheering for you when you finished! 🎉 Way to go Jamie!
Ham with mushy peas sounds a lot more british than what I'd expect from Julia
No matter which chef it is, I always add around 20-30 minutes onto the time they say it will take. Even with practice, it usually takes more time simply because there's no sous chef helping me prepare the meal. I will say, everything but the tomatoes looks delicious. I might have to try the main meal this week, but substitute stuffed mushrooms for tomatoes. Not going to mess with the flames, as I like my kitchen too much.
Bro, I spend the whole day hanging from your ceiling with a bunch of metal bolws in hand just waiting for you to request me to "bowl" you. You don't pay me enough, I demand a raise.
RIP Scott! I just adore this show. ❤️❤️❤️ 🚲
Love that you've memorialized Scott on the apron! Got one today. The moment for me today was at 7:51, lol!! Not only done, but peas effing hot as well!
Happy Sunday everyone
Brown ham slice in a pan with oil and butter -
Dijon Sauce: @9:46
2T Dijon
1T tomato paste
Beat and add a 1/4c cream to start.
Add to beef stock and Madeira wine.
Add ham back to pan
(Something like that) 😅
Your whole demeanor changed after 30 minutes... As did mine! Lol. I was anxiously watching and once the time passed I could relax. Lol
Maybe the next apron can have your phrases “I’m not driving” or “order up”. I’d love to see silver Fox make an appearance as well. Ideas for your next merch drop.
Love these challanges jamie! Youre the best! Hope you make it🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I think that Julia uses the 30 minute mark with grace for the at-home cook. The idea was to make these French meals more approachable and fun with ingredients that people would likely already have at home. I'm sure that she'd be thrilled with the outcome of today's meal ;)
This is *THE* video I've been waiting for all my life. Get her, Jamie!! Unfortunately I have to step out but as soon as my ass hits the couch again it's on!
I Love the apron! I love that you included Scott the Snail too! RIP Scott! 🪦🐌
You may call yourself a Joker but to me you're the Ace in the pack!! That was a valiant effort and I don't think for a second that JC was in the kitchen alone and unaided like you were when she did it! Bravo, sir!!
The scott detail oh my god 😂 2:27
This is definitely a "Chopped" episode!
Very, very happy to hear a non-Irish person use "bollocks" in that context 😆
The reason why I love your videos is because you're not perfect ❣
I watched her make this, I think that it was during the first season. No way!!!
She was moving like lightning!
That ham sound stellar. Definitely stealing the idea of mustard + tomato paste + cream into shallotty stock/wine combo.
This menu seems doable in 30 minutes so long as you aren’t listening to Julia’s order of operations and it’s things you’ve made before. I would have dropped the peas first, prepped the leeks and tomatoes while they were coming to a boil and place the leeks in their covered dish. Then you drop your ham, cut the shallots and scallion while the ham is browning. Pull the ham, build the sauce for it in the pan by cooking off your shallots, adding your liquids and spooning the rest directly into the pan once you are done reducing. The peas should be done a this point and I would just use a potato masher on them. That’s ham, sauce, leeks and peas, done. Then you quick scramble your eggs, they go in the tomatoes with smoked salmon and capers. The cherries macerate while you eat dinner- mix the corn starch with the sugar, and let everything sit on the stove cold while you dine. Once dinner is over, heat on the cherries and pull your ice cream. Serve the ice cream to the dishes and those go to the dining room. Now the cherries are boiled and thickened- add the alcohol and bring that dish flaming to the dining room to serve the dessert. Hmm…actually I think I would pre scoop the ice cream and have that waiting in the freezer so I can use that time it takes for the cherries to cook to make the coffee.
Yeah, dude is trying, but a consistent theme is that he treats recopies like ikea instructions, when you really need to understand what each step is doing and have some intuition about cooking in general. The fact that he dumped about a pint of liquid onto a ham steak really shows he's got some grey-matter switched off, likely because he's making decisions in the moment rather than thinking even a single step ahead.
Ain't nobody reading you bragging.
@@andrewseaman9913 Aside from you sounding like a douche in general, you also don't take into consideration he's narrating what he's doing for the camera and trying to show the mixing and chopping to the camera. This obviously eats up a lot of attention and focus.
@@Nocturne22 it's not bragging, it's explaining the mindset you need to use your time efficiently on the kitchen...
I always tell myself “Jamie has posted a new video… I’ll watch him for a couple of minutes…, put him on in the background while I do something productive…”…. But noooo, always glued to the screen 😂
Bravo!
Bravo! This is getting to the point where you can take it on the road and perform live . . .
Your "concentrating" mad face! Omg! Your so funny and fun to watch
I first thought the R.I.P. snail was for Slurmz McKenzie from Futurama.😆
😂 I totally lv ya brother... You crack me up. I love your videos. I do have to say in all fairness though Julia did not have people off in the shadows throwing pots, pans, sieves, utensils, xtc. at her to speed up the process.🤣
THANK GOD YOU HAVEN'T NEEDED ANY PYREX, CORELLE, OR CHEF KNIVES!!! 🤣😂🤣
You know you've got my vote bro! 👍💯💯💯
Chaotically entertaining, as always.
I probably wouldn’t have been tempted into buying the apron we’re it not for the Scott tribute. That put me over the top, well played sir.
That lil guy captured our imagination and stole our heart. 🐌 Thank you for your support!! 🙌
I'm really impressed you did all of that in less than an hour! 😮😮😮
I love your commitment to the bowl gnome bit even under a time constraint.
So much fun! Thank you!
Tbh with these "30 minute" recipes, I wouldn't doubt that the time was more of a rough estimate, rather than an actual timed thing, especially with how much prep work is needed.
Combat Cooking ala Julia Childs.....Julia Childs, Master Chef Edition. Great video !
The thing about that menu is that all of those components could easily be made in advance, so it might be a good menu to serve when you want to do that and just have easy assembly right before serving. Forget the 30 minute deadline ha ha.
Love your show. Please keep it going👏❤️
I've seen Julia's episode on youtube also, along with similar 30 minute dinners. In general she knocks out a lot of prep, none can be done in 30 minutes with no advance work, most really don't come together in 30 even with. I do like her 'order of battle' reference - that ole WWII influence. (Has that food mill ever worked out?)
Really excited for this lol the chaos is always good
Just brilliant 👏👏👏
❤That was great! And it sounds delicious.
Omg merch?! I'm so excited to get it!! :D
Literally look forward to every upload. Thanku Jamie
Love this as expected! Ordered the apron too! We think you're awesome and look forward to every episode.
I don’t think that cooking should be competitive or a race, just do your usual whacky, competent, charming and creative usual.
Great video as always, I'm sorry I laughed so hard when the 30 minute time passed, hope you didn't hear me.
Ordered my apron. Can't wait!
I LOVE THE SNAIL!
Would love one of those aprons, I have been watching and supporting your channel for a long time! $70 is a bit much though I think.. can’t wait to see what you drop in the future. PS 30 min is just unrealistic for anyone other than Julia herself 😂😭