Hamburger Dinner | The French Chef Season 7 | Julia Child

[@66impala71]

"It sounds awfully fancy in a foreign language." It does indeed and Julia brings it back down to earth beautifully.

[@karenokeane6461]

Burgers and champagne is FINE---because JULIA says so. She is utterly fabulous. :)

[@davidvilmin3457]

Well said!!!

[@sonnyshores3507]

I can't get enough of Julia Child. I had no idea how she molded my cooking skills while my mother watched these programs. We only had one tv, so except for Saturday mornings, the TV was under my parent's control.

[@mattster3699]

I’m a Brit, I absolutely love this, there’s something so appealing about American culture back in the day. From Julia child to Lucille ball ❤❤❤

[@kyledavidson8712]

These gals had the old world sort of umph that third wave feminism made obsolete. Careful what you wish for friends.

[@rustybearden1800]

So reassuringly comforting to listen to Julia prattle on about shallots, instant flour, cuts of beef, imperfect crepes and shucking oysters. "My friend Jim Beard......" WTF? Love Miss Julia forever!

[@postmodernrecycler]

My favorite iteration of her show. Peak '70s decor. The final segments in that wild, green dining room are the best. I have to make that rice/onions dish.

[@milfordcivic6755]

When I was a kid this was on WGBH 2 Boston Saturday afternoon right before Justin Wilson, Victory Garden and This Old House.

[@teresafarrington5406]

Yes! I remember it well!

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

Dont forget The New Yankee Workshop. Mom was warm for Norm.

[@Bee-ih5uy]

Ah, the memories!

[@IngaHicks]

Stand up Strong Island for being strict about oysters 😊 Leave it to Julia to make hamburgers a special meal

[@nativevirginian8344]

Boy, green was GREEN back in the 70s!

[@milfordcivic6755]

Earthtones were big

[@Exiled.New.Yorker]

EVERYTHING was green. Avocado, Hunter, Olive Drab, feckin FERN BARS.

[@CS-ys4sy]

Refrigerators would be green!

[@briannumme9337]

Great food and the fabric on the dining room chairs is rather special!

[@davetarpley3740]

That quick cream sauce is new to me. It could be made with all sorts of variations (herbs, white wine, shallots, etc.) Good for veggies and fish.

[@johnmanno2052]

The funny/tragic thing about this, is that when I watched Julia as a kid back in the early 70s, food like this was totally middle class fare. Now, no middle class person can afford fresh oysters, champagne, or even the kind of ground beef in the hamburger! I volunteer at a food shelf in the Midwest. People who have multiple jobs with families cannot afford the food depicted here, and even if they could, they're far too exhausted to make anything like this after working their jobs.

[@baritonebynight]

Corporate greed is at an all time high. This was in the early 1970s before trickle down economics was introduced in the 80s, which just made the rich get richer and more greedy.

[@jackesavage]

my apartment would be engulfed in flames if i ever tried this

[@nativevirginian8344]

😊

[@christinewalsh2300]

I loved watching Julia Child on Channel 2 !

[@MIKECNW]

You better tell them Ch. 2 is WGBH. Those outside of Boston may not know and their could be other PBS stations with that number.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

For the VERY first time in over 50 years of enjoying Julia Child and all her fabulous shows/recipes, I'm actually going to say "OH YUK, OYSTERS!!"

[@butchdugan]

If Julia says hamburgers can be a French, 3 course meal … then hamburgers can be a French 3 course meal!

[@monkfan72]

Bon appetit! ❤

[@outtathyme5679]

The first crepe is the hardest

[@davidgarciasanchez1090]

They can be bootleg oysters 😂

[@theghostofsw6276]

Nowadays they 3D print 'em!

[@brianmochol-vz5uv]

My favorite is dinner spaghetti sauce Grandma Armenia

[@Bee-ih5uy]

Here's to Mary Shallot and her shallot garden - I hope she had a good life!

[@jessrow1275]

I’m thinking about how much this menu would cost in 2024, since the issue has come up on this thread. Ground beef: 2lbs at say $6.99/lb. $14 Rice, onions, etc: $10 approximately Flour, eggs: $10 approximately Apricots: 1 lb, say $8 Kirsch: a whole bottle is expensive, but you only use about half a cup (or can skip). Say $10 Oysters: you can get live oysters at Whole Foods (obvs not the cheapest option) for $2 each or less, so $24 for a dozen Champagne: you can get a decent bottle for $20 That comes out to $96 to feed 4 very well, and say $10 more for the green bean purée. It would be less if you shopped at a discount supermarket. Not bad!

[@JRandaII]

I don’t know where you live, but here in the midwest that same meal would cost about $26.00. I actually did the precise calculations. Plus, about $25.00 for the champagne. So, about $51.00 total. And, I think that that’s expensive…

[@napsinbootsnapsinboots2995]

MUST BE HAWAII PRICES..EVERYTHING IS IMPORTED WITH THAT TAX BUT HARD LIQUOR.. 1 CAN OF AMERICAN BEER IN HAWAII IN 1985 WAS 4 BUCKS IN ANY BAR..A VODKA MARTINI WAS 1.50 I GAL OF MILK WAS 8 BUCKS. REIMEN NOODLES WAS A DOLLAR A BAG..

[@brianmochol-vz5uv]

My favorite is dessert chocolate chip cookies Grandma Armenia

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Beans with mushrooms or spinach with mushrooms or garlic ..et travajas o 😮

[@kirahastings9900]

Back in the day you could have the butcher grind your meat fresh. Unless we were cash strapped, my mother always ordered ground round. Now everything is pre-ground and labeled by fat percentage and whether or not it's grass-fed. You really don't know for sure what cut you are getting. I'm going to try that tip about adding cream the next time I make hamburgers.

[@irishis3]

Julia would be shocked to see the price of chuck roast! I remember when it was 39¢ per pound

[@aletadetwiler9071]

Do you think she really knew that the “muscle relaxing” really meant that the oyster had died?

[@TenchiJeff]

Nobody else noticed how uncooked those burgers are?

[@ozzygirl098]

Well the ones she cooked fast yes they are uncooked…. But the ones already on the table were cooked fully.

[@colinsmith5218]

I had no idea the 2 tablespoons of oil rule already existed then.

[@livsonlourenco9469]

Adoro a voz dela parecendo ter uma macaúba na boca enquanto fala.

[@swinbot]

What is the meaning of ‘t’?

[@misstee101]

Taped maybe

[@misstee101]

They meant to put in the episode title, which is The Hamburger Dinner

[@reagandenny]

Hamburgers and pancakes served with champagne 😂😂

[@milfordcivic6755]

Botulism was a sauce back then

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Used to think how hard it was to make but i now know how to cook anything without a recipe book ..Julia however the cajon chef was our nieghbor later on Betty White who the actress portrayed on the Mary Tyler Moore show as ...😮she was friends with a doctor we knew

[@indigorecluse]

what is kiersch? thats the one thing i didnt follow along with.

[@Isabella-nd3rq]

It’s a liquer. It’s sweet and often mixed with sugar water to flavor cakes and desserts. Very French. 😊

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Use same butter sauce for lobsters

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Prep batter you can use for waffles 😮

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Double shifted flour 😮 or cake flour in a box

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Self Rising flour is also what she is talking about in weight..predomie vu Francis 😮 merci bo cu 😮..

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Ground chuck makes best chilli kidney bean not pinto..😮

[@jetsgardner5490]

Has Julia ever served hamburgers on a bun???

[@nuavecmoi]

Can be bootleg! 😂

[@marilynsnider8183]

I wouldn't flame it, as I dont drink. It's just as good by itself.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

HUH?? the flames burn off any alcohol content.. it just leaves behind the flavor..

[@Nyx773]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Flames only burn off about 25% of the alcohol.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@Nyx773 says who?

[@Nyx773]

@rdambiznez Says anyone who knows how to do a simple search on the internet

[@arditsadiku8474]

t

[@matt88rocks]

She has a strange accent - almost sounds British at times

[@reagandenny]

She didn't have the best pots and pans

[@ask-128]

with Julia..it was a show on a shoe string budget...with her husband the camera man...now a days they often use brand new expensive pots and pans for every show?

[@ThatonekidFN]

​@@ask-128and you have to remember this was back in the early 70s.

[@pasavant]

Great cook, great cookbooks , but she gets so confused while talking that it is difficult to listen to her.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

She was doing it live to tape.. she had no way to go back and clean up anything.. live with it or don't watch them.

[@cdnsilentk]

Those burgers are definitely not fully cooked. For shame Julia!!

[@jimbo477]

Fully cooked? She was buying the best meat from the best butchers in Cambridge. Not some slop from a huge discount store. That beef could have been eaten raw with zero problems.

[@ask-128]

she would of reheated the food for the crew , her husband who was the camera man, herself, and for others...if they were well done the first time, they would be hockey buckets the second time serving

[@theghostofsw6276]

@@jimbo477 That's NOT the point......they're raw (no matter what the cut). I wish this raw=cultured meme would die already....the opposite is true.

[@WriteSister]

Would “have” not would “of”.

[@Consrignrant]

My goodness that's disgusting. Even for the 70's.