Lobster a l'Américaine | The French Chef Season 1 | Julia Child

Julia Child prepares Lobster a l'Americaine, a great French lobster dish. Julia shows how to pick out a lobster, how to prepare live lobster, including how to saute and flambe lobster and how to make the sauce Américaine.
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Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child, along with her pioneering public television series from the 1960s, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens. In her signature passionate way, Julia forever changed the way we cook, eat and think about food.
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Spark some culinary inspiration by revisiting Julia Child’s groundbreaking cooking series, including The French Chef, Baking with Julia, Julia Child: Cooking with Master Chefs and much more. These episodes are filled with classic French dishes, curious retro recipes, talented guest chefs, bloopers, and Julia’s signature wit and kitchen wisdom. Discover for yourself how this beloved cultural icon introduced Americans to French cuisine, and how her light-hearted approach to cooking forever changed how we prepare, eat and think about food. Bon appétit!
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[@dmessy91]

Lobsters don't have a central nervous system and cannot feel the sensations we know as pain...stop humanizing things that aren't human

[@pwp8737]

nowadays JC would have been arrested for animal cruelty; OMG the woman shows no concern for hacking up a live animal.

[@funch357]

I watched this episode as a kid when I was home sick from school. Fascinated me. Ever since I've been able to brag that I can tell the difference between a male & female lobster. Reviewing this episode after 50+ years, I'm pleased to announce I remembered it correctly.🦞🤓👍

[@callmechia]

All the people crying animal cruelty are somewhat correct-even though for this demonstration the lobster was already killed before being dismembered- I’m pretty sure this original recipe calls for the lobster to be sautéed alive. Which to me is sad. I’d eat it. But I do find that kind of gruesome

[@debbiezullo7056]

Julia did not cut up a live lobster if you continued watching she said that her fish man killed it before she brought it home. I myself put them in the freezer for 30 minutes to rather numb their feelings before I kill them.❤

[@jusssayin480]

Julia did say her fish man killed the lobster before the show filmed. But people get real. Lobsters are thrown in boiling water alive or chopped up alive. If you can't handle the idea of that don't eat it.

[@nancydalessandro5190]

Most people kill the lobster first. Seems cruel

[@Glostaboy70]

Try the gray stuff, its delicious !!!

[@LifeHacks-ut4pc]

Did she really chop off the lobster arms while they were alive? Oh my

[@kimberlyshaw5778]

Why do people get so angry about people expressing concern over the treatment of animals? Don’t make a virtue out of it in reverse by acting like compassion is a weakness.

[@RtrdOldRnMamaw]

I’m thankful that Julia has been a presence in my culinary-life for much of my 67 yrs life! She takes the fear and apprehension out of cooking😉❣️

[@gabriellerenick1298]

Love to watch her show.

[@geraldstone8396]

She is awesome

[@ColinCropley]

this is really entertaining and I hope this recipe will be great!

[@outtathyme5679]

Julia’s fire-proof

[@katleman]

Just watched the finale of Julia season 2, which was named after this episode.

[@74Spirit1]

This was an entertaining scene in the movie "Julie vs. Julia", Julie was hesitant to cook live lobster.

[@simonalyneenderz3247]

I believe in the last 25 years, Chefs stab the lobster between the eyes, or freeze them as a commenter typed earlier.

[@cathykrueger4899]

This is a lot of work. And at certain times in the life cycle of a lobster the shells are harder than at other times. I grew up in New England eating lobster and it remains one of my favorite foods. I’ve never seen a raw lobster chopped up so this is all new to me. I can see where this would be an absolutely wonderful dish.

[@davidh9844]

The way this woman touched and deeply influenced the lives of countless Americans is just unbelievable. RIP Julia. We are better people because of you and the world is a better place because you were in it for us.