Episode #1.6 (19 December 1985)

Trout in newspaper; pilchard failure; sashimi

Keith goes to a trout farm, but we don't see the trout themselves. The owner, Caroline, cooks trout in newspaper and Keith and Caroline eat it together.

Next, Keith goes on a fishing boat to catch pilchards, but despite having caught several tons the previous few nights, when Keith is there they catch only four. Keith cooks them on a grill, but refuses to explain his methods.

Next Keith, and a friend go to a Japanese restaurant in Bath and sample sashimi and teppanyaki prepared by a woman possibly called Chikako? Keith delivers a lecture on the battle of the sexes and how Japanese husbands help their wives on Sunday mornings.

Keith then goes on to make the correct prediction that Japanese food would become increasingly popular in the coming years.

A personal anecdote about Keith: around 1980 I heard him predict that in the future, cooking with a blowtorch would become popular. Some people might have thought he was crazy, but as it happens using blowtorches for cooking did indeed take off after that.

So Keith was a fairly successful predictor of food trends.

[This is a review of an episode of a Keith Floyd cookery programme.]

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