8.0/1023 votes#1 - Hittin' the Sauce
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2004
With a few simple tools and some basic chemistry, host Alton Brown simplifies the most common sauce quandaries. Throw away your boxed preparations and find how simple it is to create an elegant hollandaise and peppercorn sauce for your favorite steak. Recipes: Strip Steak with Pepper Cream Sauce Hollandaise
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8.5/1019 votes#2 - Shell Games
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2004
Oysters are a mystery to many and downright spooky to some. Join host Alton Brown as he unravels the secrets of this bivalve, cracks a safe or two and reinvents classic applications like oysters ""Rock-A-Fella."" Recipes: Baked Oysters Brownefeller Horseradish Cream Sauce Oyster Soup
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8.7/1018 votes#3 - Flat is Beautiful II
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2004
These days we're all looking for ways to make more out of less. Alton Brown's favorite strategy: flatten meats wafer thin and cover them with flavor. New looks at old classics like Chicken Kiev, Turkey Piccata and Carpaccio. Recipes: Beef Paillard Chicken Kiev Turkey Piccata
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8.6/1016 votes#4 - Circle of Life
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2004
Everybody loves donuts but nobody seems to make their own...until now. Join host Alton Brown as he delves into this country's favorite pastry. Not only will you learn how to make your own you'll find out how the donut really got its hole. Recipes: Yeast Doughnuts Doughnut Glaze Chocolate Doughnut Glaze
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8.3/1021 votes#5 - Wonton Ways
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2004
The humble wonton skin may look exotic but it's also the most versatile pasta you can invite into your kitchen. Join Alton Brown as he stuffs and folds and fries and steams and bakes up a mess of good eats out of this Chinese restaurant standard. Recipes : Perfect Potstickers Vegetarian Steamed Dumplings Pear Walnut Wontons
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8.3/1020 votes#6 - The Big Chili
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2004
Join Host and cowpoke Gerald P Hobbs (Alton Brown) and his sidekick Rusty as they rustle up a good, honest bowl of red. Along the way, they'll ponder the chili mythology, grind up their own chili powder (that's chili with an ""i"") and do some serious work under pressure. Recipes: AB's Chili Powder Pressure Cooker Chili
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8.4/1021 votes#7 - Sandwich-craft
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/2004
To some it's a couple of pieces of bread with something shoved between. To others, a sandwich is a sublime balance of flavor and texture born as much of technique as ingredient. Alton Brown and his nephew Elton dose up a little Sandwich-craft. Recipes: Cuban Sandwich Pan Bagnat Roasted Vegetable Spread
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8.4/1018 votes#8 - Soups On
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/2004
A good soup is like a cooking school in a bowl and class is in session for host Alton Brown's nephew Elton. Join the two as they work together to craft an old classic and (perhaps) a new one. Recipes: Garden Vegetable Soup Grape Gazpacho
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8.6/1019 votes#9 - Say Cheese
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 10/17/2004
Join host Alton Brown for a collection of short films about his favorite food: cheese. Learn about everything from pasteurization to pairing, Lactose to graters. Learn how to make cheese into soup, crackers, and a spread to end all spreads. Recipes: Cheese Soup Fromage Fort Parmesan Crisps
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8.4/1022 votes#10 - Art of Darkness III
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 10/27/2004
What could possibly be more chocolaty than chocolate? Join host Alton Brown as for his third journey into the world of chocolate. Recipes: Chocolate Truffles Ganache Frosting Good Eats Fudgepops
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8.7/1017 votes#11 - True Grits
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/3/2004
Whether you're cooking up a mess of grits or a pot of polenta cornmeal may just be the most powerful player in the pantry. Join host Alton Brown as he battles with cultural claims, doses up some science and cranks out an upside-down cake with a twist. Recipes: Cheese Grits Savory Polenta Pineapple Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake
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7.8/1016 votes#12 - Stuff It
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 11/14/2004
AB's gone on record as saying the stuff is evil and yet, hundreds of protest letters have him rethinking his position. Can a stuffing be designed that's good for diner and bird alike? Recipes Stuffed Squash Turkey with Stuffing
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8.4/1017 votes#13 - Puddin' Head Blues
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2004
In an effort to pay off the IRS, host Alton Brown decides to enter a pudding recipe contest being held by the TV pudding queen: Auntie Pudding. Recipes: Indian Rice Pudding Tapioca Pudding Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix Chocolate Pudding
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8.9/1016 votes#14 - Melondrama
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/2005
Join host Alton Brown as he attempts to demystify one of the most complex and promising fruits around. Recipes : Hot Melon Salad Melon Sorbet
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7.7/1021 votes#15 - Myth Smashers
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2005
Join host Alton Brown as he sears meat, washes mushrooms, oils the pasta water and tries to blow-up water.
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8.0/1018 votes#16 - Cuckoo for Coq Au Vin
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/2005
Can a fussy French fricassee fit a modern American lifestyle? Sure. All it takes is a chicken, a couple bottles of wine and a little know-how. The fussy French part is purely optional. Recipes: Coq au Vin
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8.4/1019 votes#17 - Carrots: A Taproot Orange
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/2005
They’re long, they’re orange and they’re everywhere, but do we ever really think about carrots? Host Alton Brown does?a lot. Join him as he concocts everything from salads to cakes and explains the whole carrot/vision thing. Recipes: Carrot Slaw Glazed Carrots Carrot Cake
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8.8/1018 votes#18 - Sprung a Leek
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/2005
Host Alton Brown ponders the leek, the lesser-known member of the Allium family which it turns, can do anything its siblings can do, only better. Don't believe it? Try these onion rings. Recipes: Grilled Braised Leeks Leek Rings Leek Potato Soup
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8.4/1022 votes#19 - Dr. Strangeloaf
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/2005
Tune in as Alton shows us how to create a great loaf of bread. Recipes: Very Basic Bread
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8.9/1017 votes#20 - My Big Fat Greek Sandwich
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/2005
The gyro may just be the perfect sandwich. Too bad you can't make one at home.or can you? Join host Alton Brown as he tackles rotisseries, tzatziki sauce and a pile of broken plates. Recipes : Gyro Meat with Tzatziki Sauce
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8.4/1017 votes#21 - Field of Greens
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/2005
Was your childhood eating plagued with plate-loads of slimy, foul-smelling leaves? Host Alton Brown shows how to turn fiend to friend when he takes on dark leafy greens. Tune in and you might learn a thing or two about nutrition too. Recipes: Mustard Green Gratin Pot O'Greens Lemon Sesame Glazed Greens
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8.9/1017 votes#22 - Do The Rice Thing
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2005
To most Americans rice means long grain, white grains. But we're missing out on the marvels of short, medium and brown grains. Join host Alton Brown as he stirs up a risotto, makes a rice salad and delves deep into a mixed bag of starch. Recipes: Baked Brown Rice Brown Rice Salad Wild Mushroom and Asparagus Risotto
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The Best Episodes of Good Eats Season 8
Every episode of Good Eats Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Good Eats Season 8!
Host Alton Brown explores the origins of ingredients, decodes culinary customs and presents food and equipment trends. Punctuated by unusual interludes, simple preparations and unconventional...
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Hittin' the Sauce" is the best rated episode of "Good Eats" season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/16/2004. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Shell Games".