Eddie Doucette’s “Home Cooking” episode guide
While searching for an episode of Eddie Doucette’s “Home Cooking” 1954-55 television show, I also kept a list of what episodes I found. As you can see, there are a few missing. If you have Chicago-area TV Guides from the missing weeks, scans or photos of the 1:00 PM slot for Monday through Friday will be greatly appreciated!
- The missing weeks for 1954 are the weeks of September 4, October 23, October 30, November 6, and December 4.
- The missing weeks for 1955 are the weeks of January 15 and January 22.
| Monday, August 30 | Eddie Doucette returns to his post as mentor, with easily followed recipes. Eddie considers costs as well as glamor, and uses clever touches to meals. Today: Chicken that’s different; peach meringue torte. |
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| Tuesday, August 31 | Eddie Doucette with easily prepared meals. Today: Ham steak gourmet; green peas Bayou; berry mush. |
| Wednesday, September 1 | Pie crust tips; mystery pie. |
| Thursday, September 2 | Fillet of sole Jeanine; fruit Carnival. |
| Friday, September 3 | Breast of lamb pinwheels; baked meringue spicecake. |
| Monday, September 13 | Eddie Doucette prepares “Elmer’s circus cake with carousel frosting.” |
| Tuesday, September 14 | Eddie Doucette with baked onions Bordelaise and Lyannaise potatoes. |
| Wednesday, September 15 | Eddie Doucette prepares chicken tamale pie as today’s recipe. |
| Thursday, September 16 | Eddie Doucette prepares California guest cake; fluffy orange frosting. |
| Friday, September 17 | Italian pizza pie is chef Doucette’s treat. |
| Monday, September 20 | Eddie Doucette offers recipes for steak strips with soybean sauce, Chinese style, and fluffy rice. |
| Tuesday, September 21 | Succotash souffle, deviled tomatoes, Midwest Style, are Eddie Doucette’s offerings. |
| Wednesday, September 22 | Eddie Doucette prepares candelabra cake and marshmallow frosting. |
| Thursday, September 23 | Lobster curry and Risotta ring are on the Doucette menu today. |
| Friday, September 24 | Eddie Doucette prepares sauteed chicken and Bourguignonne. |
| Monday, September 27 | Chef Eddie Doucette with pork chops topper; one-meal-casserole. |
| Tuesday, September 28 | Eddie Doucette with chocolate angel pie. |
| Wednesday, September 29 | No show listed. |
| Thursday, September 30 | No show blurb. |
| Friday, October 1 | No show listed. |
| Monday, October 4 | Chef Eddie Doucette prepares ham loaf with horseradish, scalloped potatoes. |
| Tuesday, October 5 | “Apricot Braid.” Eddie Doucette. |
| Wednesday, October 6 | Showman-cook Doucette with his specialty, “Bubble and Squeak with Wow Wow Sauce.” |
| Thursday, October 7 | Eddie Doucette prepares country style omelet and popovers. |
| Friday, October 8 | No show listed. |
| Monday, October 11 | Eddie Doucette prepares wine peach pudding pie as today’s treat. |
| Tuesday, October 12 | Chef Doucette with a specialty: “red flannel hash,” and popcorn balls. Red flannel hash was a favorite supper of the 1600’s. Ingredients are chopped beef, potatoes and beets, laced with a distinctive sauce. |
| Wednesday, October 13 | Eddie suggests “hot sandwiches.” |
| Thursday, October 14 | Eddie Doucette prepares whipped cream chiffon cake. |
| Friday, October 15 | Eddie Doucette with English Muffins |
| Monday, October 18 | Chef Doucette with fireside doughnut puffs and ham banana roll-ups. |
| Tuesday, October 19 | Eddie Doucette prepares beef goulash, Hungarian style. |
| Wednesday, October 20 | Eddie Doucette prepares a specialty: “cry babies and haystacks.” |
| Thursday, October 21 | Chef Eddie Doucette bakes a “Diamond Jubilee Cake.” |
| Friday, October 22 | Eddie prepares Lobster Cantonese. |
| Monday, November 15 | Chef Doucette prepares Anadama bread. |
| Tuesday, November 16 | Eddie Doucette shows how to prepare baked fruited meat loaf. |
| Wednesday, November 17 | Eddie’s specialties today are caramel apples and frosted apple dumplings. |
| Thursday, November 18 | Chef Eddie Doucette prepares “Mom’s pumpkin pie,” and pecan pumpkin pie. |
| Friday, November 19 | “Baked crabmeat canoes” are prepared by Chef Doucette. |
| Monday, November 22 | Chef Doucette prepares side dishes of cranberry-apple pie, orange baskets. |
| Tuesday, November 23 | Eddie Doucette prepares side dishes of sweet potato surprise and honey chutney. |
| Wednesday, November 24 | Chef Doucette shows the actual preparation of the roast turkey and gravy. |
| Thursday, November 25 | The preparation of the roast turkey. |
| Friday, November 26 | Eddie features Mulligatawny soup and turkey-rice squares with curry gravy. |
| Monday, November 29 | Chef Doucette with holiday fruit cake. |
| Tuesday, November 30 | Chef Doucette shows how to make carrot souffle, fresh tomato pie. |
| Wednesday, December 1 | Eddie Doucette adds “Straub” coffee squares to his menu. |
| Thursday, December 2 | Eddie Doucette presents “Botfliere Croute,” for your table. |
| Friday, December 3 | Chef Doucette prepares brisket of beef. |
| Monday, December 13 | Chef Eddie Doucette whips up some specialties: teen-age baked beans, home style potatoes Chantilly-Moderne. |
| Tuesday, December 14 | Chef Doucette with party loaf sandwich. |
| Wednesday, December 15 | Christmas feeling in the kitchen with Doucette’s “Tiny Tim Christmas Cakes.” |
| Thursday, December 16 | Chef Eddie Doucette says “Start a gingerbread cookie house for Christmas.” |
| Friday, December 17 | Eddie Doucette shows how to finish up the gingerbread cookie house. |
| Monday, December 20 | Eddie gives tips for preparing the holiday roast goose with celery stuffing and country style cream gravy. |
| Tuesday, December 21 | Chef Doucette with holiday gumdrop cookie strips and Christmas fondant. |
| Wednesday, December 22 | Chef Doucette prepares a Christmas morning coffee cake. |
| Thursday, December 23 | A Christmas treat, “Cookie cut-outs.” |
| Friday, December 24 | Chef Eddie Doucette shows how to make a Christmas health loaf. |
| Monday, December 27 | “Beefsteak on horseback,” is Chef Doucette’s surprise dish today. |
| Tuesday, December 28 | Eddie prepares raisin cinnamon bread. |
| Wednesday, December 29 | Schaum torte is the specialty today. |
| Thursday, December 30 | Eddie Doucette performs some magic with a buffet salmon mold. |
| Friday, December 31 | Today, glazed baked ham in variations. |
| Monday, January 3 | No show blurb. |
| Tuesday, January 4 | No show blurb. |
| Wednesday, January 5 | No show blurb. |
| Thursday, January 6 | No show blurb. |
| Friday, January 7 | No show blurb. |
| Monday, January 10 | Chef Doucette prepares “veal birds.” |
| Tuesday, January 11 | Black bean soup and crackling are prepared by Eddie Doucette. |
| Wednesday, January 12 | Eddie Doucette prepares a New England Pork pie and cream cheese frosting. |
| Thursday, January 13 | Eddie Doucette tells how to make “Southern Fleece, You All, Colcannon.” |
| Friday, January 14 | “Merry time coffee cake.” |
In response to A home-cooking handful from Eddie Doucette: A glimpse at a long-lost 1954 Chicagoland television cooking show, including recipes. They were typed by a viewer, so some of them require creative interpretation.
More Eddie Doucette
- “He Was the Chef”: Remembering Eddie Doucette, Jr.
- Eddie Doucette grew up in New England. He learned his trade in his mother’s diner, in the summer schools of New England, and in better and better restaurants throughout Vermont and Massachusetts. Then he moved to Chicago to pioneer television cooking, which is how I discovered him.
- Tempt Them with Tastier Foods: Second Printing
- The second printing of Tempt Them with Tastier Foods contains several newly-discovered Eddie Doucette recipes, as well as an interview with the chef’s son, Eddie Doucette III.
- Eddie Doucette’s Potato Bread
- This is an amazing bread for breakfast or sandwiches, easily made in a bread machine. It’s a great choice for National Sandwich Day this Friday.
- Oktoberfest Sauerkraut for Potato Day
- This simple sauerkraut casserole turns into an amazing National Potato Day treat when topped with mashed potato.
- Eddie Doucette recipe sampler
- Despite their occasional weirdness, I’ve yet to try a recipe that didn’t turn out at least pretty good. Some are amazing.
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I knew Eddie.
He was a mentor and friend.
His Chef Coat was embroidered on the back with, "Over Seventy and Still Cooking!" I miss him dearly to this day.
He kept me in my place!
RIP my old friend. See you soon.
Rick Streeter in Orangeburg, SC at 1:29 a.m. September 4th, 2023
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