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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 18, 2007 - 11:41 pm
Oh and glad Aaron has been put out of his misery, but some of those guys were awfully smug, considering how bad they were tonight, and in the morning challenge. Heck, I enjoyed my trip to the Waffle House in Nashville!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 12:03 am
Sea, I've had many a good meal at Waffle Houses! I remember getting out of the clubs at 2AM and everyone heading to the Waffle House. Now that's the time for a big greasy breakfast. LOL
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:19 am
Last night was my first time watching the show...and I probably wouldn't have tuned in 'cepting a cousin who IS NOT into Reality Shows was channel surfing last week and was telling me about Julia, short order cook from Waffle House and that just from watching the few minutes of the show she was rooting for Julia. Heck, I have worked at Waffle House and there are times I would much rather eat at WH than I would some of the other restaurants I have worked for. Gooooooooooo Julia
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:26 am
I still don't know why it takes them over an hour to get out one plate of an appetizer, or 2 hours for the main course. I've never been to a restaurant where it takes that long for anything. This is my first season watching this show, is it always this way in the HK kitchens? I just don't get it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:29 am
I don't think I was just seeing things, but they also showed Joanna licking the tongs one time. I was wondering later why they showed that, then it never came up during the eliminations. I'd rather eat spaghetti out of the trash than spoiled crab, if anyone is keeping score. Julia and Rock seem to be the only 2 stand-outs (even though we're not seeing too much of Rock just yet). Glad Aaron is gone. After his first crybaby episode I thought he needed to go. This is not a stellar year for chefs on this show!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:31 am
It does seem to be the way this show runs, Darclyte. I can get waited on, served, and eat the whole meal in 15 minutes (o.k., maybe that's at McDonalds, but at least they have never served me rancid food and I doubt they take food out of their trash...)
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 3:52 am
Thanks, FreeTime! I thought it said fall for Kitchen Nightmares, but when I did a quick search everything I found said Summer and I started to doubt myself. Back in the day, when I was just out of college, working a LOW paying job and living with my aunt, we used to go to see the local Sally League Baseball team every Thursday night (It was "Thirsty Thursday", all drinks were 2 for 1, so all I had to do was buy my ticket and my aunt would buy all the drinks). One week, we won a between innings drawing and our prize was dinner for 2 at Waffle House, where I'd never even been for dinner. After baseball season, our Thursday night tradition was dinner at Waffle House. Good memories. I was very pleased with Ramsay's response to Julia last night. He just isn't a snob when it comes to their backgrounds...actually, to me he seems to be the opposite. Seems like he gets the most angry with the people who have the training and don't perform. I think he'd much rather take someone like Julia under his wing, because while she may be lacking in some of the knowledge, she has cooking skills. Not that the prize here is training with Ramsay...I think Season 1 winner Michael was the only one who's been offered that. And that was something Ramsay volunteered, not the official show prize. During the breakfast portion, I couldn't help but think of Top Chef's Stephen when they were having so many problems with the omelets. Seriously, Stephen made a "perfect omelet" with one hand! And I kept thinking about his statement that if you can't cook an egg you don't belong in a kitchen. Wonder how he feels about those who can't cook hash browns? (And, really, I learned how to cook hash browns when I was a kid. Really not that hard.)
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:49 am
Lexie sits on the Julia for the Win!!! couch!!! Julia truly has heart about cooking and Chef Ramsey obviously sees it. I hope she smokes them all !!!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 4:51 am
{quote}They better quit picking on Julia. I hope she smokes them all. Getouttamyhead Watching!!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:10 am
I have been on team Julia since day 1!!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:16 am
I think we're going to need an awfully long couch since so many of us are Julia fans! I liked her right away too, just because she was the outsider without foo-foo formal training. Hey Watching2...remember when we ate hotdogs at my house before going to Niagara Falls? Uh...yours fell into the trash and I retrieved it and just wiped it off on an old towel. You're none the worse for that, are you? I'm sorry, I didn't realize you didn't like previously junked food. 
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:34 am
Maybe one of those giant sectionals? I'm on the Julia couch, too. I LOVED that instead of going to bed, she was actually up "studying".
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 5:37 am
<100> as much as we like Julia, we think Rock probably is going to come on and win this thing. Not sure he's a top drawer chef right now but this group doesn't impress me much. Eventually we think Julia's lack of formal training is going to catch up with her. She is, without doubt, the best cook but that doesn't necessarily make her the best chef. My wife and I are pulling for her and we hope she wins or at least lasts close to the end. As for Aaron....I guess somebody somewhere has or will find out what was his health problem. I'm no MD but as a clinical psych I'd like to see him tested for chemical imbalance, circulatory, and coronary problems. My gut tells me it's one of those, or a combination, because of the "spontaneous" fainting episodes. Eliminating any organic cause would leave a functional cause like anxiety attacks but, again, I think there's more going on here than that. Of course, I wish I could get over this thought that he was a plant from the start.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:12 am
I THOUGHT that when Chef Ramsey was talking with Aaron in the hospitel he said "You have a serious DISEASE." Did anyone else hear that? I have it taped, so guess I should go back and re-listen to that part. I THINK any of the areas suggested by Mack above would be called a "condition," not a disease - but I am way out of my area of expertise here.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:20 am
I too am wondering what Aaron "Serious illness" is. GO JULIA!! I knew she'd rock that challenge. Nothing better then leaving a club @ 4am and going to the waffle house YUMMMMMMMMMM
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:30 am
I think I heard the word disease, too. I didn't like it that Ramsay seemed genuinely concerned with Aaron on the phone, but asked the men's teams before the challenge if there were any more "phoneys"
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Greenie
Member
06-13-2007
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:31 am
I love Julia. I love that Ramsey can see through their BS that they are really afraid of Julia. Afraid that a Waffle House cook is going to beat them all. I think she scared them during that breakfast challenge and then when she took over for rancid crab girl and did well there too. I think the red-head is jealous that someone with no training is picking up very quickly on something she admits took her ten years to learn. I lmao every week at their arrogance. I hope Julia continues to do well.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:34 am
I did catch Ramsey saying disease but coronary and circulatory conditions are also called diseases so I didn't put much store in the use of the word. (Some MD's will say things like "Your condition is caused by such and such desease" so you pretty much get to the same end point.) Even though I mentioned chemical imbalance first I lean toward a lack of blood supply to the extremities (remember the leg cramps) as a more likely scenario. The trick, and potentially big problem, is what disease or condition, take your pick, is causing the lack of circulation.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:39 am
What concerned me was the way Ramsey said Aaron was sick and that he was "not going to be ALLOWED back in the kitchen." Made me think of TB or hepatitis or something that is very contagious. Then again, if that was the case, I'm sure every prospective HK chef would've had to get the HEP and TB shots. Odd, but I'm glad he's out of there. <100> I did kinda sorta feel sorry for him. As to the spaghetti a la trash or rancid crab, well, I'd pick the spaghetti cause I don't eat crab. But really Joanne, what the heck were you thinking? Girl, you're supposed to be in a fine dining establishment. Although, yeah, OK, it'd NEVER be OK to serve food a la trash carte! Julia's still impressing me. I hope she does really well and shows all those <100>. I couldn't believe how smug Melissa sounded (and condescending) as she explained to Julia that she wouldn't know the ingredients. Sheesh!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:54 am
I can't believe the one girl wanted to serve food from the trash can and yet they still look down on Julia.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:06 am
I think Jen's trashcan spaghetti may have ruined her career. I know that I wouldn't hire her! ITA Mocha. Who do those girls think they are, judging her about her knowledge? People can learn new things, but her obvious leadership skills and calm demeanor in the kitchen are much more difficult to obtain. I hope she kicks their judgemental butts right to the curb. Seems like Ramsay sees potential with her!
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:21 am
I like Julia, but the reality is that she'd never cut it in a high end restaurant. They don't have time to explain to someone what Foie Gras or Tarragon are, they're expected to know. That's not being snobby, that's reality. The way that the other women talk down to Julia is snobbery, but at the end of the day, they're right. Julia might be able to run a high end breakfast place, but I doubt she could run a traditional gourmet restaurant with her lack of basic knowledge. That's not to say she couldn't learn, but she's not ready right now, which is too bad because I like her. She's plucky.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:28 am
Then again, Darclyte, there is a "chef" who can't cook hash browns, and a "chef" who takes food out of the garbage. Those are the reality, too, and all the schooling in the world obviously doesn't make them more worthy. This season just doesn't seem to have such great candidates!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:29 am
I wonder if in the evenings they are even helping her to learn different gourmet terminology? I'm sure that can't hurt since they are working as a team.
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 7:39 am
I did see Joanna lick the tong. That was gross. I am sorry but I cannot believe any of these people could run a restaurant and what is up with the HK's menu. BORING! I wish they would cook and serve something a bit more interesting. Personally I don't understand how they ruin the Beef Wellington, every time!
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