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Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
Huk--that's hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

I was wondering about the pastry chefs, too, TNT. I bet there are a lot of non-pasty chefs who couldn't make creme brulee or fancy desserts. Of course the executive chef should have some clue as to what it is, though.

Trini
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07-06-2004

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
Did 2 chefs go home on Monday night? Joanna
@ Aaron. Did red and blue do so badly that 2 were sent home?
Sorry I missed the show& the doy eat my homework.

Greenie
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06-13-2007

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Greenie a private message Print Post    
Aaron was too sick to continue and Joanna....well, Joanna sucked as usual so she went home

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
DH was just telling me of a university study that PROVED the 5 second rule. As long as you get food off the floor within 20-30 seconds, it dramatically lowers the dirt/bacteria that it has.

However, I'm pretty sure they did the FLOOR test, not the TRASH test! (and picking it up off MY kitchen floor is a heckuva' lot different than picking it up off a restaurant kitchen's floor!).

Just one more reason why I like places like Johnny Carinos or Brann's where you can SEE into the kitchen and see what's happening! :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Never insult or berate your waiter or chef before you are finished eating (not that insulting anyone is a good idea anyway).

Gonzilly
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07-09-2005

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gonzilly a private message Print Post    
Teach, I saw that study as well. I can see the floor test passing but I agree with you about the trash test. That may have been the same garbage can the rancid crab was dumped in also. Ick!!!

About that rancid crab... Do you think that was a set up? The women didn't stock the kitchen. Maybe Ramsey knew the crab was bad and he was just seeing if they would serve it. Or, maybe the men put it out on the counter all day while the women were off on their adventure. haha

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
oh no, my long post just went completely Missing! well, no time to do it now. Darn!

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
They Mythbuster's proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the 5 second rule is exactly that...a Myth.

Adam and Jamie...the Einsteins of today.


quote:

About that rancid crab... Do you think that was a set up?




I honestly think there is alot of scripting going on on this show. I mean, the only way Gordo would slam anything into my chest....is if I signed a waiver stating I would have to leave the show and face criminal charges if I retaliated...aside from the fact of ruining my chances to win.

I'd be kicking his ass otherwise.

Jodied75
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08-26-2004

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodied75 a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, you really made me laugh with your comment...

My dad can be the ultimate snob. He's an electrical engineer, university educated, owns his own businesses, etc., etc., and he seems to think it gives him a licence to be rude to service workers. His wife, my stepmom, is like that, too.

So when we go out to dinner and he's acting all snobby and supercilious, I'm bending over backwards, ingratiating myself to make up for it. I'm silently and desperately sending out the message, "See how nice and sweet I'm being?? See, you don't have to spit into MY food." The worse they behave, the more I'm kissing ass. When my dad receives a water refill, I'M profusely thanking the waitstaff for it.

All the time I'm thinking, why in the world would you ever be rude to someone handling your food??

I feel like it is so condescending and inappropriate to behave like that towards anyone, anyways. I might be oversensitive, but honestly, when someone acts rude to me, a total stranger even, like the bus driver or the convenience store clerk, etc., it can totally change my mood. I could go out and feel totally mellow, and then feel down in the dumps for hours because some stranger acted inconsiderately.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
For those of you who like an open kitchen so you can see what is going on - remember that hours and hours of prep work went on with the restaurant closed! I love open kitchens though because I am a true FOODIE!!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Jodied, your mentioning your dad and his "ultimate snob" behavior reminded me of a fellow I worked with. He was in R&D, so I assume he had an engineering background. The thing he was most proud of was his R&D "lab coat." OK, it was really a smock that our company got from a uniform company. It was the same company the inking department got their uniforms from (so they didn't get ink all over their clothes, the company provided shirts/pants for the ink room to use). As a quality inspector in the ink room, I got a set of shirts too, which I usually just wore unbuttoned over my regular t-shirt when I had to go in the more inky areas of the department.

So anyway, this R&D guy talked down his nose at everyone. He seemed to regard himself as so superior in intelligence, nobody was worth his time. Trying to discuss quality issues and the like with him was pretty near impossible.

Enter the lab coat observation....whenever he put on that lab coat, you could see a physical difference in the guy. From the way he carried himself, to the way he talked with even more self-importance to everyone around him...except for his fellow R&D folks (in their lab coats). So, the next time I needed to discuss an issue with him, I threw on my own "lab coat" (ok, it was really only a uniform shirt, but from the same company as his lab coat), and sought him out. The difference in how he interacted with me was almost hysterical! He was respectful, listened to every word I said, and we actually resolved the quality issue right then and there. So, every time I needed something from him, I made sure to wear my "lab coat."

sorry, this was a bit OT as far as HK was concerned. But it related a little bit since we were talking about snobbery.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 2:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Regarding the creme brulee issue, even *I* can make it, and so can my FATHER, so I really have no sympathy on that point. I mean bfd, the only thing out of the ordinary is that you have to have that chef's blowtorch. On the other hand, there is no reason for those other chefs to act like it is some big special deal either. It is like any other food that you have never had before - just follow the recipe.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Let's be careful please that we don't give it away here by making references.

If we know that Poster A dislikes someone and then later Poster A says that they are disappointed with the spoiler predictions (or vice versa), it's not too hard to draw conclusions.

The spoiler box tag is always a handy way of discussing spoilers.

\spoiler{Text goes here}

Thanks.

Dovez
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08-27-2005

Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 10:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dovez a private message Print Post    
thanks, reader

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
We've created a separate page for Hell's Kitchen spoilers and moved some spoiler posts to that thread.

Hell's Kitchen Spoilers

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
has anyone seen an interview with Aaron...I would love to hear what he has to say...esp since they filmed months ago...want to know he is doing better

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I just googled around a bit and found nothing except for they mysterious "illness".

Nessietessie
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02-03-2007

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nessietessie a private message Print Post    
Aarons illness may have been a ploy to get out of doing any work.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I doubt that. Didn't Ramsey say that it was doctor's orders that Aaron not return?

If Aaron didn't want to do any work, what was he doing on the show? I do think something was wrong. Although I doubt if "anorexia" (as someone in another chat room suggested) was the problem, I do think his eating (or lack thereof) may have been part of the problem. Didn't he eat only an apple one day? Considering the stress and temperatures and all going on the kitchen, I don't think just an apple would provide enough nutrition to sustain someone.

Whatever it was, his privacy is obviously protected by HIPAA and he didn't want to disclose what his medical condition was.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
started in other thread, sorry. girls won taste challenge. rock and jen sucked the least and were told to pick one each team for nomination. rock picked josh and jen picked melissa. chef over ruled them both and put up bonnie and vinnie ... then he kicked vinnie off the show ... said he's a crap cook.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Sheesh, I can't even remember who Vinnie is!

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Countrydaze a private message Print Post    
Thank you Lady.....I really appreciate that. I don't know if the station will rerun but I doubt it. I am so glad that he overruled Melissa. They are just really mean to her. I think that they are now afraid that she is better than them.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
They are mean to Melissa????? Heck she's one of the biggest <self-modded> on the show this season. she acts like such a SNOB. she was mean to julia again tonight even though julia did better than she did in the taste challenge.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
A comment about the above discussion on the long debated "5 second rule." Quite recently one of the major networks did an in depth investigation on what's true and what isn't. Forget which network, but I'm thinking it might have been John Stossle (sp?). I was stunned that they proved and showed us scientifically via various tests that it IS safe to eat off the floor (gross but safe). I remember collage girls had something to do with it and they said they still wouldn't eat it lol. But allegedly they showed that it IS perfectly safe, and I'm thinking a network would be pretty darn sure to say that considering the lawsuits that could follow.

I too totally believe the crab last week was a setup, but a fair one. A restaurant CAN kill someone w/bad food and they should all be able to catch it or they don't belong working in a kitching let alone heading a restaurant.

I found it weird that Chef Ramsey kept referring to Aaron's mystery "serious illness" while he kept wanting to come back. I think the illness that kept him off the show was lack of ability and this was a way to get him out. Clearly he wasn't in too solid physical or emotional shape IMHO. Hope he got a good check up and that I'm right and nothing was going on.

As for today, I agreed they choose the wrong folks. But these people are disasters and it is scary to think of any of them running a Restaurant. And that's one of the places in Las Vegas I've really liked the looks of and hoped to go there. Guess I won't eat there if I do lolol. I would bet on the winner, but IMHO there is NO ONE anywhere near ready to have their own. Not sure anyone is even ready to run a kitchen. SCARY! But good TV right?!!!!?????

OH my highlight of tonight is whan that snob always putting down the Waffle house girl did worse than the other one. Was hoping someone would rub her stuck up nose in it!!! Least she was nominated--briefly! Obviously ITA w/LadyTex!

Countrydaze
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11-07-2003

Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Countrydaze a private message Print Post    
Sorry, my mind is not working and Lady you are correct. I got the ladies mixed up. Geesh I hated missing the show. Julia is the one that I think the girls are threatened by, but they don't want to admit that because she works for the Waffle House. For some reason they look down on her for that, which I do not understand.