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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 1:49 pm
LOL.. considering how much I hate peas, that just looked WRONG to me.
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:05 pm
What I want to know, is what is up with HK and Beef Wellington? Every season Beef Wellington is served and screwed up on. Of all the entrees in the world you could serve, why Beef Wellington over and over again?????? And Beef Wellington is so outdated. If they need a complicated recipe, why can't they do something else? It's just getting so boring. 'Kay, rant over.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:29 pm
Ramsey must realllllly like risotto --I was watching Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (I think -- is that the one where he goes to a restaurant and tries to help them improve?) and when he came back at the end to see if things had gotten better, the chef served him risotto w/pomegranate seeds! BLEH! (He even walked away muttering about pomegranate and risotto. ) Not a big pea fan, either, and I've to think the texture of the two combined would be akin to paste.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:34 pm
I thought it was spinach risotto.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:48 pm
as per the continually ruined Wellingtons, if I was there I'd be considering that the oven isnt working properly. The temperature has to be just right for the inside to be cooked and the outside pastry done just right. Personally, I have no idea how a person can cook a rare, welldone and medium Welly ALL at the same time in the same oven. That is the issue IMHO.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:55 pm
Mythbusters had a lab perform the tests, so the tests came from an actual lab, not just the people on the show. I don't recall the specifics of the lab, but it was one with merit...like a food testing lab, or microbiology lab...it was a couple of years ago. They showed that the bacterial cultures from something not on the floor were lower than the one that was on the floor for just a few seconds, and far fewer than the sample from the wet floor. As far as serving times, what I mean is cooking times should always be the same but at full strength, they can't seem to serve ANYTHING under 45 minutes. With the number of people shrinking, it seems that fewer people will have to do more work, work more stations, and that suggests to me that they're going to have more errors and longer serving times.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 7:34 pm
This one is for you, Jodied!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:19 pm
Beef Wellington is a good test of "chefing" skills. It is very difficult to get the pastry done and have the beef at the requested degree of doneness. I agree that it is a passe dish, but there are still people who enjoy it and think it the height of haute cuisine -
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:23 pm
Thank You, Julieboo! Finally I'm seeing all the posts! That was really odd. I've been posting for 3 years and this has never happened before.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:35 pm
He always has risotto and yeah it was pea risotto the other night 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:42 pm
Sun, regarding cooking various doneness of the Wellingtons - I think I remember Bonnie saying that she was trying to keep track of the amount of time the different Wellingtons were in the oven while she was at that station. Then that annoying Melissa came over to her station and Bonnie lost track of which ones were in for how long. I'd have to write them down!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 1:20 am
what I meant was it is more complicated then just checking times. The Pastry will be burnt if the temp is incorrect. i think that this show is not what cooking is really like in a big restaurant. Making each little dish right from scratch just seems so unlikely. for instance, One big pan of risotto on the go which will be good for 10-20 mins before going over the line.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 6:02 am
Personally, I love beef wellington and ALWAYS order it if it is on the menu. However, I prefer it when it is a filet that is individually wrapped rather than the whole tenderloin wrapped and then sliced. I don't know how they EVER get that right, since that is a heck of a lot of beef and they only serve a couple dishes at a time.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 6:17 am
Beef wellington is one of the hardest meat dishes to cook because of the pastry. And risotto is also difficult to get just right. So I'm not surprised these two dishes appear on every season's HK menu.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 8:39 am
The people who go go HK have to know what a disaster it is, and that in the first weeks, they'll either wait forever or go home without eating. I wonder if they're paid extras, or just people who hope they'll get their pusses on TV.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 8:51 am
I love risotto. And peas. As for the beef wellington, when I used to eat meat, I loved that too, but I also saw it as individually wrapped in pastry and prepared, and not sliced.
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Greenie
Member
06-13-2007
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 9:03 am
The restaurant guests are paid.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 9:21 am
The people who go to HK are actors or people who sign waivers that they will be on TV.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 10:38 am
Has it been Beef Wellington every season? I was thinking last season, at least, that is was some-other-meat Wellington.... And I thought Ramsay was a LOT nicer to that woman than he usually is. He was pretty polite when he asked her to hold on a sec, he actually said he'd try to get her order out and it was only when she kept on that he was his usual insulting self.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 12:42 pm
He always has beef wellington on the menu. and risotto.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 12:53 pm
I think it was beef season 1, but last season was lamb wellington, now he's back to beef
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 1:11 pm
I've never had beef wellington but all this talk is making me hungry lol.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 5:19 pm
Just don't go to the Hell's Kitchen restaurant, Mocha 'cause you'd never get your order! None of those chefs seem to be able to cook one.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 6:04 pm
Do I dare admit that while I've heard of beef wellington, I've never actually SEEN the stuff and had to google image it?? LOL
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 6:31 pm
I have beef wellington in my freezer. It's made by the Kansas City Steak Co and it's really good! Even this can be over-cooked if not watched. I have made it, myself, and this is one product I don't mind having delivered. Something that has REALLY been bothering me with all these shows...the lack of hair restraints! I KNOW they don't use them because it's a show, but come on, that in itself is DISGUSTING! LOL
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