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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am trying to think of the briefest way to say this - a real challenge for me!

I volunteer at our local food bank which opens to serve a buffet meal to the public every Friday to make money to buy whatever is needed but not donated. We have six rotating menus, one of which includes mac and cheese. We have a running joke about one-handed mac and cheese (where a hotel pan of mac and cheese can be stirred with one hand) up to team mac and cheese (where many strong men are needed to stir a pan of it!)

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurkin a private message Print Post    
I backed up tivo because I couldn't believe I saw but I did. Nikki drug her pigtails over the bacon she was putting in the oven. Thought chef's were supposed to contain their hair.

There is no villian "Steven" or "Marcel" type this year. Richard is a little snarky

I thought the houses were stocked also. I can see having 25 hot dogs for the party but all the fruit and some of the other ingredients. I didn't buy were on hand. I liked the red teams have fun with the people attitude.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
My grandmother's mac-n-cheese recipe calls for Velveeta, but you make a white sauce (bechamel?) and add the cheese to it to create a cheese sauce, not just melted cheese. Our mac-n-cheese is even better the next day, straight out of the fridge, for lunch. Ours never turns to a brick. Did she just melt the cheese in butter? Guess I wasn't paying too close of attention.
Hard for me to think of a fave right now. None of them are appetizing. Yes, I went there...lol

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
If she didn't want pasta salad, she should've spoken up. From the judges' comments I got the impression she did not do a decent salad; they called it bland and oily. Not a good combo and not a dish a good cook should be presenting on a cooking show. The judges seemed to think that bunch had a poor palate since, after tasting the salad, none of them suggested any changes. If she'd done anything to "kick it up a notch," it might have helped. Bland = bleh when you're on a cooking show. :-)

Marej
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09-20-2002

Friday, March 28, 2008 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marej a private message Print Post    
I was waiting for Chef Tom to tell Spike to get rid of that hat. <76>

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Friday, March 28, 2008 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Allison, I was thinking the same thing! I could not believe that professional chefs did not know that. I am a cook (not a chef) and I know that. My mother taught me that trick years ago.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Friday, March 28, 2008 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Bluejaxrock, that is the way I always made the creamy cheese sauce for my au gratin potatos.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I have no favorites yet either. Andrew lost me on Day 1 with his muther-f'ing this and MF-that throughout all his dialogue. He not only has done nothing to raise my opinion of him since, he's spiraled down even further with all that "you'll have to have security drag me away" and "this is my house" BS. I think he just didn't perform as badly as the others in his team this week, and that's why he's not out of there. I have a feeling he'll be on the judges radar after this.

Who was the other guy who basically insinuated it wasn't a big deal to not cook beyond a certain standard cause they were just cooking for a bunch of commoners? OK, I know he didn't really say it that way. But the way he pointed out the judges had superior palates, where as the people they were cooking for didn't, and implying for that reason it was OK to cook substandard food......well, he pretty much lost me too.

So maybe by process of elimination, as these people continue to rise up to the ugliness inside of them; I'll eventually be able to single out a favorite.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think they may have thought of past competitions where the people served were the judges and that has included children in the past and maybe they thought they should stay uncomplicated.. of course that down't mean they can serve a brick for mac n cheese or soggy corn dogs. Oops! And oops again, the judges were of the sophisticated variety.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
She was not very creative with her answers on the mac and cheese either. If I had been in her shoes, I would have pointed out that it was a "block" party so the M&C was served in "blocks". I am pretty sure that I could have kept a straight face while telling the judges to "expand their concept of M&C" and that looser M&C is "so deconstructed and 50s."

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
All this talk of mac and cheese made me decide to make some for dinner tonight. I used whole wheat rotini and extra sharp aged white cheddar from the local dairy. I made a white sauce, and then added the shredded cheese along with some cumin and paprika for a little zing. Poured the sauce over the pasta, added buttered panko bread crumbs, and baked it in the oven. Yummy!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I think it may have been Spike who was the "commoners" commenter. I haven't been impressed w/many of them yet, so I'll have to watch a few more episodes to see who starts to step things up and meet the challenges rather than just "getting by."

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yah, no faves here yet, either. I do find it interesting though that there are so many chefs from San Francisco. Not that I'm surprised... there are some phenomenal restaurants in the Bay Area. Just odd that so many are from the same neck o' the woods.

Marameko
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07-15-2002

Monday, March 31, 2008 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marameko a private message Print Post    
Ohhhhhhhhhh Prisoner that sounds yummy ! Thank you for mentioning the Panko bread crumbs. I like being introduced to new things.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I'm guessing Spike will go, but I think Zoi needs to leave and take her bad attitude with her!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
For anyone who wants to know, the person who got kicked off tonight is > - > - > - > - > - > - > Manuel.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I'm with you, Julieboo ~ Zoi needs to leave. To come right out and put down the winning chefs of the week to their face was just poor sportsmanship. And then next week, it looks like her partner is ready to have a fist fight. Where the hell did they get these people?! I want to know where they work so I can make sure I never end up in their restaurant.


Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 4:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I heard her critisize the winning dish, but I thought they weren't in the room when she did it. I thought it was along the lines of (when the two teams were called into judges table) she said 'IF that's the winning dish, i don't want to be a part of this'

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
They are all sore losers. I dont think I have seen that before on Top Chef. Where they got this years collection I have no idea. There isnt anyone to root for.

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I can't stand Zoi. She has such a bad atitude about everything. She didn't want to make pasta salad? Boohoo. How many of the challenges have forced people to make something they didn't WANT to make? And then to bad mouth the other team like that. "That does not taste good, I promise you." Well, sorry, but the dinner guests all seemed to disagree with you. She needs to pack her knives and her bad manners and ill temper and go home.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Chocolate and spice is a classic combination (think chicken mole). Once I thought of it that way, the wasabi and white chocolate made sense (even though white chocolate isn't really chocolate...). The link with Harry Potter was good as well, emphasizing creativity and imagination.

Andrew's Oompa-Loompa idea was just silly, though.

While I agree with Maris about lacking anyone to root for, I have a growing respect for Richard. If only he would get a grown-up haircut.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
RATS! Just watched and so close to losing Spike AND his hat.. Arrgh..

Agree about Richard's haircut! Oy

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'm not thrilled w/Zoi's personality either - but I think there's hope for her partner from the movie challenge. (sorry -no idea what her name is). When they said "fiery women" I figured they'd do something with some SPICE!

I wish Manuel had stayed longer so I could snitch some of his Mexican cooking tips, but he didn't seem to have much fire.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Finally got caught up on this yesterday evening! I think the guy from NZ is cute as can be, but I don't have much hope for his cooking skills!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, TNT! You notice he cooked lamb...