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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I'm so excited - tonight is Restaurant Wars!!!! (It is also a super-sized episode for anyone that is recording it).


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oooh, thanks for the warning, Lex, hon!

I'm gonna watch last week's episode during lunch, so I can be all caught up. I haven't seen Arianne thrown under the bus yet, so am looking forward to it! :-)

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
And... after Hosea and Leah threw Arianne under the bus, they backed up the bus and rolled over Arianne again to make sure they got the job done.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i absolutely panicked in the middle of all the inaugural ball celebration that i missed the wars...then remembered it was only tuesday! LOL

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OK, I'm confused. I didn't see Hosea and Leah throwing Arianne under the bus. Did y'all mean when they were deciding who did what for the dishes? Or during judges' table?

What I saw was that they let her do something that she had no business offering to do. While Hosea should've been the one to butcher the lamb, even *I* (a vegetarian) knows that baby anything is more tender than the adult version. So all three of 'em failed. Plus weren't they the ones with the "trifle" dessert that looked awful?

Vegaschris
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10-13-2008

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vegaschris a private message Print Post    
Costa, you're correct in all that you say. I guess my thought on saying they threw her under the bus is two-fold: First, they watched while she butchered the lamb, acknowledged that she was doing a crappy job, and let her continue. Secondly, at Judges' Table, they basically let her hang herself. If you are in a group competition, which they were, they should have worked for the team.

I realize there can only be one winner, but still. . . .Did Hosea forget that the others helped him out for the Christmas dinner? They could have let him burn. . . . . .

Just my .02.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
If allowing Ariane to butcher the lamb with both of them knowing in their heads that she was doing it wrong, I think that is throwing you under the bus nonchalantly-style. I think they knew she was doing it something wrong, and made a mental note in the back of their heads to use her as a scapegoat if by chance their team would be on the chopping block.

And even if that wasn't the case, they both knew she was jacking that meat up. Neither one of them stepped up to do it themselves or to at least let her know she was doing it wrong. To not put your best out and to know that something is going to be wrong with the dish and still allow it to happen right in front of your face, is worse than the bad butcher job IMO.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Leah even said she knew A was tying the meat wrong and wasn't gonna help. She did end up helping a bit but knew she was doing a crap job. So yeah, Leah did throw A under the bus. And A was right when she said Hosea was a wimp. He could have stepped up but seemed to enamoured with Leah to risk it.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Thanks Chris and Zg. I guess I must've gotten distracted during the part they were prepping. All I remember is Hosea saying they let her do the lamb cuz she won once doing lamb, and then Arianne saying how much she loved their dishes. And then the judges... not so much! :-)

During judges table, I think they didn't throw her under the bus. That would've been if Hosea hadn't said he knew how to butcher lamb but he didn't. Cuz on that alone, he could've gone. Leah also admitted to helping tie the rolls, but what I also heard was her questioning if the juges got a Leah roll or an Arianne roll (and no one responding).

At any rate, it was time for her to go. I'd not really been all that impressed with her. I think her wins have been more luck than skill. :-)

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
I agree Costa. I liked her as a person, but I really do think she was squeaking by.

I am curious though for anyone that might know since I have never worked in food. But I noticed how all of these challenges are basically catering jobs, set to feed a large amount of people. Would just a chef who has mostly cooked by order have trouble with that, or is there a great amount of prep work beforehand even in restaurants? I just think that that would be the hardest part of this whole game. Not planning a plate, but setting up, prepping, and creating these meals for a lot of people, and having it all come together in the end.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
There are prep cooks in kitchen who spend 20 hours a day doing nothing but prepping the food (slicing, dicing, boiling, marinating, etc.) But yup - the prep stuff is MUCH harder than the actual cooking of the food. Remember last year's finale - they had to butcher their own pig!?! It's definitely a skill a chef should have, but it's not the most glamorous nor the one they get the accolades for.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
well, the European duo bailed out the love birds tonight ...

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Can someone just tell me what Carla was smoking at judges table? Wow... that was pretty strange.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 2:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Carlo just lucked out staying another week.. what a mess that was. What was strnge was that someone else was even worse so she got to stay.

Yep.. what Ladytex said.. the guy they didn't want to work with, helped save the day. Actually the Front of the House saved them but without the great desserts (or if the other team's desserts didn't suck) it would have gone the other way.

Jamie seemed much more leaderlike than Radhika, but of course she didn't have the responsibility.

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As for Ariane.. the last time she did lamb, everyone jumped in and helped to bail her out, as I recall, then she got the credit. So this time the lamb bit her in the butt, er shank...

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 4:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Shall we drink every time Hosea or Leah say, "I have a boyfriend/girlfriend?"

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 5:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I totally understood what Karla was trying to say LOL

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I fell asleep last night. Who went home?

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 5:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I loved watching Tom's face as Carla was explaining herself. With that said .. I still really like Carla.

Love Restaurant Wars!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Radhika went home. She was the restaurant manager/front-of-the-house person for her team. She seemed lost in what needed to be done in that position.

Fabio was the restaurant manager/front-of-the-house person for the winning team. He was charming and attentive to his guests. Just perfect!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 6:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I fell asleep too so I will need to watch the tape today -

Vegaschris
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10-13-2008

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vegaschris a private message Print Post    
Vacanick, I almost lost it watching Tom's face. The man is not too poker-faced, is he? I loved it.

That said, I know what Carla meant. I mean, you can cry over spilled milk (or yogurt soup), or you can clean it up and move on.

*That* said, I also know what the judges mean. If you know it's bad, why serve it. BUT. . . .What if a tasteless dessert (aka crappy) is all you have? Would the judges say, "At least serve something?" Sigh.

Vegaschris
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10-13-2008

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vegaschris a private message Print Post    
Re: Radhika . . . I liked her, but last night she was such a downer! Good grief, Girl! SMILE. She had NO personality. I had a feeling that she was going down once the one judge (Was it Toby?) said, "Well, let's leave then." when another commented that if they got up, she wouldn't even be there to notice.

Re: Jamie . . . Jamie was the leader in that group from the beginning, no? But, as she said in the confessional, she didn't want to win because the leader usually got canned. Smart girl (even though I don't like her).
Small aside: I laughed that Jeff did the scallop last night. Can we have one meal without scallops? :-)

Re: Fabio . . . The man is a charmer. He obviously watched previous seasons and knew that front-of-the-house was IMPORTANT.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I like: Fabio, Jamie, Jeff and Stefan
Do not like: lovebirds. Also Carla. She just lost me with her "I put my heart in my crappy food so people should love it" philosophy.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Carla cracks me up, especially in her "confessionals" or whatever they call those behind the scene interviews.