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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
A simple pastry recipe is just flour, fat, and water, with some seasoning, in the right proportions. These are top chefs. They should know how to make a pie dough.

Good grief, I can make a key lime pie without looking up the recipe. They should be able to do an apple pie from scratch.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
Hey Landi.. My son is on a gfcf diet and he loves the energ tapioca buns!!!! Especially heated just a bit. We order it on their website. They even have them at all Disney parks ( for those with kids).

It always amazes me when they are flustered with a dessert! Its like those going on Survivor and not knowing how to make fire. What are you thinking? You have to go on this show with a selection of go to recipes you can tweak here and there!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I am so not into baking, never got that bug. My eldest sister is a pastry chef and has worked in some very nice hotel restaurants... she was always my go to person if I needed sweets for a gathering at my house. BUT, I can make a pie crust and certainly if I was going to in this type of contest I'd make sure to have some sort of gameplay for having a couple deserts in my brain.

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I gave up on cooking entrees. Now I only make desserts.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
I'm amazed, too, that they don't have at least a couple of dessert recipes memorized. I missed the quickfire challenge rules-did it have to be a pie? What about a crisp? Even so, I'm no pro, but I have a couple easy-peasy pie recipes I could do in my sleep. The first one I thought of was my grandmother's peanut butter pie (lol, again with the peanut butter, eh?) Sure, I use store bought items, but could make my own peanut butter, whipped cream, and crust. Would need cream cheese, though. It is soooooo rich, though, I can't make it but once a year.
So sorry the one that was eliminated was eliminated. But, wow, what an off day she had!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Who was eliminated?

Jag2000
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07-01-2009

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jag2000 a private message Print Post    
Tracey was eliminated. She made a horrible pie
with nuts and blueberries and the first one didn't turn out right so she rushed to make a new
one and it was burned on the bottom and not done
on top. Kenny won that round. When they had the
bbq, Tracey made patties that had too much fennel
in them. She was told that she should have ground
the fennel seeds. She just did not get it.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I don't find the idea of nuts and blueberries together to be very appealing, but I thought her home-made sausage idea sounded interesting. A little fennel goes a long way with me, so I probably would have agreed with the judges if I had tasted the dish -

I did not agree with the judges' criticism of the size of her sliders. Depending on the restaurant here, sliders can be any size from silver dollar on up to Cracker Barrel biscuit size!

All of the above being said, I was not sorry to see her go -

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
As soon as I saw Tracy's burger I said those ain't no sliders. I've had blueberry and walnut muffins before so I didn't find that combo wrong but her pie looked horrible. I fennel was visible too and yes, a little fennel goes a long way.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Friday, July 02, 2010 - 6:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Here's what I don't understand - why would they send Tracy home when they said that Stephen's meal was inedible? What is a little too much fennel compared to inedible?

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Friday, July 02, 2010 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I got the feeling that they thought both Tracey's meal and Stephen's meal were pretty bad, but they thought Tracey didn't even really try that hard. They said her sliders tasted like they could have been made by a 12 year old. I guess Stephen got points for at least trying to cook something "chef-like".

I would rather have seen Stephen go over Tracey because I like Tracey a lot better, but I'm thinking Stephen's time is coming soon. He keeps thinking that he did a great job and ending up near the bottom.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Friday, July 02, 2010 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
To me,Stephen has that look about him like one day he'll just go postal!

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Tracy bit off more than she could chew. Remember, she was going to stuff the sausage but realized she did not have time to do it because the meat grinder was too slow. It left here with only the option to make the meat into patties. She just did not do a good job with them.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
and yet, making patties was a good alternative - our favorite brand of brats comes in casings, or as patties - the comment was hers was over spiced too much fennel etc

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
No one watch tonite? Nah, couldn't be. lol
I'm soooo over Stephen. Watched the repeat of last week, and he was oh so confident about his fish wrapped in bacon-loved when the judges slammed it.
Didn't like the double elimination tonite. How neat to have a challenge about creating baby food. Loved it.

Florin
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08-27-2006

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Florin a private message Print Post    
I watched. I liked that they also had to make baby food. I don't mind double elimation but I hate that it is a team and not individual cooking. I would hate to be eliminated because of a mistake my teammate made.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
That's what I meant to say, Florin. Double elims are okay, but I when it's a team, not so much. Don't like the team concept anyway, until it gets to Restaurant Wars-then I can see the team being penalized. Tonite, nah.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I have an issue with Angelo's quickfire dish as it contained honey and honey is a food that is usually not given to babies until they are over 1 year old!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 2:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Interesting, Panda! I wonder why that is - I always think of honey as being a "pure and natural" food -

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 4:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I completely lost respect for Lynne!!! Arnold practically begged her to cook the pasta and she kept holding off. Then she blames him for it not being cooked enough!

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 4:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Texannie, you hit the nail on the head. Totally unfair for Arnold to go home in that situation.

Marameko
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07-15-2002

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 5:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marameko a private message Print Post    
Arnold certainly got the shaft; totally unfair.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 5:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
Tntitanfan- it's a possibility that raw honey can cause botulism in babies' not very strong digestive systems. I have read that cooked honey can be okay but most pediatricians just say to avoid it until they are older.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
However, once a child is older, local honey can help build up immunities to various pollens. So wait till your kid is over a year, and then a spoonful of honey. It's presumed to help alleviate the potential for allergies as they grow older. But it has to be local and unprocessed (not that Sue Bee crap they claim is honey). (And yes, I'm a honey 'ho, too. Lehua honey from Maui? Best.Honey.Ever.)

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 6:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Strong reminder Panda! When I saw the three teams in the bottom 3 I knew if the 2 girls (Andrea and ?) if they didnt bang it out - they'd be gone, for some reason Kenny is giving me the impression that the producers want him around... and when the two teams both made the same food - I knew if the girls lost, they'd be gone, but if Kenny's team lost, then the girls would be safe and the Arnold team would be out...

That's the game - However, I do think they didnt edit it very well, not only was the pasta not done, the HIlton lady clearly said people dont like black food, it wouldnt be very popular on her menu - if they focused on that more than the Horseradish maybe it would be a little easier to handle...

but Arnold was definately a better chef all around, and I think Chef Tom mention that they dont take their work up to a point, its one dish at a time...

I wonder if they will rethink sending 2 (or 1 team) home again? Because if they based it just on the people of the last 6 chefs standing there, and picked the bottom 2 chefs, Arnold I believe would have made it through