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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 1:44 pm
Lil, I am very fortunate to live near a Mexican restaurant that has been in business for over 30 years - long before the "Tex Mex" craze. The tamales are To.Die.For. I have absolutely nothing against Tex-Mex, but it doesn't hold a stick to real Mexican food (or the guy pushing the taco cart - yummy).
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:11 pm
Tn, LOL! I love the southern way of saying thank you! GAL, the TV guide listings online show: Wed,Jun 9 8:00pm Thu,Jun 10 12:00am Sat,Jun 12 2:00pm Sun,Jun 13 5:00pm (I think those are all Eastern times) Lil, there's nothing like real authentic Mexican food. And I love all areas of Mexico... northern, southern, coastal. REAL Mexican food is nothing like they serve you stateside in the "Americanized" restaurants!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 6:43 pm
I never ate pico de gallo (sorry if I misspelled) until I ate it in Cozumel...now I can't get enough of it!
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 4:04 am
I dont know if it is the setting and atmosphere of Mx, or if the ingredients are fresher, but Pico from Mexico is so much better than pico from the U.S. Dang Roxip, now I want my toes in the sand,with a Sol beer and chips and pico.I miss Puerta Vallarta.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 5:40 am
Everything tastes better when you have your toes in the sand. It's a natural fact!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 7:43 am
nothing beats a good pico!!!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:32 am
ROFLOL
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:40 am
I'm not a Giada fan, so never watch her shows (her smile and ginormous boobs distract me and not in a good way). LOL and I thought I was the only one! I mean, I have watermelons myself and don't understand why my eye is so drawn to hers. I like her and like her cooking but I so wish she would yank up her top!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:59 am
Giada's husband always seems unimpressed and put-upon whenever she rolls him out to taste her cooking.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 9:06 am
No, SG, it's not just you. And I have to say that both Giada and FN get negative points for me for her wardrobe. GAL, I'm pretty sure I'd be unimpressed, too!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 6:09 pm
OK, Colossus and I got to watch the first episode (thanks for the viewing times, Costa). I really like Aria and the Aarti, Aria just glows from the inside out. Herb and Brad have potential (Brad is Colossus' favorite). The right person went home, he was just so uncomfortable and uncomfortable to watch. Brianna was way too quick to throw Dzintra under the bus over the eye injury thing, scratched corneas hurt like hell and make it almost impossible to open your eye.
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 6:46 am
I had a scratched cornea when I was younger and it is soooo incredibly painful!
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:21 am
That and it was the medical staff who told her she had to go, she didn't WANT to go. The other competitors were saying they would never leave, but she didn't have a choice. The producers are going to look at liability and avoid it. I don't like her and I hope she leaves soon, she seems so desperate to me. I love Aria and hope she goes far ...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:38 am
I don't like her, but she had something (plexiglass?) in her eye. That is what caused the scratch on the cornea. She did need to go to hospital to ensure the piece had been flushed out (on site med staff won't have the equipment for that). That said, I'm really not sure why she spent the entire night in hospital. And I didn't like her attitude when she came back. Since she could stand around and talk, she could stand around and make her dish.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:54 am
Yeah, it's not like whisking a pudding requires a lot of heavy lifting. She could have put a patch on her eye if she was worried about further irritating her eye!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:00 pm
Costa, I remember years ago when I had scratched my cornea. It happened over the weekend and my parents brought me to the emergency room where I was treated immediately. I was also sent home with medication for my eye as well as a patch that I had to wear for a couple of days. I was back home within two hours. So I don't understand why she was at the hospital all night, and came back without an eye patch. If nothing else, eye medication and the patch would bring comfort to her eye had she scratched her cornea.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:23 pm
I had a piece of resin flip into my eye, and managed to scratch the cornea. I went to the emergency room and was out of there within 2 hours, too. I didn't have a patch, but I did have drops. I wasn't told I couldn't do anything, just to be careful.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:31 pm
The patch made my eye feel better as I was forced to keep my eye shut. In fact, when I had pink eye a few years ago, the doctor had me wear a patch on my eye, which was probably a good thing since my eye was all pink and crusty.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 1:21 pm
Ewww!!! Thanks for the visual!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 5:17 pm
Can someone spoil tonight's show for us westies? I'm still recovering from being sick and doubt I'll be able to stay up till 10pm here! 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 7:23 pm
Asian gal with no clear point of view went home - name starts with "D," I think. Aarti got a much needed shot of self-confidence!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:30 am
Doreen. Who deserved to go. Dzintra could've gone too and I wouldn't have missed her. Loved that Aarti won.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:49 am
Right now I can honestly say Aarti is the only one whose show I would watch. I wish Dzintra had left on the first episode. Not impressed with this group.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:00 am
I like Aria also (if she sticks to family style), and Serena (if she'd slow down a bit). Serena's interpretation of an ice cream cone looked delish. But none of the men impress me. They seem to be all over the place. And if they seem like they can cook, they have abrasive personalities (I really don't want to watch another Guy Fieri, please).
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:25 am
Doreen went home and I don't think there's any big question that it needed to happen last night. She was asked very direct questions on what she was attempting to convey with her point of view/food preparations and she said something like "I want everyone to enjoy my cooking." That's a paraphrase, but basically she flunked out right there. The first challenge had them each taking a one-minute segment to prepare Giada's vegetable lasagna while describing what they're doing on camera. More than a few of them just seriously froze, I think Brianna, Dzintra and Doreen were three who did. Serena ran her mouth at about the average speed of the Indianapolis 500. Next challenge was taking them into a candy store display, assigning each a confection to interpret into a dish to be fed to a reviewing audience down at the Santa Monica Pier (I think that's where it was). They had the chance to present their dishes to people wandering from booth to booth. Brianna bombed bigtime with the judges and the audience, as did Brad (the judges said his dish was inedible he burned something in the smoking process). Paul (I think) was criticized for offending the audience with his condescending humor. Serena's cooking was a big hit all the way around (she made grandma's marinara), but she still motor-mouthed her way through the challenge. Aarti's cooking was a big hit, but she still drew criticism for putting herself down. Darrell did extremely well with cooking and presentation as I recall. Arin did OK (she made a banana split out of meatballs that could have been tastier). Tom was messy again and was criticized for his take it or leave it attitude. I can't remember what Doreen made, but it bore no relation to the assigned confection. One of the guys made a salad and threw caramel corn on top, the judges hated it. Herb did great - he made a dish incorporating low-fat product that supported his healthy cooking point of view. I think Aarti won the night - it was either her or Serena, but I think it was Aarti because the show ended with her talking about how she would now commence believing in herself. PS I'm looking forward to the day Dzintra leaves, she seriously bugs.
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