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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:09 pm
I so didnt get that challenge AT ALL!! Now come on - really are they going to freeze dry a lamb bone? and the astronaut said, they dont want the bones in space... NO large meat chunks - and yet 3 out of the 5 did just that - they made what they wanted to make so were they judged on how good the food tasted? Or how well it could be taken up in space? I was thinking a great pasta dish - shrimp maybe would've been good - not sure about white fish, and soups...?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:31 pm
I am pretty sure the dishes were judged on taste - what else do the judges know? Certainly not how food adapt to space travel! The lady astronaut was talking about how they missed crunch, but how do you do frozen "crunch?" Hard to think of anything but nuts that stay crunchy after they have been frozen/thawed - perhaps freeze drying is very different from freezing?
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 4:51 pm
Reader - I know what you mean about the challenge. I figured they'd cook their meal, then have it frozen, thawed and reheated. Then the judges would know how well it would do in space.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 5:43 pm
I think the freeze drying idea did come in to play as they specifically mentioned that, although Kelly's dish was delicious, the soupy part wouldn't work well, and she wasn't top two. Just my guess, but I do think each challenge is judged first on taste and then in a secondary manner on whatever the challenge's specifications are.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 7:36 pm
I can't help thinking back to last year's final four and how mediocre this group is by comparison. It was nice to see Chef Bourdain, though, and his humorous jabs at Chef Ripert. They obviously had a great mutual respect.
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Nevets
Member
08-24-2010
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 8:27 pm
I do not understand how Angelo survived the frozen pastry puff on the episode prior to the space meal one. I really wanted Tiffany to win this "competition." She sure seemed unstoppable in the past episodes winning quickfires and challenges. And has anybody else had enough of the "Just Desserts" commercial constantly promoting that guy with the lame catch phrases? What exactly does something your mother made taste like after she has been slapped in the face? laaaame...
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, September 03, 2010 - 3:10 am
Nevets, that is a southern saying that something tastes so good it "will make you want to slap your mama." Don't ask me where it came from, but I've lived down south for 34 years and have heard it since I moved down here.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, September 03, 2010 - 4:34 am
Yep, that's one of those phrases I've heard all my life - alternating with "slap your grannny" - and never wondered about its origin!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, September 03, 2010 - 2:05 pm
Do you think Tiffany has a chance to win the fan favorite money? I hope so. I just loved her and her attitude. And her laugh just made me smile every time.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, September 03, 2010 - 3:05 pm
Reader, I thought that too about the bone! Also thought that (for a real judging) they should have freeze dried each meal and then had part 2 to see how each one held up. Could you imagine the judges' faces tasting them? TNT, I think cashews or peanuts would be a good crunch that would hold up well. I think Tiffany has a good chance of winning fan favorite. She was really doing well the last few weeks. Too bad about the mussels freezing, although that judge kept harping about the pea shoots. Well, at least she won some money for her wedding and a trip (honeymoon).
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 12:14 am
I got the impression that the NASA people would "adapt" the winning dish for use in space. There is no way any of them could be reproduced exactly as they were made.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 3:39 am
Good point, Allie!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 9:31 am
I am on board with the "confusing challenge" train. If they were judged on just the food then there was no need for the entire "how will it freeze" part of it thus no need for it to be a NASA challenge! if the Nasa people will just adapt it then again, they can adapt ANY of those equally and no need for that part of the challenge requirement. This could just have been a "cook your hearts out challenge" period. For example, remember the Bertolli challenge years ago? they had to actually FREEZE what they did and be judged on it. It would have not been the same if they cooked it and said " well this taste good and Bertolli will figure out later how to freeze it". Here is the link: http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/index.php?/news/comments/topchef3-episode6/
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 1:55 pm
Danzdol - great comparison to the Bertolli challenge! I did google, I remember that Rachel Ray and Emerill were asked to do food for NASA - Kloeris predicts Ray's dishes, which were cooked at NASA's kitchens, will get eaten despite the astronauts' tendency to skip meals. That's because they'll go in the fresh-food tray, which holds perishables such as fruit and favorite snacks of the crew's choice. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-12-01-ray-shuttle-food_x.htm so maybe they just decided to let them cook food, and not worry about the detail about freeze drying... and this had an interesting article, with pictures of old freeze dried food - and the end had a recipe of shrimp - which was freeze http://boingboing.net/2010/08/20/space-food-the-best.html
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 6:25 pm
Just got caught up with this show over a marathon weekend. I was surprised that Tiffany left, she was consistenly good. Now, I think Ed may end up the winner.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, September 06, 2010 - 6:30 pm
I was just watching Iron Chef America yesterday and who was there? Ed, as Cat Cora's sous chef.
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Nevets
Member
08-24-2010
| Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 11:15 am
@Tish: Yeah I saw that the other day one time I even saw some other guy...I think it was Richard Blais from 2 seasons ago.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 1:14 pm
Well, I hope Ed wins. I was hoping for either Tiffany or Ed.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 8:01 pm
Sorry to see Kelly go - I thought she was learning every week.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 11:17 am
I fell asleep in the middle and woke up to see Kelly go. Did she make some huge mistake, or were they all pretty good again, and hers just not quite as good as the others?
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Angelo will win.. he has the "look"
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 1:18 pm
Do you think they might have changed their minds and let Kelly stay to compete? What was that all about when they were called back into the judging area at the end of the show?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 2:43 pm
Has a woman ever won this show?
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 2:44 pm
Didn't Stephanie win?
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 3:22 pm
Yup, Stephanie is the only woman to have won.
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