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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Susur is amazing.

That is all.

I couldn't get past most of the gross proteins on last night's show to imagine what the food must have tasted like. Black chicken? Giant squid? Duck tongue? Sorry, not for me. When I was a kid, I wouldn't eat chicken salad because it reminded me of tuna salad, which reminded me of cat food. Can you imagine all the associative games I could play with duck tongue? I'd never be able to sleep.

I think I've figured out 2 of the 3 finalists this season, but I don't know who the third might be. I'm thinking Susur Lee and Jonathan Waxman make it. My guess for the third is Marcus Samuelsson, but that might be just because I've known about him for years.

And in other Top Chef Masters news: last season's winner, Rick Bayless, will be the guest chef at the White House for the next State Dinner--the visiting head of state will be Mexican President Calderon, so the guests will undoubtedly appreciate Chef Bayless' inspired Mexican dishes.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Those proteins last night were disgusting.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know when - or if - another season of Top Chef will be on?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I could go with Susur and Jonathan in the finals. But not Marcus. I just don't like his attitude. His expression last week when he didn't win pretty much said it all.

I haven't watched this week's yet, so thanks for the warning about disgusting proteins. As a vegetarian, I can usually watch these shows without too much of a "OMG I need to cover my eyes" moment. But if the proteins were that abstract, it may be best if I do a lot FF'ing thru the show! :-)

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
New season starts June 16th tntitanfan- I've heard a lot of news about it since I'm in the Washington DC area...

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/05/13/a-taste-of-culinary-power-on-bravos-top-chef-washington-dc-wed-june-16-at-9-pm-et-pt/20100513bravo01/

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Costa, you may want to FF - the proteins were disgusting. I don't care who was cooking - no way would I have eaten that crap. (And I am not one to be known to refuse food.)

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
... Once again returning to the kitchen, cookbook author, actress and host Padma Lakshmi presides over the judge's table alongside head judge Tom Colicchio, recent James Beard Award-winner and chef/owner Craft Restaurants, and judge Gail Simmons of Food & Wine magazine. Joining the series as a regular guest judge is Eric Ripert, award-winning chef and owner of the acclaimed Le Bernardin restaurant in New York City, the 15th ranked best restaurant in the world.

YAY!!! (the above is a cut and paste from Wilson's link)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OMG I love Eric Ripert!!! He's one of my fave chefs, in both food and personality!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Wilson! I think I might have posted this elsewhere - who knows where?!? - BUT a local chef went to a "call back" for Top Chef; Bobby Flay supposedly came to town to do a Throw Down with a chef at the Viking Kitchen in Franklin (under 20 miles SW of Nashville,) AND Guy liked Nashville so well that he had his "people" call back to see if a Triple D visit site could be found - and one was!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Actually - most of those proteins wouldn't have been too terribly different than the normal ones we eat. I've had goat - it's like beef, not a big deal. Giant squid - probably not all that different from its smaller counterpart - same w/blue chicken. Maybe more stringy or tough as it's wild game - but not drastically different. Same with Kangaroo; I'm guessing since I've eaten venison, elk, rabbit, octopus, and bear, it wouldn't be that much different.

Then again, I have a cast iron stomach, and not much grosses me out. We had fried gator in Florida over spring break, and it wasn't that much different than fried chicken.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Every single one of those proteins, including the "normal" ones you described -- kind of gross me out. Thanks for the head's up, Lex... I'll keep my finger on the FF button when I watch this episode.

Kellsma
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08-27-2002

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
Susur is amazing. Twice he has received 19 stars, last night and the night he won to make it to finals. They said that is the highest score ever received in Top Chef Masters. Two judges gave him 5 stars both of those times. He gets so frustrated when he gets a low score. I think he will be the one to beat.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
I'd rather see Eric Rupert cook than judge, but I like him and would much rather see him judge than that obnoxious English bald man who is always nasty (sorry forgot his name and don't care enough to look lol). I think he liked one thing....once...almost lolol.

I hate shows like the last episode. Hated the 1st time, didn't like it any better on Masters. I want to get cooking inspiration. Not see foods that make me want to barf lolol.

As for Susar, he confuses me. His food almost always sounds vile, includes ingredients I don't like, his plates often look messy, but I've never read anything but raves over him. I must say I didn't care for him stealing the bacon fat!!! He doesn't seem to be the most caring or sharing of the bunch, and he certainly thinks highly of himself. But I just can't figure out why his food is so heavenly if it never sounds good lolol

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
BTW that was an interesting link Wilson posted. I just went to read it. Seems like an older bunch this year, with most being in their mid to late 30's and the youngest being 26. Sounds like they went for more experience.

Wasn't too thrilled by the special guest line-up. Not sure what folks like Buzz Aldrin, Nancy Pelosi (I could really do without her), and the others have to offer this show. The only standout to me was the White House chef. Pity they couldn't get Michelle Obama and the girls in to judge some healthy food challenge. I'm surprised they didn't. Would make sense on many levels. But much as I love this series, it seems to often miss opportunities in the towns they are in IMHO.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I'm really sad that I couldn't enjoy this week's episode: those main proteins had me squirming like crazy, and I finally turned it down--only turning it up again at the end to find out who went home. :-((((((

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Let me preface this by saying I didn't see the show, so I am judging what proteins were used by others' postings. That being said, both goat and venison are delicious when properly prepared - as they are both "wild" tasting and tough, marinades are the secret to a good result.

Black chicken has been used on another Food Network cooking show - maybe Top Chef or Chopped? I think the appearance is probably the only real difference in the product as it didn't seem to be treated differently from any other chicken.

Kangaroos was the rankest tasting meat I have ever had, but I think it likely that the right marinade and cooking technique could make it better. My calamari has to be prepared just right, and 'gator is - in my experience - always tough! I love buffalo and ostrich, but find both 'posum and 'coon to be VERY greasy and rank - again probably better cooking techniques could rescue them. I will NEVER be a rattlesnake fan, but it does indeed taste quite a bit like chicken!

Like teach above, I am pretty much willing to try anything once. You can always spit it out into your napkin if you can't swallow it!

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Tn ALL these proteins have already been used on Top Chef (regular not Masters). This was one of those repeat challenges to see what the pro's would do with it. The only protein I recall seeing on another show (think it was Iron Chef) was the black chicken. Not sure which show they discussed it on, but they said it's a very meatless, dry chicken that is very hard to prepare. I remember thinking, "then why use it?" lol

Also, it wasn't just plain goat, kangaroo etc. It was specific harder to use/cook parts. IE Duck is probably my favorite food (well probably a very close 2nd to lobster). But their duck was duck tongue. Um, ewwwwww. The goat was I think goat leg, and so on. The calamari, which I liked a lot and often cooked until I found it it had highest cholesterol levels of just about ANY protein, wasn't regular squid but some GIANT squid.

So it wasn't just regular wild items. It was the grossest, hardest to prepare and have taste good variety of them that they could find!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
On the plus side, it did appear that all of the crazy proteins were already cleaned and prepared. That said, all I could think of was ugh, so glad I'm a vegetarian! And Andrew Zimmern really does eat the grossest stuff!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 5:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I fell asleep last night right before Judge's Table. Who went home?

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 5:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Chef Tony Mantuano.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Awwww... I liked him.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Back to a show I could really enjoy! Except I was sad to see Chef Tony go. In fact, I was sad when I saw the bottom two: I didn't want either one to leave. Chef Susan is impressing me more and more!

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
My problem with Susan is I wouldn't enjoy any of the food she cooks. I hate hot and spicy, I hate Mexican style, and trust me it hates me right back lolol. I pretty much feel the same way about Marcus' food (had to go look up his name lol). He hasn't cooked one thing I would want to taste let alone eat for a meal lol.

I must say that Susur's beef looked amazing. Someone really needed to tell him that Austrian dumplings are NOT tailgate food though hehe. Talk about some of the Chef's being out of their element.

The only good thing about this elimination is I was always having to do a double take to be sure if I was watching Chef's Tony or Jonathan. They could be brothers and moved at the same snail's pace lolol. I'm faster in the kitchen :-). I think I could have any of the remaining Chef's cook me dinner it would be Rick Moonen. Maybe Susur based on reputatin but ONLY if I could plan the menu lolol

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Well, I'm royally pissed!

I was watching the TODAY Show this morning and in one of the stories they were doing they told the name of the winner of Top Chef Masters.

What a bunch of idiots!

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Grouch - I thought they were talking about Rick Bayless (sp) last seasons Top Chef Masters winner.