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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
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).

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I never ate pico de gallo (sorry if I misspelled) until I ate it in Cozumel...now I can't get enough of it!

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 4:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
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.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Everything tastes better when you have your toes in the sand. It's a natural fact!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
nothing beats a good pico!!!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
ROFLOL

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
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!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Giada's husband always seems unimpressed and put-upon whenever she rolls him out to taste her cooking.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
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.

Carmenv
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04-14-2006

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carmenv a private message Print Post    
I had a scratched cornea when I was younger and it is soooo incredibly painful!

Jenjackso
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02-10-2009

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jenjackso a private message Print Post    
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 ...

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
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!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
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.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
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.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Ewww!!! Thanks for the visual!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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! :-)

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
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!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Doreen. Who deserved to go. Dzintra could've gone too and I wouldn't have missed her.

Loved that Aarti won.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
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.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
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).

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
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.