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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 6:22 pm
From my favorite exit interview site: Exclusive: Tyrone Davis talks about 'Survivor: Nicaragua realitytvworld On Thursday, the 42-year-old fire captain from Inglewood, CA talked to Reality TV World about his Survivor: Nicaragua experience -- including whether he was surprised to be voted off, what he thought about the tribal shuffle, if he really ate most of his tribe's chicken meal, and why his tribe didn't just kill their rooster instead of a hen if egg production was so important. <snipped>
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 6:41 pm
You know, in that article, there's the point about the number of men voted off so far. Granted that Jimmy J and even Jimmy T weren't necessarily the strongest men, but I think both of them were stronger than some of the women, and most definitely stronger than Dan. So there's a lot of voting off the stronger players, early, this season. It seems like everyone is playing for AFTER the merge, but dudes, ya gotta get to the merge first. And if your entire team is constantly sent to tribal, your odds get smaller every week that you WILL make it to merge. Just seems weird to me. And like a dumb strategy move.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 9:09 pm
I have to agree. These people are not the brightest tools. I can't believe they are voting their strength off and keeping weak players....no strategy there.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 9:57 pm
I've had a real puzzlement about Dan's vote for Tyrone. Ty & Yve were the only ones to vote for NaOnka. The other people's votes made sense, be it that Holly had felt threatened by the previous old alliance, or young people needing to reduce the numbers. But Dan was voting against someone in his own alliance. Was he afraid Tyrone would point out Dan's inabilities, or what? Okay, now this makes some sense that even the older folks may have felt like Tyrone was a bit heavy handed. Survivor: Nicaragua - Tribal Council Voting CBS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrmcL-niGsY PPH here from Dan ~ "You should have let Benry throw the ball. The last time we had a throwing challenge, like Jimmy Johnson pointed out, you threw 50 bean bags and we lost."
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 9:04 am
Bisc, I love those exit interviews from that site. Thank you for posting them. Those interviewers always seem to ask the questions we have.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 11:28 am
Survivor: Nicaragua Castoff Calls Out "Racist" Tribemates http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/ b205622_survivor_nicaragua_castoff_calls_out.html [...] Tyrone told me that while he was talking to Brooklynite Dan about his hometown, Jill said, "I would never go there." "Why not?" T.D. asked, and he claimed Jill responded, "Because there are black people there!" He added that she even made the distinction between crime and color, but based her opinion solely on prejudice. In another encounter, even though he believes she was "half-joking," Tyrone was still astonished when Holly said, while lying beside him in their shelter, "I've never slept next to a brother before!" [...]
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, October 15, 2010 - 8:19 pm
Lexie, yes THAT is exactly why it's my favorite exit interview site (frankly the only thing I read there). I swear they must read here, because every single week they seem to ask the very same questions we've been popping off. It's nice to really get some answers.
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Closetfanfour
Member
07-11-2009
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 12:14 am
Had to add...can't believe they ate a HEN! <MG> Such cocky people with such shallow personalities. I'm having a hard time investing in this season. Come on, Survivor! I was counting on you to make up for BB this year. <MG>
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 7:41 pm
Maybe it rubbed his teammates the wrong way that Tyrone didn't seem to have a problem "hogging the chicken" once it was killed, when he was the only person wanting to save the chicken for later.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:29 am
No matter what Tyrone did or didn't do to upset his teammates, the fact of the matter is that he was a strong competitor and by eliminating him they weakened their team. Now if indeed next week they play for individual immunity as opposed to team immunity then it might turn out to be a good thing...otherwise that team is just continuing to get weaker and weaker.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 18, 2010 - 2:26 pm
Dare I also say dumber and dumber as well?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, October 18, 2010 - 7:37 pm
TNT, say it!! I dare ya! LOL
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 8:08 am
I'll take that dare... dumber and dumber. And what's even dumber... they (obviously) have a crappy shelter. So the next day, why didn't they spend time fixing it up, walling off the side that gets the wind, and shoring things up so that they wouldn't be cold and wet? After this long and they are still in a crappy shelter? Really?
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 9:08 am
That RealityTVWorld interview made him sound incredibly arrogant. He didn't just eat bones. He ate an entire leg with thigh meat attached to it. Considering the amount of people he had to share with, he ate a lot of chicken. Did he not think we saw that?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 10:33 am
I agree Gurlie. I was a little perplexed that he said that when the cameras clearly showed him eating a leg and thigh and not just "leftover pieces" of chicken. He practically sucked the marrow out of the bone.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:09 am
I was amazed that,of all the things they could do to that poor chicken, they decided to boil it. Why? Are they making chicken stock to make the rice taste better? Because I think boiled chicken would be dead last on my list of chicken cooking methods.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:32 am
Tish, do you remember last year when one the women said to boil the chicken for 2-3 hours and one of the men griped about it. He finally admitted at the reunion that it was the proper way to cook the chicken and that the chicken was actually very good and cooked all the way through.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:35 am
No, I don't, but I don't doubt it happened. I can't imagine how boiling a chicken for 2-3 hours would be tasty, though. I mean, at least brown the darned thing at the end so the skin isn't all flabby and gray.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:38 am
I went and checked - it wasn't last season, it was the season before in Samoa (XIX). Without sorting through 4,000 posts in that thread, I believe the altercation happened between Shambo and Dave over the chicken. I think he just wanted to throw the damned chicken on the fire but she insisted on boiling it for a few hours. There was definitely a method to her madness and he finally admitted the chicken tasted good.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 12:02 pm
When all they have is a camp fire and a pot, with no grill, rotisserie or any kind of a spit, boiling it is probably the best way to ensure the chicken is cooked without raw spots.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:18 pm
Although I dunno about boiling for 2-3 hours. Especially if they cut up the chicken before tossing it into the pot. But yes, I'd definitely boil it. You can use the stock in the pot to drink, and you can use it for rice. So you get double or triple the mileage, and flavor, out of one chicken.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:19 pm
I got the impression that Shambo boiled the chicken "whole."
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 5:35 pm
Pamy luv - Costa beat me to your dare as I am currently traveling and not always able to get online! DUMB and DUMBER!!! {{{HUGS!}}}
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 6:53 pm
I can't remember that far back (although I do remember some brouhaha about boiling chicken). And OK, I was curious. I just googled how long to boil chicken, and the first six links I clicked all said to boil a whole chicken for an hour (and cut up chicken for considerably less than that). So I dunno what boiling a chicken for 2-3 hours would do. Since I don't eat chicken, I can only imagine that it would be overcooked and tough, even though it was boiled in water. So... dumber and dumber. Ate a hen and not a rooster. Days into the thing, and they still don't have a viable shelter. Voting off their strongest members and keeping their weakest. Just... dumber and dumber.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 6:55 pm
Boiling the chicken and you don't loose ANY meat. Roasting it and you can lose some calories into the fire.

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 7:52 pm
TNT, safe travels to you, hope you are having a blast! xoxoxoxo
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 8:25 pm
IIRC, in real life Shambo was a Cook during her career. She said the chicken would have been tough if not cooked so long (remember too, with a campfire you're not getting the controlled heat like on top of the home stove). Also, she had dug up a bunch of roots and bulbs that she tossed in the pot. A lot of crock pots cook chicken for many hours (granted at a low heat) and it comes out falling off the bone tender. Definitely makes sense to me to boil it! Then use it to flavor the rice.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 5:17 am
Boiling it isn't t he issue, Bisc. Boiling it for 3 hours is. You can't compare a crockpot (which isn't actually boiling) to a pot over a fire.
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 6:02 am
In defense of boiling the chicken 3 hours, I've done a lot of cooking over a campfire. It's almost impossible to maintain a boiling point over a fire unless you build a bonfire, which isn't practical for cooking. You're basically simmering the chicken. So 3 hours isn't unreasonable for cooking chicken. Now if they had a dutch oven, which as far as I know they don't, they could bury the oven in hot coals and that would speed up the process.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 10:26 am
I boil (or parboil) chicken at home before finishing it in the skillet or on the grill. I cook the meat in water in order to ensure that the meat is cooked clear through. I do use the water the chicken was cooked in to make rice; it's more flavorful than rice prepared with plain water. Have to agree with Aurora, cooking chicken at home over a gas flame where I can maintain a solid, rolling boil is very different from campfire cooking; the fire has to be tended carefully, and even then the temperature changes pretty erratically.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 11:42 am
I boil chicken before I fry it too.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 12:19 pm
I know quite a few people that parboil chicken before frying or grilling.
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