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They're both cream puffs filled with custard or some sort of cream, the only difference is croquembouche are always piled to form a cone and covered with caramel, while profiteroles are usually served "horizontally" (or singularly) and they don't involve caramel in any shape or form, as they are traditionally covered by chocolate ganache.

I'm sorry but where in Rome did you have an espresso like that? I have lived in Rome before and travel there quite often and I have never even heard of such a thing! The only way I've heard of lemon and coffee paired together in Italy is as a remedy for headache (bitter espresso with a good squeeze of lemon) — I've even tried it a few times but it doesn't work really. I was honestly ready to see Sumayah go. She seems lovely but I won't miss her weird accent/vocal fry one bit. Dylan has displayed some true talent through the episodes. He seems so serious about his creations and he is so confident about what he's doing I can't believe he is only 20 years old. I'm sure he will go far in his career as a baker or even chef.

Hahahaa same! I went back to the episode to check and he definitely was. It was a pretty bad crash, like someone else said sometimes wearing a seatbelt is not enough. I'm actually more surprised Mickey crawled out of the wreck not only alive but basically unscathed.

That's the first thing I thought when Mickey discovered he was being followed and Cisco didn't find any tracker on his car. Also, I think they all share waaaaaay too much information in front of that kid, a lot more than they did last season when Izzy was Mickey's driver. My money is still on him being the spy. Yeah that was a big plothole I think. Of course when Andrea forgot to make the phone call we all knew immediately the poor woman was gonna die, but to let a prisoner out for a whole day without being escorted everywhere by a policeman really seems like too much of a stretch.

No you're right, it was Mike who said that! I love him, such a sweet and funny guy. I understand Sumiyah did better than him overall, but I'll still take Mike over her any day. Can't anymore with the vocal fry, and once you hear it you can never unhear it. Ah, teenagers! As far as the caramel bowl incident, I think Nelly's reaction was great but I also think she managed to keep her cool because caramel is quite simple to make again and she had enough time (although I heard that time on cooking shows is a pretty relative concept, the contestants generally have as much as they need and then they edit the footage to make it seem like there's a set time limit — but I might be wrong). In any case, if she didn't have enough time, I'm sure the production would've given her a few extra minutes to remake it because it wasn't her fault the bowl got broken. Anyway, they're such a nice bunch of people that at this point I'm going to be sad to see anyone go pretty much each week.

Bertrand in the bathtub (sorry, it's gruesome, but you already saw it) Bertrand in the photo: I don't know, he might bear a passing resemblance for a distant acquaintance, but for an uncle??

It's a detail but it keeps bothering me, how River doesn't look like Bertrand one bit. They could've picked a more similar actor. The mob with pitchforks who wanted to kill him (so I assume they knew him well) took a pretty good look at him while he was running away on the roof and they still couldn't tell he was a different person? His own uncle mistook him for Bertrand? It's a bit of a stretch.

I apologize as I'm really late to the party but I only got around to watch the finale today. I love Matty, his sense of humour is great, he's cute and he's a super nice person, but I honestly think Josh deserved to win. While Paul and Prue were judging his cake it felt like someone had told them to be as critical as they could because Matty was the designated winner and that wouldn't be plausible if they praised Josh's cake too much, as he had vastly outdone Matty in both previous challenges on the episode. I understand "it all comes down to the flavour", but then they should've applied this rule also to the other challenges, where they complimented Josh several times for his flavours over Matty. I don't like this mechanism that I see in many reality/competition shows where you're only as good as your last challenge, while everything you've done through the entire season is not taken into consideration in the least. Oh well, it was still a good season and I'll watch anything Noel Fielding is in, so I I guess I can't complain.

But honestly, I'm happy they did, because since she voted to eliminate Lorenzo she has become my number one least favorite person in there. Plus, she was an editor at the New York Times! She doesn't need the money! And she sounds like a bit of a Karen.

Are any of you Mexican? Because you know, I'm Italian. They did Italian week (and maimed several "Italian" dishes more than once, like they do in pretty much every cooking show on television) and no one batted an eye. Not to mention the English speaking world's mispronunciation of all Italian dishes/names/cities/things in general. Last season's winner was Italian and they couldn't even get his name right (they called him Giuseppee instead of Giuseppeh for the entire season!) and yet again, no one cared, not even him. Because guess what? It's a freaking TV cooking show and it's British humour, and you can find it funny or not (I, for one, love it), but, I repeat, it's a cooking show, not a National Geographic documentary. I think maybe you're just being a bit extreme. I actually enjoy the fact they are at least trying to be inclusive by asking contestants to prove their worth by baking international recipes, even if they don't get them right. Also, I have found absolutely nothing offensive about anything that was either said or done. Maracas, sombreros, moustache... it's Mexican week, what else should they have done? Put Benito Juarez on a cake or make a sculpture of Pancho Villa? Sure, but would that be recognizable? Kevin even tried to make an Aztec pyramid, is that offensive too? Maybe I should start to get enraged every time people mention the mafia, play a tarantella, think the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant or say "it's a-me, Mario". But wow, what a waste of energy that would be.

That's exactly what I thought, too! Identical! Also, Ru wasn't wrong when she said her entrance look was one of the best to ever grace the show, because it was truly stunning, so elegant and refined. She's a very peculiar queen, so quiet and soft spoken in the talking heads, and that accent is to die for! I'm excited to see what else she has to bring. So far I'm loving this season, all the queens are very interesting and I like everyone. I would've probably given the win to Starlet, but that's fine. Dakota's lip sync was amazing and I'm willing to bet she won't go home soon.

I am shocked that Bombae went home. She had the best commercial (the "taxi driver" and "go back home" shades hahahahaa) and her look on the runway was really something you would see in a Valentino fashion show, no kidding. I'm sorry but it seems to me these judges keep judging by politics and not by actual performance, because what shocked me even more than Bombae being eliminated was the ridiculous praise Jada got, once again. She's a sweet girl but her commercial was not so great, her dress compared to the others - except Kimmy - was meh, and her make-up (in a make-up challenge!) was truly, truly awful. Yet, she received the highest praises from almost everyone where others would have been heavily criticized, at least for that make-up. I understand the importance of the message she wants to send, but at this point it seems like it's all she's got. (Apart from the fact that Bombae, too, was celebrating her culture with a much funnier ad and a waaaaay better dress and instead ended up in the bottom).

Not so much about her performance as about her choice of a character. Anyway, maybe I used the wrong word, I just meant it was courageous of her to bring someone from the 19th century about whom we don't know much personality-wise and whose antics are pretty much a mystery to everyone — not to mention the fact that Brooke Lynn (who by the way made my heart skip a beat when he said he didn't know who Marie Curie was) strongly suggested she went with Celine Dion instead and Giséle still stuck to her choice where many others would have followed the show host's advice and changed characters. I don't know, I just thought it was a bold and unique choice, that's all. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I just checked and this was only the second time ever someone portrayed a character from the 19th century in the Snatch Game, the first one being Symone's Harriet Tubman in season 14. The only other "historical" characters featured before on the show were Mary Queen of Scots (Rosé - season 13) and William Shakespeare (Lady Camden - season 14), so Marie Curie was definitely not a popular choice!

Can someone explain to me how Jada was safe? She was non-existent in the Snatch Game and her Periodic Table outfit was basically an encrusted pink cylinder. I feel that for some reason she's above judgement. I think Gisèle's Marie Curie was one of the best snatch game performances I've ever seen in all editions of Drag Race. So creative and brave. She is by far my favorite at this point, followed by Vivian and Irma Gerd. To be honest I also like Fierce because at least she's not fake, although I doubt she has any chances of winning this thing.

Minnie really needs to take a chill pill. Pomara wasn't laughing at her disability, she only remarked (after Minnie made a bigger deal of her dyslexia than Yvie Oddly of her Ehlers-Danlos or Willow Pill of her genetic disorder) how often they had already had to hear the story. I don't want to offend anyone, but Minnie could've gone about it a different way instead of yelling "someone read out loud to me! I am dyslexic!" and announcing it every chance she got. And the way she lashed at Pomara afterwards, demanding a totally unnecessary apology! Wow. Well, I agree this is not a very likeable group, but so far Spankie seems to be the most fun and drama-free, so she's my favorite.