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I didn't even notice the slo-mo until people here started mentioning it and I watched for it. It doesn't last long and doesn't bother me at all.
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Not much interested in the squirty, lives in it's own poop thingy (sorry, can't remember it's name)
I can't recall the proper name either but that description is hilarious.
I was astonished that David Burke lost all the challenges. He was a gentleman about it and Takashi is a doll so they both handled the judges' decisions well. I'm inclined to think that this must be a legitimate competition if they'd vote against a legend like David Burke every time.
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CC was one of the most obnoxious contestants ever so maybe he saw himself and read comments and grew up a little. Also, he looked like a walking cadaver but he appears rather cute in that picture so maybe he's put on some badly needed pounds.
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The teacher irked me. I don't know if it was her facial expressions or what, but I was secretly glad she lost a few rounds. And one more "poor me" wife on the show with a huge fricken' diamond wedding set on her finger. I was blinded a few times.
As to the ovens, I think it's a case of them not knowing how to operate them.
The other thing that annoyed me about the teacher was her jumping up and down like an adolescent. She said she teaches biology so I assumed from that that she teaches above the grade school level. If I were a teacher and planned to be on any TV show that my students might watch, I think I'd comport myself with a little dignity. But then............... I'm from the dark ages apparently so maybe she'd rather "relate" to her students than act more adult.
I'm not sure about the ovens. When they get the signal to begin cooking, they run for ingredients and tools and seem to know where everything is. I can't imagine that both home cooks and chefs aren't given a tour before filming and instructions on equipment.
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I thought I'd like this show but so much of it seems scripted and phony that I'm watching because of the celebrity chefs, not because I really like the show. The woman tonight, a teacher, annoyed me right off the bat when she said something about "bringing" her family to Italy if she won the money instead of "taking" them. A teacher! I was waiting for her to begin a sentence with "Me and my husband..." Happily, she didn't.
Anyhow, the cooking times are often way too short for what they're making, the ovens have mysterious problems, the banter between cooks sounds scripted and forced and the dinner party is suspect. I wonder how they get all the legitimate chefs to participate. Must pay well.
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I loved it too. It was great seeing the judges just be themselves. I've always liked Glenn despite his horrific grooming habits but I would never have guessed he has cats. Very endearing. I liked all the creations but I thought Glenn would win for the horse. I hope Face Off does this again next season. Depends on how traumatized the judges really were I guess.
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I just want to know where someone wearing pink camouflage plans to hide.
I usually get annoyed when someone opens a whole response just to say LOL but...................... That cracked me up. LOL
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The patriotic, idiotic, flag waving grilled cheese PBJ pink shirt guilt tripping Moms can go home and STFU with their entire "support the military" shite. I would've given the Madres $6 for nothing just to see them beat out the MMs and their mediocre (and that is charitable) menu. Blech.
LOL and I agree. I don't think the Madres are going to last much longer though. They seem nice enough but not too bright. Mama doesn't seem to do anything but walk around out front waving the flag. You'd think they'd want to make it look like an authentic Mexican Mama is cooking even if she isn't and have her in the truck.
I seem to change my mind every week. I started out not liking the bacon guys or the Feast crew and now they're my favorites. I do wish they'd all shave though. I prefer food servers to look like they bathe.
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I'm almost not looking forward to this one because I like David Burke a lot and I adore Takashi. I really hate that one of them has to lose.
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I like Dairy Queen chocolate-dipped soft serve cones. I also loved their crunch cones, which I enjoyed when I was growing up. That variety hasn't been around for ages. Sadly, all of the DQs in our area are closing.
I liked those dipped cones too although we called soft serve "custard" back in Buffalo where I grew up to differentiate it from regular ice cream. I think I was an adult before I realized that custard is actually something else. I can think of two old-fashioned Dairy Queens in my area (Central Illinois) but most of them are now super DQs with all kinds of fast food and indoor seating.
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I really appreciated the Remax link because it showed me clearly that what I had envisioned was totally wrong. Now I get it. The $1.6 million evaluation seemed staggering until I realized that the ad specified one unit but the figures mentioned 8 bedrooms and almost 4000 sq. ft. so were for the whole parcel. I'd love to know why the value dropped a full million $$ from June to August. I wonder if that's accurate.
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The only one who really annoys me all the damn time is Lauren. I mean, there's embracing your dorky self, and then there's amplifying it thirtyfold for the cameras. She is on my last nerve.
I totally agree. She's really unpleasant to watch. I don't care much for the girl with blue hair either. Or maybe it's really her mother I don't like. The child is what? 11? And she's allowed to have a punk haircut dyed blue? She's actually quite pretty but that "look at me" hair style is way too old for her IMO. I like all the boys.
I wish Rachael and Guy would stop talking to them all like they're toddlers. And fawning over everything they do. It also annoys me to death that they keep calling the kids "chef." None of them have even approached earning the right to be addressed that way. Gordon Ramsay, of all people, was much better at dealing with kids on his MC Junior show.
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I agree with the posters above. I have tried and tried to visualize the area as a whole and can't. I thought maybe there would be a map of sorts on the HGTV site but I couldn't find one.
I would absolutely hate to have a pool and all the associated partying and noise right in front of my windows and there's no way I'd even consider the condo with the open ceiling or the one with orange everywhere. I hope the brothers win.
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Other than that I usually end up with a pint of the Private Selection ice cream when I've got a craving; they have a bevy of unusual flavors and the quality is surprisingly high for the price.
I don't know whether to thank Kroger for changing my mind about ice cream or blame them for about a million calories I wouldn't have eaten otherwise. I grew up when ice cream basically meant a gallon carton of rock hard, grainy Sealtest that came in vanilla, chocolate or Neapolitan (which I loathe to this day). For decades, I rarely ate it and never bought it for home. Then, a couple years ago, I was looking for something in a freezer case at Kroger and noticed they had butter pecan which I remembered liking at some time in the past so I bought some. Delicious. Since then, I've tried many flavors of the Private Selection brand and they're really good. Schwan's has good ice cream, too.
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I was so, so, so annoyed by the extra "countdown" they did for the judges.
Ted made me laugh when he did that. The point of After Hours is to show what the judges might have done with the basket ingredients and to show them having fun doing it. They aren't really competing or being judged. I get a kick out of the horseplay and seeing them just be themselves. Even Aaron whom I can't stand as a judge is likeable after hours - as someone else also observed.
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I didn't care for Brooke during her season. I didn't actively dislike her though. I do now. Mike, of course, was always a toad but, watching him with Antonia, I thought he might have finally grown up. Wrong. The two of them kidding around while Stefan was cooking reminded me of third graders who think they're just so smart and funny when they gang up on another student. I have no more respect for either of them.
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Stefan may be an ass on the surface but I love him anyway. I think that he's really a nice person underneath. I think if you scratched CJ hard enough and deep enough, underneath you'd find John Tesar which would not be a good thing.
There was absolutely no point to having them go shopping for meat other than to advertise Lexus. That was ridiculous.
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Sasha appears to lack confidence- against reason or recent experience- and thus probably sees her fate as controlled more by external forces than her own talent and drive.
I think that's a fair assessment. Even so, she's annoying and I was hoping both she and Jason would be sent home. She needs some maturity before she'll succeed in that business.
Speaking of which..................... Every time I see on the screen that Rachael is 24 y/o, I think that must be a typo. She looks like she's at least 40 to me and I can't see a woman that young in her no matter how hard I stare at her.
To my surprise, I've grown to like Cig despite his goofy facial hair and hats. He, George and Damien seem talented as do Stella and Dina whom I've liked from the start.
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Wasn't Fatima the woman who served the raw lamb? I think it was lamb, anyway.
That's the way I remember it. I do recall that I felt very strongly that the other chef should win and I was both shocked and angry when the judges picked Fatima despite a major technical error. I thought her sob story carried the day. She went on and on this time around too. She's pretty but I just don't like her.
Giorgio seems to have picked up some ego along with his success. I was sorry to see that as I liked his modesty the first time he was on.
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I liked Sarge too. In fact, he's the first contestant I have liked. Glad he won a nice amount. His daughter seemed to be in tears a lot. It made me wonder what kind of injury he had to win a Purple Heart and then fight his way back from. She was clearly proud of him.
I was glad to see that Eric Greenspan has cleaned up. The last time I saw him, he had dark stubble all over his huge face and neck and he looked vaguely sinister and unclean. I like him so I was happy to see him look better although I wish he'd lose some of that weight before he drops dead.
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I was happy with the way the first round went. Fatima was worse than I remembered and I almost stood up and cheered when she got chopped first. I didn't recognize Georgio at first because his hair style was different. I remembered him well though and had liked him the first time around. I noticed he had his wrist watch alarm on again but no one mentioned it. I've wondered if he ever took his mother and sister to Italy so I was glad he answered that question. I was very glad he beat Mr. Arrogance from Jean-Georges.
I love Chopped After Hours on line so I really enjoyed the filler show that came on right after the tournament round. I don't see a chef (Geoffrey Zakarian) cooking in French cuffs too often.
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I don't like Nicole Curtis and her "design aesthetic" which isn't really. She was IMO a bad choice to be a judge on a show that's more about remodeling than how to decorate one's coffee table.
As others have said, that exposed ceiling was awful. Someone walking upstairs is going to sound like an elephant to anyone downstairs plus all those exposed beams just made me think of nests of spiders. How would you keep that clean?
It seemed hypocritical to me that Nicole praised the sisters for the hideous orange artwork on giant canvasses then turned around and criticized the married couple for decorating with blue frames. I didn't like either but I thought the concept was the same.
I'm hoping the brothers win now.
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The Israeli's could have kept Kosher. Hebrew National kosher hot dogs are the best and no one forced them to use bacon or they could have used turkey bacon.
Good point. I buy Hebrew National myself even though I'm not Jewish and that didn't even occur to me. Not sure about the bacon though. I think the description of the local hot dogs (already forgot the name) specified "wrapped in bacon." I've never had turkey bacon but it doesn't appeal to me. I don't know if the idea would turn customers off or be a big selling point to health-conscious crowds.
They were in Minneapolis-St. Paul just last season.
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The right team definitely went home. Those boys need to grow up a lot before they can run a business successfully. I could forgive them for being disorganized due to lack of experience but not for being lazy, leaving the truck to look around and then shutting down early. Even worse was fighting within earshot of the customers. No excuse for that. I agree with Fostersmom that their food didn't look like anything I'd expect from culinary school grads.
I liked the bacon guys a lot better this week. I don't have high hopes for the Israelis. They just don't seem like they're enjoying anything although I did feel sorry for them having to use pork when they apparently keep kosher. The military moms can leave any time AFAIC.
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Unpopular Food Likes/Dislikes: Table for One
in Food & Drink
I've always said that you can divide people into two groups - mayonnaise people and Miracle Whip people. I think you like whatever you grew up with. Mayonnaise is one of the few things I'm seriously fussy about. I loathe Miracle Whip because it's sweet. I want mayonnaise and it has to be Hellmann's. Or home made but not sweet.