Psychobunny

Am I the only one who winces every time they run the commercial where Flay says that this is the "best group ever"? Right now, the only ones I can stand are Eddie, Jay and Arnold and apparently Arnold can't cook anything. Also I'm glad Emilia is gone. She was always the typical mean girl to me.

In one episode they had a little pop-up box saying they had eight ingredients at their stations. Unfortunately, I only got 7 before it disappeared but they were: -Flour -Sugar -Oil (including olive oil as well as vegetable oil) -Butter -Salt -Pepper (Which seems to also include chili pepper and paprika) -Vinegar (Which seems to include several types of vinegar) -?

For those who say that there is no way the cup could get stuck-I suggest google. Try reading this poor girl's story: http://menstrual-cups.livejournal.com/3312416.html

Just to add one more note before I return to watching season 4 (I'm up to Glease). I was trying to figure out who would be a better character to turn out to be a FTM transman. It would have to be somebody who always seemed uncomfortable in their own skin but presented as cis-gendered and possibly had trouble with intimate relationships. The one I came up with was Emma. Now that would be a more plausible yet fascinating plot twist.

I'm still about 2 years behind in my watching so I've been avoiding spoilers as much as possible but I needed to rant about the Beiste storyline and it seems that this was/will be the episode where it starts. They finally had a unique complex character, a woman who had to deal with being not conventionally attractive yet still attracted to men and still feeling female and they had to go and screw it up by making her transgender. It just reinforces the stereotype that "masculine" women must want to be men and "feminine" men all want to be women. I wish there were more characters on television to represent women who don't spend all their time on makeup and clothing, who like to dress for comfort and are interested a sports yet are still straight and like men. I am so disappointed.

Don't serve raw chicken. Don't slice your meat before it rests. Don't use salt instead of sugar in your dessert-Geoffrey still brings up that one. Don't cook with alcohol unless you have time to cook it down properly. Forget about the ice cream machine-whatever you are doing DO NOT use the antigriddle. Face it, you don't know what you are doing and besides, nobody has ever used it effectively.

So glad we have a topic!. As somebody who still has the difficulty with "R"s despite years of speech therapy, I do feel for Finn. It's a speech defect, not an accent. Like the others here I was surprised that nobody was too annoying yet, although Amber may be pushing it. Also, like the others, I adore Lauren the rocker chick, even though she apparently made the worst dish. The parents don't seem too bad yet. I wonder how Finn will do if he can't grill everything. Overall, they're all so happy to be there and not too intense. (BTW, I thought it was Sean who was the breakdancer.)

I would have been OK with any of the three who needed/wanted the scholarship winning, but I liked Dante least because of his attitude and because he is already getting training at his school. I did feel bad for him because he clearly does not have money, but OTOH Tommi really needed the scholarship too and I liked her attitude. I also like it when the kids without formal training win. I guess I see them as the underdogs and I imagine it would be a lot harder when nobody has taught you correct butchering and you've never cooked or tasted octopus. I was alos sure that they would give each finalist something like a $5000 scholarship. I am hoping that maybe one of the judges can hook Sequoia up with at least an internist in a good restaurant. After all you don't have to go to culinary school to be a chef.

I thought I would be upset with Lenny's win but all I felt was sweet, sweet schadenfreude. Not only does TFN have to deal with Lenny, but now Lenny has to be the gourmet cowboy for the rest of his career. I can't help but think that it's going to kill him a little to keep up the "aw-shucks" act forever.

Morgan was somewhat of an overachiever but she didn't bug me the way Hannah did. I still think it's weird to have kids in a vocational school who want to cook for a living competing against kids who are doing it for fun and probably wouldn't use the scholarship. I couldn't hate on Sequoia after she wanted to taste something and said that she had to taste it even though it would get stuck in her braces. I feel her pain.

After looking at that video I hate Lenny just a little. I was sort of rooting for him since he was the best cook left. I guess I've have to root for Luca who is now the best of the worst. What's funny is that when I watched Loreal's video linked above (http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/dining/2014/07/27/food-network-star-loreal-gavin/13174989/) I thought she came across as much more genuine and knowledgeable. She also lost about 15 years and several pounds of makeup and hairspray. I might actually watch a show by that person. I could see myself making that sandwich.

Quick question-how far apart is the body prop? Would she even be able to reach?

What is Kent up to now? I also just got a chance to see Benji's podcast on Mormon Stories (http://mormonstories.org/350-352-dance-champion-benji-schwimmer/) and I have to say I found it fascinating. I basically watched the entire 5 hours. The part where he discusses dealing with being gay and Mormon was riveting. He also was quite realistic about how he got so far on the program and the fact that he wasn't the best dancer by far. The behind-the-scenes stuff on the show is also interesting. The only thing that made me roll my eyes was when he kept saying how he wasn't stereotypically effeminate. I just wanted to tell him "Honey, you could fry an egg on the flames you put out during that show! Even I, with my extremely poor gaydar, knew."

I wanted Lucy to win but I love girls who love science (BA in Chemistry here). Also the God talk turned me right off. Finally, I tend to root against the ones who basically attend cooking school as opposed to those who had to learn on their own.

My thoughts: Having Giada right up in your face screaming at you to make her hungry must be terrifying. I think what bothered me most was the botox. Her eyebrows didn't move a millimeter. Sarah needs to be gone like yesterday. Good for Luca for mentioning his grandmother. I really want to hate Cowboy guy but he is clearly the best cook left so I am hoping he is just playing the game and laughing at it all behind the scenes. What bugs about Emma is that her POV was farm-to-table. Unless she is raising squid, I don't think her dish applies. (I do think that Alton was right in a way about her dish. I dislike when Bourdain, for example goes on and on about how wonderful a certain food is because they give you all the condiments and you can season to taste. All I can think is "You're a chef-you know how to season this but I have no idea of how much of what ingredient to add. That's why I go to a restaurant-so I can have somebody who knows what they are doing tell me what seasonings work best in what proportions.").

Just randomly wanted to add that I think pancakes made with chopped-up chocolate-covered bacon bits could be awesome. However, I could never be on FNS because my grandmother couldn't cook.

I want to see him address something other than mean cats or litterbox issues. My cat eats plastic bags. (He's also eaten a rubber snake, a feather from his toy, a basket of paper "grass", dental floss and a penny (which cost me $3000 in cat surgery)). His favorite is plastic, though. He chews on the handles to the boxes of litter, and he opens up my kitchen cabinets, climbs in, opens the boxes with the garbage can liners, and eats them. He doesn't just chew them either, he eats big holes in them. I wish he'd address something like that. (Don't get me wrong-I love my Boris-but no matter how much I catproof the house he finds the plastic anyway. He even tried to eat the plastic bags I use to scoop the used litter into-while I am actually scooping!)

Darn-post got eaten so I'll make it short. Giada totally wants Luca Ross is a cutie but he gained a lot of weight back. However he does not want Luca because I saw him and his boyfriend on House Hunters and they are too cute for Ross to be cheating. Donna bugged me so I'm glad she's gone. Christopher can cook but he's too bland to stay. I thought Loreal was saying she liked Chardonnay but I rewound and realized she was saying she liked sharp knives. I suspect she likes both. It's pretty clear who can cook and who can't. Laissez les wacko temps roulez!