Jesse

Wow, I slept well! Good morning!

Happy new year, all!

Y'all. Can we refer to Robbie as she here, since that's what Intervention told us she prefers?

Bacon Bits, Bacon Salt, etc., are typically vegan, as far as I know. It's mostly smoke and salt, not actually pork.

Good game! You guys, I spent the first two+ days thinking that everyone was on some team, and we would each be sending someone to the elimination round and then somehow one of them would be picked to go through. Possibly why I wasn't acting like a villain -- I didn't realize I was one! LOL indeed.

I only wish Tom were doing blind tasting somehow -- the personal bias is the only thing that bothers me about LCK.

1. TCS 2. Drogo 3. MarkHB 4. OB 5. A1 6. LC 7. Jesse

Yeah, that's what I was thinking -- not that they use the pressure cooker in their normal life, but that it would be strategic to practice with it before hand. And 100% agreed on the desserts!

So if our actual mods are out of pocket, I will tell all: I was a villain! I was Mario Batali, along with @Lisin as Rachael Ray and @MarkHB as Giada. I couldn't have done it without my team!!

Clearly there are other issues in the broader family, if that was the best option for the niece! Poor Tanya worked so hard -- I hope she really sticks with therapy and etc.

What's awful to me is that at the same time, there are people with chronic pain who can't get enough pain relief to function! And then my (upper class, white, suburban) cousin was sent away with a handful of oxys for a fairly minor issue.

Thanks, y'all!!!!

Shit, I don't know. I mean, if I can't vote for myself, it becomes kind of a toss-up. I guess it's only right to do the flipside of the thing where people start a DL against the person who started the DL against them... 1 (Jesse) to give Lisin the win

Can I vote for myself or no?

(I guess all those shows do the same thing, but I mostly notice they repeat it a hundred times on BB because the contestants are idiots.)

If that's right (and thanks!) we've become Big Brother, where they vote to kick someone out every week until the finale when they vote for the winner.

Now that's a twist! I went looking back through the stories over the weekend, and (since a clue pointing at me was in a list of food one time!) noticed "persimmon salad, persimmon and endive, asparagus with persimmon sauce" and wonder if s-e-a is another clue for A1?

Man, I can't believe Cindy is still going! I think even if we didn't know her full story now, it would be apparent that she wasn't well during the taping. She really looks like she's just pulling out everything she has. I guessed "radical" at the last second, not sure if I would have had time to write it down.

On a GBBO Holiday Masterclass I saw over the weekend, Paul made a stollen with the marzipan rolled thin and rolled up in the dough.

Agreed! I mean, who wouldn't quit their job if they knew the world would end in six months?

Sam was the finest, 10 years ago. Now not so much. He at least needs to take that damn hat off. He's a grown man now! I'm on board with Fabio and Silva, though.

Also, and maybe it's well-known about Johnny, but knowing someone's last name doesn't actually tell you about the ethnic traditions they grew up with. Mine don't "match" because I grew up with my maternal grandmother's tradition and my paternal grandfather's last name.

Lol - I mean, I have seen worse clues.

If OB is Nigella, I just don't see how she's a villain. How are you all thinking about this?

I really can't believe she's still upright. For me, FJ was 90% a New York City geography question -- two blocks east of 6th is Madison.