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I thought the bright red ones were her entremets, and that the others were actual chocolate-dipped strawberries, just there for decoration. They were only required to make 12 entremets.

You could see why its color appealed to her; it matched the shirt she was wearing.

I'm on the lookout for a Hulu deal, and hoping they'll still have a lesser-priced BF deal without Disney, since there's nothing really for me personally on Disney.

I think the one she hugged goodbye may have been one of the producers, and they have shown producers and medics before, usually when there's a problem, though the focus is never on their faces. I don't know that we've seen actual camera operators, though.

The pits were chocolate choux buns dipped in caramel.

The editing worked overtime to telegraph near disasters for both Dylan and Georgie (even aside from Georgie's technical challenge meltdown). I did love Georgie's "what was I thinking" moment after Allison talked her down from the ledge. I wasn't surprised Christiaan was star baker, given that while all four got near-equivalent raves for their showstoppers, he got the least criticism and came the closest to success in the signature. Kudos to lovely Gill for not batting an eye when she was eliminated after an excellent week, saying, "and rightly so." I think she was fully aware that, despite the consistent praise for her flavors and evident talent, her bakes were the more homespun and less sophisticated. I'll be happy to see any of the remaining three win.

And really, neither should be a challenge for these bakers. Both are things that regularly feature on the show, and they've made them already more than once this season over various challenges.

Indeed, the end of every season's final episode features photos and captions from the various contestants visiting after the fact.

I had a different take on Paul's comments when Dylan explained his flavors, not that he dislikes or isn't up with the combination, but skepticism about how it would work in a cake and whether it would be balanced (which Prue shared, she was the one who warned that if too strong it could taste like toothpaste). In the end this was borne out, because the peppermint overwhelmed the chocolate. Mint chocolate chip ice cream puts mint at the forefront, but one would expect a dessert in which the lion's share is chocolate cake to go the other way, just as Thin Mints are more chocolaty than minty. Raises hand: I agree, too! I do love banana bread, but otherwise am not wild about the flavor, and can't stand the texture of bananas as themselves. The whole 1970s theme was kind of a reach, but if they insist on theme weeks (and it seems they do), at least they've moved on from the rightfully blasted "international" challenges. The only thing particularly offensive about this episode was the colors. Despite the discussion at the end, I thought it was obvious that Georgie would get star baker. Dylan may have had a handshake in the signature, but she was the only one who was strictly complimented all the way through, plus first in the technical (which counts when they want it to). (Aside: Even more than the browns and oranges, the pink and green of Georgie's showstopper was a bit triggering for me because the fixer-upper my mom bought out of probate court in 1980 was entirely decorated in a pink-and-green theme, as in every single room save the kitchen was painted some combination of pink and green, including salmon pink and avocado green tiles and avocado green fixtures in the bathroom. The kitchen was that mint ice cream green of Georgie's and Dylan's buttercream with white, and flooring to match. All this in a 1910 house with the original woodwork and hardwood floors intact. You better bet that after we were done with it, there wasn't a hint of either color in the house.)

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i had heard Texas has a kolache scene. Apparently there's a well-documented Texas kolache trail.

It's not. The Paris-Brest is just the choux rings with the crème mousseline filling that they made that was set on top of the edible base.

Yeah, unfortunately, this wasn't the first time someone had to tell him to go away when he stopped to chat at crunch time.

I wonder if any references/video regarding the tzatziki were simply edited out for time, because they decided they needed to devote more to the showstopper or something.