Food Networks - Loves and Hates

[knight_shadow]

Swerve/

My company upgraded our Blackberrys to Droids, so I'm having an app field day. I downloaded a Food Network app and it's great. I've always enjoyed Rachel Ray, so having her recipes at my fingertips = great

/Swerve

[MysticCat]

Worst Cook in America starts tonight.

Yay!

[LXA SE285]

Worst Cook in America starts tonight.

Rooting for Anne Burrell to make it three-for-three!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

Rooting for Anne Burrell to make it three-for-three!

Me too.

And LOL at the woman trying to cut peppers with scissors.

[LXA SE285]

And LOL at the woman trying to cut peppers with scissors.

They've totally cast made-for-reality-TV types this time around. Tiffany, the poker player on Bobby's team, was also a contestant on The Amazing Race. Libby Floyd, the sequin-encrusted Southern belle who went home last night, was a longtime host on ShopNBC. Even so, I think it'll be a good season.

[AlphaFrog]

Another Restaurant Impossible with pahst-er. *Sigh*

However when one of the sons told the mom she should be at the restaurant instead of tanning and she spat back that she didn't judge him for tanning....*snarf*

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Worst Cook in America starts tonight.

Yay!

My husband (who has been a professional cook for over 10 years) and I caught the re-run. He was dumbfounded at some of them not being able to produce eggs and pancakes in an hour. He said besides the reduced syrups, he could have had the whole order out, including all four eggs in under 8 minutes....which is true, because his last job had a ticket timer and his average ticket time was 6 minutes.

[AnchorAlumna]

Re: Chatterbox Cafe on Restaurant Impossible
With nails like that, this restauranteur is doomed.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

My husband (who has been a professional cook for over 10 years) and I caught the re-run. He was dumbfounded at some of them not being able to produce eggs and pancakes in an hour. He said besides the reduced syrups, he could have had the whole order out, including all four eggs in under 8 minutes....which is true, because his last job had a ticket timer and his average ticket time was 6 minutes.

I know, right? And almost all of those, as well as some of the things that they made for the earlier challenge, are things you do pretty darn near the last minute. I'd really hate to eat eggs or pancakes that had been sitting on someone's plate for 45 minutes.

I had wacthed it Sunday night, but the whole family watched last night. The kids -- 14-year-old son in particular, couldn't stop laughing. Even he knows more than some of these people.

[AlphaFrog]

I about died at the guy looking for a dishwasher to cook his salmon. I've heard of it before, but was he looking for originality points, or what?

I was intrigued by the IDEA of Vanilla Chicken and I think it could work if executed properly.

Also, if the girl picked last would think about it, it isn't a bad spot - so she's not "good" enough to be picked for a chef's own team, but she's also not bad enough to be picked to give to the competition...so it pretty much puts her in the exact middle of the pack.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I about died at the guy looking for a dishwasher to cook his salmon. I've heard of it before, but was he looking for originality points, or what?

I was intrigued by the IDEA of Vanilla Chicken and I think it could work if executed properly.

Also, if the girl picked last would think about it, it isn't a bad spot - so she's not "good" enough to be picked for a chef's own team, but she's also not bad enough to be picked to give to the competition...so it pretty much puts her in the exact middle of the pack.

Exactly.

But just no on the vanilla fried chicken.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Exactly.

But just no on the vanilla fried chicken.

No, not vanilla fried chicken - I was thinking more along the lines of chicken medallions in a vanilla almond cream sauce over pasta - maybe some carmelized onions, fennel, and carrots in it...I'd have to play with it, but I could make it work.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

My husband (who has been a professional cook for over 10 years) and I caught the re-run. He was dumbfounded at some of them not being able to produce eggs and pancakes in an hour.

Since yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, I made pancakes for supper last night and I decided to try Chef Anne's trick of beating the egg whites and then folding them into the batter. We like!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Since yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, I made pancakes for supper last night and I decided to try Chef Anne's trick of beating the egg whites and then folding them into the batter. We like!

Good to know. I was excited because pumpkin pancakes are my favorite. Yes, I know MC, you don't like pumpkin. Since having them a year and a half ago at the Carolina RenFest, my kids now ask for crêpes instead of pancakes. Last Saturday it was candied acorn squash stuffed crêpes.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Yes, I know MC, you loathe pumpkin and are repelled by it with an intensity akin to the opposite ends of a magnet.

FYP.