The show Chopped is a good premise, I mean, hey, a real chef should be able to cook on the fly. But, the show fails when the judges taste the contestants 20 minute dish and wrinkle their foodie noses and say "This is dry, I don't think I can eat this." Ahhh, that's surprising since the mystery food baskets the chefs got to work with contained one of Rosie O'Donnel's old clogs, two triple A batteries, mountain troll exrement, some shit no one's ever heard of and a plantain. Obviously the problem is time constraints.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Chopped!
The show Chopped is a good premise, I mean, hey, a real chef should be able to cook on the fly. But, the show fails when the judges taste the contestants 20 minute dish and wrinkle their foodie noses and say "This is dry, I don't think I can eat this." Ahhh, that's surprising since the mystery food baskets the chefs got to work with contained one of Rosie O'Donnel's old clogs, two triple A batteries, mountain troll exrement, some shit no one's ever heard of and a plantain. Obviously the problem is time constraints.
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You continually make my day, DD. I would really likeit if you would do a post on ghosts 1.0 as you mentioned in passing yesterday.
DD, the Bayou Gardener has seed packs for sale. Do you think it's better to buy individually or to get his group of spring/summer?
Also, in a very old post you mentioned that you might make your own set of Tarot cards. Have you had the time & desire to do that?
They's all like to take the plantain and shove it up Ted Allen's ass. Only thing is, he'd probably like it.
After a longggg day, I'm finally sitting comfortably in my quiet den, ready to relax for the evening. I pick up my laptop and click to DD's blog and......BAMMMM
ROFLMAO. Thank you DD!!!!
I've watched this one a number of times, didn't find it all that easy to get into & yeah, the time constraints are a bit much, especially when you get chef's who've never heard of one or more of the secret ingredients.
The judges can't be extremely irritating & whiny. It doesn't help that they're such obvious food snobs. You can have a great palate & not be a total knob. I'd like to see the judges do this & see how they do, I think Ted Allen should attempt it too, then maybe they'll have a better idea what the chefs are going through & fix the time limits, because I don't think they have a clue as to how difficult it is.
It does give you a bit of a laugh when the toughest talking chef is the first one to go. The ones that go on how the other's should fear them. when I first saw that I thought when did the WWF take control of this show, when does someone shout "let's get ready to rumble", are they going to go in & body slam Ted Allen & the judges, because while I don't watch wrestling (childhood memories, dad was a fan), I would watch that. Ted Allen can be so damn dry, if I'm in the mood to watch a nerd I'll pick Alton Brown over Ted every time.
Have any of you watched the Top Chef masters? I liked that, finally some of the chef's who've been judges in past seasons know what it's like to compete. Rick Bayless talked about how different it was to be on the other side of the table, being the competitor instead of the judge. He described it as being frightening & a challenge, talking about how he had a new respect for the contestants of the show. I got a kick out of Hubert cooking pasta in the dorm room shower.
Can't See Sheep,
Top Chef Masters is starting a new season in a few weeks. New chefs along with some of the eliminated chefs from last season. I saw one commercial yesterday and it looked good.
I saw an episode where the chefs had have raw chicken cleaned, cooked, and plated in 20 minutes. All the judges complained the chicken was underdone and lectured the chefs on how dangerous it is to undercook chicken. I was like, WTF, what do you think will happen when you only give them 20 minutes to get everything done??
Cool, thanks Steph.
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