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(11/20/09 12:59 AM)

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We interrupt our reguarly scheduled bitching for a repeat of our holiday classic... http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/videos/holiday-cooking-with-carla-hall#self

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(11/20/09 1:11 AM)

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Can they just give this season's fan favorite to Carla, especially since she didn't win last season?

There's no one this season who is likeable or memorable enough to warrant fan favorite really.

cginspace

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(11/20/09 1:15 AM)

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Am loiving her holiday videos. LOVING them. Apparently she may soon ship her cookies. I'm in if she does.

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(11/20/09 3:10 AM)

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aww Auntie Carla wants to make me some pie...she should just shout Hootie Hoo! throughout her video like Emeril...

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(11/20/09 3:16 AM)

Carla: For those of you who don't like to make your own crust: Why not? ::scowl::

Loved that.

Cousin Oliver

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(11/20/09 3:48 AM)

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chuckersil wrote:
Carla: For those of you who don't like to make your own crust: Why not? ::scowl::

Loved that.

When she said, "You know what else we need to put in here?" I was SURE that she was going to say, "My secret ingredient. A little bit of love!"

I need her back on my TV on a regular basis. And NOT saying 'Calphalon' every 30 seconds.

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(11/20/09 5:51 AM)

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LOLABINGO wrote:
They had four hours. Ensuring their main component was properly cooked seems pretty elementary. Salmon takes, what? 10 minutes?

They had four hours to prepare every component of their main protein dish, plus two elaborate & intricate side dishes/garnishes. That's not that much time when they are in a new unfamiliar kitchen and they are doing all of the legwork, chopping, dicing, cooking, plating themselves.

Kevin was the only one to be able to properly cook his protein, because he ignored the challenge guidelines, yet again, and did not prepare elaborate & intricate garnishes.

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(11/20/09 5:56 AM)

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Cousin Oliver wrote:

chuckersil wrote:
Carla: For those of you who don't like to make your own crust: Why not? ::scowl::

Loved that.
When she said, "You know what else we need to put in here?" I was SURE that she was going to say, "My secret ingredient. A little bit of love!"

I need her back on my TV on a regular basis. And NOT saying 'Calphalon' every 30 seconds.

True. You could almost hear the produver saying, "Don't forget to say "no oil" a few dozen more times!" Still, I loved her in all those holiday meal clips. The turkey didn't look like a holiday turkey, but it looked delicious.

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(11/20/09 6:05 AM)

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"I have my green beans, which are seasonal, posing as peas." Ah, Carla. You are so Carla.

Taniwha Is Waiting

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(11/20/09 6:29 AM)

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Cousin Oliver wrote:

chuckersil wrote:
Carla: For those of you who don't like to make your own crust: Why not? ::scowl::

Loved that.
When she said, "You know what else we need to put in here?" I was SURE that she was going to say, "My secret ingredient. A little bit of love!"

I need her back on my TV on a regular basis. And NOT saying 'Calphalon' every 30 seconds.

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Posts: 2994 (11/04/09 7:32 AM) Registered User Reply Quote Edit More Recent Posts	I'd just gotten the taste of Casey's bile out of my mouth and now she has to show up again. Ugh. At least we get to see Carla and Fabio again to make up for it. I'll be interested to see if Marcel really was talking to Fabio when he said he didn't watch the season. Someone should tell him you're supposed to gracefully cede your fame to subsequent casts - especially ones who were considered fan favorites and not weaselly little bitches. Thanks for that link, ravens - I want to make that. When she said "You know what else this needs?" I was expecting her to say love, not salt. Kevin better not be the one going because combined with last season's catastrophic ending I'll have to give this show up. (until the next season, of course.) Last Edited By: Taniwha Is Waiting 11/04/09 7:38 AM. Edited 1 times.

Heh...

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(11/20/09 2:24 PM)

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PinotEnvy wrote:
he ignored the challenge guidelines, yet again, and did not prepare elaborate & intricate garnishes.

Yeah... like mac & cheese or carrot puree. How 'bout that celery root with a shitake placed on top? Intricate! Eleborate!

When you look at the photos (a risky biz), Kevin's doesn't stand out as looking less intricate or elaborate than a lot of the others.

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(11/20/09 2:43 PM)

cginspace wrote:
We interrupt our reguarly scheduled bitching for a repeat of our holiday classic... http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/videos/holiday-cooking-with-carla-hall#self

NO NO NO!!! I can't see Carla because I am Canadian??
Damn you, damn you Americans all to heck! (Carla wouldn't swear, so neither will I)

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(11/20/09 4:08 PM)

Seriously? Which of those dishes looks "less intricate?"

Kevin did slice and add sauce at the table though, while that presentation has been praised by judges in the past, perhaps that isn't allowed at the competition?

Intricate side dishes that taste as bad as the badly cooked protein don't cut it either, weren't many of those panned as well? I know that the "Mediterranean" theme was dismissed as a failure with cauliflower "cous cous" and that cucumber thing didn't taste good--but I didn't really focus on the side dishes while watching. I just remember that, while perhaps pretty, none seemed to wow anyone.

Taste will always trump presentation, and I agree, I don't think Kevin's presentation looks any worse that the others, and frankly, none look that "intricate" to me. (Again, give them enough time for requirements like that!)

When they spoke about baskets woven from vegetables at the real comp, I actually thought they might give these guys enough time to pull something like that off--but, alas, no. Frankly, I think we have seen "prettier" and more intricate stuff in regular challenges of the past.

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(11/20/09 4:37 PM)

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Look at the difference of KEvin's meat. It is just a piece of meat there, basically. The others used garnish WITH the meat. His layering was pretty much the expected layering. Not a HUGE difference, but decidedly more simple.

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(11/20/09 4:40 PM)

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Yes, he should have trickled some parsley puree on the edge.

BTW, it's the garnishes that were supposed to be intricate, not the meat. The meat had some sort of protein-in-a-protein requirement.

cindidindi76

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(11/20/09 4:43 PM)

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I thought the protein-in-a-protein thing was just for the quickfire?

CUBic Zirconiyum

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(11/20/09 4:44 PM)

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I didn't see the ep but read Eli was eliminated because his meat was raw and inedible. Call me a food cretin but all of that red meat looks inedible to me.

cindidindi76

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(11/20/09 4:45 PM)

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I thought the protein-in-a-protein thing was just for the quickfire?

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(11/20/09 4:46 PM)

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The Quickfire was a protein-in-a-protein-in-a-protein.
And really, each of those plates has the meat standing off by itself, so I don't see how Kevin's is the only one not working the meat in WITH the garnish.

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(11/20/09 4:47 PM)

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I thought the protein-in-a-protein thing was just for the quickfire?

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