I just want to know why saffron was even available to these people, other than maybe the hopes that someone would serve up meatballs worth $30 each.
It also amazes me how insulated these people have been. I grew up in the boring suburbs of Chicago 40 years ago, and we knew what tofu was.
Who was the one who put so much pepper on their food that even Bobby “Fear No Heat” Flay recoiled in terror?
Interestingly enough, we were having … yup, meatballs! … last night while watching the DVR’d recording. We have saffron in the house and, although I’ve used it before, it never occurred to me to try it raw like that.
Holy. Cow. “Strong” is one word for it. :eek:
(Minor goal in life: successfullygrow saffroncrocuses myself.)
I really have to wonder how much of the dementia/out-of-it-edness is an act for the cameras…
I got props from Mrs. Cad when I said that with the saffron the plate of food would be worth about $130 and the Jizz Jar (our nickname for Bobby after Mrs. Cad mispronounced “Ginger”) said that there was over $100 worth of saffron on the plate.
I always wondered what sort of quality control they use on picking the chefs. It seems to me that a decent home chef could fake being bad enough to be on the show and “improve” enough each week to stay in.
Didn’t Sweden is in Switzerland Lady go home? She was the one who thought she was a good cook for some reason.
Twofu Lady can stay. She was hysterically funny. She kept mispronouncing the word even after Flay corrected her multiple times. Ms. I Know Nothing About Lebanon is the professional poker player. She can leave. She’s just dumb.
I’m liking Flay here more than I’ve liked him in a long time. He seems to care about these people. Watching him attempt to keep a straight face sometimes is a huge part of the fun.
Watching him ask her “are you for real?” is one of the first times I’ve not disliked him.
I don’t think anyone who managed to be a pro poker player is likely to be dumb. Ignorant/oblivious of things outside her chosen realm of focus, sure, but if she can turn that focus on to the food I think she will do well for a while. A lot of success in poker seems to be a good memory and ability to work under pressure which should serve her well here.
Right now, though, my money’s on Smilin’ Bob.
I’m kind of wondering that about Vinnie. During the auditions segment last week it seemed like there were plenty worse than him. His “signature dish” was bad, but then did pretty well with the pancakes and then won both challenges this week.
My other favorite moment was when Poker Girl got all grossed out when [del]Jizz Jar[/del] Bobby was grinding the meat. “It just looks so… meaty.” “It’s… meat.”
Yeah, you have to get rid of the people who won’t listen to you because they’ll never learn. So good bye Good Cook Sweden. Crazy cat lady is too funny to get rid of yet. Has anyone talked to her about using scissors instead of knives? Also, if meat disgusts you you really shouldn’t be cooking and perhaps even not eating. Poor Blond girl was so boring they had to bitch her up a bit, didn’t they?
There should be classes like this at The Learning Annex. The longer you stay, the more of your tuition you get back. You know, I didn’t really check. They might have these kinds of classes.
My sister is a home-ec teacher and hates this show. She wishes they would just teach them basic techniques (like basically making them take eighth grade Food 1 Class all over again and this time LISTEN!) instead of trying to have them make fancy stuff they will never cook again. But then, my sister would be describing a PBS cooking show. And she has no appreciation for faked drama. She just wants them to be able to go home and cook dinner that people will eat!
OK, here’s where I out myself as a person who watches way too much reality TV.
It’s a painful thing to admit.
Tiffany, the poker player, is the same Tiffany who appeared on Amazing Race 15 (the one with Flight Time and Big Easy of the Harlem Globetrotters) with Maria. The Tiffany-Maria team quit in Holland, under cold, wet, rainy conditions. IIRC, it was a golfing challenge.
So, in addition to OP LavenderBlue’s friend of a friend, we seem to have another fame-ho. There are probably others on this show also looking for their shot at the big time.
I admit it, I know that too. And she annoyed me on the Amazing Race because they pretended to work with homeless teens or something so no one would know they were big shot poker players. So she’s a liar and an attention whore. Lose already.
I forgot about the homeless teens bit. She’s probably lying about not knowing how to cook, too. Yeah, lose already.
I thought the breakfast challenge was a pretty realistic cooking situation. Cooking good eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc. are all reasonable skills. However, I hate the “stunt” element to the challenges progressing to the “cook a gourmet meal for a major chef” level.
My friend of a friend on this show was on an episode of Project Runway last season. I’ve decided you have to set aside any expectation of realism from this show and just sit there and laugh madly. I literally find it one of the most hysterically funny shows on television. My eldest daughter watched with us and kept giggling. Bobby Flay’s facial expressions are priceless as are some of the words the words that come out of these people’s mouths. Sarina’s Pappa Smurf impression still cracks me up.
We have no idea if the friend of a friend can cook and I really just don’t care.
Even though she had to go sooner or later, I’m sad that Bobby sent Crazy Cat Lady home. Neither she nor the Asian squeaky-talker were going to win and Squeaky-talker is less funny and more annoying.
I have an awful feeling that one of the three of my least favorite people is going to win: Blondie, Poker Player or Stereotypical Philly Italian.
Why yes, I do have a problem with names. Why do you ask?
I thought Erica (Crazy Cat Lady) was fun to watch. It would have been great to see her make a breakthrough and start to progress, but it was not to be.
I’m so glad Erica is gone. However funny she was to watch, it was too cringe-worthy. I deal with that sort of person regularly. They half listen, then fill in the blanks with whatever pops in their head,not even realizing they’re doing it.
I think the Asian lady on Bobby’s team will be cut next. The woman has NO tastebuds.
Almost all the pizzas were frightful.
~VOW
The poker-player Amazing Racer Tiffany seems to me to have more knowledge and experience than she should in order to qualify as one of the worst cooks. I think she was intentionally bad in order to get on the show, and is now ‘improving’ rapidly. She showed herself to be dishonest on TAR, so now I don’t trust her. Plus she talked about what an amazing cook her mother was, so I’m sure she picked up a lot of knowledge that way.
She is famous in poker circles for eating a plate of nachos and smearing grease and other nastiness on the cards late in the World Series of Poker.