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Sandogg
09/03/09

In reply to Top Chef Flunks Google
When I'm running late to the neighborhood potluck, and I don't have time to go to the market, pasta salad is my go to dish that I can whip up little to no time.
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TedSez
09/03/09

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Seriously, that pasta salad was the kind of thing I used to make for my college food co-op.

On the other hand, it seemed unfair for the show to keep patting itself on the back about feeding the troops for around 40 of its 60 minutes, and then have the judges mark down chefs for thinking that was more important than the competition.
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DahlELama
09/03/09

@TedSez: Sure, it seems unfair, and it probably is, but how dumb is it of these chefs, who've probably seen all five seasons of this show, to think that there was anyway that the element of competition wouldn't be paramount? Did Jersey Douche really think it was OK to make a crappy salad because it was a "team thing" and he wouldn't be judged on his individual contribution? He seemed floored by this concept. Though, he also seems floored by the concept of stopping after four spray tan applications in one day, so, yeah.
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___
09/03/09

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Is it just me or are the competitors on Top Chef this season incredibly uneven? Preeti and some of the others(including that large girl with all the metal fastened to her face who keeps making soup) are just terrible while others like the brothers are some of the best ever.
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/03/09

@Fancy Pants: Not just you. Plus it seems to me that the talent is heavily weighted toward the men, other than Jennifer and Ashley. And haven't all three chefs eliminated been women?
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otherginger
09/03/09

@Fancy Pants: We have five strong ones and the rest are mediocre-to-weak; kind of the same as always, I think.
(Strong ones are the pickle brothers, the real brothers, and Jen).
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09/03/09

@otherginger: I have a hunch that while the hosts are drooling over the concept of two brothers reaching the final a "dark horse" will come up from the rear and win the whole thing.

I think that rotund guy with the beard from down south who did the pulled pork barbecue for the soldiers is my bet for the "dark horse" who takes home the grand prize. What do you think?
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09/03/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Ashley is a WOMAN?
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snugbug
09/03/09

In reply to Top Chef Flunks Google
My folks live in Mountain View, and I'm totally tasking them to go on an undercover mission to sample and grade Preeti's day-to-day cafeteria cooking.
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Ryan Tate
09/03/09

@snugbug: And if they write it up we'll totally run it!
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MisterHippity
09/03/09

@Ryan Tate: We already have a field report on the three Atlanta-based cheftestants restaurants. Heneage posted that during last week's live blog.
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___
09/03/09

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I heard they serve boiled spam at the Facebook cafeteria. Its all they can afford now that Facebook is going in the tank.
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Ryan Tate
09/03/09

@Fancy Pants: I'm not so sure -- they actually hired a chef away from Google/Bon Apetit, so they must be doing something interesting.

[gawker.com]
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09/03/09

@Ryan Tate:

Fancy! I'm glad Facebook is putting its investors' money to good use instead of wasting it all on computer servers. Cause it'll be a warm day in Wasilla before those investors ever see any return on their money!
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MisterHippity
09/03/09

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Well, here's one way Google can save some money: Order clams and tell Preeti that they're oysters.

Clams are much cheaper, and she can't tell the difference anyway ...
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Ryan Tate
09/03/09

@MisterHippity: Zing!
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/03/09

@MisterHippity: Good for the diet of their staff, too, since everyone will be sharing the 3 or 4 she manages to open.
(Though I really blame her Quickfire "teammates," none of whom wanted to do that and all of whom knew she had no experience shucking -- if I remember it all correctly.)
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Anthony De Rosa
08/22/09

In reply to Google Chef in Top Chef Clam Embarrassment
What a clamateur.
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unclevanya
08/21/09

In reply to Google Chef in Top Chef Clam Embarrassment
"Clams Casino" -- she's okay in my book.
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hamburgerhotdog
08/21/09

In reply to Google Chef in Top Chef Clam Embarrassment
Are you not supposed to eat shucked raw clams? I ate a few at last weekend's Milford CT Oyster Fest. Am I going to die?
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ligmasagbatch
08/21/09

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GOOGLE CHEF IN CLAM-BARRASSMENT

I write headlines for the Post.
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gladys_kravitz
08/21/09

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I suspect she has no such problems when manipulating bearded clams.
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lobstr
08/21/09

In reply to Google Chef in Top Chef Clam Embarrassment
ok, so how the hell do you shuck a clam? Call me uncultured, but if you don't just jam a knife into it, how many other ways are there to do it?
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BookishLookish
08/21/09

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That's gonna haunt her like a bad clam.
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Lymed
08/21/09

@BookishLookish: I hope she doesn't keep her emotions clammed up inside her.
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TableNein
08/21/09

@Lymed: I'm sure she can mussel her way through the bad press.
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Martiniman
08/21/09

@SalomeSandwich: I'm sure the media will give her quite a shell-acking.
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Smitros
08/21/09

@Martiniman:
I hope she has a good cry with her mother-of-pearl and moves on.
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TableNein
08/21/09

@Smitros: I agree. I hope it hasn't affected her marriage. If she gets divorced over this she should sue for abalone. She shouldn't ask for too much, you don't want to come across shellfish.
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Smitros
08/21/09

@SalomeSandwich:
Part of the problem may be conjugal. She may just want to cuttle.
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BlueBeard
08/21/09

@stephanos: Mollusk.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
08/21/09

@BookishLookish:
For some reason, I'm not surprised she goes for the bi-valves.
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Mo MoDo
08/21/09

@BookishLookish: She does look a little shrimpy for a chef.
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Smitros
08/21/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC:
Would this make her a scalloping gourmet?
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Gnip-Gnop
08/21/09

In reply to Google Chef in Top Chef Clam Embarrassment
I don't give a damn how anyone shucks my clams, as long as they don't bleed on them.
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MisterHippity
08/21/09

@Gnip-Gnop: She almost prepared lady fingers by mistake.
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lobstr
08/21/09

@MisterHippity: Bloody Mary ..with Clamato
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Smitros
08/21/09

@lobstr:
In Canada that's a Caesar.
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