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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/05/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
    Chiming in late, but willing to bet that Bravo lifted the quickfire idea of cooking on a train from the finale of BBC's "Last Restaurant Standing" - deets ici.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    I am traveling again and didn't get to see this. My plan was to go home Saturday and watch the DVD and read the non-live live blog while doing so. I didn't want to know who went home.

    But the Joshua David Stein writing did me in once again. I actually read every word that he writes, slowly, which I almost never do anymore with my internetz twitterfied attention span.

    So when I read the judges descriptions of the dishes I thought Jen was a finale shoo-in. Her lack of confidence irks me though so who knows? Michael Voltaggio would not be as bad a winner as Lex Luthor of last season (I wanted hootie hoo and am still upset about it).

    But I like Bryan best out of the remainders and really hope he takes it all.

    But damn you Stein...you messed up my weekend plans with your talented writing. Now I have to go have a life or something.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    Here's what I never got: Since when is an egg a "vegetarian" dish?

    I understand that some vegetarians eat eggs (and more eat cheese, which the other chefs put in in their dishes), but it still seems as if he disregarded the rules for this challenge.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/03/09

    @TedSez: By definition, vegetarians are not averse to ingesting animal byproducts, as long as harvesting of said byproducts did not result in the bodily harm or death of the animals that yielded them. Thus eggs, milk, honey, cheese, etc. are perfectly correct vegetarian fare.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    12/03/09

    @snugbug: My objection is that the point seemed to be to have two categories of dishes -- one centered around vegetables and the other around "proteins." To me, an egg is definitely a protein, whether or not someone who identified as vegetarian would eat it.
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    Image of BaconForTheSoul BaconForTheSoul
    12/03/09

    @TedSez:

    A lot of things have protein in them that are un-meaty. Soy beans, for example.
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    snugbug promoted this comment BaconForTheSoul was starred BaconForTheSoul was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/03/09

    @TedSez: That's kind of a faulty semantic distinction, though, perpetrated by common speech conventions. If you want to get technically correct about it, proteins are organic compounds construed of essential amino acids that exist in living entities of both animal and vegetal origin. They are absolutely essential to growth and reproduction. Granted, flora-derived protein is not processed by the human body as effectively as its fauna-derived counterparts--hence the common parlance truism that "protein" solely equals animal byproduct protein. But vegetables contain protein as well. Actually, nothing alive does NOT not contain proteins.
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    Edited by snugbug at 12/03/09 2:16 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
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    12/03/09

    @BaconForTheSoul: Srsly. Carl Lewis won 10 track-and-field Olympic medals as a vegetarian. It boggles the mind, but I guess it's technically possible, if you micro-manage your diet..
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    12/03/09

    @snugbug: It may be faulty, but those are the semantic distinctions that chefs use. In the show's context, "proteins" are meat, fish, and the like. Which is all I meant... not that this conversation isn't interesting.
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    Image of BBQcornnuts BBQcornnuts
    12/03/09

    @snugbug: Right. I worked in Boulder, Co and I could bore you worse than public radio with the intricacies of vegetarianisms; if you eschew all animal products, you are a Vegan. But some vegetarians eat egss, some eat fish, some yammer endlessly about raw foods. There is a name for every type, I believe
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    Image of manchops manchops
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    When are the two brothers just gonna do it already! I've never seen such sexual tension on prime time television! Saving it for the finale?
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    I can't remember if told this story on one of Hippity's liveblog threads or not, but...

    Mrs. BMC FC and I dined at Friar Tuck's establishment recently. At the end of the night after many drinks I gave Kevin a big high 5 and yelled "WE LOVE YOU KEVIN!"

    (To the eternal embarrassment of Mrs. BMC FC, natch.)
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/03/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: Haha.. Nothing like embarrassing the olde ball-and-chain in public! I hope she relegated you to sleeping on the couch that night. =)
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/03/09

    @snugbug: Nah. I routinely embarrass her with uncouth-ness. She's used to it by now!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    OMG, Josh, you recapped the Erica commercial too!!

    And you kind of deconstructed it, I think ... I'll probably never watch it the same way again.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    @MisterHippity: And "Friar Kevin" is perfect. I think that's what I'll call him from now on.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/03/09

    @MisterHippity: Friar Beardo.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    Oh la, glorious recap--not least thanks to the epic ode to Erica..

    This was a great demi-finale. Santa Jennifera's crucifixion gave me the sads, but what are you going to do? Dura judges table, sed judges table! (Does anyone know enough Latin to translate that properly?)
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    Image of iwanderafar iwanderafar
    12/03/09

    @snugbug: Dura lex, sed lex. Translation: "The law is harsh, but it is the law."
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/04/09

    @iwanderafar: Thanks, but I was looking for the Latin translation of "The judges tables is harsh, but it is the judges table."
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    Image of Tattertotter Tattertotter
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    I haven't read anything so stunningly over-the-top since I dropped three tabs of mescaline and read all of Gravity's Rainbow. Brilliant mindfuck, but not going there again.
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    Image of nicepony nicepony
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    Michael, "Lord of the beaded bracelet", could have served dog crap....which he sort of did....and the producers would have kept him.

    Like a crazy person, I kept trying to tell which direction Padma was looking when she announced the winner in previews.

    Hope bearded nice guy wins.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    @nicepony: By "bearded nice guy" I take it you mean Friar Kevin?

    That's his new name now, you know ...
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    Would have loved M.Volt to go home last night; the douchiness should've been over with the exit of Eli the Sad Velvet Hobbit. Alas, I'm guessing sibling rivalry is good for ratings.

    I love you, Jen! If you ever decide to move to Philly's only good kosher restaurant, I vow to eat there weekly. For at least a month.
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    Image of BullyTerrier BullyTerrier
    12/03/09

    @DahlELama: Yes, sibling rivalry is definitley good for ratings, but I honestly feel that both brothers are very talented and deserve to be there despite the fact that M.Volt is a cocky motherfucker.
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    DahlELama promoted this comment BullyTerrier was starred BullyTerrier was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/03/09

    @BullyTerrier: Oh, yeah, no question he's worthy, but I hate how during dinner and when they were all called in, they loooooved Jen, and then when they were judging, all of a sudden they found a zillion things wrong with her dish that they didn't bother to tell her. In the meantime, they were going on about M. Volt's disgusting egg all night.
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    12/03/09

    @DahlELama: I was praying that Jen could pull it off and that one of the Volt. asshats would be sent home too. Kevin's the sweetheart, Jen's the plucky kid from Philly and the V. brothers are just annoying. I don't see how they are helping ratings since I lost interest in the whole brother vs. brother storyline around week 4.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    12/03/09

    @DahlELama: Also, I thought M. Volt was a bit too cocky to the guests. Did anyone else notice that? Like, I get that he was kidding, but...
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/03/09

    In reply to Top Chef: Three Chefs and a Little Lady
    Hello Tom. Hello Michael. Hello Gail. Hello Princess Mononoke.

    BMC FC is not much of a smoker, but if If Netflix ever ships "Princess Mononoke" to your house, make SURE you have a bag of pot handy.
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    Edited by Botswana Meat Commission FC at 12/03/09 11:10 AM Botswana Meat Commission FC was starred Botswana Meat Commission FC was unstarred
    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
    How To Read This Live Blog

    Click the "Earlier Discussions" link at the bottom of this thread, repeatedly, until all the comments have downloaded. Then read the whole thing from the bottom up.

    --OR--

    Click the "Settings" link on your commenter profile page, and choose "Sort by ... Oldest Comments First." Then read the thread from the top down, clicking "Earlier Discussions" whenever you reach the bottom of the page.
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    MisterHippity was starred MisterHippity was unstarred
    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
    Ok, so the moral of this week's (Top Chef) episode is:

    Win or lose, any chef can have a bad hair day!
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    12/03/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
    See ya next week! This was fun. A highlight of the week. Mr. Hippity-- kudos for the proper and delicious use of the word "penultimate."
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    Image of summeroflove summeroflove
    12/03/09

    @Lizawithazee: G'nite!!
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    MisterHippity promoted this comment summeroflove was starred summeroflove was unstarred
    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    @Lizawithazee: Thanks Liza!

    I grew up reading Readers Digest, so I know: It pays to improve your word power!
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    Edited by MisterHippity at 12/03/09 12:16 AM MisterHippity was starred MisterHippity was unstarred
    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/05/09

    @MisterHippity: And laughter is the best medicine.
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    12/03/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
    Good night everyone, this was fun thanks Misterhippity it was great as usual
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    12/03/09

    @adiam7: goodnight!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    12/03/09

    @adiam7: Thank you Adiam! Goodnight!
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