"notbob" > wrote in message
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>I finally watched an episode of Top Chef. WTF!?
>
> Contest is "tailgating". Poached pears w/ creme fraiche?? He's lucky
> someone didn't put a bbq sauce covered bullet through his head. And
> what's
> with the potato/parsnip puree fetish? Seems to have replaced the
> raspberry
> coulis craze of the 90s.
>
> I swear, I watch this program and the pretentiousness is enough to gag a
> maggot. They throw out French terms I never even heard from Escoffier.
> Where's my French->English dictionary? I guess it's basic
> in-house-conflict
> reality tv at its worst.


I watched the new episode tonight. Pretty stoopid. (stupid). It seems
almost scripted. You can pick the ones who will be the finalists already.