On Mar 9, 12:19*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> > I'm almost afraid to ask - but what the heck - what could one do to Froot
> > Loops that would make them palatable?
>
> Use them in the compost heap and grow basil next year with the compost.
>
> But that's the shtick on the show "Chopped" on FoodTV. *They give the
> contestants some completely off the wall ingredient and expect them to
> do something good with it. *The better they think the contestant is the
> worse the trick ingredient. *By the time they reach the final round of
> the all star series I figure they will give them a rock. *I think it
> makes the show hilarious. *It is for entertainment as much as it is for
> education after all. *Here's a dumb ingredient, now go demonstrate some
> technique on it that you haven't used since culinary school ...

And there is always somebody on the show who apparently has never
watched the show. They seem so offended with a crazy ingredient, or
worse a sub standard canned item or boxed item that is completely
beneath them.