On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:27:58 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>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.

Says the fussiest eater on all of usenet, you should know.