On Mar 10, 5:19*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:27:58 -0800 (PST), "
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> > wrote:
> >On Mar 9, 12:19 pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> >> ChattyCathy wrote:
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> >> > I'm almost afraid to ask - but what the heck - what could one do to Froot
> >> > Loops that would make them palatable?
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> >> Use them in the compost heap and grow basil next year with the compost..
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> >> 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 ...
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> >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.
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> Says the fussiest eater on all of usenet, you should know.

It is pretty funny to see people get something odd or low quality even
though they signed up for the program,. They should have expected it.
They should know in advance that they aren't always going to get the
fanciest cut of meat or the most expensive seafood.

Also, many of the things they find substandard are fine with me. I
actually prefer boxed mac and cheese to the real baked stuff. It's a
texture thing. I like to watch Project runway too, even though I
rarely wear anything like what they make. I can still admire nice
work, and I like to see the challenges.