On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:25:58 -0500, Kate Connally >
wrote:

> Actually, they did. The chef erased it from the blackboard a short
> while after they started preparing the dish. If they had copied it
> into their notebooks at the beginning they would have been okay. But
> they weren't told the recipe would be "taken away" so they would have
> assumed they could continue to refer to it as they worked.

I didn't see that one. In the episodes I saw, each person had their
own recipe on their own recipe card and it wasn't taken away... they
just didn't refer to it as much as they should have. IMO: the erased
recipe was an object lesson in "you can't make the dish if you haven't
memorized the recipe and you never refer to it. I guess the chef's
should have articulated the concept behind why they erased the recipe
better so the audience wouldn't feel so sorry for the contestants.

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:25:58 -0500, Kate Connally >
> wrote:
>
> > Actually, they did. The chef erased it from the blackboard a short
> > while after they started preparing the dish. If they had copied it
> > into their notebooks at the beginning they would have been okay. But
> > they weren't told the recipe would be "taken away" so they would have
> > assumed they could continue to refer to it as they worked.
>
> I didn't see that one.

Apparently not.

>In the episodes I saw, each person had their
> own recipe on their own recipe card and it wasn't taken away... they
> just didn't refer to it as much as they should have. IMO: the erased
> recipe was an object lesson in "you can't make the dish if you haven't
> memorized the recipe and you never refer to it. I guess the chef's
> should have articulated the concept behind why they erased the recipe
> better

It was pretty obvious why they suddenly erased the recipes, especially
since they had always left them up before, and there was an expectation
they they would be there for reference while cooking. They were trying
to "break" them, to get them to start crying and totally lose it.

> so the audience wouldn't feel so sorry for the contestants.

The "coaches" made a big point of asking the contestants, more than
once, if they had read the recipes. After getting several "yes"
answers, the coaches then erased them.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:43:08 -0600, Kris > wrote:

> The lady who ended up winning the whole enchilada started the show
> with no confidence whatsoever.

I only saw two shows. Was that the edgy girl who said she decided she
wanted to be a professional chef?

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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:37:28 -0600, Kris > wrote:

> That sounds like you're thinking of Jenny. Long, black hair? Heavy
> makeup and a few tattoos? If so, then no. :-) But she was one of
> the final two.

Yes, she had tattoos. There was an older contestant who looked like
she had possibilities.
>
> Rachel won. I don't know how old she was, but she looked young to me.
> Younger than she sounded! Big 80's glasses, dark hair with a page-boy
> cut. "Tasty but sloppy." :-D

Thanks, now I need to look up the winner - it was over fast! I like
that. Wondering if they'll do a Worst Cooks marathon (or whatever
it's called when you show all the episodes back to back) during the
superbowl?

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:12:12 -0800, sf > wrote:

> Thanks, now I need to look up the winner -

Ok, I remember her. The dorky one with the big glasses.
http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/wor...-test-0004-wmv
Congratulations to Rachael and Jen.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:55:21 -0600, Kris > wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:47:32 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:12:12 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, now I need to look up the winner -
> >
> > Ok, I remember her. The dorky one with the big glasses.
> > http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/wor...-test-0004-wmv
> > Congratulations to Rachael and Jen.
>
> Well, I was going to call her "nerdy" but wasn't prepared to deal with
> the backlash. :-D

Chicken!

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article >,
Kris > wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:47:32 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:12:12 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, now I need to look up the winner -
> >
> > Ok, I remember her. The dorky one with the big glasses.
> > http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/wor...-test-0004-wmv
> > Congratulations to Rachael and Jen.
>
> Well, I was going to call her "nerdy" but wasn't prepared to deal with
> the backlash. :-D

I'm sure they had the makeup and costume people working overtime on her.
Nobody could look that dorky without a lot of professional help.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA