Had it with the Food Channel...

[Karen]

Is anyone out there (besides me) following The Next Iron Chef? I was rooting for Chef Mullen, but he's been eliminated. If Chef Mehta wins I might need to have a chat with the Chairman. Chef Mehta's kaiseki preparation was over the top with all those flowers. Go, Chef Garces, go!

I am, I kind of like Chef Mehta's exuberance, but maybe that's just me! I was rooting for Amanda Freitag, but she got eliminated, so it'll be interesting to see which one wins.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Chef Mehta did a regular Iron Chef not too long ago. I forget who it was against. He almost won the battle. He seemed more versatile in that one than he has on the Next Iron Chef competition. I am voting for Chef Garces right now. Chef Mehta just seems like somebody I wouldn't want to watch on a regular basis.

I'm still shocked that Amanda Freitag was eliminated. We needed another woman in the Iron Chef group !!!

[Pinot's Mom]

I'm following the Next Iron Chef, too, and I was rooting for Amanda Freitag as well. In lieu of that; I actually like Chef Mehta - I think he is a more versatile chef. I wouldn't argue with either, though, they both seem very good.

[RICHARD]

I think Chef Mehta will win.

Again, the TVFN is searching for the ethnic angle...

------------------------------------


LOLOLOLOL,

I just busted Tyler Florence.

(I do have a love/hate relationship with this channel.)

TF was making turkey mole (moh-Leh) - turkey cooked in a chocolate/cinnamon sauce.

Ewwww.......I have never cared for anything sweet with meat. I don't like it.

Anyway, TF starts with "mexcan cinnamon"-they look like regular cinnamon sticks to me, then he breaks out the "Oaxaca Chocolate".

"Chocolate from Oaxaca"- he says..

(Oaxaca is a state in Mexico!)

DUDE!

He pulls it out of plastic wrap and I see that it's a mexican style of chocolate
called "La Abuelita"-The Granny/Grandmother.

It comes in wheels that have the name stamped on them - Nestle' is the company that mass produces the chocolate for the Mexican market.

Now, people will think that TF is cooking with a 'real mex' chocolate, and in a sense he is....But, you can get the same stuff all over Mexico and in your local Mex restaurant.

That's the kind of tom foolery that makes me laugh and dislike some of the programs and hosts on TVFN.

Yeah, I understand the idea of wanting to make a dish that is true to the original, but when they try and pass off regular ingredients as original?

[Daisy and Delilah]

Good for you, Richard. I saw part of that show but I wasn't able to pay close attention.

I like Tyler Florence but he talks so fast, I have a hard time keeping up with him sometimes.

[RICHARD]

From the link...
I was curious who sits in the audience at the IC tapings...

The smell is intoxicating, even for savory foods at 8:00 a.m. As the shooting wrapped by lunch time, I was horrified to see the crew dump all the food into the trash. I guess next time I'll come as a judge -- I can't watch, hear, and smell all that food without tasting it!

http://www.superchefblog.com/2005/05...f-america.html

Seriously,

How can they do that? They advert the "food for millions" food drives they have, yet, they toss top notch food items into the trash?


I think I get it.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I can't get the page to load for me for some reason. Probably my computer ignorance.

I know what you mean, Richard. It kills me how they so willingly throw away such a large amount of good quality food. The advertise how needy kids are, etc., all the time.

On the show, Iron Chef, they use the most expensive of ingredients available sometimes. Don't they at least have a hungry crew that could make use of the food?

I've always thought the prepared food on any show was going to the camera people, set people, etc. They throw it in the trash?? That's crazy.