Had it with the Food Channel...

[RICHARD]

I saw a blurb on the news that talked about Paula Deen being sued by a former employee, not a good year for her, so far.

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I finally caught an episode of Worst Chefs.....

I have to catch up on that show.

For some reason, I don't watch TVFN anymore. It seems that the network has really become very predictable and tedious.

The 'personalities' are just that, personalities and the programming is the same thing over and over again.

I guess you can only do so many 'chikin' recipes, but they are beating a dead horse. I would like to see some programs dedicated to technique, using utensils, products - as much as I do not like Martha Stewart, I do enjoy her Country Kitchen programs - they give you a lot of different stuff in a half hour, as opposed to shoving so much content into one FN show and then telling you to go to the website for the recipes.....

[Karen]

We're watching "Worst Cooks," and it is interesting, and nice to see them actually teaching real human beings things. I do feel bad of some of the contestants, who obviously did not have any kitchen time as children for whatever reason.

We were happy with the winner of "Top Chef: Texas," he seemed like a nice person and a talented chef.

[Karen]

So, is anyone watching "Chopped" in the new season, where it is all famous (Food Network/Bravo) chefs?

It amazes me sometimes what ingredients they come up with, and there are some things I have tried because they were on the show. Speck - which is smoked prosciutto - like cold bacon - is one example. But on this most recent show, one of the ingredients was "beef tendons" and I thought "Yuck! Why eat them?" and would not be tempted to try them even if I were not allergic to beef!

[cassiesmom]

New season, new format for "Next Food Network Star"... they are already assigned to teams. i think the candidate who got eliminated was p***ed because she didn't get to prepare the course she wanted, it came out in her presentation and she tried to cover it up by saying she was so passionate about her POV that it came across as anger. I was most impressed by the guy from Hawaii.

[Karen]

I figured she'd be the one to go. She never spoke up first when any of the options were offered, then was annoyed she got stuck with the last one. She just did not seem ready emotionally or food-wise to be a FN Star. Pretty, sure! But in the "stew room" before the decision, they showed her saying "I think I'm a good cook ..." which was an immediate red flag. If you are not confident you are a GREAT cook, or chef, none of the rest matters on this show! And her food looked like something I have seen a million times before, no "twice" whatsoever!

[cassiesmom]

I disagree with tonight's elimination. I thought someone from another team should have been cut. I'm not liking this team idea too well. Let the season go on, though...

[cassiesmom]

Once again I think they made the wrong decision. The runner up has been given those same instructions over and over and over again -- but no change. Oh well, we'll see what happens next week.