I was very surprised Sara didn't go home, actually. I may be misremembering, but I think this is the first time one of the cheftestants very obviously didn't do anything, but didn't get sent home for it (see my previous comments on the dangers of making salad on this show).

I think Dale and Casey's still frozen meatball was something of a problem for them (and may have been the final deciding factor), but that was possibly outweighed by being the first (and only, as far as we saw) team to completely sell out of their product.

Which is also good for contrasting with Joey and Hung's utter failure to give away food.

Seriously. Have they never done that at home? Because lord knows I have! I guess most people have microwaves.

Maybe that's it. I've never had a microwave until now (I hate them even more than cell phones) and immediately asked "what are they doing?!?" My housemate didn't get the reheating problem at all.

Relatedly, I do think it's hilarious that these frozen dinners are designed to cook on the stovetop, so people "feel like they're cooking."

Relatedly, I do think it's hilarious that these frozen dinners are designed to cook on the stovetop, so people "feel like they're cooking."

I kinda love the Bertolli frozen dinners. I don't really feel like I'm "cooking" but the finished product tastes more like I cooked than, say, a regular frozen dinner or reheating leftovers.

Well, as with anything "bready", wouldn't the pasta reheat better in a pan than a microwave?

I've only make the Bertollis in a pan. I tried it once in the microwave but it didn't heat as evenly.

This is more a statement on the quality of my 10 year old inherited microwave than on their dishes. I don't use my microwave for anything, really, except frozen vegetables.

Maybe I would agree more about Sarah being let go if I didn't find Howie just so annoying with his refusal fo communicate with her at all.

Oh, I'm sure it's better, I just think it's funny that "you feel like you're cooking" is a selling point.

SYTYCD:

Did anyone else feel like they were being manipulated by the whole build up to Mia's dance?

I would have liked the dance better if I hadn't known what Mia intended.

The buildup almost ruined the dance altogether for me. And then when they kept hammering on about it afterwards was even worse. I had to consciously push that out of my mind in order to like the dance at all. Even so, I agree that there was not enough dancing. But I noticed that in several of the dances this time. Were the dances shorter? Or was it really just the choreography?