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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Sean K - Aug 02, 2007 8:28:58 am PDT #1271 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

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.


megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 8:29:20 am PDT #1272 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

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.


Jesse - Aug 02, 2007 8:36:19 am PDT #1273 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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."


Kristen - Aug 02, 2007 8:49:37 am PDT #1274 of 23273

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.


megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 8:53:13 am PDT #1275 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

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


Kristen - Aug 02, 2007 8:55:24 am PDT #1276 of 23273

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.


sumi - Aug 02, 2007 9:05:23 am PDT #1277 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

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.


Jesse - Aug 02, 2007 9:11:06 am PDT #1278 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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


libkitty - Aug 02, 2007 9:14:32 am PDT #1279 of 23273
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

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?


ChiKat - Aug 02, 2007 9:28:23 am PDT #1280 of 23273
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

wouldn't the pasta reheat better in a pan than a microwave?

The key to reheating pasta in a microwave is to heat at lower temp for longer. Then it turns out just fine.