Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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]


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.


SailAweigh - Aug 02, 2007 9:39:50 am PDT #1281 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Were the dances shorter? Or was it really just the choreography?

I think it was a bit of both. The dances were shorter, so the ones with longer pauses or less continuous movement seemed even shorter.


sumi - Aug 02, 2007 9:40:49 am PDT #1282 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Grub Streets take on last night's Top Chef.

And their Q&A with Joey.


Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 10:34:12 am PDT #1283 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I didn't love the sound of Tre and CJ's dish and agree that I would never call anything truffle "Mediterranean".

I don't understand why one ingredient makes it not mediterranean. It was parmesan, tomato and kale, which are all meditrranean. Do mediterranean people use ground turkey? I think that this issue is kind of specious. I did love the little pissing match that Collicchio and Rocco got into behind it, though.