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SYTYCD
You may just have something there, Sail. My favorite this week was Hok and Jaime. I just loved the choreography, and thought they executed it well. It was tough, though, as I really liked a couple of the others as well.
i mean, Donyelle danced with a broken toe and Natalie danced with a very hurt back last year.
I don't think this is quite the same as dancing with heart problems. This sounded really life-threatening. I doubt if the show could even let her dance without doctor permission without huge liability issues. I don't know if Jessi knew anything ahead of time, but they certainly didn't indicate that on the show. My heart just goes out to her. I hope she's ok.
Yeah, chicken a la king is hardly a mystery. You can grasp the concept pretty well by looking at it.
I really wish they'd given them more than an hour - I think that was a big part of how uninspired most of it was. And the focus on "lower cholesterol" rather than more generic "healthier" seemed odd, too.
Interesting comment from Lia about how being in the middle means you're not getting any feedback on what was wrong or how you should be trying to improve.
I think Lia is right. Basically, being in the middle means that you're safe, haven't made any egregious errors but haven't done anything to make them take a closer look either.
And the focus on "lower cholesterol" rather than more generic "healthier" seemed odd, too.
It's because it was sponsored by the cholesterol-lowering drug that was advertised in every commercial break, I'm sure. Lipitor?
I also think that "lower cholesterol" was a stupid challenge. Sure, most chefs know how to make a dish healthier, but I wouldn't have any idea about cholesterol. and you wouldn't, generally, unless that was your kind of cooking.
Will. Not. Spend morning trolling youtube for SYTYCD videos. Any more.
But Hok and Jaimie? Wow. That really worked for me.
I agree. Making the dish "healthier" is the sort of updating that the should all have been able to do.
BTW, last year I thought that the cheftestants really made Season 1 look good but I thought that this year's cheftestants would give season 1 a run for their money. But come on! Leean made seafood sausage for a quickfire - I'm sure that Lia had enough time to make her own sausage.
She did. I would have done a cassoulet style dish, still has sausage and beans, but adds a lot of wonderful flavors.
She did. I would have done a cassoulet style dish, still has sausage and beans, but adds a lot of wonderful flavors.
Good idea!
I was amazed at how awful most of the dishes seemed to be (and I am a complete peasant who will happily eat mac and cheese and fish sticks and meatloaf and chicken a la king OMG YUM). Not to mention Tom's expression of complete disappoinment through most of it.
I'm liking CJ, even though that tuna casserole thing was just bizarre. I think Micah deserved to go -- she's all over the place, and one more word about missing her baby and I was going to barf.
Also? I had no idea lobster was high in cholesterol.
