yes, I underestimated that.

I wonder if they hadn't fucked up the bread so badly, would it have gone otherwise? That seemed like the biggest misstep.

I'm sad at who got eliminated. I liked her. But, I agree that it had to come down to which dish tasted the best.

Normally I think I'd agree, but in this case, the other two basically threw the challenge out the window entirely and did it in the snottiest way possible. Not just the sausage (and what the hell makes Chorizo so much more refined than Polish anyway), but the magenta and drunken elements were pretty much throw aways.

Is this the whiniest bunch yet? The kvetching in the waiting room every week about how their palates are just too too delicate and refined for these challenges is getting waay old. I agree that the traveling is getting out of hand, but have they seen this show? Talk to me when you see a vending machine, princesses.

I wonder if they hadn't fucked up the bread so badly, would it have gone otherwise? That seemed like the biggest misstep.

It seemed like not just the bread, but that the asparagus took a back seat to the cheese. At least they used the damned ingredient.

can the immunity folks WIN the elimination challenges?

Yep, although it's rare that it happens. Richard & Dale took it as a team last night. The first one to win them both in one episode was, oddly enough, Mikey from Season Two.

Normally I think I'd agree, but in this case, the other two basically threw the challenge out the window entirely and did it in the snottiest way possible.

I quite agree. I wasn't huge on Jen, but I thought Team Polish Sausage completely disregarded the challenge.

Is this the whiniest bunch yet? The kvetching in the waiting room every week about how their palates are just too too delicate and refined for these challenges is getting waay old.

I know. It's terribly annoying. (Although I don't know if they've surpassed Season Two in my annoyance threshold yet.)

Either Mark has really bad allergies, or he is ALWAYS HIGH.

It comes in pints?!?!

I was actually pleased that Andrew and Spike did so well with soup. I thought that it was great that the simplest and most inventive dishes wound up on top.

I was very worried about Stephanie but given that Jen took credit for most of the dish - I guess that's how they decided who to eliminate.

I wanted Lisa or Antonia to go because they ignored the Polish sausage and I think that they showed an anti-Midwestern attitude about Polish sausage too.

Mark does always seem to be stoned.

Mark does always seem to be stoned.

He's been hitting the Longbottom leaf a little too hard.

I was actually pleased that Andrew and Spike did so well with soup.

Forgetting what thread I was in, my brain just did a complete "Uhhhh? I don't remember an episode with them cooking together."

Bwahahaha!

(And they look so damn similar and for some reason Spike was not as hatted as in previous episodes so sometimes I just couldn't tell them apart.)

I love Andrew and think he's a good cook. I'd be just as happy if Spike fell into a meat grinder.

Yes, Spike, Nikki, Antonia. . .

Then Lisa because she annoys me.

After that eliminations will hurt. (Well, we'll be down to five at that point?) I'm guessing that Mark has to step things up to stay longer. . . I will miss that hobbit.