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.

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 didn't think it could happen, but my Crazy Andy love has returned. The look of glee on his face when he realized what had happened to the kitchen gizmos was priceless.

Honestly, I really think disregarding a challenge blatantly SHOULD be the killer, taste be damned. Not wanting to do Polish sausage is like not wanting to do tailgating, or condescending to the block party.

Especially since both of them did this in the movie challenge too (Top Secret!/Talk to Her). I get that good food has priority, but, if you're not going to hold them to the basic parameters of the challenge, don't bother giving them one.

Also, I made red cabbage and garlic/artichoke sausage this week and it was f*cking awesome. Granted, it was because I had nothing else in my fridge, but still. And the sausage totally tasted like kielbasa. All that was missing was beer.

And, they were shopping in Whole Foods. If the one in Annapolis has a good selection of upscale kielbasa or at least kielbasa-like sausage (chorizo? please!), then I'm betting the one in Chicago does too. @@

AI: I can't believe Jason is still there. That is a travesty.

If the one in Annapolis has a good selection of upscale kielbasa or at least kielbasa-like sausage (chorizo? please!), then I'm betting the one in Chicago does too. @@

I mean, you could probably get gourmet/homemade keilbasa in Chicago. There was no excuse.