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I just watched Materchef  US Season 5 Episode 1

 

(Thought I better start a new thread and not hijack the Australian one)

 

Plus we can add Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares to this one too.


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No, never done salmon patties either - hamburger and rissoles are as close as I have come

 

but mayonaisse inside? Why doesn't that split when the temp goes over 37Celcius - 100F?, I mean the internal temperature has to reach at least 66C / 162F, so it would definitely split then, wouldn't it?

 

*shudders*
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scrambled eggs and an oil slick that the US would invade LOLOLOL

 

*cheeky grin*

 

Do they ned to be finished off on the stovetop?

 

Why not seal and finish them in the oven?

 

They seem to have a lot of trouble with the fried chicken as well. Not sure why, after desired coat and colour is acheived that the thicker pieces of that aren't finished off in the oven too - (never done fried chicken either, obviously - well wing ding things and nuggets - but they're small) Never done whole joints in the deepfryer.

 

ahh, I remember the white picket fence confession....

 

Yikes, that was a brave thing to "put out there" I cringed a little when she said that - for her, I mean, not because that's what she wanted to do.

 

I mean for serious cooking (and that is a serious prize on offer), for a woman at least, as bad as it is, there really is a choice to make/ Family or Career. VERY hard if not impossible to have both and do both well.

 

My OH was/is brilliant and was very syupportive, and I still found it next to impossible. Even with a regular 8 hour shift job. Just the childcare was a nightmare.

 

anyway

 

I couldn't work anywhere that didn't do dinner service - that's one of the best bits for me. There is nothing much better than the adrenaline rush of a busy service - its such a high - don't know why anyone does drugs!

 

Just the high of getting absolutely swamped by 8:30 with orders - With the expeditor calling away orders you haven't even read yet,m far less started to cook, knowing your soooo far in the weeds and looking at the clock - only 8:30, but knowing that no matter what, 10:30 always comes - no matter what, eventually they stop bringing orders in

 

There is just not really anything like that, no better feeling (allowable in public LOL) but ykwim.

 

yeah, Richard was a tough one - not so much that he was too old, but he couldn't move Ramsay really summed it up when he said iot was like moving around a lamp post - I'm sure he was good and had the skills, but just not quick on his feet, not proaxctive enough I guess?

 

Like he'd deliver something to the pass, and then instead of getting clear and lett8ing the expediter plate up, he'd juast stand there in the way making everyone move around him iykwim...

 

Maybe a good line cook? but he should never be allowed near a pass, and he's not nimble enough to be able to expedite efficiently - can't seem to have his finger on the pulse of all sections simultaneously, didn't show he could coordinate one dish far less plate up an entire table.at least not with any speed or finess

 

Yeah, the taller one, I like her too, but I think she is too soft for an environment like that

 

oh and the little blonde one - those scasllops - what was she doing stewing them? FGS, I know anton told her to, but why not question that? common sense says they'll go tough but mushy and taste like baby diaper!

 

I thought that was pretty slack of her and showed skill immaturity and inexperience - unless she was being a cow and intended to throw anton under the bus if questioned..

 

but who knows what he was thinking in the first place - that was just cowboy cooking.

 

also - they always seem to have trouble with cooking scallops too - every season - I wonder why that is. Why do they find that so hard?

 

Do masterchef l;ist and a Hells Kitchen list

 

please.


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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

 

MASTERCHEF US SEASON 5 CONTESTANT LIST

 

elise-alabama

natanya-arizona

gordon-california

daniel-california

leslie-california

ahran-california

amy-california

ruth-california

francis.b-florida

chandis-idaho

rickie-illinois

dan wu-kentucky

corey-kentucky

astrid-louisiana

christian-louisiana

michael-louisiana

stephani-michigan

elizabeth-new york

jaimee-new york

christine-new york

whitney-ohio

tyler-ohio

kira-ohio

gavin-pennsylvania

courtney-pennsylvania

cutter-texas

willie-texas

victoria-texas

jordan-wisconsin

 


WHEN IT GETS DOWN A BIT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT SOME IDENTIFYING FEATURES BESIDE THEEM - OR AS WE GO ALONG lol - i CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IS WHO lol

 

oops sorry bout the caps lock


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@sineaterdoodah wrote:

tonight was episode 3,quite interesting!


Thursday Night for me, i think


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oh dear God!

 

I have NEVER cooked a yorkshire pudding - never even made a mix!

 

Only ever saw em on a Christmas menu in 2006 - but i wasn't in the Rotisseur section then, so just saw what they were doing as i walked past. Actually, from memory it was the chef from Charcuterrie showing the entremettier boys how to make them - so they weren't even made by the Rotisseur!

 

*hangs head in shame*

 

how did I ever manage to become a qualified chef?

 

oh woe is me

 

*sniff*


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MASTERCHEF US SEASON 5 EPIWSODE 3

 

The Group Challenge = Pretty impressive really, feeding 500 people under those conditions with 2 hour prep time and 2 hour service. That in itself is remarkable, I reckon.

 

I'm guilty of stereotyping the Milliatry. I have a couple of friends who are currently serving, but my only real experience with it is watching MASH - the TV show. So when I think of soldiers in active combat I think of big swarthy tough dudes.

 

So, when planning a menu to feed them, I would never have considered chicken - EVER - to me it's just not "a hungry working man's feed" iykwim. (Even though I know there are women soldiers)

 

I think that was a really bad choice.

 

I couldn't possibly comment on how they executed their dishes (either team), those conditions are something I have never experienced and they really seem quite overwhelming and daunting.

 

I mean no ovens? For 500 people? Just BBQ racks to cook on?

 

Yeah, they really screwed up - raw chicken - but under the circunmstances - no judgement here as far as the execution.

 

The old dude - he seems to know what he's doing, eh? I'll be watching him for sure.

 

......................

 

The elimination round -

 

Blueberyy tattoo girl - is she "all there"? first time I have noticed her. But she performed well - glad to see old dude there with her too.

 

I cried for Elise.

 

I bet she has baked blueberry pies billions of times and got it right. She is a baker - but she just couldn't get a even the basic pie together even if the taste would have been ordinary, a basic shortcrust pie crust, especially for a baker should be a walk in the park. That must have been so devestating for her for it to go so wrong, eh? Maybe I'm biased cos I know her experience so treat her differently than if it were a blind taste test, but I think she deserved to go home.

 

At least the girl (lets call her pecan plait girl) whose was the worst wasn't a professional baker and had never cooked a pie before.

 

But I don't like her so kinda glad she did go - I like Elise, hope she manages to get her ducks in a row now that she really has a second chance.


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truth? i use miracle whip,lol! it's pastuerized so it rarely splits,and we only have to have the internal temp at 141 F,as they continue to heat up on the inside during plating. but the ket is to have plenty of breadcrumb in the mix,and a good thick coating of crumbs,so you can crisp them at a lower heat. the bread transfers the heat to the MW  a little slower,no oil slick,lol!

oven finishing breaks down the crab/salmon,it gets mushy. but you can crisp them and put them in a 180 F hotbox for up to an hour without degradation(the stuff i had to deal with as a caterer was MADDENING!),IF NEED BE.

 

fried chicken,oh what a trial sometimes! imkho,yes,the ONLY way to do it in a restaurant is oven finishing. you start by frying the breasts,they go in the oven first,at 350 F,then the thighs and legs,they go in a 300F oven,then the wings get fried during the last 10 minutes of baking. this is why the broaster we talked about is so much better. deep frying under pressure cooks it further in,and you CAN finish in the fryer, if necessary. panfrying chicken is a real bear,and pretty much a specialty item. 

 

we have no kids,and it was still tough on my marriage at times,although catering was worse.at one point i had a cot in my office because it was pointless to go home for 4 hours,you know?

i loved being a high end lunch cook in the business district,though,that was a blast! 6am to 2pm,no weekends,and balls to the wall the whole day,since we started service at 10am.unfortunately,the owner didn't think he should pay taxes,or his franchise fees,so he went to jail and we got shut down. at that point i had a photography business,went to work in a photo lab and stayed there for 7 years,then went into catering.

 

richard would do very well as a convention catering chef,i think. you're expected to stay in one area,and hovering is a given,lol! most everything is buffet style,so you don't worry about plating very often,just that you have the correct amounts and the pans look good. my chef,stafford,left plated dinners to me,and just cooked.

 

frankly,she WAS being  a cow,trying to get him taken down. now,i can't stand him,but that does NOT show gordon that you can handle taking orders,not good.

 

i don't get the scallop thing either,they're a breeze! they should try cooking bay scallops,little tiny things, 3 seconds too long and they bounce off the floor just like a superball! 

 

i've done yorkshire pudding,but i've never done a wellington in my life,lol! we had a brit group every year for the cessna confeerence,i can do plum pudding too!

 

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the group challenge,thats exactly the kind of thing we used to do in aircraft hangars and at mcconnell air force base. considering they had no idea how to do it,i was VERY impressed! and even the raw chicken(and pork)was solvable,and nobody just lost it,which i expectted.

 

the old dude.. you mean leslie? the stay at home dad who fights with everybody? he annoys me no end! but he CAN cook,if he learns to keep his mouth shut,he MIGHT make it into the top 10. 

 

tattoo girl,she's got some serious self esteem issues. but she can get past that as long as she trusts her own skills,and not worry about what others think of her.

 

i felt bad for elise too,bu t really,you NEVER make a berry pie with a full top crust. there's no way the bottom crust can get properly done unless the juice can steam out the top. pecan plait girl,stephani,she's the one i called corinne of the dreadlocks earlier,due to her resemblance to a truly incompetent  banquet captain i usd to know. okay,yeah,she'd never made a pie before, but WHY? that's the sort of thing you should be practicing once you know you made the competition,things you've never done.

i'm hoping elise will get it together,too,she's growing on me!

 

 

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UPDATE!
@*crikey*mate* wrote:

@sineaterdoodah wrote:

 

MASTERCHEF US SEASON 5 CONTESTANT LIST

 

elise-alabama

natanya-arizona

gordon-california

daniel-california

leslie-california

ahran-california

amy-california

ruth-california

francis.b-florida

chandis-idaho

rickie-illinois

dan wu-kentucky

corey-kentucky

astrid-louisiana

christian-louisiana

michael-louisiana

stephani-michigan

elizabeth-new york

jaimee-new york

christine-new york

whitney-ohio

tyler-ohio

kira-ohio

gavin-pennsylvania

courtney-pennsylvania

cutter-texas

willie-texas

victoria-texas

jordan-wisconsin

*do you want me to remove the strikeous next update?*

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HELL'S KITCHEN SEASON  12 MASTER LIST

*with strikeouts through episode 13*

 

 

anton testino

beth taylor

bev lazo-gonsalez

chris eversole

guarav navin

jason zepaltas

jessica vogel

joy parham-thomas

kashia zollicoffer

melanie finch

michael demarco

michael gabriel

mike aresta

nicole rutz

ralph johnson

richard mancini

rochelle bergman

sandra flores

scott commings

simone hammond

 

 

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oh! before i forget! episode 9 ,bella luna,was the season finale.kitchen nightmares,i mean.

*edited for sudden brain death*

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