MasterChef Recap: Three’s a Crowd

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By Dangerously | Monday, September 10, 2012 | 8:03 pm | 10 Comments
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Suddenly, there are 15 minutes left. Gordie asks Bastage who’s going home. He says that if Becky can ramp it back up, then it’ll be DareDevil because Josh is a freight train full of speed right now. Does he mean a freight train that’s moving quickly, or a train whose freight is meth? I mean, I can’t imagine that I’d want to be in the way of either…

Ten minutes left. Josh pulls out his lamb. It’s somehow done cooking. Now he’s gotta stuff it into something and fry it. The minis up top are cheering, and everything is hectic, and everyone gets everything on the plate, as always. 

So, this is it. The judges call DareDevil up first. Josh tells us that since she did fried chicken, this shit better be fucking amazing. 

Looks the part, I’d say. 

What a surprise. She crushed it. The creamed kale was a little too creamy, but otherwise it was a fantastic dish. Bastage asks if she knew there was too much cream. She says she did, and was trying to strain it off when she was plating it. He asks if she knew it had too much when she plated it, and she tells him that now she does. He asks again…basically accusing her of giving him overly-creamed kale. It almost sounds like he wanted her to take a fork to her freshly plated dish to see if her straining efforts had worked. It’s kind of weird. 

Second up is Josh. He tells us “Damn, this is a sexy dish. This is the kind of dish that Becky should be taking pictures of.”

Oh…dammit…he’s right. I have no comeback…

Bastage is angry that Josh used the leg of lamb to make lamb carimanolas. I have no idea what they even are. Bastage tells him that it’s the last recipe on the last page of the last chapter of the lamb cookbook. Bastage asks him why he took the risks. Josh says “because I thought I could do it.” Ok, fair answer. Bastage takes a bite, and…is wildly impressed. 

We get a shot of Becky looking worried in the back. Challenges like this are rough. On one hand, it’s nice that there’s a clear reward for doing well in the mystery box, but on the other…frog legs seems a bit harsh. But that’s why you don’t take any challenges off…you gotta bring your a-game the whole time, and I think we can all agree that while Becky was killin’ it in the earlier challenges, she’s fallen off for some reason later. 

Gordie asks Josh if he’s ever been to Panama. Josh explains that his dad has a house down there and used to take him and make him eat beats and drink coconut milk and Josh hated it because he was a hot dogs and chicken nuggets kind of kid. Well, sounds like he should probably consider dedicating his cookbook to BOTH of his parents, huh? 

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Dangerously

Dangerously is a Southern boy misplaced in windy Chicago. He spends most of his time wandering around Chicago hoping for a random encounter with Graham Elliot...(I bet that guy gives the best hugs!).

10 Comments

  1. 1
    Bobbi
    Posted September 10, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    I’m rooting for Christine, she’s been there from the beginning and gone through every challenge, on the other had Josh was kicked off and then came back. I don’t feel someone who was eliminated and then just all of a sudden comes back and wins should be the Top Chef. MO

  2. 2
    Ed
    Posted September 10, 2012 at 11:23 pm

    Thanks for the shots of Whitney! My heart flutters every time I see her :-)

  3. 3
    Leto
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 5:06 am

    My 2 ponies in the finale! yay!
    Though I hope Christine wins, since he’s back Josh is kind of so full of himself, I just can’t take him anymore.

  4. 4
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 6:32 am

    Since frog legs look like the bottom half of little people, I could never bring myself to eat them.

    Team DareDevil!

  5. 5
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 6:49 am

    Frog legs are delicious ssc!

    “This is an A&B competition..C yourself out.”
    That shit is funny.

  6. 6
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 7:07 am

    @Sheesh, hahahahah!

    I know I’m a gustitirial outcast since I don’t like frog legs (well, the idea of eating them) and I’m not a pickle fan.

    But there it is. I’m sure that the tiny amphibians are tasty, but the idea just creeps me out.

    Um, I’ll have the fishwich and fries. Hold the pickle.

  7. 7
    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 8:35 am

    @ssc!!! Don’t you live in or very near to the frog leg capital of the United States? That would be like living in Louisiana and not liking crawfish. I suppose it happens … but, still.

  8. 8
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 8:55 am

    No no no, @Crank. Frog legs are what we all look like in shorts. Not’s what’s on the menu.

  9. 9
    Yeknom
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Is it wrong that I’m so glad it wasn’t Becky in the final? OUt of Josh and Christine, I’d like to see Christine win. She just seems like a nice person.

  10. 10
    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted September 11, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    @Crankyguy – try being the Cajun born in Baton Rouge ALLERGIC to crawfish (and every other water critter) – yep, sucks to be me. Love crab boil seasoning though.

    @Leto – YAY! My two ponies, too! I was sad to see Josh leave, and even though I’m not a big fan of “come-back” scenarios, Becky has just driven me crazy, so her leaving is A-OK with me. That being said – Daredevil for the win!

    @Dangerously – thank you for the Whitney picture. I miss her. :(

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