Great recap, but Camille actually flavored her shellfish in the Quickfire with teas, not cheese (hibiscus tea in particular). It doesn't make it sound any more appetizing than cheese though. I didn't mind Dale using the instant mashed potatoes, he just used them to make the dough for the dumpling. The pre-cooked chicken was sort of lazy though. Hung's a piece of crap and I don't care if it's the editing or not. Fuck him. Finally, glad the (fake?) South African hag was sent packing. What a moron.

LOLOLLLLL Thank you sexor. I thought to myself wow. This chicks an idiot. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I wondered how she stays so thin.

Hey, thanks for the "teas." I thought she said "seeds" which made no sense.

I also think Hung called his fat bit a chip of sin... I think he thought he was being ironic, but the look on Tom's face was just hysterical

Did these poor people have to sit in the lodge hall and eat , what, like, 15 different dinners... EACH? how in the world do you do that and not throw up?????

Micha was an insult to America on so many levels and I am sure she has a better opinion of us all now........ maybe in south africa you must let your home cooked favorites hang in a bazzar for the flys to feast upon before you can bring them in the kitchen and make them yummy.....

great recap flipit.... and hung was a baby this week, with not being in the top of the ranks... but you must admit him running around the kitchen is beginning to bring a huge smile to my face...... how can you not like him....... put a cape on him and you have some sort of cartoon character.....

Thanks for the great recaps--1st time commenter here. So, I looked up cholesterol in lobster. It has less than skinless chicken breast--it's the drawn butter that'll kill you. I'm surprised a bunch of chefs would not know that.

Soooo funny, Flipit. I look forward to this every week!

I wasn't sure at first, but consider me a passenger on the CJ bandwagon!

I'm no gourmet, but Dale's choice of boxed 'taters made me cringe; however, I'm sure they were actually okay in a dough.

I didn't appreciate the chefs' attitudes towards the classic American dishes. There is something wrong with you if you don't like Tater Tots or mashed potatoes. Seriously.

Flipit --

Funny recap & love, love, love your screencaps; Howie's dish identified not only as a corsage, but as a global warming corsage, was particularly inspired.

That said, I'm thinking, I don't know, a few less shots while engaged in Top Chef viewing, maybe? LaSexor got to the teas/cheese distinction before me, but, good god, man, CJ's dish went "south," not sour; Hung's dish was fried chicken & MACARONI AND CHEESE (hence his time in the cheese section); Howie produced pork, but there was no "chop" on his plate, my friend; Gotham Guy did not slam Howie's dish in the first instance; although I'm not one to defend Micah, who, in any event, is not even South African (apparently having spent her formative years in a small town in Massachusetts replete with meat loafs and other catchup-filled delicacies), is not Micha. Or Mica. It's Micah. It's not that hard, man.

If it's just too much to slow down on the drinking @10pm on Wednesdays, perhaps turning on the closed capitioning would help? Really, I'm just trying to help. Cause it's getting a little distracting. Oh, what the heck, I guess it's not really about the food. Or the cheftestants. Or whatever.

P.S. But, what? nothing on the obvious, impending Padma/Tom C. scandal??

Guys, thanks again. Another giggly monday.

Lime, I didn't drink this week, maybe that's the prob? HA. Good points. I usually finish the recap and watch again to correct myself as the show moves along, but had a hectic week in the real world and didn't want to post too late. I'll be more on the details next week, I promise.

giff, "maybe in south africa you must let your home cooked favorites hang in a bazzar for the flys to feast upon before you can bring them in the kitchen and make them yummy....." LOL

and Miss K, I don't trust anyone who doesn't like mac n cheese, either.

LOVE

I forgot about "Chicken a La Don King". Baldo is getting less and less amusing. I think Padma is sucking the lifeforce out of him...either that or she's sharing a spliff with him before they roll tape. And what's with CJ Little Miss Stick-by-the-Rules routine?

Did anyone else notice how very opinionated Padma was this episode? At the Elks' Lodge I wanted one dish to go by where she didn't make a superficial comment or completely echo what Tom was saying. Yeah, Padma, I respect your opinion now.
But all's forgiven for this week (including another shortsleeved dress--that scar is a BEACON)because she's about to become the next ex. mrs rushdie (buy three divorces get one free.

dear flipit, i watch this show religiously and honestly still don't know their names. bless you for giving them BETTER names which i can draw on for reference.

i really didn't know 'casey' had a name. i prefer bunny foo foo. please continue to refer to her as such.

lastly, anyone notice in the closing interview and incredibly unattractive crying shot of micah that she stated something to the effect of "it's getting uglier and uglier." i found myself thinking "already did my dear.

already did."

ZING!

BAH DAH BING!

anyone out there...?...anyone???

K_Mo - You took the words right out of my mouth. The way Padma was parrotting everything Daddy Tom said was turning my stomach. Does she not have one orginal thought in her head??? It made her look like a real bimbo...

"flaxseeds, which lower cholesterol. So does bulimia. Doesn't make it right." oh, flipit, i heart you. maybe its the big ol' faghag in me, but you crack me up every week. i so look forward to your recaps...even if its for a show that i don't watch. promise me you'll never leave tvgasm.

Good riddance to Micah. What a crybaby! And what about the way she attacked the conch shell with scissors like a madwoman? I'm amazed she even obtained any conch meat to cook.

And as for Scar....... as I posted elsewhere on this site (tho you might have missed it, if you are like most 'gasmers and avoid TB's posts like, uh, tuberculosis)--

Lakshmi or Mahalaxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी lakṣmī) is the Hindu goddess of WEALTH, light, wisdom, the lotus flower and FORTUNE.

In other words, the patron saint of gold-diggers.

Clearly Padma got what she needed within three years of her marriage to Salman and is outa there.

Lime23 (#7) -- what is the "impending Padma/Tom C. scandal??" Did I miss something?

Oh, Donna -- (Tori?) -- Please don't mind me.

I refer only to reports noted on another site of Padma dining (dining!) intimately with a "famous" chef (TC?) while hubby was being knighted,

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06292007/gossip/pagesix/whats_cooking__pagesix_.htm

followed by reports of her whacking him on the rear with spoon during some random episode (?), and now the divorce.

Yes, it's a pretty airtight case, you see, Q.E.D. and all that. (I know, I know, I'm as bad as TB.)

Well, now I'm just waiting with baited breath. I still want to know where that damn scar came from!

Rough sex?

" but he's gonna have to play with meat at some point if he wants to win"

I think I may have found a new signature line for the forms. Thanks Tom C.! :)

Great recap flipit - who cares if you get the facts wrong as long as you got the funny it works for me. :P

Oh - I looked up the scar to find out how she got it:

"Padma an exquisite Indian woman with a long scar on her arm, which rather than marring her appearance, somehow enhances it by serving as a reminder of the fragility of beauty. Padma Lakshmi has such a scar, a remnant of a car accident she endured as a teenager, and it too adds something to her beauty, perhaps an element of mystery. “I'm very glad to have that scar,” she says firmly, meaning she is grateful to have survived. “Very glad"

Thanks Lime23 (you can call me "tori" but please picture me without scary fake boobs.)

My money's on the "billionaire"...