Stick with your nicknames--they're great. I thought Padma's and Gail's outfits were odd too, but I love them so much.

Battle of the sexes is catchy, but would have liked to draw knives or some different way to randomly split up talent.

Jen, DirtyBear and the Bros. Volt are top contenders as far as I can tell.

I felt for lesbian girl but when I read Tom C.'s blog at Bravo, all sympathy went away. Totes agree that chefs cook for all people and she shouldn't let that get in the way of her job.

I would looooovvve Tom to do some cooking on the show somehow.

Don't delay next one! Look forward to it too much.

I am going to throw my two cents in on Mary Mann's POV on the whole gay marriage thing.

Mary is just heterophobic. If a straight person made the same type of comments (that they can't cook for gays for whatever reason), they would be painted with the "homophobic" brush. It's the same thing. You have a job to do, so do it and stop complaining. It's really inappropriate, emotional and immature.

Mary is a whiny bitch and I'm sure by the end of her run on this show, she will have replaced Fleasa as the worst, most cloying lesbian on reality tv.

Have fun on your vacay, J-Mo, we love you! :-) Be ready to recap ANTM when you get back!!!!!, so get rested and enjoy the glitz and glamour of Vegas!

Oh, one last thing, dearest J-Mo, I defer to your nicknaming ability also! However, I call the Volts Frank & Joe Hardy...

Ok, you TOTALLY got me with the "J-Mo and Bok Choi" photo....

When Tranny Todd said "flabby and fat", I thought he was talking about Sexist Pigshit, not his dish. Oh well, either way works.

I thought it was odd that both WackEve and Bitter Jen did a cerviche, both paired with tequila. You would have thought the ladies would have compared notes to make sure they had a variety of dishes. I guess in this case it was done to show the RIGHT way and the WRONG way to make a cerviche... maybe that is why WackEve tried to stab Jen?

The Volt Bros. really annoy me, too. It seems like all they care about is bettering each other, and not the overall contest. Holidays at their house must be brutal with the level of sibling rivalry they have going on.

I understood and sympathized with Mary Man's point, however I do believe that as a chef she must have to cook for all different events, including weddings.

It was time for WackEve to go, she was clearly clueless. It is sad that she thought her dishes were good when they apparently were not. I think DT hit it on the head that she just kept adding flavors and hoped it would all work out in the end.

J-Mo, NO ONE could come up with nicknames as good as yours...you make me laugh every week. Look foward to possible pics from the Vegas trip - remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas unless it's immortalized on the web.
Big hugs, xoxoxo

OH J-Mo

im just starting your recap and already laughing out loud - thank you so much - cant wait to continue the read =

however i had to stop and share with you what I saw the other night on the Graham Norton show - It was awesome - this guy is a bit on the heavy side- but man can he dance!!

OH drat - cant post links -
Can you please go to Youtube and search - Graham Norton Featuring Gareth Mason Performing To The James Bond Theme

I tell you its worth the viewing!

Thanks again for your fantastic recaps! Have a fabulous time in Vegas! sigh.. one of these days ill get there :)

Rebecca

I feel for MaryMan and I think the Prop 8 thing sucks, but if this were real life and not TV would she turn this job down? It's interesting that they included her interview that chefs in America don't make that much money. So, in that same vein, shouldn't she be able to say, "Yeah, this sucks, but it's a job and it's money and I gotta do it." If I had my druthers I wouldn't have sold furniture to some of our customers. But, I guess if the NRA wants to pay for expensive chairs, heck, we'll sell them to 'em!

Did Mary say that she was going to refuse to cook for the heteros? I just thought she was upset about it, or thought it was insensitive of Bravo.

It reminds me of the decades during which African-Americans in the South had to cook for and entertain white people without being able to mingle with them or be treated as equals. Sometimes you just have to suck it up, even though it sucks.

I thought ceviche was raw seafood that is "cooked" by marination in lemon juice or another acid. So why did someone say that Eve's ceviche wasn't cooked right?

JMo, you are tops at nicknames! The only nicknamer who can even be mentioned in the same sentence with you is Sawyer on "Lost."

Tom giggling at 'cojones'--spit out my pumpkin latte (ahhhhh...pumpkin latte). You are just awesome, J-Mo.

I was all ready to defend Gail and her clothing this season. She is my favorite on the show. HOWEVER, that dress(?) was hideousity. Looking at it while drinking shots..I feel the spins from here.

About MaryMann, maybe something had just happened before taping. I remember being outraged when they repealed Prop 8. I'm not even gay but I felt such a let down from my fellow Californians. Don't know when this show was taped; maybe she was still feeling the bitterness of it all.

For some reason, I'm foreseeing all the women except for Bitter Jen getting booted. Then it's her against the men and she wins. Any takers?

Silver, wouldn't it be great if she's up against the Bolt brothers and makes both of them cry?!!?

Nice call, pixielated. It would be ah-mazing.

J-mo, only you could do this to a cooking show!!! You even make watching the douches fun . . . I giggled all throughout, from M-mo on .. . . I just found that funny!

I didn't find DT's legs spindley . . . seems he got the memo that peeps out there in the world are digging on him, so he's finally not all covered up in chef coats.

I bet he can't cook as well as "the masters", he seemed out of sorts criticizing them.

Sadly, gotta go! HEARTS AND FLOWERS!!!

Great recap J-Mo!

Loved the M-Mo story - it must have been fun growing up in your world.

As far as 'lil Volt wearing his hat backwards - where I grew up there were only two reasons to wear it like that - if you were a baseball catcher (and he hasn't alluded to that as of yet) or you gave BJs! Maybe we have his number!

Guacalonimbus clouds was hilarious, although they sound gross to me.

SexistPigshit should leave the nicknaming to you. In fact, he should just leave. Now. Dickhead!

I know that all the cheftestants bone dessert. But really, just learn a good bread pudding recipe and you can win anyone over! It ain't that hard!

MaryMann will learn one day that regardless of your personal preferences, $$$ is $$$ and if you are going to make it in the restaurant world, you better cook your ass off for whomever walks in the door with cash in hand.

DT can wear the shorts again, but make him ditch the coat! That combination looks stupid and makes absolutely no sense!

Lots O' Love

Hey, J-Mo. You asked "Can anyone tell me what the difference is between something that's "mashed" and something that's "smashed"?"

Well, I didn't look it up or anything, but I'm pretty sure when you mash a potato, you take off the skins, but when you served smashed potatoes, the skins are in there.

So, "smashed" might refer to a mash that has some texture and is not perfectly smooth...

ah, another stolen moment . . .

MaryMann, girl with the bittah! It's sad to me when someone harps so on a topic. I do bet it was close to when the vote came down, as I too was soooo depressed that even in LA it was voted down . . . . the f*ck!!! One of the reasons I love living in CA is the tolerance, and who cares kind of attitude, in many, many ways . . . I know no where is perfect . . . but anyhoo, to sit there and cry and be bitchy about it seems a turn off, and there was no reasoning in her saying Bravo was being insensitive . . . gimmie a break! I guess she did get us all talking about it . . .

Thanks again, J-mo!!! Bok Chou is hot, but not nearly as hot as you!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXO

Bravo might be more discriminatory than you think, as Tranny's comment "When you have mushy on mushy it's not nice." had me rolling, b/c Muschi (pronounced mushy) is the German word for pussy ;)

^ hahaha - that's hilarious, bc in Japan when you answer the phone, you say "Mushi mushi!"

Also, I *adored* that retro-sexy V-necked dress the bride-to-be was wearing.

Anyone know where to find dresses like that?

..."Someone touched my boob at a bachelor party."...

J=Mo, I laughed my ass off all the way through this post, but this joke was my favorite, you're the best!

I've figured out that the best thing about this season being in Las Vegas is that Scar will split her time 50/50 between dressing like a cocktail waitress and/or a hooker. The next 10 episodes are going to be extra awesome. Gail, God bless her, will continue to dress like my grandma's couch, because we need something to count on every week.

I don't know how he's going to do on this show, but judging by the credits, I love Dirty Bear to win it all on the next Season of America's Next Top Notre Dame Mascot.

Awesome recap J-Mo, have fun in Las Vegas and empty out a steam table for me buddy.