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On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:56:15 -0700, "legal process"
> wrote:

> "Michael Black" > wrote in message
> xample.org...
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2013, sf wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:16:46 -0700, "legal process"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I seem to recall at least 2 shows where Flay totally couldn't cook
> >>> rice...
> >>>
> >> Cite?
> >>

> > COme on, they have a vague memory of something. They didn't say
> > "absolutely", but "I recall".
> >
> > That doesn't need a cite, on the other hand it may shake someone else's
> > memory out who can give details.
> >

In other words, you and "legal" can't come up with anything.
>
> I know with certainty one was a Throwdown episode, but do not recall which
> one. I believe it might have been a paella challenge; however, I did find a
> reference on an anti-Bobby Flay website to his screwing up jambalaya by
> opening up a pot of rice every 2 minutes. Perhaps those are the two
> instances.
>


An episode or two on Throwdown is supposed to be an example of him not
knowing how to cook? LOL! That's rich. The entire premise of
Throwdown was for him to lose to the "experts".

All those shows are formulas. Take the HGTV show called Love it or
Leave It: In spite of not getting everything on their way too long
list of wants and far too little money to make it happen (several
major wants are not met on each show) PLUS seeing at least one
alternative home that fits their criteria.... the Leave It Realtor
usually loses to the Love It Decorator.

Another one is Restaurant Impossible where Robert Irvine has $10,000
and two days to redecorate a dining room, clean up a filthy kitchen,
design a new menu and teach the cooks how to cook, teach the servers
how to serve and mend the owners sloppy management style. They're
always way behind with just a couple of hours to go until reopening,
but it all gets done in time somehow.

It's a formula. Anyone who can't figure that out should stick to
playing video games.

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