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> On Jul 15, 6:19 pm, Kyle > wrote:
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> > On Jul 14, 9:25 pm, notbob > wrote:
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> > > On 2007-07-15, Kyle > wrote:
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> > > > And Bourdain gives good, convincing reasons for hiring the (mostly
> > > > Mexican) people he hires.
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> > > Then he's liar. He hires them cuz they're cheap. End of story.
> > > Mexicans don't chop lettuce better than anyone else.
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> > > > turn him into anther Bobby Flay -- and Bourdain walked. He deserves
> > > > tons of respect for it; the FN deserves our continued contempt.
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> > > So, now we get him bad mouthing everyone else in the industry and
> > > eating eyeballs and snake blood. Yeah, a real class act.
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> > We've argued about Bourdain before, NB, and your comments here are a
> > reminder that you know extremely little about the guy; and you've
> > paradoxically got some weird issues with him. Bourdain goes into
> > detail in several of his books as to why he likes to employ Mexicans
> > (they're skilled & hard workers). Your comments about Mexicans "being
> > cheap" and "chopping lettuce" amount to mere stereotyping. Bourdain
> > doesn't badmouth "everyone in the industry." He's generous in his
> > praise for good cooks. He does, however, bash many of the *FN
> > personalities*, and he does so amusingly & creatively. They deserve
> > his contempt.
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> I'm showing my age, but I think that being a heroin junkie shows a
> lack of character.

You're showing confusion more than age. I've reminded you already
that Bourdain is a *former* heroin addict. He conquered it. What
could be more characterful than that?


> In his book, "Les Halles Cookbook", he didn't even know what type of
> potato he was serving, (there is a photo of the box). He named the
> distributor instead of the variety.
> Every old lady knows the difference in potatoes. He doesn't.- Hide quoted text -

I'm a bit skeptical of this story. But help me out: What type of
potatoes (which you say TB could not identify) are in this pic?