"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Dee Dee wrote:
>
> >> I don't watch Iron Chef very often, but I actually saw that one twice
> >> due to seasonal circumstances. Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentis
> >> were station chefs, they weren't calling the shots. IMO, RR did a
> >> great job.
> >
> > I noticed that RR did a lot of stirring. She has a good strong arm.
> > Batali kept her busy.
>
> She made a cranberry curd. She spent most of the show stirring it. The
> judges liked it. Mario and Anne did pretty much everything else.
>
>
> > He normally has a great sous-chef, and I don't recall if she was there
on
> > that show or not -- Anne ...
>
> Yes, she was there. Among other things, she made a pasta dough for one of
> Mario's dishes and she made some kind of pastry to hold Rachael's curd.
>
>
> > Talk about a voice - I never listen to her anymore since she started
> > yelling, snorting, grunting, gargling, squeeking, screaming --
>
> Want to see something funny? Try recording "30 Minute Meals" and then
> playing it back in slow motion. Her facial expressions and gestures are
> FREAKISH in slow motion.


I call her "Buzzy the Hummingbird"

Paul