[Sca-cooks] Iron Chef America...redux!

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Elaine Koogler:
>Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>
>>Also sprach Phlip:
>>
>>>Also, while I mostly enjoyed the Battle, I'm pretty well convinced that the
>>>"winner" was pre-chosen to give the new series a boost- there's no way in
>>>Hel that little twit Flay could out-cook Sakai. Look at the nasty 3 plop in
>>>an iron skillet Flay presents as one of his dishes, and you'll know it was
>>>fixed.
>>>
>>>"Creativity" my tuchus.
>>
>>
>>Bobby Flay not only was caught using a corked chef's knife last 
>>year, but is alleged to have used spices provided by a personal 
>>trainer with ties to Balco. He needs to be expelled from any future 
>>Iron Chef competitions to restore the clean image of the sport in 
>>the eyes of impressionable children and other cooks.
>>
>>Adamantius
>
>I really do agree.  I was not aware of what you describe, but I have 
>always thought that there was more of the opportunist to him than 
>genuine chef/culinary artist.  I have hopes that, even though he is 
>participating here as an "Iron Chef", the show will still have some 
>veracity, with the presence of Puck and Battali, not to mention 
>Alton Brown.

Well, I was joking (see Bonds, Barry, Giambi, Jason, etc.; the whole 
baseball-players-on-steroids thing). However, Bobby Flay just doesn't 
seem to have a clue as to how to act, and although a sharp 
entrepreneur and, arguably, showman, doesn't know much about food 
outside of a very tight focus acquired more from market research than 
any love of cooking. Let's just say he has built up some culinary 
capital and he intends to spend it: everyone I know who has dealt 
with him personally (myself included) has had to spend precious time 
listening to his "no, I really am a real chef -- honest" act. He 
should go into some field where false bravado is more of an asset. 
Like politics ;-).

I was surprised to hear some nebulous complaints about Mr. Battali 
(from my niece, who worked as a waitress in one of the restaurants he 
was involved in), but I've always liked his work.

Adamantius
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