Tuesday, June 13, 2006
It’s getting hot in here…
Reading this ode to onions reminded me that I’d meant to post about Hell’s Kitchen. (The link? The mention of mirepoix, which I had never heard of before the prep they did in the first episode last night. Isn’t it strange when that happens?) Of course, I had a hell of a time hearing most of it because we were running dreadfully late due to the sort of mess that always saves itself for the rare nights there’s actually something on TV (people turning simple things into complicated things...it’s a good thing Jay’s the one whose work situation it was, I’d have totally lost my shit but he’s more patient...way, way more patient), and I had the wild overtired Sadie to herd as a result, but I did manage a few impressions:
1. Heather has got it together so amazingly that it hardly seems like a contest right now. It’s going to be so interesting to see if anything trips her up along the way.
2. Of the guys, the one that Ramsay sent back to safety during the second episode’s elimination--Tom? (I’d check the site but the computer I’m on at the moment would collapse under the weight of the thing...the whole Fox site is pure evil, my machine at home can barely handle it)--really impressed me. I’ve no idea if the man can cook, but he’s the only person I’ve ever heard offer up a good reason why he should stay. Dude knows what he’s there for and has a good sense for the business side of things, which the show is also about to a greater extent than it’s usually credited for.
3. I missed the part where the fellow lost it and went home. It’s got to be much harder than it looks to deal with the pressure, even when you’ve been through the selection process and even when you know what you’ve signed up for.
4. I’m not sure how much the dynamic overall has been affected by that this is the second season of the show. Forewarned and forearmed, yes? And yet you still have Sara whooping for joy and suchlike. More of them seem to realize that there’s a gaming element to it, though, and that ought to make things interesting going forward.
Now if we could just get Ming and company to make another season of Cooking Under Fire, I’d be content.
(Onion link courtesy of The Moderate Voice.)