So I did watch Hells Kitchen last night but I did not recap it because… I mean…. did y’all watch? I love Gordon Ramsey and I am really TRYING to find someone to root for, but this season is just a clusterfuck. I realize that a key aspect of the show is to have a few buffoons that royally mess up service and cause infighting on both teams. I get it. But there also needs to be cooks that can actually cook who are justifiably pissed about having to work with these fools. I am not seeing anyone capable of winning this shit show. Certainly no one capable of being an executive chef.
The women won the memory game challenge because the guys sucked harder at it than the women did. I can’t remember if I fed the dog yesterday or today and I knew where the matches were for that game. It was infuriating.
But nothing pissed me off more than Gordon Ramsey not knowing what a croque monsieur is. For fuck sake, Gordon! When I go to Paris, I am on a shoestring budget. I don’t eat at five-star restaurants. I eat at bars and outdoor cafes. I eat a croque monsieur pretty much every day. It’s cheap and tasty! It’s ham and gruyere cheese sandwich fried in butter and covered with a béchamel sauce. Anyone who can make a grilled cheese can make this dish. THERE IS NO EGG IN A CROQUE MONSIEUR GORDON RAMSEY! If you add an egg it becomes a croque madame! Any three-year old in Paris knows this. How can you not know this?
The larger lady who cried because she was too flustered to fry an egg should have pointed this out to Ramsey. She is sort of a basket case. I am guessing hormone issues, because, twinsies! She seems like she might actually be able to cook if she could just get her emotions and anxiety in check. Thankfully, the women managed to win again and she is safe for another week.
The men’s loss allowed them to get rid of Demarco, who has needed to go since last week. But not before Demarco spun some story about being abandoned by his father when he was six months old and wanting to win to throw his success in his absent father’s face. I didn’t believe a single word he said. It seems a few of the men did. Whatever, he is gone. We need to cut a lot more dead weight before this show will become more watchable.
And Gordon Ramsey needs to explain how in the holy hell he doesn’t know what a croque monsieur is.
There is no egg in a croque monsieur. The egg is on it’s sister sandwich, croque madame!
Let me guess, first time commenter, who doesn’t actually read anything and just likes to spout random facts as if that was not what the entire article is about.
I don’t really see the point in that. #perplexed.
Is there an echo in here?
Thank you. And yes.
(And again, why I read TT and respect her, every minute of my life)
#TruthTelling!
What the hell is a Croquet Monsieur?!
Just jerking your chain, Tamara!
Read the whole post, always do, sweartoGod!!!
I’m definitely watching Hell’s Kitchen, but in the beginning I don’t really even try to remember their names. There’s too many of them and they all basically suck. I guess by scaring, humiliating, and dissing the shit out of them, the cream eventually rises to the top.
I haven’t watch this in a while but based on your recap and the finale of RHOA approaching, I may have to add them to my TV schedule. Since jettisoning idiot friends from my real life, I find idiots on TV extremely entertaining with a glass of wine or six depending on length of show .
A Croque Madame sounds pretty tasty right now….I couldn’t get over the guys’ inability to freaking scramble eggs. I love brunch items and hoped I would learn something new – nerp, nada.
I hate brunch and could do without the egg. Plus a croque madame is an extra euro or two. If I am in the right arrondissement a nice GYRO is delicious.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Got up peeked in and got hungry once I read what a croque monsieur is…yummy. I ate jamon/frommage crepes from the café when I was there because my broke ass didn’t have the euros for fancy,even not so fancy, restaurants. The béchamel sauce over that has me drooling. Publix here I come to buy gruyere cheese @$9.00 lb. Damn you TT
Trader Joes has a cheddar gruyere mixed cheese that is really good.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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unfortunately, no Trader Joes within 30 miles
Anyone that read this post and did not want to try to recreate this IMMEDIATELY is not a true foodie. I love cooking shows because I love food. I made my version of this and I must say it was tasty. Gotta work on the béchamel. Never was good at it, even in mac & cheese. All that to say, I’m not competing on Hells Kitchen and I probably put forth more of an effort based on the comments here. #ilovetoeatgoodfood
I can’t make a béchamel either. Guess I should just fly to Paris and have a sandwich. Oddly the other really good street food I eat there is a gyro in the jewish/arab arrondisement I have to make a special trip out there to get one. It’s sort of off the beaten path. Used to be 5 euros of perfection…
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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BTW there is not a whole lot of béchamel involved really. Just a bit on the top.
Ok I don’t feel so deprived with my version. My best gyro…Hydra, Greece. Can’t make tyseki sauce either. Hate long flights anymore so I am doomed to stateside interpretations. That’s why I like watching cooking shows even though I can’t cook. I get inspired to try if it sounds good (and not too hard)
Going to try to watch Hells Kitchen for both the train wreck and the food. Two-fer.
Anyone ever notice when it is a “Gordon Decides” contest, the women usually win?