Episode 8: "Common Threads" Options

[Kristlkrost]

And what business of Marcel's was it that Mikey was drinking beer and taking Vicodin? Mind your own business.

And your a stoonad if you seriously re-watch that episode and don't realize that some production monkey business went on.

That is exactly how the lychee event went down according to Marrisa's Chow interview. And since we know that Bravo stations their little toadies right with the interviewed contestant we can probably assume they was a bit more monkey business than that.

Peeps die from that lethal combination
every day...NO LIE.
Sorry but sometimes you do have to do the right thing.....All kinds of things could have happened.
Mikey lives to fondle his wife's panties one more day because of Marcel.

[NiCi]

He just needs to get laid more than once a year. Once that happens, he should be okay.

But really, how is that gonna happen?!

[Kristlkrost]

Greetings Note, thanks for the reply. As you can see I have switched my color to black for the aesthetic reasons you mentioned. It's a "Sith" color as well. And you're welcome to whatever graphics I put up. Sorry if I came off as too hyperbolic. I was five bong hits away from sleepy-time when I wrote my first post. At that point almost everything seemed funny.

As far as Project Runway goes I'll see if my wife wants to do it. She's more a My Space girl. She had a bad message board experience over at the Shark Tank-AKA IMDb. But I think she'd be game for it. And yes, after watching all these seasons of PR I have developed an eye for fashion. Which is funny because I'm a former punk rocker and my fashion sense use to not extend to more than Dickies, Band Tees, Docs, Safety Pins and Chucks. In fact I'm wearing my Venom logo T-shirt and Dickies cargo shorts as I type this. But now, when I find myself in a clothing store with Jo I can look at something and realize "That's Hideous!" As far as the models on PR go Miss Tyra gets a better crop. Except for that wierdo Lisa. She was as ugly as a dog's rear end.

Oh is that board bad???

I was just tawking to someone about it yesterday.
I like the black too...Red is my least favorite color...And that alone should be enough
for you to change it ...I was gonna' say!!

[teleburst]

Well we don't know what kind of rice he used. And remember the Coconut milk, Squash and Sweet Potato all bring some protien to the table as well.

I'm pretty darned sure he used white rice since that's what it looked like and I've never really heard of brown rice being used for coconut rice (I'm sure somewhere in the universe has done it, but it's not a likely combination). If he did it, then bully for him for keeping some of the vitamins and minerals, but it wasn't all that necessary, what with the sweet potato and all. And I don't know how much brown rice you've eaten, or how much coconut milk you've cooked with, but the two don't really go together all that well, so, on the very off chance that he did do it, it probably tasted like something you'd feed to your dogs before the Ititerod.

Yes, a little protein was added Just so you know, a cup of coconut milk, which has 550 calories, has 5.5 grams of protein. A cup, which will make a large amount of Thai soup, unfortunately also has 55 grams of fat. To make four servings of rice, you need far less than a cup of coconut milk, so, you really don't get that much protein per serving (fortunately, you get less fat as well). And even then, you have to look at percentages as well. It's all fine and good to get some protein (5.5 g of protein, especially when divided by a number larger than 4, isn't all that much, especially when the fat content is 10 times the amount of protein.

Sweet potato is cherished for its vitamins, minterals and carbs, but not for its protein. Yes, it has a little protein. But it would take 4 whole raw sweet potatoes to equal the protein in 100 grams of a 450 calorie Snickers bar. One whole raw sweet potato has about as much protein as two miniature Reese's peanut butter cups. You know, the kind that look like tiny thimbles.

Maybe we've hit on a kid friendly curry dish. Curried peanut butter cups with a glass of milk. We can do that for under $10 for a family of four.

[chucole]

Peeps die from that lethal combination
every day...NO LIE.
Sorry but sometimes you do have to do the right thing.....All kinds of things could have happened.
Mikey lives to fondle his wife's panties one more day because of Marcel.

Oh gee, I guess I better put down this beer.

[teleburst]

He is planning on opening a restaurant in NYC, but $100K doesn't go as far here as it does elsewhere.

More like 60K (if he's lucky).

Even 100k won't get you very far in Nashville, much less NYC. What's golden is just appearing on TC. That's what gets you investors, connections, etc.



People don't realize that you can't just walk into a bank and say, "I've got $60 grand to put into my own restaurant - please give me a business loan to finish my $250,000 restaurant (which is small change for a restaurant). It's not like putting 20% down on a house, or 20% down on a car in order to insure that you'll get financed. Unless you have a serious track record, you could put up 50% and they'd still laugh at you (behind your back, of course).

GE is one of the few venture capital companies (read banks) that will even back restaurant ventures and they want to see at least $10,000,000 and something like at least 4 units. And they are considered about the only "traditional" source of restaurant capital for "the little guys". There are some edgy "venture capital companies" that will take a chance, but they are few and far between. Most people looking to open new restaurants write off the idea of going to banks or the SBA.

About the only way to get capital for restaurants, is to go the private investor route. And those folks are more impressed with "I made it to round 4 on Top Chef" than, "I've got a check for $60k that I'm willing to throw in". They're more impressed because they are often times well-off "ordinary people" needing a place to park some money other than a CD in a bank. I imagine that opening a restaurant on Manhattan almost requires a bit of Star Power (just the cachet you get from even appearing for a couple of episodes on a show like Top Chef). Or, maybe Jeffery Chodorow can put in a good word for you.

[SecondTry]

Jim deareth
We are tawking about Sam..Mikey and Ilan who couldn't stand him him for turning them in for beer and Vicodin.

You realize you're contradicting yourself, don't you?

I thought Ilan was saying he hated Marcel from the first episode. Now he hates Marcel because Marcel ratted him out in the 9th episode?

Holy revisionist history, Batman!!!!!

[Kristlkrost]

You realize you're contradicting yourself, don't you?

I thought Ilan was saying he hated Marcel from the first episode. Now he hates Marcel because Marcel ratted him out in the 9th episode?

Holy revisionist history, Batman!!!!!

Owwww you....Why I oughta.
You are getting on my last nerve
up in here and tis one hot trannie mess.

He hated him period...Day one till day end.
BUT it was a pronounced dislike at that point
which I'm starting to feel for you right about
now

Pinches for you..You're Italian..You know

[Kristlkrost]

You realize you're contradicting yourself, don't you?

I thought Ilan was saying he hated Marcel from the first episode. Now he hates Marcel because Marcel ratted him out in the 9th episode?

Holy revisionist history, Batman!!!!!

Oh and SA made me think of a good question.
If you had a restaurant..what would you name it????
Mine would always be

*Justin Anthony's*

My son's name..We had to get the Italian in there somewhere..Justin I picked when I was 12

Our little breakfast /lunch place already had a great established name and the BBQ place wasn't a good fit.

I think yours should be *Scooootchamenz*


This post has been edited by Kristlkrost: May 5, 2008 - 09:24 PM

[Kristlkrost]

Ow it says the finale will start taping tomox!!!



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[chucole]

Oh and SA made me think of a good question.
If you had a restaurant..what would you name it????
Mine would always be

*Justin Anthony's*

My son's name..We had to get the Italian in there somewhere..Justin I picked when I was 12

Our little breakfast /lunch place already had a great established name and the BBQ place wasn't a good fit.

I think your's should be *Scooootchamenz*

Off the top of my head it would be "CoJack's" for my munchkins. Jackie would be my sous chef. Colio would be my maitre'd

[Kristlkrost]

Off the top of my head it would be "CoJack's" for my munchkins. Jackie would be my sous chef. Colio would be my maitre'd

Aww and you could go all Kojack themed and give out lollipops and shave your head and say that thing he said to the customers as they enter.
Who loves ya baby???
(I think that was it???)

Better than

Would you like to try a rooty tooty fresh and fruity!?????
On Cojack's featured menu...The specialty of the house.....Dare I say it?????

.

This post has been edited by Kristlkrost: May 5, 2008 - 09:17 PM

[chucole]

Aww and you could go all Kojack themed and give out lollipops and shave your head and say that thing he said to the customers as they enter.
Who loves ya baby???
(I think that was it???)

Better than

Would you like to try a rooty tooty fresh and fruity!?????
On Cojack's featured menu...The specialty of the house.....Dare I say it?????

.

I know where you're going. Don't go there. LOL
Jackie would insist on greek spaghetti and Colio on popcorn shrimp. After that menu would be open to suggestion.

[Kristlkrost]

Off the top of my head it would be "CoJack's" for my munchkins. Jackie would be my sous chef. Colio would be my maitre'd

Oh GOD get rid of the inappropriate apostrophe placement for me please in YOURS.

I'm an apostrophe stooonad.

[Kristlkrost]

I know where you're going. Don't go there. LOL
Jackie would insist on greek spaghetti and Colio on popcorn shrimp. After that menu would be open to suggestion.

Greek spaghetti???......Spill!!!..mmmmmm
I'm sooo hungry.....Wilfred is a b*tch

[Jazzie53]

Oh and SA made me think of a good question.
If you had a restaurant..what would you name it????
Mine would always be

*Justin Anthony's*

My son's name..We had to get the Italian in there somewhere..Justin I picked when I was 12

Our little breakfast /lunch place already had a great established name and the BBQ place wasn't a good fit.

I think yours should be *Scooootchamenz*

Need you ask? "Jazzie's Joint"
And it would specialize in soups, fresh breads, and the hubby's BBQ! (and YES...it would have an outdoor porch-patio service LOL!)(

[SecondTry]

Oh and SA made me think of a good question.
If you had a restaurant..what would you name it????

Not sure. It would depend upon the type of restaurant I was opening. Burger joint and bar, I'd call it Fourth Down, or something else football-related. Rustic Italian, I'd probably go with Longo's. Fine dining, definitely Marcel Sucks.

This post has been edited by SecondTry: May 5, 2008 - 10:28 PM

[johnw]

Otto got hosed. They refused to let them address the lychee issue at the store. They told them that they had to go back and talk to a more senior production person. LOL. Completely manufactured drama by Bravo.

WAJ,
I have to agree with you on this one - Otto did get hosed. The lychees were on the bottom tray of Elia's shopping cart when Elia was at the cash register. Otto was at the rear of the line with an unidentified customer between him and Elia. In the next scene Otto is coming out of the market pushing Elia's cart and while loading the contents of the cart into the back of the SUV Otto makes the announcement that the lychees were not paid for. How does he know that since it was Elia who supposedly paid for what was on her shopping cart. If the cashier did not ring up the lychees on Elia's cart, it seems to me that Elia was responsible for the error, not Otto.

[johnw]

1. Keep in mind that the interviews are filmed AFTER the challenges, so Ilan had plenty of exposure to Marcel's personality before he said that he couldn't stand Marcel.

2. Marcel tried to sabotage Betty during the comfort food challenge, tried to take credit for Sam's leadership during the Hollywood challenge, moved Elia's food during the semifinals, repeatedly had to be dragged kicking and screaming into working with the others during group and team challenges.....what else do you want? About the only conflict I AM willing to give him a pass on is his confrontation with Frank during the Thanksgiving challenge--Marcel was working under a time constraint and shouldn't have had to waste time hunting Frank down so Frank could move his stuff out of the cooking area.

3. To say that Marcel isn't as pompous as Stephen is like saying that a broken arm isn't as bad as a broken neck. Doesn't make me want to go out and break my arm.

Marcel did move Elia's pot off a burner that was unlit so he could use it. Shades of Ilan calling Marcel a stove hog when Marcel was cooking his eggs for breakfast and there were three unused burners.

Comparing Marcel to Stephen is a bit of a stretch.

This post has been edited by johnw: May 6, 2008 - 12:03 AM

[Fordmanrod]

Oh and SA made me think of a good question.
If you had a restaurant..what would you name it????
Mine would always be

*Justin Anthony's*

My son's name..We had to get the Italian in there somewhere..Justin I picked when I was 12

Our little breakfast /lunch place already had a great established name and the BBQ place wasn't a good fit.

I think yours should be *Scooootchamenz*

I have always thought that it would be fun to buy and gut an vacant gas station.... put in the same decor you would see in a diner and offer car hop service. Call it The Gas Station and specialize in any and all things featuring chili......burgers, dogs, fries, omelets, tamales......you name it.. we will put chili on it. Maybe branch out and do chili verde too or chili colorado.... but keep it simple and keep it good.