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Yes they did. Or it was misleading editing. I keep waiting for Beverley to go all Jackie Chan on Heather. It'll never happen, of course. How is that Heather can win by baking the same cake that she baked for the Quincinera challenge? And if she was so worried about the damned watermelon pickles, why didn't she work on them herself instead of standing around ragging on Beverley? All I can say is it's a good thing I'm not on this show. Where was the other chubby blonde, the one from Houston? She should have taken Heather's wrist and looked her in the eye and said, "Heather, darlin'. Remember yourself." That was always enough for me to know I was going to far when Mama did that.

This was money that was stolen from a safe in my office. There were only two people who had the combination of and access to the safe when the money was stolen. One was me, and I was off shift; the other, my assistant who was having financial difficulties he was very vocal about. This also happened at a car dealership where a lot of extra legal things take place. My boss, the owner, told me he knew that I didn't take the money and that he would "make me whole" with the bonus. It was part of a set up to get light-fingers to pull it again when he could be caught. And was. And fired. And blackballed. The 80's were fun times. The OP states that the missing part of the food processor was known to have been used by the careless employee who had been made aware, as had all who worked there, the now missing part was integral to the operation of the machine. Careless employees make for a hazardous workplace and costly repairs and overtime. Fire her and get on with your life.

I don't believe it is illegal to dock an employee's check if they have destroyed company property. I had an assitant who was a thief and the stolen money was deducted from mycheck since I was his supervisor. (All was well, though. The stolen money was repayed to me in the form of a bonus and the thief was caught and fired.) As to just firing the person, I think unless you are in a Union shop, you can just fire them. Firing "for cause" can be just because you don't like them. At any rate, if your customers have commented negatively about this person, show them the door.

Do you give written warnings at your place of employment? As to "losing" a valuable piece of equipment, take it out of the person's check. Do you have a policy book? If it continues, start docking their hours and look for a new hire.

What gets me about the chefs is that they seem to have a hard time changing gears. If there are no lamb chops, scallops, wagyu beef available they freeze up and start whinging about how Chef B took all of "their" shrimp. I'm just a homecook and I can switch it up on the fly when I'm unexpectedly out of something integral to the dish and make something else without making a trip to the market or bemoaning the lack of ingredient to my household. And, frankly, I'm starting to get a shellfish allergy by osmosis or whatever the television version of that would be. And since when did cerivche and crudo start to qualify as "cooking"? Chef Sam in Season 2 got the boot for "not cooking anything" (said by Tom C.)when he served a ceviche going into the final three or four, I've forgotten which.

I know what you mean, toolprincess. Did these chefs not know this was a contest when they signed up? "I'd never use/eat/buy this crap", accompanied with a look of disgust. Well, no sh*t, Sherlock. Neither would anyone else if they had an unlimited budget, but they don't.

Snadra, I have a Zojirushi Mr. Bento lunch box. It has four containers (one can hold soup) that are graduated in size. They stack and fit inside a cylinder with a cap that latches onto the top. The cap can be used for drinking or as a fifth container. The whole thing is carried in a knapsack and has a metal "spork" with a cover that snaps over the tines. The knapsack has pockets for napkins and condiments. The whole thing is about 18 inches tall and is dishwasher safe. I bought mine from Amazon.com for about $38 USD. There is also a Mrs. Bento that is a little smaller.

If only Chuy could have asked his dad about execution, it would have worked out. I want to see a lot of these chefs pack up and go. I don't like any of the girls except Lindsay, so far. I agree about Paul. He seems to be a nice, quiet, get 'er done kind of a guy.

I make deviled ham out of the odds and ends of the ham and the fat scraps. It sounds rather similar. I never have to sigh and feed it to the dogs.

Cancer is a wiley booger. You can take all the care in the world with your diet, excercise, proper sleep, not smoking, etc and still it creeps up like a theif in the night. Conversely, you can do everything "wrong" and still not get it.

The whole show is a commercial. Ad buys pay for the network.

That commercial was a real double take the first time I saw it. I was waiting for one of his kids to throw the dish at him and dress him down for daring to serve such crap.

That's good to know. I liked the little guy.

Don't they have some on the buffet at work, Skoop?

Oh noes! No more Chuy's awesome dad stories. I'll bet Dakota would have had enough money to pay her traffic tickets if she hadn't spent it all on ink. That cigar thing was disgusting looking. The remaining Team Moto guy doesn't look to be in for the long haul.

Snadra, I used to get whole HUGE turkeys at work for Thanksgiving and whole HUGE hams for Christmas. I lived alone at the time. I took them to my friendly neighborhood butcher and had him saw the turkey into quarters and the ham into two or three pound portions and wrap them all for the freezer. One year, I just gave them away to the guys at work who had large families. I agree that two people and a ham is the definition of eternity.

Regarding chosing one's vice; you would be better off skipping the alcohol all together.

My father sends us these spiral sliced hams for Christmas every year. All of the above ideas are good ones. You can dice up a bunch of it and freeze it to put in fritters and quiche and chef's salads, too.

I have diced it up and used it in beef and barley soup, as well.

No one is getting out alive. I'll keep drinking coffee.

Yup, that would be Braum's. They make pretty good hamburgers, too.

I buy our milk at the local dairy store that sells ice creams, as well. It tastes better and is actually cheaper than the grocery store brands.

Lisa, I would conclude that the editors of the show are a bunch of damned yankees.

Top round is tasty and versitile. It is the baking soda of meats in that it has so many applications and it is inexpensive, readily available and takes easily to numerous preparations: Swiss steak Chicken fried steak Stir-fry Fajitas Rouladen I keep several pounds of it in one pound portions in the freezer next to more expensive cuts.

The remaining member of Team Moto, his name escapes me, looks like one of the Hansen brothers from the old Paul Newman hockey movie "Slapshot". There are a lot of myths about Texas on this show, as Jaymes mentioned with the No Beans Rule, and the cheftestants should lay off the phoney Texas accents and leave the hats at home. It probably doesn't matter to the Padma lovers, but girlfriend can't ride.