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Top Chef with a side of Star Wars
Hello, beloved listeners!
Pack your headphones and listen to this episode on Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi's departure, with an aperitif of Star Wars.
To get this convo going we drank some Ogopogo Guivre, a farmhouse saison from pod favorite brewery, Ogopogo.
With your two favorite hosts, I'm Daniel.
And we are here to talk about Top Chef.
Season 20 it's what do you call?
What's no, it's still going on.
The end of an era memorial Memorium emeritus.
Padma Lakshmi announced that she's.
Yeah. Where? If you haven't watched already? Spoilers.
Know who cooked the best you're going to.
Which will probably be proven right some.
Unfounded speculation and strongly worded opinions.
I just still like in the middle of season.
Those other Mandalorians, like the more liberal Mandalorians.
Off their helmets? Ohh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like Ohh, you're part of the religious zealots.
What does it show? No. Ohh, it kind of falls off.
The universe, the expanded universe.
Have the book of Boba Fett show.
No, he for a movie that came out in 1980.
Oh, OK. So he survives. No, the fat. Yeah.
No matter how sure I am, I never.
There's no way Boba Fett survives and lives that long.
Was so contractually, you know.
Live long enough to to shoot the show. I think it's.
A documentary? Yeah. Exactly. So, yeah. Yeah.
Just not talking heads of Boba Fett.
They should do that, make some kind of like Christopher Guest style Star Wars.
I thought Boba Fett was a like prequel.
Yeah. Yeah, he he survived that monster. Yeah, the.
And then the great pit of cartoon. Ohh, so so that was return of.
We said this was gonna be about top.
Apparently this other stuff came to light.
Coming to light man, he rescued himself.
Stuff official, I guess what's considered canonical.
Right. He, he blasted his way out and and survived. Ohh OK and so then.
But it's just like elevated fan fiction.
They made and then just kind of hit out until like some new IP came around.
Gonna hang out on tattooed until so.
One writes some more adventures for me.
Because even in Owen and Baru's.
Place even in those books. Does he do anything?
I don't know. I just know that it happens. I never read any of those books, and that was the thing.
Like ohh survive. That's lame.
And so the book of Boba Fett. I don't know if it starts with that.
Is that what he was doing in the meantime? He was writing a book.
Yeah, he was stuck in the stomach.
His publishing tour like some.
And he he found. Yeah. It's like, you know.
What? I'm gonna write my tails, my.
Like Albert Speer when he was in prison.
That's what everybody always does.
Writing. Yeah, I didn't know what was going on. I was just an art.
Tech I was involved, like gerbils and gearing.
So yeah, it's. But Buffett was just using his little headlamp to.
A publisher. I gotta get out here.
And then he runs into Mando. Did Jaron what?
Great dumplings. How long bow?
I forget exactly how and why they merge.
On tattooing, I think for whatever reason.
We're going deep, deep off, but Boba Fett is naked then.
Because he's lost his outfit and his his jet pack and his.
Right, right after we got it from Olivia.
OK. Ohh man, that's lame. No wonder no one.
Likes it, and then Boba Fett's a.
A portly Mallory man, right? Yeah. With amazing teeth. They.
Even though right, he spent time in a worms stomach or whatever.
Yeah, you could land the Millennium Falcon with those teeth in the middle of the night.
Maybe he traded his jetpack for some veneers.
Ohh God alright, just before or Daniel. Yes, as you are known on the podcast.
Whose real last name should not be said.
The record to avoid doxing. What are we drinking today on this lovely hot day?
Ohh, we're drinking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's uh.
Well, it says it's 84, but the real field might be higher.
Yeah, Fahrenheit, Kelvin for for all you.
International listeners, it's probably somewhere in the high 20s.
Were in the 40s Celsius. Yeah, no.
We'll drink. We're going to do some physics.
Say song that was beautiful I already sounded.
Like Gaston and beating the beast.
Pure French. You were. You're a regular ratatouille.
5% that's low or say sounds usually that low.
So all their beers are named after mythical creatures, so.
So it if it is in the 40s? Yeah, that's crazy.
Apologies to our UK listeners.
And they say, I mean, they should drink.
It's a good light British boddingtons.
That is the the Byington is pub ale. We've had it before.
Ohh sure, yeah, where and bars. Ohh.
Those nights, exploding balls.
Boddingtons, this is a Glendale tat.
No, this is I think more you can find it anywhere. Remember this, this is yellow can no.
Anyway, yeah, we're enjoying this Cezanne from a local brewery. Ogo Pogo.
Yeah, the singular valley, San Gabriel, the city, in fact.
Oh yeah, the city and the valley. It's a valley within the city.
It's like most Isley is a city within a valley.
Planet it's a. It's a city planet state.
Ohh, that's right, it is not a plant, yeah.
Is to get on my Atlas refresher.
Looks like a dragon with bad breath, apparently.
What does it say something Miss bro?
They would blush and look away in the.
I don't know if that's like a defense mechanism or like sexuality was so vile that even. Ohh.
That's it was. It was a Puritan dragon, you know.
Gonna go like, take your land.
And stuff, but keep your clothes.
On mid, is it medieval? Is it medieval France?
And stuff. I'm sure there's a.
Time. Ohh. Like when the Catholics were really in.
Alright, everything was a sin, I guess that's.
True, but I said even even then, they still like to be naked.
This beers refreshing as seasons generally are as like that barnyard.
That is that refreshing new. Mm-hmm. ****.
No, it doesn't have that kind.
A wild yeast or something, OK?
And high carbonation. Expect an Ester spice tastes and Supreme Germanus.
So it's just like the Paquette of beers.
Kind of. Yeah. Yes, I think so.
For the for the farm workers, yeah, they get the seconds of the.
Because traditionally has very highly carbonated little fruity little spicy.
Also, sometimes called the farmhouse ale, huh?
Yeah, nothing, nothing says French like a farm.
All right, back to the show. So, OK. So I just learned, unbeknownst to me.
Yeah, I could have sworn you watch more. So like I was a late Comer too. I late bloomer.
Your spices didn't bloom until much.
That was already like mid or early late pandemic.
Quick note for those of us who listeners who don't maybe know too.
Quick rundown. Yeah, break it down it is.
It's it's a cooking competition.
Global global phenomenon, yeah.
They got them everywhere, Canada Maas isley.
Think Boba Fett was on, wanted serious.
Palace. Oh, yeah, exactly. Oh, yeah. Salacious crumb, maybe.
Yeah, he was probably a guest.
Judge he was? Yeah. He just laughed.
Live ones the job the Ewoks were.
There. Yeah, they were also guests.
Took place on course, of course. Cosmopolitan.
Is that where they did the gambling and whatnot?
Ohh no, that was someplace else.
The made-up just for that Jedi movie return of or last of whatever.
I don't. I don't know if it was in.
The books or not? Ohh but yeah.
Johnson just went wild, created a new.
Land. Yeah. With those floppy eared visara.
World All Star World All Stars, so it was.
I think winners from what Mexico, France.
And some others, but in Spain.
And then there was the American returner north.
And then there was the eastern.
Ohh right, they had like runners up from other right, like by representing different countries and.
From Poland. Yeah, yeah. The potato lady potato.
Girl. Yeah. Yeah. Described self-described, yes, that's what.
To call it. Yeah. And then my she from.
I don't know. It's just from malaise.
You're right. I think she was Malaysian. OK. Yeah, but yeah, that was season 20.
And for like with the last two every season as every.
$150.00. No, I think that's been always one of.
They haven't upped it. I think it started.
500 I don't know, but it's significantly higher than this.
You're featured in food and wine magazine, and then you get featured at the food.
They they equate to $1,000,000.
Yeah, it's like an intern. Like, we're not gonna pay you very much, but the.
Opportunity is like astounding.
Right or priceless. I think it works for.
A lot of them, like even some of the ones that haven't like, won.
A set of ingredients predetermined.
Do anything. It's like you just win it and then you get a prize.
Or something. But the thing the bigger thing.
Yes, safety. The immunity. Yeah. And then the elimination challenge is longer. They usually have.
Or something? Yeah, and there's a theme to it. And then whoever loses.
That one, and they're judged. Their meals are judged by the the.
Tom Colicchio craft kitchen craft yeah.
Is Tom Colicchio of Kraft Kitchen fame GAIL Simmons?
Wine and traveling roving freelance writer.
Or sometimes was more of a guess.
Or or something like a whose line situation.
But it seemed like at the very beginning, Tom was like.
Different opinions let their their backgrounds inform.
Yeah, she packed her knives and.
Left. I'm done. You don't have to.
Yeah, I'm leaving my own accord.
Ventures. Yeah. Taste the nation. Yeah. And I'm. I'm assuming just spending more time with her.
I think it was full time just.
Him. She does have a daughter. Yes, yes.
Child children. Just just one just.
And yeah, her Hulu show that she has one season out two. Ohh.
Two now. Yeah, second season came out couple months ago.
Second season. Oh well. I think even the.
First season is pretty strong.
Like not, though there was like, OK, there's the first season, then they left they like.
She I think that shows better than some people.
Learn about the people and the history and and there's like a point of.
Anything. But that's no one ever gives that.
Oh, crap, sure. Yeah, he's just so delightful.
Barely. He's not even bearable.
No, he's he's a big creepy eyes.
He does not like people. I think he so much hates people that he puts.
Puts on like a nice front. Yeah, I think so.
Guy, I I've never met the man. I doubt it.
He's like a billionaire. What has he ever done for anybody?
Market. Hopefully it's not laced with fentanyl.
Like horse pill size, limiters.
He has to get them injected intramuscularly.
Being one of those male toxic.
Chefs like ******** like he would.
Get off on yelling at his staff for no.
Yes. And even then, when it came out right before his.
Memoir. Yeah, he did a fake apology.
Hmm. So he was never the guy, and even his shows suck.
You know, like they're they're. They're hard. They're very hard to watch.
So I think when you think about the totality of someone who's giving you.
Food shows in general, including all the stuff on Food Network.
Cheesy competition stuff beat Bobby Flay and.
Says show down play this meat.
Guy has taken over the food competition world.
Not that great. Yeah, exactly right.
Most I'll give season 2A shot because I.
Didn't even know there was a second.
Season out. So yeah, it's gotten, I think, a bunch of Emmy noms.
Like to taste the other nations taste the world.
Pedigree. Yeah, well, then, just like, oh, there's a model. Bring her in. Yeah.
Of like developed as the show progressed.
Yeah, her loss I think will be gigantic.
Eating all the food as she was made sure to mention in her interview with at the.
Time yes. And she mentioned that was partly part of the reason why she left too, she.
Just said like it's not sustainable like bodily wise.
Sure to eat all that much food.
So, and she has to be both judge and.
She's Judge Dread of Top Chef.
And extension cause she kind of is right. She's the one who gets tasked with pack your.
Knives and go. I am the food law.
As an expert Padma impression, she's known for her deep, serious.
Voice Sylvester Stallone impressions.
Right. Just to **** with people, yeah.
Yeah, GAIL, I think is I think she's.
Sure. I think similar to, yeah.
When it's her hosting duties, she'll be nice and encouraging, but when she's at the table.
Throw down, right? Yeah, she'll tell. Like.
It is, yeah, especially with rice, which is.
Many people, yeah, they just can't cook rice, right?
Rice or with the wet rice risotto.
You gotta stir that **** on a.
And so with this absence, there is speculation about who could replace her they're thinking.
An old contestant, maybe a previous visiting judge.
And there's a short list, and I think a lot of.
Things I think most recently the Netflix.
Or make recreate a like a fast food dish or a dish.
But yeah, she was, I think always a front runner because also a former model.
Yeah, she's the one she won season 10, Seattle.
And I think she popped up a handful of times.
And lo and behold, just like Ryan Seacrest becoming host of Wheel of Fortune.
When Pat Sajak is like ohh, he's gonna retire. I was like, I bet they're gonna.
Just left Kelly. And yeah, yes.
Now it's Kelly and Mark, right?
Like the old variety day show show days.
Probably obviously in there, right? They're like the modern day Lucy and Desi.
Think of and. It's still from the 60s or 70s, so it's not going to be a.
A timely reference, you know so, but anyway.
But anyway, Chris and Kish was the the one who.
Yeah. Just what a couple of days.
Who, who they announced as the next.
There's some huge shoes to fill.
Yeah, the Padma is pretty tall, so she is.
Yeah, exactly. She should have played basketball.
About this, it's Kristen Kish.
Taken over, I don't know. I have my reservations mostly because, like, I think no, no.
Be like Bourdain kissing with no reserve, no reservation. Yeah.
Palette. You gotta start speaking up, right, right, right. And that was kind of.
Yeah, but. But yeah, as as she started making.
Third season. From there forward, I think Padma started like being more part of the.
Whether it's Padma or just in general.
Of the ethnic foods that the the chefs brought. So if someone had.
I think don't or one of the other.
That's celebrated. Now it's celebrated, is not such. Yeah, it doesn't put you in like.
In a corner. But that's I'm saying.
Feels like there was maybe. Yeah, some growing part of society that opened up to that too, but the.
The same that we're coming in now.
Normally I don't care for celebrity memoirs.
She mentioned him. Yeah, I think.
A huge amount, especially not their personal.
Yeah, right. Grew up in India, came to the US. I was somewhat of a native, right. She was in.
Well, I wanna say Hacienda Heights.
Or Pico Rivera. Ohh, one of those.
Yeah, they went to Italy when she.
For a little bit, and from she tells like all her love of food, basically from like.
I don't think like a major modeling agency or.
It's famous enough, right? I guess that's true. But, you know, she was like.
Two times, you know, they just throw you in a house with all these other.
Spending all this money at the cheese.
Like Mrs. Garrett from the facts of.
Alive like she's she's quitting. Spending your per deal.
I can spend it however I want.
On that, but I guess she always talks about like her love of food throughout.
And what was fun about her memoir, too, is, like it had recipes spread out throughout the.
Felt like because she wasn't some she.
Was like a chef or a restaurant tour?
A female model come into a heavily.
So I think that we think about that in.
Context, you know. Yeah, you can.
A competition show was a reality show.
But like in context of it all.
It was like, you know, I I give her.
It I wouldn't want to sell it.
With money, this is crazy with much more.
Oh my. So how well, how do you think Kisha is going to do and filling those?
Having said all that, it's like I.
Or even care. And the curiosity maybe is the word I'm looking for too of a Padma.
Food learned about food, yeah.
But was not of the food, whereas Christian.
Stuff that you kind of associate with.
About like preparations and the cooking or the the final?
So I guess that maybe maybe that's my main concern is whether she's gonna be able to like.
Put yourself outside of like, I'm also a chef.
Umm to not just be another Tom.
Sure. Well, she's coming into a show that has been on for 20 seasons, so in certain ways.
A well oiled machine, so she'll have to fit in.
Will change the way she interacts with the guests. It might change that.
Scope of the competitions it might change.
How much she interacts with them and in what ways. If she's just going to be?
A friendly person who asked some questions, or if she's going to be more of.
A Tom type person in the quick fire or if she'll be like guides for.
I wanna get into that deeper hold.
Voice. Yeah. And bring her own Flava Flav.
I mean, I hope so. I like this show.
The big yeah. Yeah. Right. That's yeah, new.
Yeah. So I mean, it should be good. I hope. I, yeah, I want to continue watching the show and.
Doing it so hopefully she eases right in and takes us to the.
Next era, all the best to to Kristen Kish. Yeah.
They maybe they'll do. They'll just do a.
Audio clip of Patma still saying pack your knives and go.
Just but it be like like Speed Racer or other.
Yeah. Yeah, it's a little off. And pat?
May have to like race to say it.
That that whole season I enjoyed it.
Yeah, a little bit. But overall I thought it was.
Overall, I agree with that actually a good point. It would have been fun if.
They had done like because it was world.
I guess they did like some of the judges there.
Focused in by that point. Yeah, but.
What was the one who didn't like?
Ohh hmm. She had a French name but.
She just barely learned English or.
You sure? Yeah. Like, I think that I.
Think that she probably was suffered the most from sort of the fish out of water, yes.
She's like I've tasted well seasoned for me and I don't.
Everything. Yeah, even salt the salt.
Actually right, like top five.
I was a little surprised at how.
Name. Are they gonna say her vetoing? Yes. Veto.
But that's, but that's that's.
The classic people go to French.
Was it the French who took over the Congo? The.
Dutch, wasn't it? The Dutch, the Belgians?
Right. Some of those jerk Europeans, none of them. None of.
Them are big flavors white colonizers.
But I didn't feel bad for her. But I think the the the one that the biggest thing that.
Was because they had done the.
An All Stars before it was all.
And then they did an All Stars in season 17, but there was a big gap of time. I don't know how.
I mean, but it was also filmed, I.
Think pretty close to back-to-back. That's what it's also exhausted.
Like he talked about. And this is like sort of the bigger main point that I kind.
Like studied it, he studied Top Chef like.
It was his own science. Yeah, you know.
It's still a an achievement in a skill to be able.
And that was usually adapt that is true.
Like, OK, who knows what you're gonna get assigned or what the ingredients are, but to be able to.
And combine your culinary skill set with the and work those into the parameters.
When everything he's doing is geared towards the win.
Or just a very technical execution like where is Buddha?
The liver, the IT was liver, right?
Purple. Yeah, well, either we had.
That not been undercooked, she would have.
Won, right? Tom basically confirmed that.
Yeah, I think GAIL said something similar in an interview where, yeah.
Was she cooking it or did Amar?
And then after he cooked it, he's asking, should we slice it? She was like, no, no, no. Had they.
Sliced it. Yeah, which didn't make any sense because I think they cooked 3.
I mean, they should have just sliced one. Ohh.
The playing field I listened to an interview with GAIL.
Not so recent winners. Yeah, jumping back in.
And I mean Omar got pretty far, so he's.
But he did talk about like, yeah, he felt old at first. Then he got a.
Couple of wins and he caught like you know he.
Got a? He got a good groove, yeah.
And then he said by the time he got.
Eliminated. He was gassed so, but yeah.
She was so 3rd to 2nd to last episode.
Yeah, I think he almost made it to France.
The the sous chefs were the the the most recent.
Yes. Eliminated. Yeah, yeah, but.
Yeah, earth. I don't know who would have chosen Tom.
Yeah, Gary, because they had apparently.
Romance put more. What did Tom always?
Yeah, she was a big cassava flower, yeah.
Everything was cassava. Everything was a gardener.
Is germanness. Yeah, dropped away and he's like, OK.
Or I would make the egg roll to help it.
Especially some of the episodes where he look like * **** taking like 75.
Or whatever. Uh, with all the seafood.
Yeah. And then was it Victor Hart chose him for her team, and then he ended up.
Renting it, it was. Was it restaurant or?
Yeah. Yeah, it is. It is roots.
Ohh yeah, and it was supposed to be all root vegetables, but then that.
It was all their their native cuisines.
Got converted to like their roots, right?
Buddha doesn't have the clear concept for that challenge me.
I am the concept United kitchen.
Guy yeah, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha.
Rocking everywhere, cooking everywhere, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, cooking.
Looking everywhere, everywhere.
70% of the time when you vote someone, whatever the statistics are they 3D printed.
Puzzle pieces and they're trying to figure out how to.
I have no familiarity with Wisconsin cuisine. What's going on in in Madison?
Within the US, it's known as dairy and cheese and right cows.
I don't know what immigrant communities, if any, are there that could have.
Yeah, who would want to go there voluntarily?
Spice things up, it's probably people like it seems cheap. Hmm. Let's go there and.
Yeah, here we go, known as America's dairyland.
Yeah, famous for its cheese as well. Such as cheese curds and frozen custard. OK.
Maybe the cast of that 70s Show will?
I think Stu believes to have originated in Belgium, made of the United States two days to me.
Serve hundreds if not thousands of people.
It's like a social it's a social Stew.
The name can also refer to a social event surrounding the meal.
Season with peas, granulated vegetables and chicken.
Like the more fancy dog than a can.
Or maybe like like a like a really wet shepherd's.
Pie. Ohh yeah. Beef, chicken or pork are popular varieties of meat for burya.
Typical large scale boreal kettles can.
Hold more than fifty US gallons 50 gallons.
So yeah, I guess we'll be seeing Boyas Stewart, imagine.
I'm sure whole bunch of cheeses. Yeah, ice cream. Custards alcohol rumchata was invented.
In uh Pewaukee WI Pewaukee Pewaukee Miss Wisconsin.
There you go, Steven Avery will.
Manitowoc County will that will that feature.
Prominently was that Wisconsin?
Mark Ruffalo. Maybe he'll come in.
He's Wisconsin, right? Yeah, I think so. I didn't know that.
The other father, Kevin, I think sounds about right.
Of Milwaukee is be known as Brew City, with Miller Brewing, Pabst and Schlitz.
Who's the other one from Laverne and Shirley? That that wasn't.
Was Penny Marshall Shirley? I don't even.
Didn't watch the show, but whoever.
Because they're they're in in a.
And bridesmaids, wasn't that supposed to be?
Was that Wisconsin? None of them had accents.
That's something they're from Los Angeles.
I think Kristen Wiggs from Arizona.
Ohh look, they also invented the beer butter beer canned chicken. Ohh when you sit it in the.
Maybe that even sound familiar?
Yeah. And he's the the announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Brewers. That was always the question was he really or he just always played one?
Movies and he was also the one in Major League.
Love that Bob Ucker right the old.
Timer. OK, so you know rumchata and they invented the Brandy. Old fashion. Hmm.
Apple brand new cream puff is popular Danish Kringle.
Chris Kringle. Oh yeah, they have the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Badgers. Yeah, I think. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Uh-huh. Go Badgers with that red sweatshirt.
Simply, yeah, simply safe simply for them. And bakery is known for their cinnamon rolls.
OK, everyone has cinnamon rolls.
Yeah, look at that Food Network has, like, iconic eats to eat in Dairyland.
I'm. I'm only invented Kobe cheese.
OK. That's like a hybrid cheese, right, there's.
It's it's two. It's a yellow and.
Looks like cheddar and mozzarella or something, yeah.
Food. You're really pushing that Brandy old fashion, rusty.
Should I know that is Rusty roesti that thing?
So oh, so it looks like some melted cheese in in like, a fondue situation on.
And then a bread of some kind of a pastry puff. What is that, potato. Ohh.
Not sure. It looks like another. Oh, this looks from Old World Switzerland.
Well, with with the heavy dairy focus, it would work well with traditional French cuisine.
OK, here. Yeah, it's a crusty golden round of butter fried grated potato like hash Browns.
Yeah. Cover with onions and melty Swiss cheese.
Kill you. So it's kind of like a.
Lot go with Swiss cheese over it.
They're making like fancy names like it has.
Some deep historical tradition, when it's just yeah with a.
Hash Browns cheesy Browns. Lemon.
Good. OK. That's a grilled cheese.
Crepes here? Yeah, a lot of kirstens.
I don't think that's from Wisconsin.
According to this, is one of their best known culinary icons.
BIOS, deer foam Dome, the seen bio-dome.
Surely he knows how to tap the Maple tree?
I've heard of that. Look at that. I.
Don't know if it has beer. It's made with beer and sharp cheddar.
That's probably the best thing out of there.
Do you think do you think all these are?
Be featured on Top Chef. I think they have to.
Be like usually when they go into one city, yeah, they normally do.
They're probably gonna cook in a stadium, right? They're gonna go to like.
Have a couple of cheese episodes.
But that's not home alone. Ohh, just talking about Wisconsin based things.
Again, that's well, you're right. Right. Yeah. Born in South Korea.
OK, so I'm looking at some statistics here.
About what's constant like the longevity, life life.
Expectancy. I don't. I don't know if these are.
Official OK, but I looked up Wisconsin immigrant population. Ohh 5% of Wisconsin residents are.
Where most immigrants in Wisconsin are from.
Born in Africa, 7.1%, born in Asia, 35.4.
Yes. So maybe they'll be some kind of pocket communities that.
Have something interesting going on. I don't know how.
Work in cheese beer soup into.
Traditional Asian cuisine, but I'd I'd love to see how that works.
Japanese with cheese, which was like a big feat because the Japanese cuisine like has like.
No cheese. Yeah, I don't think any Asian. Yeah.
America has cheese, so it'll be.
Yeah, exactly. Sticking to the top.
I just deep fry it for you, Wisconsin.
Gordita puffy right. Once. Once the Chalupa gets.
A little it does. Yeah. Ohh, almost. Like, what's his breakfast burritos?
Ohh chimichanga chimichanga. Yeah. And then a gorditas.
It's more like a that's a fat Taco right thick.
Tortilla, but that's folded because, like the soapy would.
Right. Or the like middle indentation?
I can't remember. The only times I've had these things.
Right. Yeah. Gorditas like a fat Taco.
Fat like the the the cheese, like OK thick. Uh-huh.
Yeah. It's like a really fat flour tortilla.
And then that's different from a chalupa.
I thought like the Chiluba was fluffy because it was fried.
I think everything was fried. Uh ohh. The whole thing is fried is what you're saying.
These look like regular human food.
It's not. Whatever they turned it into.
I want to get those dorito Taco shells. Ohh yeah, I want to live Moss.
Yeah, see, here's the one from.
They look vastly different from the uh, Puebla, native versions, sure.
For their. That's right, they're Mexican inspired. What was the other we were talking.
I don't know what the difference is, quite honestly.
I don't think you even did a different.
Is like think Gordita come in Gordita Crunch version that has a a hard shell within the.
A real side. I don't see the huge difference, quite honestly, actually.
Yeah, it's, uh, we'll put a a thick flour tortilla and then put a hard.
Something different and meld them together with melted cheese.
I don't know if you get that distinction at Taco.
Why? They cheated by just throwing the hard shell?
To get the crunch versus like doing the right.
Still think you gotta watch some of these old ones cause.
Crazy. Yeah, go back to cause it's like, like, literally, I think those especially like maybe.
Hair, although there are pictures of him with hair, looks like he's.
Wig he like he's looks better bald.
Like getting random people so they had like little line chefs from random places and it was.
Reality show. So they focused more on the.
Think the other one was in a relationship? Ohh yeah that that feels more.
Bravo. Yes. And it was more bravo, because they would have that after the season ended. They.
A talking show? Yes, with that ******* Andy.
Colin, I don't think he knows it. How?
He looks for the bottom dollar.
With his what is the other show like watch what happens or whatever?
Watch what happens live, yeah.
But it's on there, within a ridiculous outfit.
Yeah, there's something like there's a wardrobe person.
He he doesn't like pick it out.
That's what happened. I think previously the wardrobe picked it for him. He's like.
Bring. I'm gonna take a pay cut as long.
Budget $20,000. I want those king of Queens berets.
Coats, kangaroo, right, tangle or kangos? Yeah.
That's true. Yeah, but he stopped wearing it, whereas Kevin James continues to wear it.
Ohh yeah, his conservative Catholic masses.
But yeah, some of these were still pretty crazy.
Especially, yeah, the the the quality of chefs.
Focus on, well, I think could mean more for.
Your career probably so you don't want to be known.
As a Top Chef contestant, A contestant finalist.
Yeah. And not the guy who got drunk in, like, I don't know, like got.
Naked in the pool or something.
Yeah, especially with social media.
These days, that's true. Nothing was forgotten. Yeah.
Menu for one of the like Indian casino restaurants.
Ohh. In around Southern California like OK.
But uh yeah, that is Top Chef.
All right, we will look for it, no.
Writers strike and everything. Who knows?
Does reality count under that?
In Wisconsin, and when it does, we'll be there to cover it with the same.
Perceptive critiques? Yeah, the the hot takes, you know.
And we'll also talk about Star Wars.
We'll also talk about Chalupas. We got a lot of comments the past month asking about chalupas.
That's true where you talk about coverage.
And we delivered because that's what we do.
Until the next until the next time.