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I think it has to be pointed out that part of the horrible factor of this show is the editing. We have no idea what some of these people are really like or what's really going on because editors "construct" the show so things look a certain way. It happens all the time and I think this show has really egregious directors making the editors cut the show in such a way that people are depicted as having one-dimensional personalities so they can be slotted into "characters" that the viewers supposedly can identify. It's all so stupid. For all we know, Lisa is a really nice and warm person who just likes to dress up. I think Aaron is really poorly edited. There are these tiny clips where we actually see his personality and most of the rest of the time they don't make sense. Clips where he's talking about attacking a challenge or bringing his A-game and then he's fumbling around like an embarrassed child in front of the judges, it just doesn't match up to me.

I am a meeting planner and have finally learned that eating everything I'm served to avoid waste is bad. "Waist" over "waste" if you will, has to be my mantra when I am doing food tastings. Despite requests for small portions, most places I do tastings or where I am sent food gifts from the kitchen are big portions and I am usually only with one other dining companion.

I have learned that ONE bite can actually suffice as a taste, and that it's actually just fine with me. At my most recent tasting, I was so conservative in only taking one bite of everything that when they were done with everything I was actually still hungry and felt like I hadn't eaten enough! This is the complete opposite of the spectrum, where I normally feel stuffed like after a Thanksgiving meal after doing a tasting. My guess is the happy medium is in the middle somewhere, and that it's better to end up leaving the table hungry than overly full if you have to pick one.

I've also found the week of a tasting that I try hard to eat very lightly before and after the tasting if I'm going to be unavoidably eating a lot of food (even if I just take bites). If nothing else, at least for several days after I try to eat more vegetarian meals and increase my veg intake.

What about sandwiches and salads/potato/cole slaw, etc. Obviously those things won't freeze well but they're easy to just grab and eat.

The best are just as they were made when I was a child. White hamburger bun, colby cheese, yellow mustard and Hellman's mayo. Pickle chips on the side.

I dunno, this is like the same people that argue that people "have to" shop at Wal-mart because they can't afford not to. People managed to afford things before Wal-Mart came along, and at least the kids' toys were filled with lead.

There was a time when all these processed foods were not available, or at least when eating them was not the norm, and families went through very tough times and didn't starve and the kids didn't all look like linebackers. Are you going to tell me times are tougher now than in the Depression? Come ON. My grandmothers, both of them, could have given a lot of lessons about how to stretch food, buy dried beans and soak them, make "spaghetti sauce" out of ketchup, how cheap it is to make your own bread or yogurt or whatever. I work 2 jobs and it only takes a second to pour beans into a crockpot and cover with water and when I come home, voila, beans. Freeze half, eat half. I grew up very poor. We NEVER would have wasted money on pop and junk like that because my mother could figure out how expensive processed foods really are, and how much cheaper she could make things that were on the shelf that would produce 3-4x as many meals and without all the preservatives and chemicals.

Sorry but Kelsey is just NOT my cup of tea - let's face it - the only one who has been a hit has been Guy - and why - because he's himself! Believe me - I've met him and what you see is what you get!!! In fact - I would choose Aaron over Adam - Adam is just a train wreck - and Lisa - heaven help us - she's another train wreck in Pucci shoes!!!! Where do they get these people? FN needs REAL people - not "bobbleheads" - sorry if I'm offending anyone but I would take Emeril any day!

I've heard about this for years and never tried it. But OH MY SOUL!! I have GOT to try this now! Well, I'll assemble it and have my Honey grill it. The MEN do the grilling in this house. LOL It's time to do something new too! This is now on the menu for Saturday!

@granny: I think your caps lock key is broken!

HI,  HERE IN LOUISIANA WE HAVE BEEN DOING BEER CAN CHCKEN FOR YEARS..WE USUALLY PUT WATER IN AN EMPTY CAN WITH ONIONS, PEPPERS, A LITTLE LIQUID FLAVORING OF YOUR CHOICE SUCH AS BBQ SAUCE, LIQUID SMOKE , SOY SAUCE, HOT SAUCE ETC. WE THEN SEASON THE CHICKEN ALL OVER WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, BUT ALWAYS  WITH ONION & GARLIC POWDER, SALT AND RED PEPPER.  WE HAVE EVEN INJECTED THE CHICKEN. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS SO JUST  THINK UP YOUR OWN WAY AND IT WILL COME OUT GREAT. IF DOING IT IN THE OVEN PUT THE CHICKEN IN A PAN WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF WATER IN IT AND IT WILL ALSO HOLD THE MOISTURE  BUT YET HAVE A CRUNCHY OUTER SKIN.  YUM >>>ENJOY

I bbq my beer can chicken in a Caphalon angel food cake pan. I put the liquid and any other seasonings in the bottom of the pan and it steams as well as having the chicken directly over the can and cuts down on all the grease splattering on the grill and cover.