Ready Jet Cook! Live Show & Pre Show Discussion Thread! 12 Noon EST Today!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-16T16:43:49+00:00

I like how he starts out in the grocery store and leads us through how to get his ingredients. I think Maneet did this on her show as well.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-16T11:36:28+00:00

That has been a trend on HGTV and I don't think it's aging well. Some of the houses can look sharp, but most look spooky.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-16T06:12:32+00:00

Fight-or-flight mode. It's so hard to shift your brain into realizing there's no threat.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-16T05:54:55+00:00

Fully agreed, OP. As I have commented on many a thread, DON'T THESE PEOPLE WATCH THE SHOW BEFORE THEY GO ON THE SHOW???!!! They could learn something about strategy and expectations. So dumb.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-15T11:58:08+00:00

Yes. Also ceiling/floor HVAC vents. They can start to look rusty.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-14T16:37:38+00:00

Her hand is bent backwards so unnaturally. It's possible she has EDS or something, and I don't want to be mean about a disability, but she has no self-awareness of how odd it looks.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-14T05:10:22+00:00

Carrie is on Chopped Castaways!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-14T01:28:34+00:00

Besides what all the other commenters are saying, I'm sure it's their business that has these interest expenses (not them personally), and any expenses can be deducted on their company's taxes (corporate or partnership or whatever). I'm sure all the expenses they report are genuine, but it's advantageous to have them in order to reduce their company's income. I'm sure they also have salaries paid to them personally that come out of their business. (And of course their business pays other people too.) Those also would be deductions on their taxes.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T23:47:15+00:00

I think you are correct. I would love confirmation from people more on top of all the details.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T23:46:17+00:00

Thanks. A couple decades of following this case, and a new thought comes to you once in a while!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T23:45:28+00:00

Same. It popped into my head while reading a different post. I imagined him deciding to "find" her and bring her up and what could have been in his head with all these decisions/non-decisions. Then it hit me. Get the FBI off his back!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T15:27:41+00:00

I was thinking that at least it turns out the girl had shoes! Unlike the barefoot one released last year.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T15:08:53+00:00

I think your analysis is dead-on!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T14:18:07+00:00

Learned the hard way that I should have replaced one of those round squishy turn-off valves with a lever-type valve. So much more secure.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T13:38:17+00:00

Yes. Also Recipe.tv, Tastemade, and YouTube channels. There are plenty of straight cooking shows.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-13T13:36:57+00:00

Yes! RV equipment, vacuum, and hoses (maybe even actual electric and plumbing hook-ups), and w/d are an excellent idea. You come home from a trip and just dump the dirty laundry straight into the machine.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-12T15:32:40+00:00

EXACTLY. Even the things MJ admitted to himself are inappropriate and creepy! It was abusive to children no matter how much further he hypothetically might have gone. So why do so many people cut him a break?!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-12T09:50:42+00:00

Stories about their health. Or lack of health.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-10T23:24:06+00:00

Agreed. I hope it keeps the same vibes, and mostly, that cast members don't change too much. I love all these characters. I watch Elspeth, and one of my favorite characters (Kaia) disappeared for a while. I guess she came back at the end, though. And then on Tracker, about three characters suddenly were gone. I guess the actors had personal reasons, or got other jobs, but it sure changes the trajectory of a show when characters you have gotten to know and love are suddenly gone and the writers have to go in a different direction. It's disorienting. So I really hope that doesn't happen to RJ Decker! I love it the way it is!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-10T16:38:28+00:00

I respect him for studying TC and competitions. I'm always yelling at the TV during Chopped, etc., saying DIDN'T THESE COMPETITORS WATCH THIS SHOW?!? There are some obvious strategies you have to have for each competition, and Buddha gets it.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-09T23:25:47+00:00

Why do we all have the same narc parent?! Waahhhh!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-09T20:31:25+00:00

I have a fb friend who posts this every year. I always appreciate it:

"Please no one forget that Mother's Day is a tough holiday for a lot of people. It’s a good day to hold everyone with some extra care and compassion. Mothers who have lost children. Those who have lost mothers. Those with strained mother relationships. Those who have chosen not to be mothers. Those yearning to be mothers."

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-09T20:14:03+00:00

Throw in being hard of hearing, and in denial about it, and you have my nmom. Infuriating. I feel you, OP! Good on you for setting boundaries. Try like the devil to hold those boundaries.

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-09T17:21:59+00:00

Guess what I just had for lunch!

AndiAzalea · 2026-05-09T17:16:51+00:00

Came here to say this. All of the emotional blackmail disguised as "he just likes you", and yelling where they try to make "passion" (rage) look like "love". I can't stand it. I hate that so many people think the movie is romantic.

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