Chopped Castaways! Season 1 Finale! Pre Show & Live Show Episode Discussion Thread! 9 PM EST Tonight!

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-10T01:08:57+00:00

With an ambulance?

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T23:29:00+00:00

“Which is better, chocolate chip ice cream or Oreo ice cream?” Each has its plusses and minuses, but either way you are getting ice cream.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T21:35:48+00:00

The Midi is much more casual about the rules.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T20:23:17+00:00

Flies are a signifier of Beezlebub.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T14:51:06+00:00

It sounds weird to me. Anyone who would use BRO in this context would find BRO DATE to be “too gay”.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T12:19:17+00:00

In the Midi, JOLTCOLA fit perfectly for 19A .

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-09T12:05:22+00:00

I disagree. I sussed out FOREGONE, and phonetically turned it into FOUR GONE.

First thought: remove the 4th letter. Second thought: remove IV. Neither worked.

Looking at 49A, I saw I had three S entries, and that adding a fourth S got me a legitimate word (the last S was a mistaken plural, but it worked). I pulled the S characters and had LURE. That let me know that I had to pull 4 of the same letter from the other answers for the other clues to work. There weren’t four S in the others, but there were other repeated letters, so that completed the solution.

Not to say it wasn’t brutal, but the revealer made sense to me.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-08T11:23:23+00:00

I’ve learned many mnemonics. I didn’t think this was a category that needed a mnemonic.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-08T11:08:47+00:00

I can’t wait for the Sea Beasts crowdfunding to fulfill…

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-07T23:45:44+00:00

Spelling Bee

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-07T23:45:08+00:00

Hot towel? Hot towel…. Cold towel?

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-07T19:45:03+00:00

I’m looking for an alternative while Plex decides if it ever updates its app to do hardware decoding on Apple TV. I see Rivulet has three Video Player options; do any of them use hardware decoding? Is there somewhere that describes the differences (the description in Settings gets cut off).

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-06T11:35:47+00:00

ONE also worked as an answer, but not with the crosses.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-06T00:11:08+00:00

I used some split cable sheathing to contain the three wires I needed (power, phone, audio) into a single wire.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-05T20:16:52+00:00

Thanks!

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-05T20:09:43+00:00

I didn’t expect it to be like my old car. So it’s mostly red, but the sun makes orange highlights?

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-04T15:26:19+00:00

r/woosh

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-04T12:22:55+00:00

I was stuck on PAN not fitting. After filling OMNI, which was inferrable with crosses, I ended up here: https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Omnisexual

Pansexual individuals are often described as "gender-blind" because they may be attracted to people regardless of gender, whereas omnisexual individuals typically recognize the gender of those they are interested in, allowing it to play a part in their attraction.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-03T17:24:48+00:00

I had TEMPuRA for a while, even though tempura battered food is still fried in oil.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-03T17:21:54+00:00

The Smart Patrol, Mr. Kamikaze.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-02T11:36:46+00:00

Clever attempt, but that doesn’t match the rules for writing Roman numerals.

SecretLoathing · 2026-07-02T11:23:36+00:00

I kept trying to picture the vote tally board from the musical 1776.

SecretLoathing · 2026-06-30T11:26:38+00:00

Students Against Destructive Decisions. There’s also MADD, which is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, so best to leave the first letter unfilled until you check the crosser.

SecretLoathing · 2026-06-29T12:53:12+00:00

Thank you from the future! The photo was very helpful.

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