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Alex Guarnaschelli’s Fish en Papillote en 8 MILES OF TIN FOIL
Posted on March 16th 2012 by Jillian Madison

Alex Guarnaschelli made fish en papillote on this weekend’s episode of Alex’s Day Off, and I swear to God, the woman used enough aluminum foil to stretch from Earth to the moon 17 times:

Look at the size of that thing. That’s not a pouch, it’s an airline pillow!

When she cut it open, the thing was filled with more hot air than Susie Fogelson. Why did she use so much? She was cooking a 6-oz piece of fish, not the shark from JAWS.

Why, with all that extra aluminum foil, Alex could have…

Maybe next time, Alex. The chickens are waiting.



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    75 Responses

  1. Jill (not Jillian) says:

    I was so distracted by ABBA wearing foil that I didn’t even notice their faces at first. I love Bobby Flay’s face with that body!!

  2. Syd says:

    That was funny, partly because I’m often guilty of doing the same thing. I’m an aluminum foil whore, and I mean the heavy duty extra strength shit.

    • Motzi Greps says:

      WerD. My kitchen is the Republic of Foil. :P

      • SaraCVT says:

        You wouldn’t be Canadian, would you? Or have happened to have seen a show called “The Republic of Doyle”?

    • oh_come_on says:

      Oh Syd I’m with you! Gads and gads of the shiny stuff used regularly, especially at Thanksgiving. Our ‘bird’ is gonna get that bikini treatment. My family will explode with laughter. PS: I thought you cooked ‘on pappy-haute’ in parchment.

  3. Demi says:

    Count me in as another aluminum foil whore! Bobby’s face on abba is perfect

  4. Judith says:

    I noticed on the ABBA album cover that OUR Alton Brown (AB) has the “Good” body, good thinking there.

  5. WOW, is that a hint of smile from Ms. Constipatedfaceelli?

    Didn’t know she had it in her to turn that frown upside down.

  6. Samus says:

    Wait — where are Bobby’s moobs?

    • lizzielove says:

      On the shirtless guy I saw jogging on Saturday, ewww! I could have gone a lifetime without seeing that.

  7. Ni says:

    Ms. Constipatedface is the queen of wastefulness…In an episode where she was making Indian-’inspired’ food, I counted how many huge glass bowls she used to make a simple naan-bread dough…FIVE!!! (other utensils like a cookie-sheet excluded)

  8. BOO says:

    I giggled at all of ‘em. I could see George Hamilton lovin’ that bed. Outside. By a pool. With a drink.

  9. Dick Black says:

    This is Hall of Fame funny.

  10. LaLa says:

    Definitely Hall of Fame funny!

  11. GreenJeans says:

    Loved the Abba cover, but the tin foil hats made me choke on my tea! Hall of Fame all the way.

  12. Andy says:

    “Really pissed off the Neelys” – Jillian, you are a GENIUS. So clever! You always surpass my level of disgust for those two and I love it!

  13. wendylosangeles says:

    is it me, or does Alex seem to be (trying to) impersonate Nigella Lawson?

    • wendylosangeles says:

      by the way, “more hot air than Susie Folgelson”. LMAO. that had me spitting my tea out…

    • oh_come_on says:

      Didn’t see the show, but how do you mean? Alex would need a major fat transfer from her caboose to her engine to rival Nigella now.

      • wendylosangeles says:

        not necessarily the way they look, but the mannerisms. Nigella tries (quite successfully I think) to make food “sexy”, she’s very alluring with the camera. Next time you watch Alex, watch for her own “alluring” wink. I swear, she’s trying to emulate Nigella….LOL.

    • oh_come_on says:

      Alex has about as much sex appeal as a placemat. I watched her cook duck once and I’m wiling to bet she chewed off HUGE caveman bites the minute the camera was off.

    • Silvio says:

      Chef Boyarschelli couldn’t carry Nigella Lawson’s make-up bag.

    • So There says:

      Alex couldn’t carry Nigella’s spatula. Ever notice on
      Alex’s show how she talks like she’s instructing
      1st graders? Talks soooo slow so we can “get it”.
      How annoying is she?

  14. Azizeh says:

    At least she isn’t wearing that horrible half heart/chain necklace thing that she wore on every tv show for the last year.

  15. Mark Lutker says:

    I think we all know the Neely’s better than that! If they can do it on the cutting block during a commercial break I am sure they could break out the vegetable oil, give a few squirts on that foil and make a day of it. Throw a few stick of butter in after 15 minutes and I am sure Paula Deen would jump right in… OK now I am sick.

    • Ann I. Ball says:

      Ewww. So funny, but gross. :)

    • Ina Garten DaVida says:

      The FNH diet: read about the Neelys on the tinfoil bed at lunch time.

      Working for me :)

    • GreenJeans says:

      Poking my eyes out to remove that vision.

    • Twikki says:

      I doubt they would use oil… the leftover bbq sauce from the restaurant is more likely. Throw in some ancho chilis and Bobby Flay would join in. Add some good vanilla and EVOO and it’s a party!

      Those may be the most disturbing words I have ever written.

      • SaraCVT says:

        Why do so many of my FNH compatriots, especially on this post, seek to blind me? Have I been a bad girl lately?

  16. chicken feets says:

    you all crack me the heck up, i fell outta my chair and had to grab the dogs go get back up. vodka :)

  17. MsFoodie says:

    OMG absolutely hilarious!

  18. Jenny says:

    I also have to add – what was with her uber zen seductress voice for that entire episode? Is she trying to be Giada?
    http://jennylearnstocook.com

  19. froglegs says:

    BWAAAA! I think I just peed a little.

  20. Gypsy says:

    Alex with her foil hat looks like the most frightening Hershey’s kiss I’ve ever seen.

  21. VirgoPixie says:

    I’m waiting for Sandra Lee to make a tablescape out of aluminum foil.

    • Ferd Berfle says:

      That sounds about right. She could bake a cake from mix and decorate it with Hershey kisses still in the wrappers, pop some Jiffy Pop and just go nuts.

  22. PowerfulNiolani says:

    That ABBA cover is so funny, it’s Bjorn Flay, Agnetha Guarnaschelli, Frieda Ray and Benny Brown!! Made me wonder about their songs: Grilling Queen, SOS (Sandra on Sauce), Souper Grouper, Ham-a Mia, The Winner Eats it All, and Fernandough!

  23. Daria says:

    LOL en papillote means “in parchment”, even I a non-chef knows this.

    • SaraCVT says:

      Actually, it means “in a pillow”; I guess Alex likes really BIG pillows. She probably sleeps with a body pillow.

  24. Kaye Surman says:

    No doubt about it….Alex has no where near the class that Nigella exudes. I caught Alex’s act during several episodes of ‘Chopped’ and wanted to scream. Even when it ‘seems’ as if she enjoys a particular chef, her delivery of emotion associated with her positive sentiment is abyssmal!
    I think Jillian may have uncovered Alexs’ vice….Foil!
    P.S. I LOVE FNH!

  25. coffee-n-toast says:

    Jillian, when I first saw the title of the post I thought, tin foil? How is she going to make this funny? Then I scrolled and laughed and scrolled and laughed harder… I swear you could talk about coat hangers and be hilarious. This is totally Hall of Fame. The pointy hats, Guy Fieri’s turdball expression… it’s just awesome. ;-)

  26. Lizzy says:

    You know what? I don’t think that would piss off the Neely’s at all. And here’s why: They can get their brown sugar ALL OVER the place, and not have to change the sheets after.

    You’re picturing it right now, aren’t you?

  27. Nancy T says:

    I was having a rough day, but I have a huge smile on my face. That was definitely one of the funniest posts yet. I don’t know how you come up with ‘em, Jillian!!!

  28. Alex + Foil = Heavy Metal

  29. Twikki says:

    So that’s what Alton would look like with hair… meh. He looks better as is. I could totally see Bobby Flay sporting 70s hair though. Or maybe a mullet.

  30. stoup says:

    Retched Ray is looking more and more like Carol Channing these days…

  31. Motzi Greps says:

    It’s the JIFFY POP BALLOON BOY!!! Separated @ birth!

  32. Lizzy says:

    Totally just realized that the foil looks like a Pepperidgefarm Goldfish cracker.

  33. Diane says:

    LOVE THIS!! The Abba pic and the ‘Neely’s’ bed had me rolling. :)

  34. Tammy says:

    Giggles GALORE! I have to say I especially like the picture of with the foil hat. Thanks for the laughs.

  35. Schmitty says:

    They should rename “Alex’s Day Off” to “Alex’s Day Off (from being a bitchh)”. I finally watched her cooking show and I’ve never seen so many fake smiles. What a phony! We know you’re evil, we’ve seen you as a power-abusing judge!

  36. Mark says:

    What are they doing to those chickens?!!?

  37. Heather says:

    “Pissed off the Neely’s”…LMFAO!!!

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