Posted on 08/28/2009 3:44:03 PM PDT by MDJohnPaul
Father Leo Patalinghug is not the kind of guy who steps down from a challenge. The 39-year-old priest is a former national full-contact stick fighting champion, a black belt in tae kwon do and an 80s break dancer who can still bust the moves with the best of them.
So when Bobby Flay, a world-class celebrity chef, recently showed up in Frederick County and challenged the well-known “cooking priest” to a “throwdown” on the Food Network, Father Patalinghug’s response was simple: bring it on.
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the challenge is fajitas.
the priest is filipino-born.
it’d be fun to be a judge for this one.
Then again, regularly tricking people into a competition and decisively showing them up in front of their friends and family on national TV would be pretty smarmy after a while. It's probably for the best that Flay nearly always loses.
I really enjoy the throw down shows......this should be good.....
In the end, it's good for exposing food and providers and cookers thereof. There's definitely a big market for it. :-]
Father Leo Patalinghug, who appears in the program, “Grace Before Meals,” will engage in a cooking competition with Bobby Flay on the Food Network, Sept. 9. (Courtesy Grace Before Meals)
From the throw downs I have seen, Bobby usually loses because he gets too heavy into the chilies. Filipinos like a little (a lot?) of snap in things. Also fajitas are supposed to be spicy. This ought to be good.
He definitely likes his food on the hot side .. as long as I have mug of beer or milk in hand, no problem. :-)
He loses because he is almost always going up against people who have built up a huge local reputation for some item that they have made [often exclusively] for decades.
On his own, he can hold his own.
The Buckhorn Tavern in NM handed him his A** when he tried to make a green chile cheeseburger.
NM has had 3 or 4 burger joints in the middle of nowhere rated in the top 10 by several magazines.
Plus there’s the one’s that don’t want anyone but the locals to know about them. :)
The Padre posts some of these videos on youtube, too. Just check him out there.
Thanks. Lots of folks have cooking shows.. eh?
Yep!
I’ve never seen the Padre make anything very spicy so we’ll see.
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Bobby Flay is goin down AGAIN!
L0L! That’s his schtick though, He highlights the best at his own detriment.
Filipino food isn’t particularly spicy.
It IS savory however.
Mmmm... Lumpia.
Mmmm...Pancit.
Mmmm... Adobo
There is a pilipino dish called I think it was called “gilli gilli”
Marinated raw beef strips. Like a teriyaki beef tartar..
Bobby flat is so screwed. You cant beat that kind of indigenous food.
The best church potlucks are the Filipino ones, period!
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