Originally posted on August 27, 2023 @ 7:55 pm
Battle of the Decades Premiere Recap for 8/16/2023
-Jonathan Bennett is hosting Battle of the Decades!
-Cooks from every decade are facing off to cook a meal from 2002!
-Antonia Lofaso, her daughter Xea Myers and Nia Vardalos are judging.
-Everyone will be cooking moussaka, inspired by My Big Fat Greek Wedding. They will also need to use Go-Gurt, bacon and a Magic Bullet for it.
-The teams quickly get to work on their food, while Jonathan fangirls over Nia, who says the moussaka story from the first movie was based on her childhood.
-As the teams cook, the judges walk around to see what they are making and to offer their commentary and advice.
-Lamb moussaka meatballs actually sound delightful.
-One of the contestants, a guy named Bruce, is in a band with Duff Goldman.
-Nia is completely fascinated with the Go-Gurt being used in the moussaka.
-I am actually surprised no one made a dirty joke about the Magic Bullet.
-The potato meatball moussaka is such a creative dish. I wish they would slow down so we can see the full recipe.
-While we get snippets of each contestant, we really don’t learn a lot about them as individuals or as teams…e...