Maybe the lesson of the night was 'some people just don't appreciate good food' -- and a lot of them are reaching for a gear shift. It's cold? It's greasy? It's what they're used to! Bring it on!

Talk about easy items to ID -- how did everyone not go for the catfish on first sight? It's like the starfruit in that no other member of the species has that distinctive appearance. Wide mouth + whiskers = catfish. Did anyone other than Tracy crack open an elementary school biology textbook?

As for Cat... dunno. She came across as a little too arrogant when she was going over everyone's dishes. They're amateurs: they're not going to be up to Iron Chef standards, they need a degree of boost once in a while, and everyone else has recognized that throughout the series. Cat frequently descended to 'you are not me, therefore you can't cook.' And I just finished dealing with Benjamin in the other kitchen, so this was a bit too familiar.