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The dish is then brought to … Sydney!
But was there something else going on?
Something possibly …Sydneyster, if you will?
Up until this moment,The Bearviewers do not know that Sydney has a fennel allergy.
Is Sydney a liar?
Does she actually have a fennel allergy?
Knowing the answer to these questions is essential to understanding who Sydney is as a person and a chef.
The first thing she does is slice a fennel bulb.
Just Sydney and fennel, ten minutes into the series.
Later that episode, its revealed that Sydney was slicing the fennel for a fennel salad.
Of course, beef isnt fennel, and neither is sandwich bread.
But giardiniera, the Italian relish,couldhave fennel in it.
If only there was a recipe posted on a website?
[…He says, leading the witness.]
[Closes a folder in a way that suggests the case is closed.]
Well, well, well.
[Dramatically reopens folder to suggest that actually there is more case.]
We learn the risotto has an etouffee stock.
Now, etouffee doesnt include fennel bulb, but it does include cajun seasoning, which often includes fennelseed.
FennelSee-yd, if it pleases the court.
Can you guess what one of the flavors is?
Orange, youre correct.
Can you guess what another one of the flavors is?
(Carmy was supposed to be there too, but were not going to get into that here.)
The order we know for sure is at Kasama, her first stop.
We reached out to Kasama, and the longaniza doesnt have fennel in it.
Neither does the mushroom adobo.
But thats where things get interesting: The pork adobodoeshave fennel.
Did Sydney specifically order mushroom instead of pork to avoid the dreaded foeniculum vulgare?
The Verdict
Clearly, Sydney has handled fennel.
She has cooked with fennel.
She probably has eaten it.
And now we know shes purposely avoided fennel at least one time.
The way I see it, there are three explanations:
1.
It is a plot hole.
Sydney is lying about having a fennel allergy.
And shes curious about what the restaurant would do with a substitution request like this.
Maybe shes doing some sort of chef test?
Sydneyisallergic to fennel, but it isnt deadly.
And if you consider her general vibe, it actually makes a lot of sense.
There is one piece of evidence to support this theory.
[Closes a folder in a way that suggests the case is closed, looks up, smiles.]
