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Post by sherri on Jul 25, 2017 0:08:46 GMT
I've been watching Masterchef, final was last night (Ben was cheated-he really was!) but regardless of whether you followed it, has anyone else noticed the modern trend with food, most especially desserts? On show after cooking show (not just masterchef), we see people bake a cake or slice, only to break the whole thing up into a million crumbs and strew them across the plate or put them in a little pile with a 'quinelle' of icecream next to it or on top. Deconstructing, I think it is called.
Whatever happened to just baking a pie or cheesecake and giving people a whole slice? Or doesn't that show enough technique?
Or else the contestants spend 75 minutes cooking to make a plate with 2 small squares of meat, one short charred bit of leek and a smear of something mashed across the bottom of the plate. They call that a mains.
I feel I have been left behind, the rip van winkle of cooking. 
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Post by DADDY O on Jul 25, 2017 14:34:22 GMT
Since the "Galloping Gourmet" got the boot in 1971, I gave up watching cooking shows. They're all a Crock.
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Post by sherri on Jul 25, 2017 22:11:30 GMT
I enjoy watching them. Just had the grand finale of Masterchef on Monday & I have to admit that particular episode was a crock. The man in the finals should have won. I know we can't taste the food but in 3 different rounds, he won the second & third rounds with all judges-except for the very last judge on the very last score, & that judge gave the woman the same score as his for these fruit replicas that took about 5 hours. And it was one of those replicas where anyone could clearly see the man's were streets ahead inside & outside. So it was inconsistent that one judge gave the woman the same score for the effort & that just happened to be the winning point.
In my opinion he did it because he believed she had been a more consistent cook throughout the series but that is not what they say they judge it on.
Normally it is hard to really pin down inconsistencies from home but I think that one showed through. |
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Post by DADDY O on Jul 26, 2017 7:48:04 GMT
Perhaps he Judge had something 'cooking' with her? I doubt she would be the first person to display her 'desserts' to finish the meal........No???
OK, that was bad, but it's late right now.
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Post by sherri on Jul 26, 2017 13:14:55 GMT
There were 3 judges. LOL
The best episode of all was the one a couple of nights before the finale. The 3 judges had to cook in a challenge with the final 3 contenders as coaches and judges.
It was really funny to hear the contestants mimicking the judges with their comments & one judge acting out the tears, the sighs, the dramas etc that contestants put on when they are under stress.
So funny.
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Post by lola on Aug 5, 2017 11:43:25 GMT
I thought Ben should have won also, he had the best dish for that day, and yet, the judges already had in mind for female to win. Perhaps because she was Asian with a lot of Asian inspired dishes?
Ben had some amazing Dutch recipes from his Oma.
BTW....I printed out that 105 step dessert from the show when they were in Hestons restaurant, and all I really need is a "blast chiller".....geez, who has a blast chiller in their home kitchen eh?
Might scrap the dessert and look for non-blast-chiller recipes.
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Post by DADDY O on Aug 8, 2017 10:59:57 GMT
Liquid Nitrogen will work well as a "Blast Chiller"........just keep your fingers out of the way.
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Post by sherri on Aug 8, 2017 14:08:18 GMT
Everyone just has a cylinder of liquid nitrogen lying around, ready for those times when the freezer just isn't enough. 
Hey Loli, haven't met anyone yet who doesn't agree that Ben should have won!
Never mind, I am onto the Bachelor now. |
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Post by lola on Aug 17, 2017 13:04:09 GMT
Poor Sharlene tonight on The Bachelor show eh!
It was unnecessary for Matty to have said what he did, it's supposed to keep people guessing who he likes, and add to the mystique of the show, but saying what he did to her, has made me think less of Matty now.
Sharlene is a nice girl, and didn't deserve that sort of rejection.
She left the house voluntarily.
Let me tell you something, a couple of years ago, when Blake Garvey was the bachelor for the 2014 tv show, there were 'intruders' (a new bunch of attractive women) that joined in with the existing bachelorettes.
My daughter tells me, she was one of the 'intruders' sought for the show from her casting agency, but.....she refused on the grounds she thinks the show is embarrassing, and the women tend to get all snipey and bitchy.
She didn't want to be in that scenario.
All I could think of was......"Why didn't you go just for a holiday, and enjoy the experience, get some prime tv exposure and who knows where you may have ended up from that!"
Oh well....wish I had opportunities like that.
BTW...not the only opportunity she turned down.....some may know of the show "Underbelly" about Melbourne's underground crime........well the producers sought her out for a regular appearance on the show, loved her look, and wanted her to do a nude bedroom scene....she totally and utterly refused.
Then they came back saying she can wear a bikini.......she just didn't want to be associated with a crime show. The producers really did try to convince her over, but she wouldn't budge.
OMG......again, hubby and I said.....geez, imagine, you would have had talking parts and gone onto bigger things from there.
But she felt her body wasn't 'toned' enough for the bikini scene.......she wanted to be skinnier....but the point is, the show wanted a nicer hour glass figure, not a skinny triathlon athlete.
Oh, and did I ever tell you about the time they were filming Valentines Day for a Bollywood movie? And the Indian film makers loved her look, and wanted her to 'star' in in, but she had to "passionately kiss" this guy she didn't know, and she refused, saying she didn't want to kiss. (not knowing him or what she might pick up like hep C or whatever)
Well, apparently, the male Indian film makers are not used to females refusing....they went a little ballistic, and dear daughter dug her heels in and wouldn't budge, no matter how much they pleaded.
Of course, they had to get someone else.
I reckon she should have done the bikini scene!!
...oh and go on the Bachelor as an intruder......and I know how she would have been, telling off the other bachelorettes for being nasty or backstabbing or gossipy, she hates all that.
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Post by sherri on Aug 17, 2017 21:44:06 GMT
I think your daughter should have done the first two as well, but stuck to her guns about no nudity etc
Look how it comes back to bite the backside of women who do that, such as Leah on the current Bachelor.
If I had had the sister questioning me as to 'Have you told Matty?' I would have replied-I haven't been on a date with him and have only spoken to him briefly about twice so no, there hasn't been the time for much personal discussion.
As for Sharlene, I felt sorry for her but I thought she was quite rude in a way, put him on the spot. Fancy walking up to someone & saying-Hello, I am one of the bachelorettes, not one of the catering staff, just in case you don't know.
She basically was asking him where things were at and I didn't think he was too bad because she deserved an honest answer. He said he liked her a lot, she was a beautiful person but he didn't see the relationship developing into a romance, which was the truth and probably better than putting her through more weeks of frustration wondering why she never got picked for dates etc. After that conversation though, there was no point in her staying.
I have noticed one thing on the current series. If a woman expresses doubt in any way-says they are not sure about staying, or talks about all the other women etc, he hates 'insecurity'. He never rushes in to reassure them, it just turns him off and he sends them off.
Sharlene I think would probably have been going that night so it was probably best for him not to give her false hope then put her through the rose ceremony.
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Post by DADDY O on Aug 18, 2017 4:46:42 GMT
Everyone just has a cylinder of liquid nitrogen lying around, ready for those times when the freezer just isn't enough. Well......yeah. You can buy a bottle of liquid nitrogen at any gas supplier house. It is highly compressible, odorless and non-explosive. We use it all the time to test pipeline integrity (means, do they leak). But it is very cold when released from the cylinder, so make sure you get a pair of insulated gloves with it......or, you'll never be able to whistle with those two front fingers anymore.  |
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Post by DADDY O on Aug 18, 2017 4:52:37 GMT
Has anyone else noted there is a lot of free-estrogen floating around in this thread?
OK, let's get down to the basics of men-hood here ladies. Just how big are Mattie and Sharlene's boobs? Maybe there is more to this than meets the eye?
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Post by sherri on Aug 18, 2017 5:44:56 GMT
Mattie's the bachie boy.
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Post by DADDY O on Aug 18, 2017 9:28:46 GMT
Well....................now that that's cleared up...........Sharlene is the clear winner. |
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