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Wasn't that was explained in the show? I thought they told us that Endeavour's mother was a Quaker and Quakers have a tradition of naming their children for virtues like Perseverance or Faith or Temperance. But it IS a weird name and hence his decision to known -- both professionally and personally -- as simply "Morse." Morse's father was a big "fan" of Capt James Cook (who 'discovered' Australia, and died/killed in Hawaii or Tahiti, can't remember): his ship was The Endeavour. Morse was named after that. This info was shared in a previous season, and in the original Morse series.

You'll find out in the next episode :)

She bought herself a "new" raincoat that was identical to her old one at what looks like an Oxfam store (goodwill). Aiden not noticing any difference obviously made her happy. Later on, she reaches around inside the back collar to remove the label.

Thx for sharing the article, Elle. Amazing that Mary Turner at 85 was there and working. Also Elliott...wow. I'll have to rewatch and step thru the Moon Rangers scenes to see which old familiar faces I can spot. I also enjoyed all the actual Apollo footage, remembering being allowed to go home from school to watch it. We had to wait till approx 3pm for the moon walk (Jul 21, Victoria, Australia)

More relevantly to this particular episode is that Gerry and Sylvia are most famous for their highly acclaimed "Supermarionation" puppet series including my childhood favorite "Thunderbirds". The puppet scenes shown in Apollo were very referential to Stingray especially, with nods to Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds. Pretty close to the 55th anniversary of these.

So where are the topics? And why the convoluted redirecting?

OK, I can see that but I would argue that using a dolly also constitutes not hand-raising either. :)

He's written quite a few!

Or just buy it already made. Expensive but so is the time and energy in boiling for an hour or so.

It's actually "scRummy" meaning scrumptious. I love Mary's words --- "informal" instead of rustic (or not quite up to the required standard) for instance :)

Sweet Potato Pie is pretty well known here in the US. Very sweet (to my taste) as a rule and is made very similarly to pumpkin pie. Here's a random recipe https://www.marthastewart.com/316561/sweet-potato-pie (check out the similar recipes at the bottom of that page)

Program. Since Series 1 there has been free masonry and suspected tampering of evidence. Strange joined the free masons if you remember and Morse warned him about serving 2 masters. I suspect those bully cops of being behind Fancy's death.

https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-recipes/

If you know how, it's easy to watch broadcasts on the original channels, in this case Canal (France).

Watch the excellent TV series China Beach: that was the first time I was introduced to these unsung heroes. I believe one of the episodes was about the ones who died. edited to add: should have finished all the posts as this info was already shared. Glad I'm not the only one old enough to have watched CB!

Yeah, there are usually clues. For example, if you see poppies in the lapels, it's November (Armistice 11/11). I can't remember the clue in this specific episode (I think it was verbal) but I see to remember it was around June.

Cumberland Rum Nicky eh? I have a St Michael's Home Baking (1979) cookbook that I refer to for traditional British stuff and sure enough there was a recipe for this. And it DID NOT have a lattice top (so there Paul!) Still, I can't believe what a meal the bakers were making of doing the lattice. It's incredibly easy to do it straight on top of the pie and you don't have that transfer issue. I did like Steven's creative first take on the lattice and was sorry it didn't work out for him. The Bedfordshire Clangers was an interesting, if somewhat simple challenge. Cornish Pasties also were sometimes made with savory and sweet ends. And the important thing for these types of hand pies is that the pastry has to be ROBUST to withstand being transported into less-than-perfect environments. The thick edges were sometimes discarded rather than eaten (along the lines of trenchers) Overall I thought this was more of a let-up week: nothing particularly challenging. Oh and I'm really liking Noel!! He's a terrific host and he's often doing pretty funny things in the background.

I was a bit concerned that Sophie's raised pie didn't meet the specifications as it had no top. I thought it was a bit of a cheat really. And I'm sorry but Mr Hollywood is not always RIGHT! If you use a raised pie mould like Julia you HAVE to raise it on the inside otherwise you can't open the mould. It's one of the few things about Paul I chafe at: he states thing as absolutes. I love custard tarts, which is what those Portuguese tarts were in essence but I'm not about to go through all that effort. Also, it's NOT the hardest pastry challenge -- remember when they had to make filo dough (phyllo)?? Now, that's an exercise in futility imo. And haven't they also had to make streudel in past seasons?

You don't need a butcher: If you are in the UK, packet suet is available in supermarkets (or it was when I lived there in the 70s/80s) You can buy it online through Amazon -- they also have a vegetarian version which is my choice :) And yeah steamed puds/custard, along with flapjacks (not the American kind) were very common school lunch "afters". Ah, such not-very-fond memories....

Ah, thanks. I don't "do" podcasts :)

Yes! I was going to post this. I've been buying Trader Joe's stroopwafels for a number of years. They make a very nice not-too-sweet treat.

Would someone please explain to me why there are two posts/threads for each episodes? I don't understand the "Visual Aids" thing and it makes the list of episodes unwieldy.

I know this was sort of answered upthread by links to Youtube stuff but to formalize it, the classical piano piece played at the very beginning of the episode is Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 by Rachmaninoff

Not to mention smuggled $100 a bottle Single Malt to wash them down (Lagavulin 16 year -- my fave! Wonder what that product placement cost)