Deskisamess

Tacos? Good grief...repeat some challenges, don't change the focus of the show from baking to cooking. I thought the season before last was the worst, season 11 was it? The one with Laura? I'm quickly changing my mind. Poco-de-gaLLo? Did no one bother to research proper pronunciation of the items? During the first challenge, the narrator was talking about that top crackling layer needing to be very thin, while showing one of the contestants cutting out very thick slices. Made me laugh.

My how far the show has fallen. From Season 3, the bread lion that contestant Paul made, to a cucumber fisherman atop wilted asparagus and mini ears of corn. Gah. The entire episode was terrible. What happened to actually baking bread? The raisin rolls looked ok, but how are they classified as bread? Just so disappointing.

Why does Kevin look so familiar? I do love this show, and need to watch this episode again before making any comments.

If the vitamins will make me look and dress like her, no thanks. She's almost 70, and dresses like a 19 year old. Can't stand her.

Prue is amazing in the opening bit, it's by far the best one they've ever done.

And the bad guy on Silence of the Lambs.

I made a red velvet cake for my husband on his 65th birthday, and used the traditional icing. It's weird because you cook it and it has flour in it. It was good, but red velvet isn't my favorite. My sons like it because it's not so sweet. When my husband and I dated in 1976, and friends mom gave me her recipe, and that's the one I used. I'd like it more if it has cream cheese frosting. I'm thrilled to have the show back. I loved the intro, and was amused and impressed by the new group of bakers. The show stoppers were less than impressive, but I thought the red velvet was a good challenge. The traditional frosting would have been a better challenge. When they make a layer cake where they have to split the layer, has any baker ever used the "toothpick and string" method? I use that method all the time, and never use a knife. Is it just an American hack/trick? It's like when they build a lattice on a pie, they build it on waxed paper and slide it onto the pie. I've never done that, I weave it right on the pie itself.

After a few major family squabbles because of misunderstood texts, you realize that sometime you need to actually speak to people. I like most of the Dr. Rick commercials, but not all. What's wrong with reading books about submarines?

We watched the first 2 episodes, and won't watch more. It's just not good. It's like watching people who live in the current time frame, dressed like they are in the 1940's, but acting like it's 2022. Total fail for us. It's an insult to the original movie.

Ken's back! Thank goodness. While at first I though Mayim was ok as a host, the longer she was on, the less I liked her. Too much giggling and rare decent banter when they talk to the contestants. She wasn't good at commenting on their stories, just that odd laugh... And why did they dress her in a suit jacket so often? She looked so uncomfortable.

Alex Trebec did commercials for Colonial Penn, which lowered my respect for him well into negative numbers.

I enjoyed the first episode well enough. Love Curtis Stone and Ming Tsai. The Chairman is way over the top campy, but that's expected. Thought the "toys as plates" schtick from the first contestant was too cutsie pie, and not high end chef at all. He should be competing against Sandwich King Jeff Mauro, not Curtis Stone et al.

Ditto. That young man is a terrific actor, and that sequence was laugh out loud funny.

Believe me, plenty of churches did stuff like this. I lived thru it, not gossip aimed at me, but at close friends. In the 90's. Almost exactly this. Had some serious flashbacks watching this episode. My current church leadership wouldn't allow the gossip and pushing families out as it was shown in the episode. Thank goodness. But it happened plenty.

Billy Gardell is 53, John Goodman is 70. But I do think BG looks ill now, the dark circles under his eyes are very pronounced. He looks older than he is. I agree with the poster who mentioned Bob being the "savior" of Abishola. She is being written to come across extremely hard and controlling. It's not pretty. The side characters continue to be the best parts of the show.

I don't get why having a bad reaction to seeing major surgery means 100% that Dele isn't cut out to be a doctor. Seems an extreme jump to me. The side stories in this show continue to carry it. They are much funnier and more interesting than Bob & Abishola.

We use one credit card for all purchases, and pay it off each month. For years we had no debt, and great credit. Use credit wisely. We earn on average of $35 per month in points as well. Current annoying commercial is the little boy singing about eating apples and bananas, but opening empty cupboards. I know this is a real problem, but this commercial seems to run all the time now on certain channels.

Gunne Sax dresses were expensive, with lots of lace etc. They didn't look like shapeless sacks made out of cheap gauze fabric.

Visit your local Target. It's full of these hideous dresses, for girls and women. My current hated commercial is the one for Carvana, with the lady telling everyone about how her son told her about Carvana. Just can't hit mute fast enough.

Poor middle guy, he didn't seem to know where he was.

The Graves Disease commercial, with the close up shots of red watery eyes. It is so disturbing to see. It's hooooorible. Any commercial for the show Dr. Pimple Popper. Food Network runs the commercials during cooking shows. The commercials are over the top gross, with shots of all types of awful skin bumps/tumors/growths. During.cooking.shows.

But they still have tv to watch.

Indeed. Sluggish, wrong answers, NO answers, and Maureen's weird histrionics when she missed a clue. Will the Real Jeopardy enter and sign in please. Please.

But it's not a Star Trek series. We love it too, but it's tight satire, but not a part of ST. Is there a third season? Seth MacFarland is a genius.

I loved Mrs. Slocombe, "“Oh hello, Is that Mr Akbar? Mrs Slocombe here, your next door neighbour. I wonder would you do me a favour? Would you go to my front door, bend down, and look through the letter box, and if you can see my pussy, would you drop a sardine on the mat? No, Mr Akbar, I’m at work.” I wasn't sad to see Margaret go. I think she bet poorly on purpose. Her pacing really slowed things down. I like the contestants who are quick, and ready with their choice of category etc. I knew the opera was La Boheme but did not know Rent was based on it. "Loretta Castorini: I know! I mean, she was coughing her brains out, and still she had to keep singing!"