S11.E02: Biscuit Week

[ElectricBoogaloo]

On 10/3/2020 at 1:07 PM, leighdear said:

I find myself using the word "gutted" a lot these days.....  *LOL*

But "gutted" has to be pronounced with a northern accent!

[leighdear]

1 hour ago, ElectricBoogaloo said:

But "gutted" has to be pronounced with a northern accent!

Exactly.....almost like "gooted"....or maybe "gut-ed".  Regional differences, ya know....but VERY adamant, no matter how it's declared!  *LOL*

(I say this as a Southern woman with NO linguistic education, just a love of Brit accents!!) 

Edited October 6, 2020 by leighdear

[Quilt Fairy]

Two words I learned from UK Masterchef - The Professionals:

gutted  =  very sad

chuffed = very happy

[marinite]

On 10/4/2020 at 3:30 AM, ElectricBoogaloo said:

Recipes

Signature challenge: florentines
Lottie’s quarantine florentines
Marc’s ginger, cherry and pistachio florentines
Laura's milk chocolate, salted caramel, and pecan florentines

Technical challenge:
Prues coconut macaroons

Showstopper challenge:
Dave's waiting for tacos
Linda's high tea in Amsterdam
 

Mak's exit interview

Thank you for taking the time to link all these recipes and articles. I really appreciate it!

[Rickster]

8 hours ago, Quilt Fairy said:

Two words I learned from UK Masterchef - The Professionals:

gutted  =  very sad

chuffed = very happy

At work, I used to park next to a MiniCooper with the license plate CHUFFD. Took a while to figure out what it meant.

[Pepper Mostly]

14 hours ago, Mabinogia said:

Thank you. I can't remember his name yet but I really like him. One of the things I love about GBBO is that they don't make a big deal out of stuff like that. I remember one season one of the women had something with her hand (I forget what because they thankfully avoid doing the sob story edit I see in pretty much every American reality completion, no matter if it's baking, cooking, building something, or doing some survival challenges) and I don't even remember them mentioning it, it just was, and she carried on like all the others, just like Marc does.  

I agree. I call it "inspiration porn". It's insulting, in my view. A person with a disability does not exist to "inspire". They're living their lives, just like anyone. 

Mak's letter was pure class. I'm still mad about him being eliminated over Rowan. That was wrong. Why have a technical challenge if it's meaningless? 

[Clanstarling]

22 hours ago, AZChristian said:

Or Matt/Noel could carry around a bottle of hand sanitizer and anyone who gets a handshake also gets a squirt of that.

Marc has an artificial leg.  Lost his leg in 2016 in a motorcycle accident.  We've seen it but they haven't mentioned it.  He's fourth from the left in this picture.

Thank you. I never even noticed.

[AZChristian]

9 minutes ago, Clanstarling said:

Thank you. I never even noticed.

That's because on British shows they care about the baking.  It's not a sob-story competition like we have here in the States.

[ABay]

I'm relieved to learn I'm not the only one Dave makes uneasy.

 

[ElectricBoogaloo]

On 9/30/2020 at 5:07 PM, zibnchy said:

Sura is obviously the show's attempt to recreate the magic that was (and is) Nadiya.

Sura doesn't seem similar to Nadiya in personality or demeanor at all to me.

[meep.meep]

I think Sura is great and Dave is not scary.

On a rewatch last night we noticed something funny.  We always have closed captioning on watching Netflix.  When Lottie finally gets the cardboard out of the center of her Viking Vessel, she says "oh fuck" and the captioning included it.  They do curse and it isn't bleeped, but I never noticed it in the captioning!

[AZChristian]

1 hour ago, meep.meep said:

I think Sura is great and Dave is not scary.

On a rewatch last night we noticed something funny.  We always have closed captioning on watching Netflix.  When Lottie finally gets the cardboard out of the center of her Viking Vessel, she says "oh fuck" and the captioning included it.  They do curse and it isn't bleeped, but I never noticed it in the captioning!

Netflix doesn't care about swearing, even in the captioning.  We always have the captioning on, and we watch a lot of movies on Netflix.  LOL.

[Crs97]

I like Matt.  He seems like he has a quick wit.  I like how he makes Paul laugh.

My favorite moment was Noel telling Sura to hang back.  She has a great laugh!  The showstopper wasn’t interesting to me, and I am tired of them cutting back the time.  I must admit that I loved the exchanges between Paul and Rowan.  “Did you practice your bakes?”  “Yes.”  “Did you do it to time?” “No” with a smile.

[laurakaye]

On 10/1/2020 at 9:00 PM, Brookside said:

Not everything that is stocked in one country is necessarily readily available in another.  (And you'd have to shoot me before I'd eat Hershey's chocolate, and most Brits feel the same.)

I find this fascinating...not even melted underneath a gooey campfire-toasted marshmallow sandwiched between two graham crackers?  Or dipped in peanut butter? 🙂

 

On 10/2/2020 at 6:42 PM, leighdear said:

Noel however, I want to fly to England, track him down and be his best friend forever. 

Same.  He has a twinkle in his eyes that I adore.

 

On 10/3/2020 at 4:07 PM, leighdear said:

I find myself using the word "gutted" a lot these days.....  *LOL*

I also love "arsed" and "gobsmacked."  

Peter reminds me of a young Prince William.  And while I was bummed to see Mak go over Rowan, I am also curious to see what Rowan can accomplish if he follows directions - although he doesn't seem too concerned when he's being criticized for not listening.  At some point if he keeps trying to do too much he's going to have to be cut.  His magnificent ideas are only going to work if he can produce them in time!

Edited October 20, 2020 by laurakaye

[Kohola3]

56 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

I also love "arsed" and "gobsmacked."  

And "pants".

[Brookside]

2 hours ago, laurakaye said:

I find this fascinating...not even melted underneath a gooey campfire-toasted marshmallow sandwiched between two graham crackers?  Or dipped in peanut butter? 🙂

 

Sorry no - Hershey's chocolate still tastes like sick to me.

(For some reason I can't add a link, but apparently I'm not the only one and there is a scientific cause for it related to butyric acid.)

 

 

[Aulty]

2 hours ago, Brookside said:

Sorry no - Hershey's chocolate still tastes like sick to me.

Most American chocolate, and Hershey's in particular, contains butyric acid to give chocolate a longer shelf life and so it can be safely transported over long distances. (They talked about that in the most recent series of QI)

European chocolate > British chocolate > American chocolate

Edited October 20, 2020 by Aulty

[JTM]

On 9/30/2020 at 9:07 PM, zibnchy said:

Sura is obviously the show's attempt to recreate the magic that was (and is) Nadiya. And that's OK because Sura seems pretty great and I like her and she's a competitor. 

 

This is not a great take. And the compliments don't improve it. It's really very diminishing to assume or imply that someone's presence is stunt-casting, and you're contributing to an environment in which people have to deal with that all the time. Sura is obviously competent to be there. Why not assume she was simply included on that basis, as presumably the rest of them were.

[Oldernowiser]

I swear Noel’s smoking pot between takes or something. He laughs too long and too loud at everything, even when it’s not particularly funny. Which, this season, is most of the time. Matt is still trying too hard.

Not feeling it. Rowan clearly couldn’t care less, which is fine, but why bother then? I found Maks difficult to look at and I’m not even sure why, but it’s bullshit he was sent home over Rowan. 

There’s something off about Dave, I agree. His eyes stay cold even when he’s smiling or laughing. 

Dunno. Maybe it’s Covid and the isolation, but this season feels forced to me. I need less slapstick and more pretty scenery shots....lambs baaa-ing, ducks waddling, water droplets glistening on wildflowers...always works for me!