S15.E06: Autumn Week

[meep.meep]

On 11/1/2024 at 6:35 PM, mjc570 said:

I loved Nelly as a person, and was so sorry to see her go.  But as soon as I heard "chocolate avocado," I knew.

 

I think it was more the chocolate and spinach that did her in.

I don't eat wheat flour and have a recipe for flourless avocado chocolate brownies.  They're great!

[libgirl2]

53 minutes ago, meep.meep said:

I think it was more the chocolate and spinach that did her in.

I don't eat wheat flour and have a recipe for flourless avocado chocolate brownies.  They're great!

I've heard the two can go good together.  

[Salacious Kitty]

Paul said flat out that he didn't like it. 

[MsJamieDornan]

On 11/6/2024 at 12:39 PM, meep.meep said:

have a recipe for flourless avocado chocolate brownies.  They're great!

A restaurant I go to makes a wonderful avocado/chocolate pudding. yum

[Ancaster]

On 11/2/2024 at 2:26 PM, Orcinus orca said:

My, too!  My Bohemian grandmother made wonderful kolache with poppy seed filling that I loved.  And Makový závin which is a poppy seed roll.  Gosh I miss those!  No recipes, of course, she just knew what needed to be used.  I did find Bohemian/American cookbook but for a lot of recipes the measurements are a "juice glass" of this or a "tumbler" of that!

 

My aunt lived in The States  while I was growing up in the UK.  She gave my Mum an American recipe where the recipes were all in cups, whereas Brits (and other Europeans) weigh things out.  My Mum just used a teacup and as long as she tasted to adjust for spicing, that worked just fine.

At Purim, a minor Jewish holiday, we eat little pastries called Hamentaschen.  Probably the most traditional filling is moen/mohn, that is predominantly poppy seeds.  It doubtless originated in Eastern Europe.

On 11/1/2024 at 4:08 PM, magdalene said:

He was genuinely upset.

I had a terrible time this episode.  Both my faves Nellie and Dylan clearly in the bottom, one of them to go. There was no way I was going to be happy with the outcome. And I am not happy.  I hate these themed episodes. 

On 11/6/2024 at 8:01 AM, BellaR said:

I am rooting for Dylan, but he was definitely the weakest baker last week. I think that he owes his reprieve to the good things that he did during the previous weeks.

It always comes down to flavour over form.  As others have said, Paul obviously found Nelly's pretty disgusting, while he loved Dylan's flavour.

On another note, I'm sure the young woman who won Star Baker is a lovely person, but I really want her gone because I just can't take her voice, and she gets a lot of air time.

Edited November 14 by Ancaster

[Rahul]

On 11/6/2024 at 1:39 PM, meep.meep said:

I think it was more the chocolate and spinach that did her in.

I don't eat wheat flour and have a recipe for flourless avocado chocolate brownies.  They're great!

I’ve had vegan dark chocolate truffles made for avocado and they were sublime. You’d never know it was made from avocado.

[libgirl2]

10 hours ago, Ancaster said:

On another note, I'm sure the young woman who won Star Baker is a lovely person, but I really want her gone because I just can't take her voice, and she gets a lot of air time.

I'm not the only one who feels that way! I hate to hear her talk. 

[chaifan]

On 11/8/2024 at 6:35 AM, libgirl2 said:

I'm not the only one who feels that way! I hate to hear her talk. 

Same here. But I find Christiian's voice to be just as bad.  He also has vocal fry.  I do notice that when she's flustered and speaking a bit more quickly the vocal fry isn't as bad. 

[Orcinus orca]

7 hours ago, chaifan said:

Same here. But I find Christiian's voice to be just as bad.  He also has vocal fry. 

Plus the scrambled mix of accents. I honestly cannot understand a word of what he says.  Thank heavens for closed captioning.

Edited November 10 by Orcinus orca

[libgirl2]

3 hours ago, chaifan said:

Same here. But I find Christiian's voice to be just as bad.  He also has vocal fry.  I do notice that when she's flustered and speaking a bit more quickly the vocal fry isn't as bad. 

That is true as he does but his bothers me just a tad less. 

[MissFeatherbottom]

On 11/1/2024 at 5:21 PM, Dirge said:

I'm so sad. Nelly was my favorite. 

Me too 😢

On 11/1/2024 at 8:15 PM, Orcinus orca said:

Oh, Nelly, how I will miss you. Your spirit and your sass were just the highlight of my week. And since I have Czech (well, Bohemian) ancestry I was thrilled to see her do well and be such a joy in the tent.  I loved her little speech at the end, what a truly lovely person she is.

At this point, I no longer have a clear favorite.  They are all incredibly talented, the best we have ever seen, but there isn't one I am actively rooting for now.  What happens, happens and I don't think I will sweat the dreaded announcement.

I was heartbroken to see her go this week, she was my fav and I was rooting for her to win. I will miss her!

[MissFeatherbottom]

On 11/2/2024 at 9:09 AM, blueray said:

As sad as I was to see Nelly go, Dylan's at least tasted good. Nelly's didn't look appetizing, but that's because I wouldn't put spinach in a cake. That being said, I'm calling it right now, she'll be back for one of the holiday episodes.

 

I'm hoping this happens!!  She was my favorite this season.