Holiday Baking Championship - General Discussion

[Rammchick]

15 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Didn't both Nancy and Carla wax rhapsodic about Megan's pie? Nancy even gave her the stupid conductor's gesture. 

Oh don't even get me started...

If anyone didn't think Nancy's opinion carried more weight than the other judges', this episode should have cleared that up, once Jesse said, "You know, Nancy hates cranberry...."

Edited 23 hours ago by Rammchick

[ruffy666]

On 11/8/2024 at 7:14 AM, cowgirlwen said:

Another similar flavor is rose.  They always remind us that if they get too much rose extract, their dessert will taste like potpourri.  I can't say I've ever tried it, but it doesn't sound appetizing to me in even small doses.  So why, oh why, do they insist on trying to make it work? 

I'm not typically a fan of floral flavors myself but they are way more prevalent in some cultures (I've seen plenty of rose and violet candies in UK, for instance.  Or rosewater / orange blossom water in middle eastern baking...)

But I literally just visited a semi-local bakery-- coincidentally owned by a former Baking Championship runner-up-- and their rose macaron was actually how I assume they should all be:  lightly perfumed with rose but mostly just pleasantly sweet.  The texture was *chef's kiss*  I'm not sure if it would ever be my go-to but it was enjoyable!

[RoxiP]

Carla actually started the conducting over Megan's pie while talking about how Nancy does the conducting thing.

[Salacious Kitty]

6 minutes ago, RoxiP said:

Carla actually started the conducting over Megan's pie while talking about how Nancy does the conducting thing.

Yeah, she went all kinds of crazy before she gave Nancy the floor.

[dleighg]

So Karen apparently got away with leaving the foil inside her cornucopia. But one of the judges (Carla I think) mentioned that it tasted good. Wouldn't breaking off a piece show what the deal was?

Besides, how on EARTH did she expect to get the foil out -- it was curled up inside!

[libgirl2]

1 minute ago, dleighg said:

So Karen apparently got away with leaving the foil inside her cornucopia. But one of the judges (Carla I think) mentioned that it tasted good. Wouldn't breaking off a piece show what the deal was?

Besides, how on EARTH did she expect to get the foil out -- it was curled up inside!

I thought the same thing and I thought they would have dinged her for that. 

[MerBearHou]

2 minutes ago, dleighg said:

So Karen apparently got away with leaving the foil inside her cornucopia. But one of the judges (Carla I think) mentioned that it tasted good. Wouldn't breaking off a piece show what the deal was?

Besides, how on EARTH did she expect to get the foil out -- it was curled up inside!

Agreed -- I was waiting for someone to mention the foil inside.  That was a design fail, Karen!  The cornucopia looked good but I'm surprised they didn't want to taste it.  

 

[libgirl2]

9 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

Agreed -- I was waiting for someone to mention the foil inside.  That was a design fail, Karen!  The cornucopia looked good but I'm surprised they didn't want to taste it.  

 

Don't they always say everything should be edible? Then why not eat it? 

[Salacious Kitty]

I don't think they ate any of the toppers. I saw a couple bikers take them off before serving. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Salacious Kitty

[kathyk2]

5 hours ago, Rammchick said:

Oh don't even get me started...

If anyone didn't think Nancy's opinion carried more weight than the other judges', this episode should have cleared that up, once Jesse said, "You know, Nancy hates cranberry...."

Everybody knows that they have to please Nancy. How many times have contestants said they add more alcohol so she can taste it? I like the Summer Baking Challenge because the judges are equal.

[RoxiP]

1 hour ago, dleighg said:

So Karen apparently got away with leaving the foil inside her cornucopia. But one of the judges (Carla I think) mentioned that it tasted good. Wouldn't breaking off a piece show what the deal was?

Besides, how on EARTH did she expect to get the foil out -- it was curled up inside!

I did see Carla eating some of the cornucopia but it looked like a layer peeled (pealed?) from the outside.  Perhaps Karent got all the foil out and she had all that fruit stuffed up inside of it to hide the carnage that inevitably took place from pulling the foil out?

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, RoxiP said:

I did see Carla eating some of the cornucopia but it looked like a layer peeled (pealed?) from the outside.  Perhaps Karent got all the foil out and she had all that fruit stuffed up inside of it to hide the carnage that inevitably took place from pulling the foil out?

No, I could see the foil in a close up shot. She put the fruit in front to hide it. 

[MerBearHou]

2 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

No, I could see the foil in a close up shot. She put the fruit in front to hide it. 

I thought I saw it too!  You know the judges had to know it was there.  Again, so surprised they didn't mention it.

[libgirl2]

1 minute ago, MerBearHou said:

I thought I saw it too!  You know the judges had to know it was there.  Again, so surprised they didn't mention it.

Exactly. It was so obviously there that I was surprised they didn't. 

[mlp]

21 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

I thought I saw it too!  You know the judges had to know it was there.  Again, so surprised they didn't mention it.

I didn't really have a problem with the foil being left inside the cornucopia.  The toppers were mostly for decoration, not for eating.  It wasn't meant to be sliced and served.

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, mlp said:

I didn't really have a problem with the foil being left inside the cornucopia.  The toppers were mostly for decoration, not for eating.  It wasn't meant to be sliced and served.

They did eat Meghan's pumpkin though. If it had turned out bad, would they have said anything? Or would it have made a difference. And did they specify that the topper didn't have to be edible? I think they did eat some of them. 

Edited 15 hours ago by libgirl2

[Grizzly]

They did snap some of the chocolate decorations to test if it was tempered. 

I loved Carla's hairstyle.

[libgirl2]

13 minutes ago, Grizzly said:

They did snap some of the chocolate decorations to test if it was tempered. 

I loved Carla's hairstyle.

I liked her hair too. 

[mojoween]

I really need Andre to bring me that pie he made posthaste.  Delna’s sounded awesome too.

The winning cupcakes had sprinkles.  Very upsetting.

[Splashy]

6 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Carla actually started the conducting over Megan's pie while talking about how Nancy does the conducting thing.

 

6 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Yeah, she went all kinds of crazy before she gave Nancy the floor.

And that was still closer to real conducting compared to that nonsense Nancy does. 

5 hours ago, dleighg said:

So Karen apparently got away with leaving the foil inside her cornucopia. But one of the judges (Carla I think) mentioned that it tasted good. Wouldn't breaking off a piece show what the deal was?

Besides, how on EARTH did she expect to get the foil out -- it was curled up inside!

As she was doing it I said out loud, "How are you going to get the foil out?"

 

3 hours ago, MerBearHou said:

I thought I saw it too!  You know the judges had to know it was there.  Again, so surprised they didn't mention it.

Maybe they did, but it got cut during editing for comments they thought were more important to keep?

[40Love]

7 minutes ago, Splashy said:

Maybe they did, but it got cut during editing for comments they thought were more important to keep?

Yeah, especially because they weren't her home. The baker they eliminated was way over his head. Seems like a nice guy... but, definitely not ready for primetime.