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Old 01-09-2016, 23:20
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This is series 7 so you have 6 series to catch up on.

I have loved every one.
Thanks, Mazzy, I am on season 6 at the moment. I will go backwards until I get to season 1.
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Old 01-09-2016, 23:25
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Something I've just remembered - those rolling pins with discs on the end to ensure even rolling - genius!

Why have I never seen these before? I need one for rolling out my shortbread!
http://www.johnlewis.com/joseph-jose...lti/p231823388

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Old 01-09-2016, 23:59
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I see them as a double act - different yet complementing each other. Mel is funny in a homely, teasing way. Sue has a razor sharp wit (as also seen in other programmes like Supersizers) and is very dexterous verbally.

It's also nice, when there are lots of contestants, to have two presenters milling around them, questioning and commenting.

The idea they would now tamper with the format (for no real reason) is unlikely given the show's phenomenal success in the last few years.
In a word, yes!!
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Old 02-09-2016, 01:06
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I see them as a double act - different yet complementing each other. Mel is funny in a homely, teasing way. Sue has a razor sharp wit (as also seen in other programmes like Supersizers) and is very dexterous verbally.

It's also nice, when there are lots of contestants, to have two presenters milling around them, questioning and commenting.

The idea they would now tamper with the format (for no real reason) is unlikely given the show's phenomenal success in the last few years.
I hope they don't change a thing, I always assumed they were interchangeable like the original person was thinking who commented, although I wouldn't go as far as saying get rid of one of the hosts, but the way you've described their differences i realise perhaps they aren't. Sue does have a quick wit. Hope she stays on to host with Mel this show that we love.
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Old 02-09-2016, 08:43
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Never understood why women think they are funny. In fact the only people who think they are funny are other women.

There is more to humor than innuendo, gurning and falling over. All though I haven't seen them fall yet, these two tick the first two boxes - they are awful.
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Old 02-09-2016, 09:25
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Never understood why women think they are funny. In fact the only people who think they are funny are other women.

There is more to humor than innuendo, gurning and falling over. All though I haven't seen them fall yet, these two tick the first two boxes - they are awful.
From the succession of mainly male stand-up 'comedians' that pollute the airwaves, I would say (as a male myself) that the same could be said of male comedians. We are just going through a period with a poor standard of 'comedian' perhaps they can make a fortune by appearing in arenas, flogging DVDs of them appearing in arenas and going around TV panel shows.
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Old 02-09-2016, 11:30
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They are like Ant and Dec to me. I know there should be two of them, but I do not know which one is which.
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Old 02-09-2016, 12:52
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These are amazing! I have the roll up baking sheet as well and it really saves on mess, as well as having size guide marks printed onto it.

http://www.johnlewis.com/joseph-jose...EDnw&gclsrc=ds
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:04
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These are amazing! I have the roll up baking sheet as well and it really saves on mess, as well as having size guide marks printed onto it.

http://www.johnlewis.com/joseph-jose...EDnw&gclsrc=ds
Ooh - I like this and the rolling pin. But I reckon if I wait a few months they will be available at Aldi for a quarter of the price!
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:12
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Ooh - I like this and the rolling pin. But I reckon if I wait a few months they will be available at Aldi for a quarter of the price!
Joseph Joseph also make a self tapping sieve which sounds great but that's getting into the realms of silly for me...but that mat is a lifesaver or rather a mess saver...
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Old 02-09-2016, 18:45
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Rav has been racially abused. He tweeted: "So today I was asked 'are you the P**i on the not so British bake off?' Really, in 2016?"

Disgusting.
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Old 02-09-2016, 21:55
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Just caught up with the latest episode. Paul Hollywood probably would not like our local biscuit , Tosset cake, still a biscuit but it would be too soft for him. But they are lovely, just melt in your mouth.

Like Andrew, Candice. Val seems very sweet, but probably should go next week, unless she has a blinder and aces every challenge.

Kate, she does look a bit smug at times when other bakers get a poor review. Don't know if that is to do with the editing or not. But as the public do not vote I am not sure why they would do that.

Can not remember all the names yet though.
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Old 03-09-2016, 01:37
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Just caught up with the latest episode. Paul Hollywood probably would not like our local biscuit , Tosset cake, still a biscuit but it would be too soft for him. But they are lovely, just melt in your mouth.
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Not sure about Paul's preocccupation with having hard crunchy biccies.
I often prefer them squidgy, like choc chip cookies.
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Old 03-09-2016, 07:06
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Rav has been racially abused. He tweeted: "So today I was asked 'are you the P**i on the not so British bake off?' Really, in 2016?"

Disgusting.
is there any evidence of this?
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Old 03-09-2016, 10:10
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is there any evidence of this?
It's reported on the BBC and newspapers an it's on his Twitter feed that it happened.

Not surprising because Nadyia also got abuse last year and is still getting it - see the thread on "Chronicles of Nadyia", although some of the more racists comments on there have been removed and a couple of posters are "inactive" now.
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Old 04-09-2016, 09:29
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Not sure about Paul's preocccupation with having hard crunchy biccies.
I often prefer them squidgy, like choc chip cookies.
Yes, me too. He is supposed to judge on the quality of the bake not his personal preferences.
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Old 04-09-2016, 09:45
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It is so nice to know that bakers can be SciFy geeks as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYF7tcvNPLg

and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pP9...ZyVNesIYx5GT8z
at 44:44.
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Old 05-09-2016, 15:00
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They are like Ant and Dec to me. I know there should be two of them, but I do not know which one is which.
In the case of Ant and Dec - one of them has a head like an ant, and the other one is Dec.
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Old 07-09-2016, 10:27
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So - we've reached Bread Week.

I always think this is a good pointer as the ones who do well are usually there or thereabouts come the semi-final/final week.
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Old 07-09-2016, 13:33
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So - we've reached Bread Week.

I always think this is a good pointer as the ones who do well are usually there or thereabouts come the semi-final/final week.
Indeed. I can think of three Star Bakers in Bread Week who have gone on to win the title.
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Old 07-09-2016, 13:41
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Surely val will go tonight?
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Old 07-09-2016, 13:45
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Surely val will go tonight?
Val is this year's Norman.

Seems to always hang on because someone else has a bigger disaster, but will eventually run out of people that are worse.
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Old 07-09-2016, 13:54
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I always find bread week so boring. I just can't get excited by a bread roll.

I'll still watch and giggle at their disasters.

I'm a bit late to the Bake off, only seen the past 3 or 4 series, so I've been enjoying catching up with series 3 on the food network channel too. It was bread week at the weekend too. God knows how Rob got away with some of the worst disasters I've seen so far. Dropped showcase cake, collapsed bread basket, tarts presented in the baking tray because they wouldn't come out....
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Old 07-09-2016, 14:02
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Surely val will go tonight?
I wouldn't be surprised if she does - but you never know, as Mark said, she is turning into this year's Norman and it is entirely possible that somebody else will have a worse disaster than her (as with Louise last week) and therefore go instead.
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Old 07-09-2016, 16:03
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Hope it is Val that goes, she gets on my pip, can't quite put my finger on it.
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