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Old 31-10-2016, 20:43
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I reckon Mimi and Theresa are sure things for bottom 3 - I would have thought an apricot and chicken curry was inventive enough to save Trent, but the edit suggests it's between him and Matt
curries always get looked down on a little on these shows tho
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:45
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curries always get looked down on a little on these shows tho
Brett could be in danger if he's mucked up the sauce and that chicken roulade doesn't actually look as though it's cooked all the way through.
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:46
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curries always get looked down on a little on these shows tho
Except if you're Mindy with her bee-yoo-tiful Asian flavours
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:48
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i love hot, sweet and sour curries

chicken pathia is one of my favourite meals, never had it with apricot tho
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:49
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curries always get looked down on a little on these shows tho
That was a really condescending piece of feedback from Gary. For a moment I wondered if Trent was going to just throw the food in his face - seriously there was no need for him to say that, either it was good or it wasn't...
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:50
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That was a really condescending piece of feedback from Gary. For a moment I wondered if Trent was going to just throw the food in his face - seriously there was no need for him to say that, either it was good or it wasn't...
i've never really got the attitude towards a curry

if someone cooks a piece of chicken in a water bath which requires no skill, and adds a great sauce, it gets raved about

if someone makes a well balanced curry its somehow considered less worthy
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:54
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What crazy parallel universe have I wandered in to where the pirate and the entitled cheerleader are the best cooks??
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Old 31-10-2016, 20:57
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What crazy parallel universe have I wandered in to where the pirate and the entitled cheerleader are the best cooks??
maybe they knew it was gonna be shown on halloween in the UK
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:02
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maybe they knew it was gonna be shown on halloween in the UK
And April Fools Day in Oz?
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:48
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Elise got praise for being inventive in the mystery box challenge despite making the nougat/sphere/meringue/crumb combo she pretty much always makes, given the choice. I wondered if the comment was meant ironically.

Brett's suddenly found some form! Actually making the advantage work for him was impressive.
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Old 31-10-2016, 22:46
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maybe they knew it was gonna be shown on halloween in the UK
And April Fools Day in Oz?
Best two lines of the thread. Bravo!

Think Mimi should comfortably beat off Trent and Theresa tomorrow. When I say think I mean desperately hope.
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Old 01-11-2016, 00:06
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What a strange episode. I know they like to build drama - but the world doesn't need recipes for pork and condensed milk, it really doesn't.

And as for apricot chicken - I would rather have eaten a curry than an anemic bit of flesh from a waterbath. Meat needs the maillard reaction, it really does.

Elise didn't do anything creative - just fancied up some standard cooking by placing small quantities to one side of a large plate (which has to be one of the worst styles of modern food presentation - if I am paying for a plate of food, I want it full. Not a line taking up about 10% of the available space!)
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:07
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I love the peeps on this thread. You are so funny!
Well at least that episode wasn't the Theresa Show!
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:15
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What a strange episode. I know they like to build drama - but the world doesn't need recipes for pork and condensed milk, it really doesn't.

And as for apricot chicken - I would rather have eaten a curry than an anemic bit of flesh from a waterbath. Meat needs the maillard reaction, it really does.

Elise didn't do anything creative - just fancied up some standard cooking by placing small quantities to one side of a large plate (which has to be one of the worst styles of modern food presentation - if I am paying for a plate of food, I want it full. Not a line taking up about 10% of the available space!)
Ridiculous isn't it? But George loves it - I was surprised he didn't comment, he usually does. Elise has done her homework, I suspect. Lots of puds for Gary and Matt especially, although George loves them too, sweet but with something sharp to cut them, negative space on the plate if she's forced to cook savoury. I'd admire the strategy if she didn't get on my remaining nerve.

Doesn't look as if the pirate is going to be walking the plank any time soon. Unless we're being set up and he's going to crash spectacularly! (I can hope, can't I? With a ticking crocodile waiting for him? )

Still too many ponytails left for my liking. Maybe Theresa's could go this time - Mimi seems pretty inoffensive. Trent should come in wearing one to complete the set.
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Old 01-11-2016, 11:41
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Still too many ponytails left for my liking. Maybe Theresa's could go this time - Mimi seems pretty inoffensive. Trent should come in wearing one to complete the set.
Thanks for that image!
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:30
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I do not dislike Mimi but I honestly cannot stand her constant use of her hands to express her points when she is doing her chat to the camera, I am all for expressing yourself when you speak but half the time its not even in context to what she is actually trying to say, granted it may be a nerves thing but it is soooo annoying!!!

As for Elise her Voice is so boyish, for anyone who has watched Neighbours I swear if you watched the show blind you would think it was Chris Milligan aka Kyle talking, she actually looks very similar to him as well ha.
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Old 01-11-2016, 15:36
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I spent the whole episode wondering what the pressure test is going to be, they really laboured the fact that it's the hardest in Masterchef history. Probably a raspberry emulsion delicately placed in a tempered chocolate sphere balanced on a vanilla and beef parfait which is sitting on a pistachio soil and they have to do it with blindfolds on.
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Old 01-11-2016, 18:38
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I spent the whole episode wondering what the pressure test is going to be, they really laboured the fact that it's the hardest in Masterchef history. Probably a raspberry emulsion delicately placed in a tempered chocolate sphere balanced on a vanilla and beef parfait which is sitting on a pistachio soil and they have to do it with blindfolds on.
they'll be given a selection of ingredients to make a dessert and be told they cant include a parfait or a sphere
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Old 01-11-2016, 19:27
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I spent the whole episode wondering what the pressure test is going to be, they really laboured the fact that it's the hardest in Masterchef history. Probably a raspberry emulsion delicately placed in a tempered chocolate sphere balanced on a vanilla and beef parfait which is sitting on a pistachio soil and they have to do it with blindfolds on.
"Hard pressure test" almost always means dessert, doesn't it?
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Old 01-11-2016, 19:34
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It is a dessert - a Cherry Lamington

There is a lot of liquid nitrogen involved in this one

(I have looked up the recipe and it really isn't as tough as the judges were making out last night)
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:09
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not sure how difficult it is to make but i want one to eat
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:15
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Watching on a little bit of a delay as had book club tonight (and I was the only one who didn't like the book)...Parfait...dessert, really? WHY?
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:40
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I think that Theresa is in trouble. She knows that there is something wrong with the jam, that it's too sweet, but she's not making any effort to figure out what it is...
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:41
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I think that Theresa is in trouble. She knows that there is something wrong with the jam, that it's too sweet, but she's not making any effort to figure out what it is...
I'd just come here to say the same thing. I think the other two have corrected any mistakes.
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Old 01-11-2016, 20:41
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i'm getting really fed up with the VTs where the contestant says "if i dont get element X right, then i'll be going home"

we get basically the exact same VT every elimination
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