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Post by bidiein on Nov 5, 2020 8:18:33 GMT
Glad Hermine won it - she is a potential finalist - steady baker with flashes of brilliance. (Is she French?) Laura was toiling this week so I agree she may go next week. Although an ice cream challenge on such a hot day was cruel, several of them made perfect ice cream cakes. Those whose efforts dissolved had put in tricky ingredients to freeze or, in the case of Laura, simply been giving her ingredients a roundabout ride for 40 minutes by forgetting to put on the 'ice' part of the ice cream maker.
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 5, 2020 15:24:04 GMT
I know they say they couldn't predict the weather. Well perhaps not a week beforehand but within a couple of days notice they could have and it would have been a. easy enough to change the challenge, b. put air conditioners in the tent or move them inside. It's like that stupid picnic one where they had them cooking outside on a boiling hot day.
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Post by bethb63 on Nov 5, 2020 20:34:50 GMT
They ALWAYS have an ice cream challenge, don’t they? And if they weren’t put off by the infamous freezer-gate incident where the guy threw his melted concoction (was it Baked Alaska?) away, then you have to know they do it deliberately. It makes good car crash viewing.
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 6, 2020 12:19:43 GMT
Yes, you're right. There's always one where they have to work against the elements. I think one year it was raining and freezing in the tent and they had to work with chocolate.
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Post by dippergirl on Nov 9, 2020 18:02:08 GMT
Glad Hermine won it - she is a potential finalist - steady baker with flashes of brilliance. (Is she French?) Laura was toiling this week so I agree she may go next week. Although an ice cream challenge on such a hot day was cruel, several of them made perfect ice cream cakes. Those whose efforts dissolved had put in tricky ingredients to freeze or, in the case of Laura, simply been giving her ingredients a roundabout ride for 40 minutes by forgetting to put on the 'ice' part of the ice cream maker. She is from Benin, which is French-speaking.
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Post by bidiein on Nov 9, 2020 20:43:31 GMT
Thanks dipper.
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Post by marion on Nov 11, 2020 15:08:06 GMT
Well I have no idea how they did those jellies. I liked them, sort of, but the technique remains a mystery. They all raved about Dave’s but it seemed a bit simplistic to me so it must have lost something in transmission. Poor Marc, he seemed so nice but he didn’t do very well really. Watching this today made me very hungry and I have eaten my way though it. ☹️
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Post by linseed on Nov 11, 2020 17:04:10 GMT
I ate a mince pie before watching so I wasn’t tempted to nibble on anything else. It doesn’t always work though... I have to get more mince pies before Extra Slice on Friday!
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Post by bidiein on Nov 11, 2020 17:35:06 GMT
The base of Marc's creation really let him down, sadly. The jellies were a wonder though - quite made up or the suet pudding with the WHOLE LEMON in the middle.
I mean, I don't care how long it is steamed, it would be inedible, imo.
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Post by marion on Nov 11, 2020 18:07:07 GMT
It reminded me of that Heston Christmas pudding the other year which had a whole orange inside it. Not for me, thanks.
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Post by linseed on Nov 11, 2020 18:27:19 GMT
I love lemon, but I couldn’t help thinking surely you wouldn’t want to eat the lemon peel no matter how soft it was?
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GBBO 2020
Nov 11, 2020 21:09:54 GMT
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 11, 2020 21:09:54 GMT
If you poach a lemon and if you wish remove most of the pith or don't eat the pith, it's quite palatable. If you make a cheesecake with a ginger biscuits base and a dash of something like rum in the cheesecake mix a few slices of poached and glazed or frosted lemon on top is very nice.
Lemon is also gorgeous when you make a Sussex Pond Pudding.
Have they ever done a steamed pudding on GBBO?
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Post by linseed on Nov 11, 2020 21:56:43 GMT
That cheesecake sounds wonderful Beverly! I’ll have a slice!
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Post by sleepyp on Nov 11, 2020 22:07:41 GMT
If you poach a lemon and if you wish remove most of the pith or don't eat the pith, it's quite palatable. If you make a cheesecake with a ginger biscuits base and a dash of something like rum in the cheesecake mix a few slices of poached and glazed or frosted lemon on top is very nice. Lemon is also gorgeous when you make a Sussex Pond Pudding. Have they ever done a steamed pudding on GBBO? Not the way they cooked their Pond Puddings last night
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Post by bidiein on Nov 12, 2020 9:09:35 GMT
I think there has been an old fashioned Tudor steam baked pud in one of the early series. In the days when Sue or Mel would make a little film about the origins of the item.
Pru made the point that at 80 (and how fab does she look? Like Mary Berry, working hard all your life as a cook must do wonders for your physical stamina!) steamed puddings are firm favourites from child hood. But they are not in vogue at the moment. She said she particularly liked the Pond Pudding (feel free to stress the Ps as Matt did!)
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