@Eugene's Lair posted:

One of my great heroes is John Snow, who proved that cholera was waterborne through statistical analysis. I therefore really like that Dave is honouring Kitty here.

I'd eat Kirk's meal

He can keep the sweetbreads

@slimfern posted:

I'd eat Kirk's meal

That pork is raw

Dan’s dish has too many dishes to put on the table in front of each diner.....it would be a.bit crowded  on that tablecloth

@Kaytee posted:

Dan’s dish has too many dishes to put on the table in front of each diner.....it would be a.bit crowded  on that tablecloth

Yes

@Kaytee posted:

Dan’s dish has too many dishes to put on the table in front of each diner.....it would be a.bit crowded  on that tablecloth

I agree....is more of a buffet

Raw mutton

I like his presentation

After criticizing a lot of chefs for not taking the problems of cooking for a banquet into account, I have to give Dan credit here for being (I think) only the second this series to use the "sharing plate"-type concept...

@Kaytee posted:

Dan’s dish has too many dishes to put on the table in front of each diner.....it would be a.bit crowded  on that tablecloth

yes agree kaytee

@Baz posted:

Yes

@slimfern posted:

I agree....is more of a buffet

And imagine all the slops dribbled through having to plate up yourself

@Kaytee posted:

And imagine all the slops dribbled through having to plate up yourself

There goes your posh frock again

Dave trying to reclaim the word "rustic" there - or as the French would say, "peasant food"...

@Kaytee posted:

And imagine all the slops dribbled through having to plate up yourself

euewwwwww

@Eugene's Lair posted:

After criticizing a lot of chefs for not taking the problems of cooking for a banquet into account, I have to give Dan credit here for being (I think) only the second this series to use the "sharing plate"-type concept...

I think he overdid the concept 🤣

@Baz posted:

There goes your posh frock again

@Baz posted:

There goes your posh frock again

Well yes......and everyone else’s too🤣

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

@Eugene's Lair posted:

After criticizing a lot of chefs for not taking the problems of cooking for a banquet into account, I have to give Dan credit here for being (I think) only the second this series to use the "sharing plate"-type concept...

To eat with a friend I would agree....But what if you're sat next to someone at the banquet who is a bit of a piglet

Yayyyyyy Kirk got an 8

@Kaytee posted:

I think he overdid the concept 🤣

True - but again, innovation's been in short supply this week, so I'm supporting it whenever I get the chance!

@slimfern posted:

To eat with a friend I would agree....But what if you're sat next to someone at the banquet who is a bit of a piglet

Exactly

@Baz posted:

Yayyyyyy Kirk got an 8

Says a about Tom that that's the highest score he's given all week (so far)!

@slimfern posted:

To eat with a friend I would agree....But what if you're sat next to someone at the banquet who is a bit of a piglet

Go to the chippy afterwards🤣

@Eugene's Lair posted:

True - but again, innovation's been in short supply this week, so I'm supporting it whenever I get the chance!

Carry on sir.....just don’t let it dribble on the tablecloth 🤣❤️

@Kaytee posted:

Go to the chippy afterwards🤣

I used to love malt loaf

@slimfern posted:

To eat with a friend I would agree....But what if you're sat next to someone at the banquet who is a bit of a piglet

To be fair, that "someone" is likely to be me!

I like Dave

@Eugene's Lair posted:

To be fair, that "someone" is likely to be me!

🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

I used to love malt loaf

I love it...thick spread with real unsalted butter

Some of the palate cleansers are a bit big

@Eugene's Lair posted:

True - but again, innovation's been in short supply this week, so I'm supporting it whenever I get the chance!

agree they are a basic boring bunch

@Kaytee posted:

Some of the palate cleansers are a bit big

Yes

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

agree they are a basic boring bunch

@Eugene's Lair posted:

To be fair, that "someone" is likely to be me!

🤣🤣🤣

@Eugene's Lair posted:

To be fair, that "someone" is likely to be me!

Hahaha ....just as well I have a small appetite then huh

@Kaytee posted:

Some of the palate cleansers are a bit big

I was just thinking the same thing.