Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing 
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark 
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
that looks nice Monica 
I'm not sure about using chorizo in Italian cooking; seems wrong to me.
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
that looks nice Monica
Pity it was her that made it
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I'm not sure about using chorizo in Italian cooking; seems wrong to me.
It pops up all over the place these days
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
that looks nice Monica
Pity it was her that made it
yes 
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
Not sure ...but I am not sure they usually make a decision after the first dish , do they 
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I'm not sure about using chorizo in Italian cooking; seems wrong to me.
It pops up all over the place these days
It does..! 
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
But they do have to be cleaned....wiped is better imo
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
I rinse them, but I've been told many times not to
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
Not sure ...but I am not sure they usually make a decision after the first dish , do they
I've forgotten too
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
I rinse them, but I've been told many times not to
Tsk..! Get yourself a mushroom brush! Available in all good cook shops
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No it doesnt seem fair and doesn't give them a chance to settle in
I know what you mean, but I believe there are several rounds BEFORE the televised ones,
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
it's a bit quick if they don't
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
Not sure ...but I am not sure they usually make a decision after the first dish , do they
I've forgotten too
Don't they usually get them to make something of their own and then do the technical and then chuck one out
That looks like pappardelle
Originally Posted by Baz:
Whops that pasta
I have no clue what he's making
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Don't they usually get them to make something of their own and then do the technical and then chuck one out
That sounds vaguely familiar, Kaytee 
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
That looks like pappardelle
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
I rinse them, but I've been told many times not to
Tsk..! Get yourself a mushroom brush! Available in all good cook shops
A what?......a good wipe with a fresh cloth does me
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Awww shame ,.l.but no more swishing
not sure I like this chuck them off in the first round lark
No ....it's too quick to make a decision IMO !
Do you think they do a few prelims before the big one? They must have an idea who's good and who's not.
Not sure ...but I am not sure they usually make a decision after the first dish , do they
I've forgotten too
Don't they usually get them to make something of their own and then do the technical and then chuck one out
Yes ....that's what I thought I remembered ....
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
That looks like pappardelle
It is
I suspect no Italian would recognise it as pappardelle though!
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Don't they usually get them to make something of their own and then do the technical and then chuck one out
That sounds vaguely familiar, Kaytee
It did to me too
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Don't they usually get them to make something of their own and then do the technical and then chuck one out
I thinks so Kaytee,,,they never chucked them off after one round 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
that looks nice Monica
Yes, Monica's looks nice....pity I don't like pasta in any shape or form, except the vermicelli in chicken noodle soup!
is this deconstructed pasta
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
She said "wash" wild mushrooms before then saying wipe them down!
Bad form to wash a mushroom.
I rinse them, but I've been told many times not to
Tsk..! Get yourself a mushroom brush! Available in all good cook shops
A what?......a good wipe with a fresh cloth does me
Honest injuns, I saw one in a cook shop in Tunbridge Wells last week.
And very chi-chi it looked too
Originally Posted by Baz:
That pasta looks thick
It does.....and there's no presentation