my wife says they actually showed a clip of one of them collapsing ahead of time
was this hermine's - a box shape - which collapsed when mr. hollywood grasped at it? the moment was shown out of context in the next-week preview montage at the end of the previous week's ep giving the impression that it might have been one of those exciting baking mishaps.
― conrad, Friday, 23 October 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
linda making choux THREE times in the technical — they should have just escorted her out of the tent therei mean, her making literal samosas instead of pasties had me yelling at the tv so i am not sad she leftshe was like a nostalgia vampire, just like an endless stream of Milly Molly Mandy stories, riding to school on horseback, fetching milk from the cow, churning yer own butteh BE GONE
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 05:40 (three years ago) link
(i used to love Milly Molly Mandy though)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
her eclairs looked like churros
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 24 October 2020 05:53 (three years ago) link
lol they totally did!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 06:00 (three years ago) link
She must have been encouraged to be that much of a caricature surely? It did become a bit bizarre. (The story about her daughter did break me, mind.)
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 24 October 2020 08:42 (three years ago) link
we found her really sweet and charming, nice smile....but i always root for the seasoned older lady bakers who give a sense of having literally decades of experience building up rules of thumb. iirc she scored big in an early technical on a dish she'd never made, just from working out "hmm, it sounds like it's probably basically like this type of dough...." which i always enjoy seeing.not that that's ever enough to win the season in itself but i'd rather see those types make it to the mid-game at least, it's a show about amateur bakers after all.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
truei just was turned off by her dottiness this time. though i loved Val & Flo & the other old dears so i think just something about Linda annoyed me this time around
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
I don't think Linda made literal samosas. She made samosa-type filling, but the exterior wasn't samosa-type pastry. They looked delicious IMO.
― JRN, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
ok fine: they were the closest thing to a samosa you could get without making an actual samosa
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
i woulda noshed so many of the savory things that round. not the fish ones maybe.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
those cheese & onions looked like the goods, also Irish mark’s spicy indian ones
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
even lottie's which we were a little skeptical of at the beginning turned out as sth we'd devourloved seeing laura's tart get the love it deserved! several of the "cages" were really impressive
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 October 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
yeah the all-in ones like Laura’s and Peters were incredible, just for the fact that they came off the form in one piece- but all of them were p amazing, really also god i’m dying for an eclair after that technical lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
otmmmmmm
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 October 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Peter has such fine features, he looks like a Victorian-era doll somehow quite the baker too!i forget who got star baker this week - was it him or hermine?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
it wasn't Laura? lol i watched this this morning and can't remember
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
it was laura
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
oh yay Laura! i totally forgot lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
I recently found out that my local supermarket sells paneer, which I've been obsessing over, and seeing Mark's made me instantly want to make my own, it away least a dish with the same ingredients.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 25 October 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
Lottie is my fave but it feels like she's due to go home soon.
Somewhere upthread after just one episode I said I thought Matt seemed like a dud ... halfway through, I think it's worse than that. I think he detracts from the show. I don't think I've cracked a smile at one of his bits yet.
― alpine static, Sunday, 25 October 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
Still enjoying the show, mind you. Just doing so despite Matt. I don't know what they were thinking with him ...
― alpine static, Sunday, 25 October 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link
Prue's left the Tory party because of the food standards thing related to the Brexit she voted for, which she already knew about because everyone fucking told her about but she didn't believe because these fucking thick choads are in permanent denial of the inevitable results of every shitty fucking decision they ever make
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Sunday, 25 October 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
Her son Danny Krueger is still a SPAD at Number 10.
― santa clause four (suzy), Sunday, 25 October 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
goddammit
We are deeply saddened to hear that Luis Troyano has passed away. It was a huge honour and pleasure to have him in the Bake Off Tent for Series Five. Our condolences and thoughts go out to his friends and family. pic.twitter.com/4gLiNBGaUL— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) November 3, 2020
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
oh shit King Louis :( loved watching him bakerip. seemed like such a lovely guy
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
His season was the first I watched, he was such a force in the tent, and that two-fisted gif of him is all-time. :(
I wanted to mention that although I really enjoyed Japanese week, I thought it a tremendous missed opportunity that it happened so long after Kim-Joy was a contestant.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
agreed
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
lol every single thing she made on her season was kawaii
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
lol exactly
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Everything EXCEPT her finale bake!
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
we dont talk about that
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Laughed out loud at Matt's "Paul is so strong"
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 6 November 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
gawd icecream is stressful
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 November 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
Sad to see Lottie go, I had a bit of a crush on her.
― chap, Saturday, 7 November 2020 10:29 (three years ago) link
showstopper for this was painful. i feel like if a frozen component is required, the challenge should be broken up into blocks, like they've done sometimes when something has to prove a long time or w/e --- "gotta be in the freezer by x time, then we reconvene tomorrow." because when would britain's best amateur baker EVER try to make the whole ice cream shebang in one sprint like that, with or without hot weather? i mean obviously some people managed it just fine, but it just seems kinda cheap. let the focus be on outright bad decisions, like including things that will be tooth-breakingly hard when frozen.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 November 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, they could lean into this next year, if they have to go into complete seclusion again. No point in cramming everything into one day's shooting if you are all there for the whole week anyway. Make it more like the pros.
― trishyb, Saturday, 7 November 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
or have "wolverine week" where one angry wolverine is roaming the kitchen... how will they cope?
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 November 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
I am so so so sad Lottie's gone :(
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 7 November 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
i loved that Noel called her “catface” <3she was rad & had THE best sense of humor. loved her
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
my boyfriend kept calling her "Shirley Manson" lol
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
haha
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
loved lottie's wit/energy, sad to see her gone too
otoh *thrilled* for hermine! she is my fave
also loved marc's shirt this week
― donna rouge, Saturday, 7 November 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
hermine is such a treasure
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 November 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
yeah she's probably our #1
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 8 November 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link
Hermine finally getting a win softens the blow a lot, that showstopper was super neat, love her steady yet delicate hand.
Echoing all the sentiments for Cat Face, really going to miss her dry humor.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
and her eyeliner!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
Yes! Dry eyeliner, until the very end.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
i'm pretty done with Dave tho
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 8 November 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
i was hoping he’d go this week tbhhis overcooked donuts looked like baked potatoes, i loled so hard
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 November 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link