Ooh, Masterchef Professionals!

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11-05-2019, 01:44 PM
Sir C

Ooh, Masterchef Professionals!

8 weeks of head-shaking and smug superiority from my sofa. "Supposed to be a professional chef and doesn't know how to make a beurre blanc / joint a pheasant / poach a salmon?" :yikes: :cloud9:
11-05-2019, 01:47 PM
Pat Vegas

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Originally Posted by Sir C

8 weeks of head-shaking and smug superiority from my sofa. "Supposed to be a professional chef and doesn't know how to make a beurre blanc / joint a pheasant / poach a salmon?" :yikes: :cloud9:

oooh it's that time of year.
11-05-2019, 01:52 PM
Herbert Augustus Chapman

Have you ever actually worked as a chef c or was your mighty high

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Originally Posted by Sir C

8 weeks of head-shaking and smug superiority from my sofa. "Supposed to be a professional chef and doesn't know how to make a beurre blanc / joint a pheasant / poach a salmon?" :yikes: :cloud9:

opinion of your culinary talents garnered in your own kitchen alone? :-D
11-05-2019, 02:05 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

opinion of your culinary talents garnered in your own kitchen alone? :-D

Actually I have no great opinion of my own cooking, except that I do the simple things well (or at least, with care) and can manage the basic technical tasks - decent knife skills, consistent emulsion sauces, accurate judgement when sauteeing, that sort of thing.

Solid, but dull. That's how I'd describe my culinary abilities.
11-05-2019, 02:16 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Sir C

8 weeks of head-shaking and smug superiority from my sofa. "Supposed to be a professional chef and doesn't know how to make a beurre blanc / joint a pheasant / poach a salmon?" :yikes: :cloud9:

My favourite bit is when they unearth the ones have clearly never done anything more complex than add a garnish to something they've reheated in a microwave and ask them to prepare lamb sweetbreads. Very funny imo. It gets a bit boring after that.

There was that private chef who made the final a few years back with his horrific poncified vegan nonsense and then dropped dead while running the London Marathon. How I laughed. :hehe:
11-05-2019, 02:18 PM
TheCurly

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Actually I have no great opinion of my own cooking, except that I do the simple things well (or at least, with care) and can manage the basic technical tasks - decent knife skills, consistent emulsion sauces, accurate judgement when sauteeing, that sort of thing.

Solid, but dull. That's how I'd describe my culinary abilities.

I once made spaghetti bolognese.I couldn't have been more proud.
11-05-2019, 02:20 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by TheCurly

I once made spaghetti bolognese.I couldn't have been more proud.

You put ketchup in it, didn't you, c?
11-05-2019, 02:20 PM
barrybueno

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Originally Posted by Burney

My favourite bit is when they unearth the ones have clearly never done anything more complex than add a garnish to something they've reheated in a microwave and ask them to prepare lamb sweetbreads. Very funny imo. It gets a bit boring after that.

There was that private chef who made the final a few years back with his horrific poncified vegan nonsense and then dropped dead while running the London Marathon. How I laughed. :hehe:

haha I didn't know that, I'm having my laugh now :hehe:

Verdict: Diet didn't include enough runner beans.
11-05-2019, 02:22 PM
TheCurly

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Originally Posted by Burney

You put ketchup in it, didn't you, c?

No,no....sauce from a jar of course but added in onions,garlic and what not.THAT I CUT UP MYSELF
11-05-2019, 02:22 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

haha I didn't know that, I'm having my laugh now :hehe:

Verdict: Diet didn't include enough runner beans.

I wouldn't normally laugh, but he was a right smug ****, bb. Also, his food looked terrible.
11-05-2019, 02:27 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by TheCurly

No,no....sauce from a jar of course but added in onions,garlic and what not.THAT I CUT UP MYSELF

:clap: :bow: This almost certainly makes you one of Northern Ireland's top 10 chefs, c.
11-05-2019, 02:30 PM
barrybueno

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Originally Posted by Burney

I wouldn't normally laugh, but he was a right smug ****, bb. Also, his food looked terrible.

Smug as well eh? He needed punishing, bet he was the sort of annoying **** who hassled people about their carbon footprints too.
11-05-2019, 02:32 PM
Burney

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Smug as well eh? He needed punishing, bet he was the sort of annoying **** who hassled people about their carbon footprints too.

:nod: He'd have been all over thon Greta Tunbridge imo.
11-05-2019, 02:34 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by TheCurly

No,no....sauce from a jar of course but added in onions,garlic and what not.THAT I CUT UP MYSELF

What of the spaghetti, c? Did you add sufficient salt to the water to make it 'as salty as the Mediterannean'? Did you cook it until just al dente but not chalky?
11-05-2019, 02:41 PM
TheCurly

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Originally Posted by Sir C

What of the spaghetti, c? Did you add sufficient salt to the water to make it 'as salty as the Mediterannean'? Did you cook it until just al dente but not chalky?

Oh i would put salt on my salt given the chance.In regards to the pissgetty I believe 5 minutes after it comes to the boil was my choice.
11-05-2019, 02:43 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Sir C

What of the spaghetti, c? Did you add sufficient salt to the water to make it 'as salty as the Mediterannean'? Did you cook it until just al dente but not chalky?

Shall we tell him pasta has eggs in? :-(
11-05-2019, 02:44 PM
TheCurly

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Originally Posted by Burney

Shall we tell him pasta has eggs in? :-(

:D lol....ooh....i didn't actually eat it,b
I'm not a poof or owt
11-05-2019, 02:48 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by TheCurly

:D lol....ooh....i didn't actually eat it,b
I'm not a poof or owt

Very wise, c. Foreign muck.
11-05-2019, 02:57 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Burney

Shall we tell him pasta has eggs in? :-(

Does pasta count as a vegetable? It's got wheat in.
11-05-2019, 03:00 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Does pasta count as a vegetable? It's got wheat in.

No. Fried slice made with beastie fat has wheat in and it's definitely not a vegetable.