Do food critics annoy you?

[maytreefrannie]

I enjoy Masterchef, not for the critics, but for the food ideas that the contestants bring to it.

Come on, Nicos and Rhona - please tell us what you (Rhona) and OH (Nicos) cooked and give us the inside info!

[Flummery]

I've seen a few Masterchef things but I can't be faffed watching it every time. I'm afraid I look at a plate full of artistically aranged stuff and want to know where the heap of mash or pile of roasties is! Must be my distant Irish ancestry. They never look like a proper dinner to me!

[Alison]

Know what you mean Flum, there never seems enough green stuff for my liking either and when there is some they have a nasty habit of pureeing it - why would you do that, what's wrong with a bit of texture!

[Flummery]

Or they steam a single sprig of purple sprouting and sprinkle it with sesame seeds!
Don't get me going, Alison!

[OverWyreGrower]

I was watching "Professional Masterchef" last week, and Michel Roux Jnr said "no-one can eat that amount of mashed potato" - there was about 1 serving spoon full on the plate!!!

[SlugLobber]

I can't watch Master Chef anymore. I find the critics far too annoying, especially the 'fat necked dude' and the dark-haired sarcastic one. I couldn't possibly enter as I'd probably throw the food at them.

I prefer 'Come Dine With Me', these days. It's like cooking crossed with wife swap. Immensely entertaining!

[OverWyreGrower]

Is that the one where you take a group of strangers and all have dinner parties in a week and rate each other??

[skegblade]

I was watching "Professional Masterchef" last week, and Michel Roux Jnr said "no-one can eat that amount of mashed potato" - there was about 1 serving spoon full on the plate!!!

He obviously hasn't met me yet then

Phil

[skegblade]

That's the one OWG. Very entertaining; especially when someone who tries being better than the others falls flat on their face

Phil

[FionaH]

I struggle with domesticity so I work on the theory of I cooked it and your gonna eat it. Still losing in the roast potatoe stakes too

[Two_Sheds]

Mr Sheds watches MasterChef religiously - even though he doesn't cook. What's that all about? (food porn I guess).

Fat Neck Dude just seems to eat everything - while Skinny Roux doesn't seem to like vegetables at all, just raw meat.

I'd love to go on their daft show with my Baked Bean Lasagne, all slopped on the plate

[nelliegemini]

I was annoyed on Masterchef last Thursday - at last we had a women cooking! Her food apparently tasted delicious, but didn't look very pretty. Both 'judges' applauded the taste - she had never cooked squid before but provided two good plates. The 'veg man' said it was easier to teach presentation than flavouring, the ability to cook well was a talent. Michel Roux appeared to agree, but what happened? A guy won. His food wasn't as tasty but was prettier! I was really pleased when the winner was subsequently knocked out of the finals.

So what was the problem, are you telling me that a holder of 3 Michelin stars prefers appearance to taste - is that what you get your stars for? In that case I'd far rather eat at the pub where the woman cooks than Michel Roux's resturant (cheaper too). Of course she was a girl, and worked as a pub cook, and came from the North - but surely that had nothing to do with it

[OverWyreGrower]

He obviously hasn't met me yet then

Phil

Or Mr OWG.... he can eat enough mashed potato for 4 people....

[OverWyreGrower]

That's the one OWG. Very entertaining; especially when someone who tries being better than the others falls flat on their face

Phil

I regularly cook dinner-party food for 6 to 7 people (3 or 4 times a month) and never have that many disasters!!

I can't understand why someone wouldn't organise themselves so they weren't serving the main course at midnight... and heaven forfend, one of them ran out of wine last week!!

[SlugLobber]

In my day, people took a bottle to a dinner party. That means that everyone would have at least a bottle to drink! I saw that episode when they ran out and thought, 'Pi55 heads'!!

Did you see the one where the woman was stuck in the 70s? She had microwave cook books in her kitchen, too, tee hee!

I have my theoretical CDWM menu all figured out.

Caprese to start, Lasagna as main, Tiramisu as dessert. All made in advance, all easy and delicious! Oh dear, feeling hungry, now!