Triggered by Masterchef

[pineapplecrushed]

to hate the way the chefs on Masterchef always say 'plate of food' instead of just 'food' or 'dish'?
I HATE IT.

Teaming a bootcut jean with a low heeled boot and a red lip. So half dressed then?

My peeve is when something is described as “pan fried”. What else is it going to be fried in? A washing up bowl? 🤣

And back to football commentators “I think that should have been a pen”. Penalty - say the full word you wanker!

on masterchef its "that is great cookery" what, no one says that... you mean "great cooking"

Haven't watched it for a few years, but used to hate the critics saying the food 'eats well'. 'Eat' is a verb. The food is not the one doing the eating.

Feels like we could have a Masterchef bingo card, winner gets to have a nice plate of food. I propose ‘running through it’ to be on there- its always a flavour running through it’ used to describe EVERY dish.

Yes and why do they never just say 'a nice dinner'

Or 'my tea'

I fry my plates of food when doing the cookery, in my tumble dryer.

Oh my god what are you giving them ideas for?

Fusion cooking. That would be an extra 50 quid in a restaurant.

I was about to say similar @likelysuspect!

James Martin has a very annoying habit of saying “a litte bit of” for almost every ingredient he throws in the pan …… except his notoriously generous helpings of butter which are never “a little bit of” at all 🥴

But it is a plate of food. It's a plate. With food on.

Though this made me think that maybe when they do something silly like serve it on a palm leaf Marcus should send it back saying "No we asked for a PLATE OF FOOD"

Like on MN when someone explains something very simple and puts IYSWIM? at the end. As if they are sooooo complex.

They're an accommodating trouser.

And a smoky eye.
🤯

Great idea! Thanks for the tip 🤣

When it comes to Masterchef it wouldn't surprise me if they used a repurposed shield they claim was used by Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth and gifted to their nan after she knitted him a natty bobble hat.

I am always like 🙄at the way many tv chefs act like cooking some dinner is on a par with performing life saving heart surgery.

OP, I often feel the same way, so I think you would absolutely love WeWantPlates (just Google it - there’s a subreddit, but probably Facebook groups and Instagram accounts too). It’s people sharing photos of the super pretentious non-plate (and often useless) ways they have been served food - burger on a fucking log! Fish and chips in a fucking shovel! Bacon hung with clips like the washing! So beyond ridiculous and really helps to laugh at it.

reminded me of this

While we're here "mouth feel" can do one! "The tapioca pearls have a lovely mouth feel" 😂
And they put their fingers bloody everywhere! That venison could be dusted for fingerprints, mate!
And it takes so long to 'plate up', that half the food must be stone cold before it gets sampled. And I bet they're not gonna zap in the micro-wah-vay for 30 seconds!

Yes I wonder about the temperature, its rested, its been fingered and fiddled with, its been rolled on the jay cloth. Its now stone cold.

Could not agree with you more about “mouth feel.” It’s a fucking texture. It’s texture whether you feel it with your hands or your mouth or anything else. But “mouth feel” just always makes me think of these emojis: 👁️ 👄 👁️ Maybe because then it both looks AND sounds alien… imagine… new Masterchef host from a far galaxy off Saturn’s left side…

👁️ 👄 👁️: “I just loved the mouth feel.”

eats well
elevated
plate of food

all good for throwing things at the tv