You know that Masterchef??

[PrettyFeckinVacant]

Am I the only one who is shocked that these people, who are aspiring chefs, can't tell lamb from pork or duck??

Anyone else watching?

I'm watching. I was a bit that they didn't know it was lamb.

I'm not, dh is watchinf football.

I agree with your op though.

Also tha they don't know how to cook the 'classic' dishes. Like Moules Marrinaire(sp) yesterday.

Reckon they can spell it though??...??

Morons! The lot of them.

PLATE IS NOT A VERB.

That is all.

As you were.

assumetheposition

I love to cook but dont go in for all the fancy "art on a plate" shit.

I think some of them just want the food to look good but are not too bothered about how it tastes.

LOL @ tethersend

SHOUTY SHOUTY DON'T TAKE IT ALL SO SERIOUSLY.

Its food. Its NOT drama.

taffetacat, I simply cannot take Masterchef's willful destruction of the English language anymore.

I am so distressed, it has driven me to USE CAPITALS.

You see? I did it again. Look at what I've become.

I agree, surely the fact the dish looked morrocan/tunisian or whatever kind of was a clue that it was likely to be bloomin lamb.

I cannot stand the way John Torode eats when he samples the food, I have to look away it makes me feel so ill.

DH and I reckoned that they were so busy concentrating on all the spices that they didn't even notice the meat - just took it for granted.

Masterchef is annoying I hate the way they say
"you've got beefy mince, you've got meaty gravy, you've got creamy mash"

Also if the one with hair likes it the bald one doesn't and if the hairy one hates it the bald one likes it.

I mean surely surely you can tell the difference between lamb and pork by just looking at it ffs! let alone tasting it!

I hate John Terode's tongue

and I can't bear that they keep putting everyone through

just be ruthless

it's a lizard tongue that

Now even my dc's arrange their food on the plate like a masterchef dish!

notsoteenage, I remember they were slagged off for always agreeing in the last series so now they feel obliged to always disagree.

I agree silversky, the fact it was a morrocan dish was a give away.

Doesn't really take a degree in theology to work out that Moroccans aren't known for their pork dishes, nor are there that many ducks in the desert.

Tomorrows is also going to be riveting to watch no doubt.

Well, I will be there, shouting at the tv

We just sit on the sofa and chant "it needs a touch more seasoning" or "nicely seasoned" and so on. They are obsessed with seasoning.

So much so bloody husband asked me if I seasoned the chicken in the chicken curry last night. I gave him the "I am not on effing MasterChef" glare. He should think himself lucky I even know where the hob is!

Turkish, the dish was. I think. Looked delish.

I can forgive the thinking it was pork, but beef has a completely different colour and texture, as does duck.

llareggub
typing your name is difficult. Um. Seasoning. Yes. My brother is a chef and when I see him seasoning a dish, I always think that he is overdoing it but it then tastes delicious.

I think that more is more when it comes to seasoning.

llareggub - like the name.there's a house near us called llamedos. Took me a while.....

tethersend - sorry I didn't mean you SHOUTY SHOUTY etc. All that was directed at Masterchef, esp the oh so serious voiceover. I just thought your post was funny. Choked on my tea.

The thing that gets me most of all is the hackneyed "These two are going through, these two are out, so its between Marinated Lardon and Pan Fried Eggnog."
< cue ridiculous dramatic music >

The Guardian TV guide called the stupid tension music "a prolonged fart in a dustbin" and remembering that makes me laugh when it comes on instead of getting wound up by it.