Roll up, roll up, Hollywood Handshakes for all! Great British Bake Off 3rd Thread

[Myimaginarycathasfleas]

And we’re off

Kim-Joy's little face!

So you would think, Fuzzy

like the look of Manon's

They do look lovely. I’m a sucker for a fruit meringue.

I like those spikey meringues <

makes mental note to spike meringues next time>

I do feel the cloudy detritus from a drained can of beans of any variety is usually slightly malodorous and well, yak. You really do have to suspend disbelief.

:)

I am a master of fork twirling meringue , but may have to try piping

🥝 Fruit.. 🤢... I'm allergic to them!!

I kind of miss the days where the Technical was about judging actual technical skills. You know, as in, do they have the technical knowledge to make this basic thing. Like, can they make a creme pat without a recipe.

I know meringue is kind of a basic skill. But the technicals in recent series seem to be more along the lines of "Can they make this thing no one has ever heard of?"

Rahul is definitely more cheerful. And excited.

Fair point Lemon

Ugh he still irritates me

Myimaginary - but surely every cupboard has chickpeas already? right at the back behind the polenta, dried apricots and raspberry vinegar, with a pre -millenial expiry date

I know Lemon

I like the basic - "see you could make this at home " stuff, too.

I'm not keen on this trawling the British Library Arcane Cookery Section to find something no-one has heard of.

Same as Strictly - you can't recognise most of the dances because they just go for showmanship. It's the same here. I liked the old days better (I know - I'm an Ole Trout )

With my dyspraxia piping would be my idea of hell.
I did however see a Mary Berry hint a while ago where she suggested putting icing in a clean squeeze ketchup bottle and squeeze it out like that which I could manage!! 😂 😂 😂

I imagine the prodigious amount of sugar in a meringue deals with the beaniness. What I can’t get over is the whiteness of them. I expected them to look a bit more wholefoody.

that Dr Oetker advert is driving me mad - he is so no quite in tune when singing , and pulls it in at the very last minute

That's where I keep mine, too shower

I'm an old trout too - joining the whinge club!

Same here fleas

I definitely thought the meringues would be beige.

ooh, I use a lot of chickpeas ( and a lot of other beans/pulses as well )

Glad it's not just me @SneakyGremlins

We'll issue membership cards, and perhaps have whinging competitions book

Competitive wingers - join here. (Form an orderly queue)