Chicken feet and deep-fried eyeball? That's a pop-up right there! Masterchef: The Professionals Thread 4

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Please enjoy the delights of the new thread, Chuffians.

Ooh, what are you watching Ohwhat? we love a bit of Scandi noir….

Aww thank you. Sitting down to watch now.

Potted Potterings!!!!

More chef wankery waffle! Why is it always Noma?!
Choctimous Prime?! REALLY!!!! FFS. Wankery nonsense. Now that sounded a GBM dish for sure.

Faffy food. Joys.

Mouth feel. Ick.

Cute tuille ill give him that.

Ooh sea bream. Grumpy!!! I love grumpy fish.

Lobster and whisky, gimme.

Venison. Yay. Poxy pea custard again. Ooh mortadella.

That dessert looks lovely.

Its usually wanker chef or a senior chef who makes the consomme......alright big head!!

Stop moaning georgia (mind you that does look a pox to plate i wont lie)

Its odd not having the judges tasting the dishes. Wonder why.

The wanky chef is very uptight.

Langos. Stop it. It grates like holibobs.

Fair play to all of them getting thru that ballache.

Oh god. Someone special to you. Feck sake.

Gareth's dish sounds tasty. Wonder how it will go?
Looks good. Hes not going anywhere.

Tapioca. No thanks. Shame. Rest sounds nice.
That tapioca looks rough. Darn. Not enough foam. POXY MOUTH FEEL 🤬

Are you SURE its been 14 years Luke? You didnt seem sure!! I dont like truffle. Smells like socks. Tastes how id imagine socks do. I also dont like honey, or figs. So pass for me.
Interesting looking plate. Ooh they seem to like this.

Irish lads uncle Dermot just LOOKS irish!!! Pthivier (i know thats spelled wrong!!!) The whole in the top makes me think of birds baked in a pie!!
Too many shrooms thanks. Ooh they like it. Yay.

Fish tortellini in brodo?! Odd. I really dont get tomato consomme!!! Tomato water like?!
Oh god that consomme sounds even worse now they mentioned the mussels and clams!!
Damn sounds like they like hers.

Im praying Georgia bogs off. But im suspicious now watching their opinions she wont....

I'm scared. I feel like Caroline got the worst feedback.......

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! 💃💃💃

Excellent rundown @PotterHead1985 😊 Isn’t it weird that 'mouthfeel' hasn’t really featured in MC for all these years and now suddenly they keep saying it? They need to stop!

Thank goodness Georgia went.

I think mouth feel used to be texture or an actual description- it should be crispy or crunchy or smooth

Exactly. Crispy, crunchy, smooth, tangy, god even claggy. But just 'mouth feel'!!!

Just catching up on last night's episode.
Why do they always mention that Luke is a "father of four"?
"Could you just make it clear that standing in front of a hot stove hasn't killed off my swimmers, lads?"

I noticed that but I thought it was rather good as they always do it to women- a levelling up

I’ve missed all this mouth feel..when do they say it?

Oh?
I hadn't noticed that particularly.
I know they often have a tag, like "ex-vet Sam" or something. Is there a number above which it's worth mentioning, I wonder. We only recently found out that Gareth is a father of two. Or that his fiancée has "given him" two children.
Sounds a bit like she was stuck for a birthday present.

Well it was Matt last night, I cant remember now whose dish it was about, someone else might. They've been doing it on gbm a lot this season too

I wonder if the "mouth feel" thing has filtered into the mainstream from eating disorder therapy? For instance I've seen a therapist letter to a patient encouraging them to try to introduce eg one new food a week, and try different textures to overcome an aversion to a particular type of food. Can't say I recall seeing the words "mouth feel" but I think it's the sort of thing that would be discussed in these situations.
Anyway, please can we get back to using the word "Texture".

We saw hi is kids in the intro to skills test - unfortunately

I’m glad you notice the “given him”

there were complaints about the “mum of however many” in the Olympics

Oh goody, catching up on last week's gbm and wankery chef Jon is on!

There was 'Mum-of-4-Jane' a few years ago - she often appears as a 'previous finalist' judge (I don’t think she won - was it Irini who won in her year?).

As for mouthfeel, afaik it’s often used by food technologists when they develop dishes for commercial sale eg in supermarkets. I’ve certainly seen documentaries where panels are tasting recipes and assessing different factors - 'mouthfeel' often comes into it, especially if they’re developing things like gluten-free or diet options that need to taste like standard versions.

ETA - no, I'm wrong - Jane did win, 2016.

Yes on your mouth feel referencing

So that's twice this week I've seen Jon's ash crackers!!

I get less annoyed when they do it about sportswomen & athletes - I mean they’ve grown a whole person inside them (sometimes more than one, either at the same time or separately) and they still both want to and can achieve the physical stuff they do? I feel like for me it adds to the impressiveness of their achievements.

It’s not really relevant for male athletes though, or people doing most other things.

Yes that’s generally the take and agreed it’s worth mentioning - that was the response given on something I watched

But what do they say? I’ve missed it completely

”mouthfeel on This one is great” ???

But what do they say? I’ve missed it completely
”mouthfeel on This one is great” ???

@Uglydumpling yes, essentially! IIRC they literally have said something like 'this has a great mouthfeel'. It’s very weird!

I hate ‘mouthfeel’ too. I’m also (irrationally but very) irritated by the way they use meltinthemouth as a one-word adjective. ‘The beef was meltinthemouth’. No, it melts in the mouth. Or melted in your mouth. The lamb did it too. Argh!

Tonight at 9.00 folks - see you there!

Ooh what a night, quiz night and masterchef (and the first night I'm home in forever it seems). See you later. If I can stay awake. @Sunbird24 hope you manage to stay awake too!