Reality Raver is away at the moment and has entrusted the Masterchef recaps to me. This means that I’ll be busy blogging over at Reality Ravings, trying to cover most episodes.
I was pleased to see that the tears have dried up (I’m hoping that last night’s challenge was the beginning of a new tear-free era), but less pleased that good and the bad were so clearly revealed by the editing, and displeased that so many faces – and, more to the point, dishes – didn’t make it to the screen last night.
My relationship with Masterchef last year was as hot and cold as the theme song, but for the most part I loved to hate it. If things continue the way they are now, though, I’ll be more tempted to kneecap than recap.
Injera
Enjoy your recaps and also this blog, but I am missing someone writing up on the masterclasses. So much material there, as the psychiatrist said of Basil Fawlty.. enough material there for a whole conference.
Anyhoo I’ll bore you with my comments on Sun nite’s MC class.
Geo’s so called burger WTF?
Hard boiled eggs in a meatloaf YUCK squared. Did not think much of the ingredients anyhoo. I never use breadcrumbs and always find yoghurt makes a tastier binder than egg, however the use of jambon was a good idea, but I’d use it instead of bacon in a real burger with a sesame seed bun,( not a meatloaf)
And wot is Geo’s love affair with beet root? I know you can beat an egg but you cant beat a root BUT…. Far too sweet for burgers which should be savoury.
Also enuff of the water baths and plastic bags. Wot an utterly bland way of cooking meat, how can you possibly get that wonderful slightly smokey flavour that way?
And surely Geo knows that the pickled gherkin is the one ingredient nearly everybody removes even from Macca’s burgers! speaking of which theairony of the ad immediately following this segment ,ie for Macca’s Big Angus did not escape me . Hoo hah.
And Gary if you ever serve up sausage rolls with mashed cauliflower to any kids they will spit it out. that is NOT a flavour you can easily disguise. what next? Pureed Brussels sprouts ( the one food apart from century egg i refuse to eat)
Agree totally with your analysis of the Masterclass, with one exception – I love beetroot too, despite that pun! I don’t always have it on a burger, though, but have been known to request it as an addition when ordering a non-beetroot burger. George’s take on the burger looked particularly unappetising. Somebody on Twitter commented that it looked like a Scotch Egg, without the deep-frying part, which I’d say is the BEST part of a Scotch Egg.
Water baths are the new black, aren’t they?
Sorry you’ve been missing the Masterclass recaps. Maybe once RR is back I might pop the occasional one on, but Masterchef is a pretty exhausting schedule for her as well as everything else she’s covering. I’m already knackered after two recaps! I’ll put up an open post on Friday so that people can chat about the Masterclass while it’s on, as well as in retrospect.
Injera
I’m not against beet root as its “quite nice” but I find the sweetness off putting in a burger, although contradictorially, i have been known to put a THIN slice of pineapple (fresh not tinned) on burgers occasionally.
I just wonder why Geo is so obsessed with it as i remember it from quite a few masterclasses in MC1
Anyway to me the essence of a good burger lies in getting the onions cooked properly
PS keep up the good recaps! Yes it would be a monster task to do each one every night.
Call me crazy, but I love beetroot AND gherkins in hamburgers! And although I thought the plate looked beautiful, to call that a hamburger is like saying I sing like Michael Buble.
Katya
what is crazy about it? We all like different things and that’s what makes life interesting.
Certainly meat loaf and burgers are Cheese and chalk.