First things first...
RIP GBBO?!?: Well, pass me the Zivania-infused Cypriot bread and get me a ruddy grip! I think we all need the Mel and Sue sandwich this week... Basically, Mary, Paul, Mel and Sue
are the GBBO Beatles – and who wants to see the Wings of televised baking? (Or, even worse, the Paul McCartney - Hollywood'll hold on til Challenge TV are making it, won't he?)
But anyway, let's not dwell - we still have several weeks of good baking cheer left. And we mustn't ignore the WONDER that was...
Batter Week
Mel & Sue Sandwich: Cheerio Kate - back
to the farm. She must’ve wished she'd had a BATTER week, EH? (Mwahaha, all the chortles.) But her Christmas
Yorkshires were too small and her rabbit churros were too demonic.
Lucky escape: (Val’s going to win this thing, isn’t she?) Tom came closest to going - though he was frankly lucky he wasn’t ejected from the
tent for putting fennel in his churros - yuck. His Sig Bake didn't go well either, but I’d OBVIOUSLY still have eaten his excessively flat Yorkshire Puddings – sure, it’s better
if they rise, but a Yorkie’s a Yorkie.
You eat it regardless.
Ma Baker: Benjamina – though I can’t
really remember what she did this week. I think she made churros that looked
like churros.
Smut-watch: Selasi’s lace pankies
looked like bums, whilst Candice confirmed she’s a “tosser all the way”. Candice always makes smut-watch, doesn't she? What a gal.
What has Selasi tried to wing this
week?: Paul looks at Selasi’s churros. “They’re
burnt, Selasi.” Selasi does innocent face. “Are they?”
Baking doesn’t get any BATTER than
this:
A sample of texts received from my sister during the show:
“Yorkshire puddings. The pinnacle of
food.”
“Oh lord. Wellington.
Yes.”
“I’d just have a Yorkshire pudding
filled with more Yorkshire pudding and covered in a Yorkshire pudding.”
“At uni, I once bought a whole pack
of aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire puddings, cooked them all and ate them in one
sitting. Like pop corn.”
“100% real.”
“Batter week is the BOMB.”
“It is the opposite of crepe.”
“I only speak the truth.”
She DOES only speak the truth. Batter Week – you’ll remain in our hearts as
a one-off thing of fried, delicious beauty. It was a wondrous time, even though the only way to improve a Yorkshire Pudding is to double your quantities of Yorkshire Pudding.
Next time: Pastry. Don't even THINK about going shop-bought.
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