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Showing posts with label pastries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pastries. Show all posts

Saturday, October 17, 2020

To Binge or Not to Binge. That is the question.

As television becomes our outreach to shows we have never seen before, we rejoice in finding quality entertainment.  Some of the ones we like are British Mysteries. Pretty much we have discovered new ones to join our list of favorites and watch one daily. We set up the show, lean back with some snacks, and prepare for excellence.

The British film is recorded in a unique style. No car crashes or big shoot outs, but they delve into the team work between law enforcement, the people, excellent writing and film work. Incorporating the amazing scenery of the English countryside, it is a great watching.

In our Binge Watching, we watch Midsomer Murders, Endeavor, New Tricks and others with great anticipation.

America is guilty of fast food frenzy during this time. The drive in line to Chick-Fillet winds around, out of the parking lot, out to the adjoining street, turning out onto the main street. Dairy Queen is way busy, too.    

But, the best show ever is the Great British Baking show.


This video is about 3 minutes long. It introduces the judges and contestants.

If you are unfamiliar with this brilliance, watch one episode, just watch it. You will look at baked goods unlike ones you may have seen somewhere. The master bakers are Paul Hollywood (yes, that is his name), Mary Berry (yes, that is her name). Mary stepped down and was replaced by Prue Leith. All the judges are legendary for their baking, which they showcase on their Masterclass episodes.


This video is about 8 minutes long and well worth the watch. What the 12 amateur bakers can put together in time constraints is utterly awe inspiring.

Binge watching this British program meant inspired me to bake something unfamiliar, with unknown recipes.  By golly, it was fun. I did not eat these creations; our gr-daughters made quick work of whatever I gave them.


                                       Summer fruit baked Alaska...there is no way I would                                                         attempt this.

My beloved and I did not make quick work of it all. He grumbled.  Oh well.


                                My offspring gave me this at Christmas

I cannot say that I have tackled some of these recipes. I can say that I tried to do a few simple ones. Oh, well.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

My secret love


There are very few TV programs I enjoy.  My husband is an-almost-indiscriminant watcher of TV.  He loves having a DVR, and records anything that might be about poker, the Universe, Black Holes, science fiction,  golf,  physics/math/chemistry, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis…well, you can see his mind bent.
 For me, TV viewing needs to have certain parameters:
  • No car chases
  • No  formulaic plot line
  • No gratuitous near-nudity
  • No thinly veiled political correctness
So far I have effectively eliminated almost every show on TV.  That leaves very few choices.
Fortunately there are the food related programs namely "Cake Boss".
Hoboken, New Jersey, here I come!  For there, I will find Carlos’ Bakery and meet the man of my dreams:  Buddy. 
Buddy, how I thrill at the thought of your Italian pastries!  Oh, I long to bite into the flaky, creamy custard filled ‘lobster tail’ that is made with obscene amounts of butter and cream.  I want to stand in front of the glass case that is filled with delightful creations, and hear your sister Mary yell out, “Well, are you gonna buy somethin’, or you wanta just drool?”
Oh, Buddy, I want to sit across the table from you and order the most incredible, impossible cake and see what you create.  You made the Zombie cake today, and my heart nearly stopped.  Your tribute to the circus world was pure artistry.