Fabulous Baker Brothers
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miniman

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29,939 posts

290 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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These challenges are fun, aren't they? I presume the winner gets to go on the top bunk and have first go with the gimp mask.

DJFish

6,015 posts

291 months

Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Watching this (recorded) for the first & last time.
I'm still on the fence as to whether it's actually a very clever dark, ironic comedy show.
What a load of contrived, aspirational middle class bullst!
"if you haven't got any homemade butter you can just use shop bought"
Where did they find these wkers?

Dunclane

1,460 posts

197 months

Wednesday 25th January 2012
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They are annoying but I do like the look of the food they cook, and there's. I denying the older one is a quality baker.

jardinec

392 posts

240 months

Wednesday 25th January 2012
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miniman said:
These challenges are fun, aren't they? I presume the winner gets to go on the top bunk and have first go with the gimp mask.
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I watch almost every cooking show on th TV, but these guys are just weird. The staged Antics are cringe worthy.

KP328

1,878 posts

223 months

Thursday 26th January 2012
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I refuse to believe the wooden table they prepare the food on is hygienically clean enough, also the fake embarrassing banter between the brothers put me off watching it.

indi pearl

319 posts

225 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Interesting your comment with regard to wooden preperation surfaces and boards.
Wood has been used for centuries, presumably due to availability and the ability not to blunt knives. However in the eighties the oh so clever Public Health Inspectorate decided that wood was no longer deemed hygenic and insisted food establishments turned to stainless steel (blunt knife problems) or polythene/nylon blocks and boards. There was a fair degree of resistance, especially from butchers who had used wooden block benches since the trade began. Some butchers refused to change and were duly both persecuted and prosecuted.
However scientific study contiued and it became apparent that contrary to the PHI view natural (unvarnished) wood board is the most hygenic and least liable to harbour bacterial material. It took years for the Public Health bodies to retract their requirement for plastic materials and no recompence or even apology ever made to those that suffered prosecution for their false beliefs.
There is a whole chapter regarding this debarcle in this book.
Global Warming and Other bks.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547183

freecar

4,249 posts

215 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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indi pearl said:
Interesting your comment with regard to wooden preperation surfaces and boards.
Wood has been used for centuries, presumably due to availability and the ability not to blunt knives. However in the eighties the oh so clever Public Health Inspectorate decided that wood was no longer deemed hygenic and insisted food establishments turned to stainless steel (blunt knife problems) or polythene/nylon blocks and boards. There was a fair degree of resistance, especially from butchers who had used wooden block benches since the trade began. Some butchers refused to change and were duly both persecuted and prosecuted.
However scientific study contiued and it became apparent that contrary to the PHI view natural (unvarnished) wood board is the most hygenic and least liable to harbour bacterial material. It took years for the Public Health bodies to retract their requirement for plastic materials and no recompence or even apology ever made to those that suffered prosecution for their false beliefs.
There is a whole chapter regarding this debarcle in this book.
Global Warming and Other bks.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547183
Thanks for that! I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands this, I saw one of those sciencey type shows a while ago where they measured how much bacteria grew on different surfaces (probably prompted by the retraction of the old rules) and the wooden one was the clear winner, actually reducing bacteria numbers where the others all multiplied like gang busters!

KP328

1,878 posts

223 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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I guess after being surrounded by shiny stainless steel for the last 20 years in the work place the wood table looked odd to me.

Japveesix

4,576 posts

196 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Seen the first two of these and love the look of most of the food they prepare, anything the baker does especially looks fantastic.

They are portrayed as utter smug cocks though and the fake jostling and banter is tedious. Still a decent cookery show just needs to be toned down a touch if they do any other series. smile

maxxy5

771 posts

192 months

Saturday 28th January 2012
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Smug cocks

PJ S

10,842 posts

255 months

Saturday 28th January 2012
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Food looks great, but format just feels very contrived.
Get more enjoyment watching back The Hungry Sailors, with father and son pairing, Dick and James Strawbridge.

Mr Gearchange

5,892 posts

234 months

Wednesday 1st February 2012
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KP328 said:
the fake embarrassing banter between the brothers put me off watching it.
This. Most everyone knows how brothers interact:

"You're gay"
"fk off - you're gay"
"Your clothes are bent"
"ps off - your Mrs is fat"
"At least I've got a Mrs you massive cockmuncher"
"You drive a girls car"
Etc etc.

Anything else is staged bks and everyone knows it.