Cooking isn't rocket science...

[Mrs Miggins]

If you've never seen anyone cook anything then no, I don't think it is that easy or intuitive.

It's not necessarily obvious for instance that you should fry onions and garlic first as a base for e.g. a stew or a sauce. And what does "in a little oil" mean? How much? a teaspoon? How high should the heat be? What kind of pan should you use? etc. etc.

Baking is definitely far from straightforward. I know how to make cakes and pastry through watching my mother do it and every set of instructions I've ever read leaves some sort of judgement to be made. How long to cream the butter and sugar for a sponge? how much water to add to "make a stiff dough" for your pastry? And with pastry, every time you make it it's different so you can't actually say a teaspoon or 2 tablespoons of water - you just need to know what the consistency should be.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

That's Heston Blumenthal, not Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Yes that's the one. I wasn't thinking of Huge at all I like his approach, if he would only comb his hair all would be well with him. Heston by contrast is more like a rocket scientist. He even has a laboratory full of industrial equipment overlooked by a team of lab-coated technicians.

 

[tarannau]

By the by, has anyone else had the misfortune to catch that absolute TWAT Valentine Warner? Jesus christ - where do I start with that one?!

He's like the David Cameron of the kitchen, swapping a bit of Barbour for Boden.

Twat.

 

[Ms T]

By the by, has anyone else had the misfortune to catch that absolute TWAT Valentine Warner? Jesus christ - where do I start with that one?!

Yup, saw him the other day. Awful.

 

[sojourner]

Yup, saw him the other day. Awful.

It's EVERYTHING about him that's awful isn't it?? He reminds me of *spit* Worrall-Thompson in his irritating manner and shite understanding of what goes with what

i just want to smash him in the face with a cricket bat, tbh. Not big or clever, but it would cheer me up immensely, the patronising twat