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The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 5:42 pm
by bada
Rank the bake off shows!
01. British
02. Australian
03. American
04. Canadian
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 6:02 pm
by doone
I've only seen
1. British
2. Canadian
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 6:07 pm
by dimejinky99
The British one obviously but when it was in bbc not the channel 4 version.
There’s a similar show on bbc..about pottery. Yes seriously. Think it’s called the great British throwdown. And it’s like visual heroin. Way more watchable than bake off
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 6:11 pm
by doone
I watch that one too but they keep repeating the same 2 seasons. I also watch the sewing bee. Love brit reality shows.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 6:13 pm
by VinylGuy
the brit.
There is a local version i havent seen.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 6:18 pm
by dimejinky99
doone wrote:I watch that one too but they keep repeating the same 2 seasons. I also watch the sewing bee. Love brit reality shows.
Oh I loved the sewing bee!! Forgot all about that. I don’t watch tv much anymore.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 7:14 pm
by bada
British is the gold standard. I've only watched the 4th Season/Series of the Australian but I loved it. I guess Season 1 has different judges and hosts but I'm tracking down Season 2 and 3 now. The American one is officially cancelled. One of the hosts (not Paul Hollywood) was a perv and they killed it. I found the hosts and judges pleasant but boring for the Canadian one.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Thu April 12, 2018 7:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Fri April 13, 2018 12:13 am
by Orpheus
tragabigzanda wrote:what constitutes canadian cuisine outside of poutine and caribou?
Canadians make a dessert that I've been wanting to try called Nanaimo Bars, looks pretty excellent.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Fri April 13, 2018 12:18 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Fri April 13, 2018 1:35 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Nanaimo bars are the absolute best. We used to eat them every time we went to Vancouver Island. I think they were invented there
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Sat April 14, 2018 4:52 pm
by doone
They were indeed, Ruddo.
I don't think the most of bakes themselves necessarily reflect nationality.
Re: The Great <insert country> Bake Off Thread
Posted: Tue January 27, 2026 1:12 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Nigella is replacing Prue on Bake Off. This makes me happy.