Watching The Great British Bake Off - Pastry

[ABAuntie]

Pastry is a toughie with the bakers making pasties to wellingtons to samosas and even exploring the fame of the beloved Cornish pasty which has spread much further than you would think - to Mexico.
here is the teaser clip:




here is last week's thread if anyone wants to discuss further:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1364382.html

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[boxtops]

I'm not being grumpy, I just don't watch the main prog - just to say that I prefer to watch Jo Brand and "An Extra Slice" on fridays....!

[mccfluff]

i love pastry, meat wrapped in pastry is a beautiful thing

[boxtops]

A mince round is something to be worshipped.....

[Eve]

I'm looking forward to tonight, seems like the competition is much tougher at this stage as so many of them have a lot of skills so it could be a little slip or an area which isn't their best which could see them out.

I wouldn't like to call who will go tonight!

[bednobs]

i think nancy and martha are consistently over-marked and would like to see either of them go

[FrogNog]

Pastry is my favourite. YAY!

[Eve]

Well, an interesting one. I think a few have had their confidence knocked and shown weaknesses.

I think it was the right result though as she does seem to have struggled a bit and wouldn't have lasted much further against those who seem more consistently organised. I saw her as a bit of a Ruby but her natural talent seemed to win through.

Glad Richard is back on his game.

[Mags22]

We love it, and great to see good bakers having the occasional booboo like we do

[ABAuntie]

I only watched the last 20 mins so missed all the drama but those choux eclairs looked fantastic.

Not sure if i would like a savoury one i am prefer my eclairs a bit old school :-)

but it was a shame about who left but not complete surprise after last week.

what did everyone else think?

auntie xxx

[ABAuntie]

don't know if anyone has already seen this but here is a "live" blog of the programme for any that missed it like me :-)

SPOILERS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/great-british-bake-off/11102825/Great-British-Bake-Off-episode-seven-live.html

[B00]

I love GBBO, the only problem is though I get incredibly hungry whilst it's on :-(

[beegeebee]

Nothing to do with the ABAuntie but, in today's newspapers there appears to be a hue & cry regarding the alleged innuendos in the show. I can only say it's a good job Max Miller has long since gone to a better place (well hopefully)

[mazie]

A mince round is something to be worshipped.....

Absolutely boxy... my favourite, with extra short pastry