I missed the first few minutes of the episode because I was busy watching The Real Housewives of Melbourne - that post is coming, but apparently there was a scene of Harry in the shower. Harry and Christos are bad in the kitchen, which is not good for Christos because he has a food business. After watching till the first commercial break, I just think that they are stupid. I mean really have we not learnt by now that if you need to cook a dish before you go on a national competition. Now I am aware that they present a few dishes to the producers who pick the dishes they end up cooking, but seriously PREPARATION people .
So off to Coles we go, except they don't, they go to a fish man and then the butcher. I can see why Harry is so hapless, as he is driving and reading at the same time. We then hit a traffic jam due to road works- what?? are they filming in Perth?, get through the said traffic jam, buy the food and home we go.
Pete and Manu are giving their feed back on the menu. They are making calamari. Apparently if they over cook the calamari it will be ruined. Really Manu? Main is pheasant which is Granny's recipe that they have never made before. Man their Granny must be flash. My Granny used to make curried sausages. Desert is baked stone fruit with ice cream.
At home, we start cooking, the power goes out. Power comes back on. Disaster averted.Boys start on the biscuits for dessert. Biscuits get burnt because they have it on the wrong oven setting. Lucky they have more dough in the fridge. Disaster averted.
Guests arrive. Someone is wearing open toed shoes with panty hose. Again. Whoever it is should be out . NOW. A crime against fashion is serious. Everyone says the room looks nice. Except Dave because he is a bitter middle aged old man who can't cook, and whose girlfriend is going to dump him when the show is over.
The boys head back to the kitchen and "Get their cook on". Pete and Manu arrive. I have run out of adjectives to describe how smooth they always look, but they are looking, well, smooth. Except the skin around Pete's eyes. He could either do with a bit more fat or some botox. They read the menu. Pete raises his eyes (but hasn't he seen it before?). The fellow contestants critique the menu. David complains, Manu looks at Carly with puppy dog eyes.
Out comes the calamari. Everyone is underwhelmed. Pete and Manu may have said simple, but not that simple. Silly. I think that underwhelmed is the new cliche.
The boys hit the kitchen and put in their main. Yes-THEY START COOKING THEIR MAIN. OK it must be said- do these boys even know how to cook? You cannot cook the "hero of the dish" in an hour. No matter what Dave may say.
So surprisingly the pheasant is not looking pleasant when they take it out of the oven. What should we do? Umm crank up the oven and put it back in? Well the boys do put it back in but don't turn up the heat. 20 minutes later, they take it out and yep still not cooked. CRANK UP THE OVEN. Nope- back in but no turning up the heat. Harry asks " Why is this happening?" BECAUSE THE OVEN IS NOT HOT ENOUGH!!!! This goes on for 3 and a bit hours. Yep a plane trip to Bali. Although at one stage they do crank up the oven to 180. Seriously what heat were they using before?
It comes out, everyone except Dave loves it. Although in the defence of everyone, after 3 and a half hours I would be loving cheese on toast.
They make a start on dessert. They make their amaretti biscuit filling for the stone fruit. I don't like arametti anything. I read a short story in high school where is said that arsenic tastes like almond essence. No almond flavours for me. I have an ex husband remember.
I do have find a new love for Harry as he swigs from the Amaretto bottle in the kitchen, You go boyfriend.
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| Or maybe it was Christos swigging that Amaretto? |
Desert is a winner, with everyone but.. you know what I am going to say here. They score. The boys do ok. The gastronomy chefs are still on the bottom. As a side note I have been thinking and I don't think a dumb apple sphere and mixing odd flavours count as molecular gastronomy.
Tomorrow night is Dave and Corrine. From the promo's Corrine irons his pants while he drinks wine. What is wrong with that girl?
Note to Harry and Christos- I am currently teaching a cert II course where there is a unit on managing daily activities. I can post you the work book if you like.
all images via the official My Kitchen Rules website.
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