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BenI am FURIOUS about the way kitchens are portrayed in TV shows. Someone is cooking dinner but either end of the counter are chopping boards - both with 1 large onion, two large tomatoes, 1 shallot and a whole bulb of garlic. In the middle, a THIRD chopping board with 5 mushrooms on it. The food? Apparently ready. Why is all that food out? Why is it all over the kitchen? Who is designing these sets? Someone needs to pay me one million pounds to be a TV kitchen consultant. I will make the kitchens realistic. Immediate Academy Award for services to TV kitchens.
Roknrol@TheBreadmonkey Someone said, "It's too empty. Add a bunch of shit to the countertops. Something with color would help. No, you can't do what normal people do and just have a stack of mail."
Tubemeister@roknrol @TheBreadmonkey Or, presumably, some used pots and pans and general cooking detritus if the meal us supposed to be done.
My countertop tends to not be empty when the meal is done.
@Tubemeister @TheBreadmonkey Roseanne did it well...few other shows that I ever watched pulled it off though.
Bogomil Shopov - Бого@TheBreadmonkey who cares about the details unless is a cooking show :) I do expect the knife to be used in a different way in this situation :)
Jargoggles@bogo @TheBreadmonkey
Sure and why not just have a bunch of cardboard boxes labeled things like "oven" and "fridge" and "sink?" We would know what they mean. It's not like they're actually using them.
Sure and why not just have a bunch of cardboard boxes labeled things like "oven" and "fridge" and "sink?" We would know what they mean. It's not like they're actually using them.
Genuinely think this is an excellent idea. Would love to see this dropped into a program without explanation. The brain would register then fill in the gaps. Save a fortune and make for interesting viewing.
Heather KavanaghRealistic kitchens would be great. Big enough you can fill the kettle, start the toaster and do the washing up without taking a step.
It bugs me seeing kitchens on TV that are essentially larger than my whole house!
Mercurius GoldsteinSame but with midwifery sets!
Raymond Russell@TheBreadmonkey
Typical kitchen in TV adverts - larger than the whole floor space of my two bedroom flat.
Typical kitchen in TV adverts - larger than the whole floor space of my two bedroom flat.
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Just to clarify, my flat is a 60/70's flat so is a decent size unlike your modern rabbit hutch style flats. But the telly ads kitchens still make my flat look small.
Just to clarify, my flat is a 60/70's flat so is a decent size unlike your modern rabbit hutch style flats. But the telly ads kitchens still make my flat look small.
Nick@TheBreadmonkey My kitchen is just like the ones in Ready Steady Cook, along with the seating for a studio audience.
blueorangeblue@Nickiquote @TheBreadmonkey is Ainsley providing encouragement?
@blueorangeblue @TheBreadmonkey Always, along with his massive pepper grinder.
Steve Williams@Nickiquote
Nigella grates on me enormously.
Nigella grates on me enormously.
@blabberlicious Lucky sod. She could grate on me any time she fancied.
@blueorangeblue @TheBreadmonkey You know he was in Red Dwarf? Of course you do, everyone does.
@Nickiquote @TheBreadmonkey I didn't know that. Weirdly Red Dwarf feels like a lifetime away, whereas Ready Steady Cook feels like yesterday. Time is strange and my memories are inconsistent.
@blueorangeblue @TheBreadmonkey It is dealt with at the start of Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg, a slightly duff 10th anniversary Red Dwarf bit also featuring Ainsley.
Red Dwarf Can't Smeg Won't Smeg (Ainsley Harriot) p.1
RightSprung will not complyDitto airplanes as depicted in movies and television. Always inaccurate. Drives me crazy.
Utarg of Utarg 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦@TheBreadmonkey And if actors are being paid surely they’re professional enough to drink coffee/tea from a mug with actual liquid in it.
Rebecca Banner@toxy @TheBreadmonkey apparently the sound of water being poured ie from a tea pot or kettle, makes a different sound if it is cold, versus hot. Prop tea (and other poured hot liquids) still has to be hot, or the audience feels that something is off but can't quite put their finger on it.
Arratoon@rebeccabanner @TheBreadmonkey @toxy I remember some kid appearing on TV in the 80s, being blindfolded, and correctly discerning whether water being poured was hot or cold. Everybody needs a gimmick, I suppose.
David Cohen@rebeccabanner @toxy @TheBreadmonkey But to put your finger on boiling water will scald you, so audiences are a danger to themselves.
SueDiOh@TheBreadmonkey My beef is with the after-meals. No one ever eats, and they never have to scrape plates or wash dishes or put them away, but they're always gone. You never see them wipe off the counters, yet they're always clean! Damn fiction.
Däle, Son of Beige@TheBreadmonkey I am furious about the way I'm portrayed in my mirror.
🇨🇦 Little-k@TheBreadmonkey
You should watch a cop show with real life police officers. Their grunts, groans and exasperated sighs are very entertaining. LOL
But holy crap, I learned a lot about crime scene investigations and police protocol most people have no idea exists.
You should watch a cop show with real life police officers. Their grunts, groans and exasperated sighs are very entertaining. LOL
But holy crap, I learned a lot about crime scene investigations and police protocol most people have no idea exists.
diana 🏳️⚧️🦋🌱If there's a cooking show that focuses on maximum essential nutrition vs time required, I'm interested.
Until then, they all look like buffoonery to me
Svavar the NeurospicyThis is a good idea for a short-form video account.
Basically raw vegan with some canned chickpeas.
Nothing chopped, just whole raw vegetables and a plant protein.
This is the style of food preparation that started my unintentional habit of becoming vegetarian. Meals so satisfying and easy to prepare, I totally forgot about meats.
Jay@dianea @TheBreadmonkey Crock pot soups and stews with canned beans, frozen veggies, and liquid stock. The active time is minuscule, and the size of the pot means it’s spread across a dozen servings, anyway. And you can let the covered pot cool and then put it directly into the fridge.
@WhiteCatTamer @TheBreadmonkey
Those are the kind of meals that make me feel amazingly full of energy for days 💪😺
@dianea @TheBreadmonkey …after feeling like you can’t move after one bowl! XD
@dianea @TheBreadmonkey Oh! And if you want something crunchy after eating a lot of soup, an airpopper makes enough popcorn for dinner in five minutes. Toss with oil, salt, and jarred spices (I like it with nooch) and you get a lot of variety.
abeorch@TheBreadmonkey Don't get me started on the inevitable #kitchenisland - Its almost like its all made up. Not even a real person cooking.. I bet we don't even see them dripping the results down their front when they eat it..
Chris HessertI’m one of those weirdos who fully preps ingredients, and then cleans as I go.
Mrinappropriate@chessert @TheBreadmonkey Not weird. Me too. My wife, a vastly superior cook, leaves the kitchen like a bomb site. Whoever didn’t cook, cleans up. Short straw for me? No. Her food is so much better.
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That was generally the rule in our household too. I don't mind cleaning up, if I didn't do the cooking. Now I live alone, so there's only one culprit! 🤣
@TheBreadmonkey Make sure you add overflowing bins and a pile of dirty plates next to the sink for authenticity.
Wendroid 🇺🇦@TheBreadmonkey Morning! I was wondering, Ben in particular, if you’d watched Cadence Gao’s videos? He’s an engaging character and an actual cook. And he swears copiously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gak5CN8k5o8&feature=youtu.be
four ingredient dessert
I had black sesame ice cream once and it blew my mind
@TheBreadmonkey I like his vibe. Nice Vancouver accent, too.
woe2you@wendinoakland @TheBreadmonkey No need to repeat yourself.
@woe2you @TheBreadmonkey Are you admonishing me? I was addressing Ben.
@wendinoakland @TheBreadmonkey That was a joke about cooks swearing copiously.
@woe2you @TheBreadmonkey Oh, ohhhhh! :P
ʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟ@TheBreadmonkey I have a mate that was on Jr Masterchef. The original one with Lloyd Grossman. Now that was an odd kitchen in a black void.
GayDeceiver@TheBreadmonkey Them TV show kitchens never show the chaos of pots, pans, chopping boards and mounds of stuff, unless it's the dad trying to cook something ... sexist, I tell you, sexists!
Schroedingers_Cat@TheBreadmonkey Also - they often ask guests or family members to help chopping thing. And then, 10 minutes later the meal is ready.
You chop things first, then you cook them (possibly having cleared up). And eventually serve. When guests come or people turn up for the food, it should be at the serving stage.
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I was going to make a counter argument, but got distracted by Ainseley’s grinder.
I was going to make a counter argument, but got distracted by Ainseley’s grinder.
Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊At least the garlic is a good idea. I should always have garlic close at hand.
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