Bake Off coming soon and London is well represented

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Bake Off coming soon and London is well represented

David Buckley

 

 

Yes, it will be back on our screens soon. The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is set to return to Channel 4 next Tuesday, the 27th of this month – less than a week away.

 

Those who have been experiencing withdrawal symptoms can breath a sigh of relief.

 

The success of this programme has never ceased to amaze me. A bunch of amateur bakers get together in a big tent and cook. Sorry, make that bake, I’m sure there is a significant difference.

 

I suppose the true appeal of the programme is that it takes many viewers back to a happier time in their lives. Visiting grandma and sitting down to tea (or juice) and cake, that sort of thing!

 

I get quite nostalgic myself when watching GBBO.

 

It should be pointed out that it took me a long while to work out how to turn the oven on in my apartment. It is rarely used now because on the few times I called it into action the smoke from whatever I was cooking would set the fire alarm off. Too much like hard work.

 

Baking is off the agenda for me. I rarely have the time – and less the inclination – to try to bake anything. But I still like watching others doing it. I’m sure a psychiatrist would have a field day.

 

I should also add that the sugar content of many baked goods is not clever for me given that I am diabetic.

 

So, in our ‘does it need five or six minutes in the microwave’ lives is there still a place for good old-fashioned baking? Obviously, the answer is yes, or, more accurately, there is still a place for watching others doing it.

 

It’s great drama. Not quite like watching an F1 Brand Prix, but in the same way that many watch motor racing for the crashes (come on now, admit it – provided no one gets hurt) people watch GBBO hoping secretly, I’m sure, that one of the contestants will make a total lash up of things.

 

No one gets seriously hurt. Maybe a knife cut or a small burn by touching a baking tray you shouldn’t, but nothing life-threatening, you understand.

 

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[sammieuk1]

Riveting news what's a bake off ????

[HLover]

Will pork products be allowed?  My cousin makes a delicious pie but she is unsure of the cultural effects of her cooking, on the local populace.

[Jonmarleesco]

On 8/24/2019 at 8:39 AM, sammieuk1 said:

Riveting news what's a bake off ????

The opposite of a baked on.

[balo]

A lot of sugar in that stuff!  Instead they should ask the contestants to make sugar free cakes or fruit cakes without added sugar,  we don't need all that sugar in 2019.