Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Masterchef: The Professionals

Spymaster said:
"Smashed" is a sports term, afaia.

"Smash it for 6", "smash it into the goal".
Click to expand...
smash
smaʃ/
verb
verb: smash; 3rd person present: smashes; past tense: smashed; past participle: smashed; gerund or present participle: smashing
  1. 1.
    violently break (something) into pieces.
    "the thief smashed a window to get into the car"
    synonyms: break, break to pieces, smash to smithereens, shatter;More
    splinter, crack, disintegrate;
    informalbust;
    rareshiver
    "one of the men smashed a window"
    • be violently broken into pieces; shatter.

    • violently knock down or crush inwards.

    • crash and severely damage (a vehicle).
      "my Land Rover's been smashed up"

      "she's smashed the car"
    • hit or attack (someone) very violently.
      "Donald smashed him over the head"

      "Donald smashed him over the head"
    • easily or comprehensively beat (a record).
      "he smashed the course record"
    • completely defeat, destroy, or foil (something regarded as hostile or dangerous).
      "a deliberate attempt to smash the trade union movement"

    • informaldated
      (of a business) go bankrupt; fail financially.
      "a firm that had smashed for so tremendous an amount"
  2. 2.
    move so as to hit or collide with something with great force and impact.
    "their plane smashed into a mountainside"
    • (in sport) strike (the ball) or score (a goal, run, etc.) with great force.
      "he smashed home the Tranmere winner"
    • (in tennis, badminton, and similar sports) strike (the ball or shuttlecock) downwards with a hard overarm volley.
noun
noun: smash; plural noun: smashes; noun: smash hit; plural noun: smash hits
  1. 1.
    an act or sound of something smashing.
    "he heard the smash of glass"
    synonyms: breaking, shattering, crashing, crash
    "he heard the smash of glass"
    • British
      a violent collision or impact between vehicles.
      "a car smash"
      synonyms: crash, multiple crash, car crash, collision, multiple collision, accident, car accident, road accident, traffic accident, road traffic accident, bump;More
      RTA;
      wreck;
      informalpile-up, smash-up;
      informalprang, shunt
      "a motorway smash"
    • a violent blow.
      "a forearm smash"
    • a stroke in tennis, badminton, and similar sports in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit downwards with a hard overarm volley.
  2. 2.
    informal
    a very successful song, film, show, or performer.
    "a box office smash"
    synonyms: great success, sensation, sell-out, triumph;More
    succès fou;
    informalhit, smash hit, winner, crowd-puller, knockout, wow, biggie
    "a box-office smash"
  3. 3.
    a mixture of spirits (typically brandy) with flavoured water and ice.
  4. 4.
    informaldated
    a bankruptcy or financial failure.
adverb
adverb: smash
  1. 1.
    with a sudden, violent shattering.
    "they were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone"
 
I have been quietly watching but never live, I've been playing catchup for weeks.

But tonight I have an evening, tonight I thought I'd sit down and watch it!

Tonight it isn't on :mad: :rolleyes:
 
I presume I'd like cuttlefish because I'm a fiend for squid, but it's not something I've ever worked up the courage to try and cook. My fishmonger often has squid/squids on the counter and I look at them and look again and have a think. Then end up buying mackerel or kippers or salmon or coley or sardines or skate wings! :D

As for sweetbreads, I'm not offal-averse. Big fan of liver and kindeys and I often cook with those. I've eaten heart and I know there are lungs and heart in haggis and I've eaten that with great gusto. Sweetbreads, though. Dunno. Scary, somehow. And you only ever see them on a menu in swanky restaurants, so if I'm handing over a lot of dosh for my scoff I probably would want to make sure I'm getting something I'm certainly going to like.
 
I'm really squeamish. I refuse to eat offal of any kind, I can only deal with fish if it doesn't look like fish, I don't even like cutting up chicken, especially if there are, you know, bits left on it.
 
The cuttlefish and sweetbreads turned my guts - nearly turned over to the Man City/Bayern Munich game, on the grounds that even Arjen Robben's face after a decision he doesn't like is less nauseating.
 
Speaking of sweatbreads, there is habit amongst the French rugby fraternity of twisting players' testicles whilst at the the bottom of a ruck...:eek:
 
BandWagon said:
Speaking of sweatbreads, there is habit amongst the French rugby fraternity of twisting players' testicles whilst at the the bottom of a ruck...:eek:
Click to expand...

I thought sweetbreads were some kind of glands, not bollocks.

BandWagon said:
I'm really squeamish. I refuse to eat offal of any kind, I can only deal with fish if it doesn't look like fish, I don't even like cutting up chicken, especially if there are, you know, bits left on it.
Click to expand...

I'm firmly with you on that, though. My partner doesn't eat meat and I've never been so into cooking!
 
Oh, yeah, you know, I really thought they were bollocks. Anyway, I wouldn't eat the other stuff anyway, so it's much the same. Apart from rucks.
 
Orang Utan said:
Just at Sporty people who don't like food posting on food threads. :p
Click to expand...
Oh, I like food. I cook all my own meals. I just cooked a batch of chicken with Moroccan spices, and tomorrow I'm going to slow-cook some lamb in a spicy tomato and onion sauce. Yummy.

I'm just fastidious and can't stand offal and guts and stuff. MasterChef is one of my favs, actually.

I like sport as well, which is different, apart from rucks.
 
Yay offal.:D

Quite shocked there were pro chefs who'd never handled offal before, though. And I'm amazed there are pro chefs who still don't understand that the way to impress top chefs is to cook offal!
 
Salsify? I didn't know it was pronounced SOL-SI-FEE.
I've been yelling it out joyfully to the creator to rhyme with TESTIFY!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
Celeb Masterchef 2024
Replies
17
Views
464
Numbers
Numbers
P
MasterChef 2023
2 3 4
Replies
104
Views
3K
oryx
oryx
P
Celebrity MasterChef 2021
2
Replies
33
Views
1K
Supine
Supine
8
Masterchef 2019
Replies
1
Views
267
8115
8
5t3IIa
Masterchef 2018
2 3
Replies
83
Views
3K
5t3IIa
5t3IIa
Back
Top Bottom