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 Post subject: Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:51 pm 
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So if ultimate is better than the best why publish the best?


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:24 pm 
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phoenix wrote:
You know, I get how hard it must be to come up with enough recipes each couple of months. Nancy

Not sure I agree with this. There are plenty of quality publications, e.g., Saveur, which do it all the time.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:27 pm 
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Ah, but that was the best-so-far. It was after the best they made the ultimate. They are suffering adjective inflation and it will only get worse. Of course, they tend to ignore the past anyway, so they can make another ultimate fried chicken.

From the number of other places I've see "best", I think they might be starting an adjective war.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:15 pm 
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Agreed. Don't forget "revolution." As in Slow Cooker Revolution. I got this book and if this is 'revolution.' we'd all be in our ancestral homes right now....


Not bad...I think "Revolting" just might work! 8-)

Wino...priceless :o

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Yeah, Amy, you're right. Fine Cooking does it well and so does Saveur. So much for trying to "get" the logic of it all. Wino, that picture says it all and then some. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:24 pm 
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I just wish Chris would not dress up in not-funny costumes and hats.

Like the banana he had on the other day. Uggh. He has an Alton Brown complex and just can't get away with that.

Also the forced "this isn't any good" kind of tossing around the food at the start of each session (the usual not so yummy version) is not cute or effective.


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Don't forget that it slices, it dices, it julienne fries!


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:26 pm 
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I just wish Chris would not dress up in not-funny costumes and hats.

Like the banana he had on the other day. Uggh. He has an Alton Brown complex and just can't get away with that.

Also the forced "this isn't any good" kind of tossing around the food at the start of each session (the usual not so yummy version) is not cute or effective.


I think CK predates Alton Brown

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If they simply followed a pattern it might be helpful to know how many manifestations we've had of the same recipe, for example;

First recipe: Introducing
Second recipe: Better
Third recipe: Best
Forth recipe: Ultimate
Fifth: Are you kidding me? We have done the same recipe 5 times, I think it's time to move on.

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