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A riveting podcast with two American home bakers who discuss the finer points of The Great British Baking Show!Connect with us:https://soggybottomgirls.comFollow us on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soggybottomgirlsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/soggybottomgirls/
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Where the Soggy Bottom All Began - The Very First Pastry Week (S1-Ep5)
The original pastry week gives the girls life as they rehash this episode's highs and lows. Allison highlights the seafood pie as potentially the worst pie while Lisa defends the British savory pie as a staple. Allison admits to not knowing the Cornwall pasty was British, and, a soggy bottom drinking game is proposed.Lots of informal bakes to discuss as well as a ther challenging canapés and tartlet showstopper.The very first pastry week!Connect with us:https://soggybottomgirls.com Foll...
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...You can catch BOYS with this BAKE...❤️ (S1-Ep4)
Lisa gets very enthusiastic about the very Britishness of this episode. There are lots of cut- aways to Mel and Sue giving the girls lots of side stories to serve.With a signature pudding challenge, Lisa gets fired up not only about all the sticky toffee puddings, but also the blandness of pears in Edd's walnut pear pud. Allison yawns at the lemon souffle technical, but does remind Lisa to 'figure eight' fold-in her egg whites. There's a true history lesson regarding school lunche...
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"If you knead it, it will rise..." - Bread Week (S1-Ep3)
Lisa and Allison hash and rehash all of the very first bread week offerings. Lisa gives her thoughts on one baker's signature foccacia, and explains her love of anchovies on pizza, and the existence of the tiny fish in Worcestershire sauce. Allison brings up the Paul Hollywood 'helping hands' portion of the show, and reminisces about an old episode of Seinfeld. Both girls poo poo the extensive 6 hour show stopper time limit, and, another baker once again, bites the dust.Conn...
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Make mine a millionaire shortbread...😋 (S1-Ep2)
Going RETRO to the original season 1 of GBBO! Having lost 2 bakers week one, two more bakers are on the line this week. Lisa can't get over the addition of 7 times too much sugar by baker Louise. The girls thoroughly discuss her signature biscuit failures. When baker Miranda finely decorates her vanilla iced biscuits, Allison rememberd to point out the talents of Rahul, and his amazingly detailed bakes on Instagram. Both Lisa and Allison are unimpressed with the plain scone technical, and com...
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In the Beginning...There was CAKE🍰 (S1-Ep1)
Lisa and Allison start the show explaining why a return to the beginning is so refreshing. The girls talk about a few of the signature baked offerings, as well as address the informal and unusual behavior of both Mary and Paul as judges. This very first cake week gives the girls lots of techniques to compare, and lots of glowing endorsements for the return of the challenges as they existed in 2010. Connect with us:https://soggybottomgirls.com Follow us on social media:Facebook: ht...
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Extra! Extra! Let's Cover Sad Showstoppers (S14-Ep11)
Lisa and Allison reiterate their disappointment over the most recent season finale. Both girls reintroduce final showstopper challenges from previous bake off seasons and compare the difficulty and intensity of their showstoppers. They discuss the decline of expectations, and hash up Lisa's old highschool classes on marriage and family. Lisa introduces the concept of brackets laden with bake-off contestants, and, suggests that Rahul would be the ultimate baker of them all.&...