superpeeve Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

[Silent Mistwalker]

28 minutes ago, Ayashe Ninetails said:

I can't say anything. I have such a terrible memory. Terrible. I mean, really terrible. I can remember the most random things in the universe I did when I was like...7, but remembering to check my pants to make sure I actually remembered to zip my pants is apparently too much to ask. In real life!!!! 👀😳😳 I can't tell you how many times I caught myself walking around like 'SUP.

Then the OMG moment where I've had to run off and

That explains why the doorbell is located at that height. 

[Silent Mistwalker]

32 minutes ago, Orwar said:

   Peeve: Jamie Oliver.

   Some years ago I received a cookbook of his, and what made me chuck it in the bin was his recipe for a lamb steak. It was to be garlic-studded, and the idiot put '1 clove of garlic' in the recipe. A single clove of garlic for a 2 pound steak? Seriously?

   Well, I just opened YouTube and on my page was a recipe for tomato consommé. I didn't notice that the video was by Jamie Oliver, but I figured eh, it's 8 minutes, I might learn something still, I'll give him a chance.

   Like the hipster he is, his consommé can't just be a straight classic dish, no, it has to have 'inspiration', and his inspiration, apparently, was a Bloody Mary. So he wants to put some vodka into it - which, I have no issues with - but then he says 'a couple of shots' and throws a small splash of vodka into it. 

   Is he just totally and completely incompetent when it comes to measurements? How can such a f***ing clown get a cooking show?!

By Grabthar's Hammer!

[Orwar]

15 minutes ago, Stephanie Misfit said:

SL peeve: People who see you on their radar, and decide that it would be a great idea to teleport to you while you are in your private skybox. I have security, and I can eject them too, sure. But it just really irks me, what sort of person would do this, just teleport and land on top of a stranger? Some of the people who do this have years in SL, it's not just clueless noobs. I lived on adult land near busy clubs for a while and it happened all the time there, fortunately not so much where I am now but I am near an info hub so it probably happens more than it would in quieter regions.

   Yeeeah, I'm not a fan of that.

   Just the other day, I'd left my alt on my sky platform whilst AFKing. When I came back I saw in nearby chat that someone had appeared 0.63 metres away. They never said anything, and they'd gone by the time I was back, but judging by the contents of their profile it was a perv rather than an aviator 2400 metres above the usual cruising altitude. 

   Just, ew. 

[Ayashe Ninetails]

1 hour ago, Orwar said:

   Peeve: Jamie Oliver.

   Some years ago I received a cookbook of his, and what made me chuck it in the bin was his recipe for a lamb steak. It was to be garlic-studded, and the idiot put '1 clove of garlic' in the recipe. A single clove of garlic for a 2 pound steak? Seriously?

   Well, I just opened YouTube and on my page was a recipe for tomato consommé. I didn't notice that the video was by Jamie Oliver, but I figured eh, it's 8 minutes, I might learn something still, I'll give him a chance.

   Like the hipster he is, his consommé can't just be a straight classic dish, no, it has to have 'inspiration', and his inspiration, apparently, was a Bloody Mary. So he wants to put some vodka into it - which, I have no issues with - but then he says 'a couple of shots' and throws a small splash of vodka into it. 

   Is he just totally and completely incompetent when it comes to measurements? How can such a f***ing clown get a cooking show?!

I've never seriously taken a look at that guy before. Familiar with him slightly, as I had a friend who was a fan, but I'm viewing his website for the first time right now and...

His dessert plating and photography are actual crimes against chocolate. Not impressed. I've seen better on Cake Wrecks.

[Love Zhaoying]

2 hours ago, Ayashe Ninetails said:

I've never seriously taken a look at that guy before. Familiar with him slightly, as I had a friend who was a fan, but I'm viewing his website for the first time right now and...

His dessert plating and photography are actual crimes against chocolate. Not impressed. I've seen better on Cake Wrecks.

I like when Uncle Roger (Nigel Ng) roasts chefs like Jamie Oliver.

 

[LittleMe Jewell]

50 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I like when Uncle Roger (Nigel Ng) roasts chefs like Jamie Oliver.

 

Uncle Roger is a hoot

[Zalificent Corvinus]

5 hours ago, Orwar said:

   Peeve: Jamie Oliver.

   Some years ago I received a cookbook of his, and what made me chuck it in the bin was his recipe for a lamb steak. It was to be garlic-studded, and the idiot put '1 clove of garlic' in the recipe. A single clove of garlic for a 2 pound steak? Seriously?

   Well, I just opened YouTube and on my page was a recipe for tomato consommé. I didn't notice that the video was by Jamie Oliver, but I figured eh, it's 8 minutes, I might learn something still, I'll give him a chance.

   Like the hipster he is, his consommé can't just be a straight classic dish, no, it has to have 'inspiration', and his inspiration, apparently, was a Bloody Mary. So he wants to put some vodka into it - which, I have no issues with - but then he says 'a couple of shots' and throws a small splash of vodka into it. 

   Is he just totally and completely incompetent when it comes to measurements? How can such a f***ing clown get a cooking show?!

THe gif kind of answers the question of how he gets his own TV shows, especially when he does that in somebody else's kitchen, the "Jaime checks your diner and tells you why it's failing" series being aa fine example.

 

On the subject of recipes though...

Peeve: "Trendy American Youtubers Overseas" showing us "how to cook a full English breakfast", where they cook every element separately in a different micro pan, at different times, so most of the meal is either cold or dried out from being kept warm in an oven, by the time they get the last piece on the plate, AND, they cook stuff in "extra virgin olive oil, with herbs!" instead of every fried component in ONE decent sized frying pan using some butter or bacon grease like normal people.

And then complaining it wasn't as good ass they had been told it was supposed to be.

 

I mean you'd think that living for several months in the UK, they could have actually gone to some greasy spoon diner and WATCHED a Full English being made, and maybe tried eating one.

[Marigold Devin]

12 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

Peeve: deleted my thoroughly descriptive peeve.  Too descriptive. You're welcome. 

Shortened to: pepper spray and taser probes suck.

I am intrigued. I want the long version. (I think.)

[Love Zhaoying]

Peeve: Girl Husky (Cinnamon) rolled in stink on the morning walk, and "dry shampoo" did not totally cover it up yet.

At least the Boy Husky (Turbo) did not roll in it too for once.

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Love Zhaoying

[Rat Luv]

4 hours ago, Marigold Devin said:

I am intrigued. I want the long version. (I think.)

Me too 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Rat Luv

[Ayashe Ninetails]

8 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I like when Uncle Roger (Nigel Ng) roasts chefs like Jamie Oliver.

He's so hilarious. I watched that entire video and I'm mortified. Jamie Oliver gets a big fat F in the kitchen. Then again, I already figured that out when I laid eyes on those dessert monstrosities. Ew.

Looking at his site reminded me of Christine Flynn - the celebrity Instagram chef who would take the absolute worst junk food (candy bars, pretzels, Pop Tarts, jelly beans) and plate them in such artistic ways it made them look edible, lol. He should've hired her for the plating on his site. 😂

I've been watching a lot of America's Test Kitchen videos on YouTube lately. That channel I do like. The food looks great and they explain the science behind it all (especially baking).

[Rat Luv]

Nobody likes Jamie Oliver 🤣 He is actually quite posh but pretends to be an Essex Boy..."Oi oi, bosh it all together, nice one mate...that bit of 'am is pukka" 🫣 I'm surprised nobody mentioned his English fried breakfast pizza 😬

Actually...I don't like any celebrity chefs! I get all my new recipes and cooking tips from people on Youtube 👍

 

[Marigold Devin]

13 hours ago, Orwar said:

   Peeve: Jamie Oliver.

   Some years ago I received a cookbook of his, and what made me chuck it in the bin was his recipe for a lamb steak. It was to be garlic-studded, and the idiot put '1 clove of garlic' in the recipe. A single clove of garlic for a 2 pound steak? Seriously?

   Well, I just opened YouTube and on my page was a recipe for tomato consommé. I didn't notice that the video was by Jamie Oliver, but I figured eh, it's 8 minutes, I might learn something still, I'll give him a chance.

   Like the hipster he is, his consommé can't just be a straight classic dish, no, it has to have 'inspiration', and his inspiration, apparently, was a Bloody Mary. So he wants to put some vodka into it - which, I have no issues with - but then he says 'a couple of shots' and throws a small splash of vodka into it. 

   Is he just totally and completely incompetent when it comes to measurements? How can such a f***ing clown get a cooking show?!

And he has several TV shows along the lines of "how to cook in (30 or 15 minutes)", but all the ingredients are prepared and on the side, so that's misrepresentation.

Some daft women in my home town decided to put us on the map by rebelling against the healthier dinners at one school and they were shoving chips and cheese and meat pies and other disallowed food items through the school railings at lunchtime. And that's how we came to have a branch of Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food for a few years. 

How very dare he! 

[Love Zhaoying]

11 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

Actually...I don't like any celebrity chefs!

I like Gordon Ramsay. He grew on me.

Because he PEEVES all the time!

 

[Marigold Devin]

8 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

Nobody likes Jamie Oliver 🤣 He is actually quite posh but pretends to be an Essex Boy..."Oi oi, bosh it all together, nice one mate...that bit of 'am is pukka" 🫣 I'm surprised nobody mentioned his English fried breakfast pizza 😬

Actually...I don't like any celebrity chefs! I get all my new recipes and cooking tips from people on Youtube 👍

 

I've never been a fan of national treasure Delia Smith. I used to work for W H Smith and we used to sell out of her books whenever a new one was released. Never understood the hype, and of course she lost all credibility after the fish sauce fiasco. 

As an aside, Jamie Oliver's children all seem to have SL/fantasy names!

Poppy Honey (Rosie)

Daisy Boo (Pamela)

Petal Blossom (Rainbow)

Buddy Bear (Maurice)

River Rocket (Blue)

 

 

 

[Orwar]

21 minutes ago, Ayashe Ninetails said:

I've been watching a lot of America's Test Kitchen videos on YouTube lately. That channel I do like. The food looks great and they explain the science behind it all (especially baking).

   I'm kind of torn on them, I do like some of their series like What's Eating Dan? which is both informative and entertaining, but their other videos can be very hit or miss for me. Too many specialised gadgets and stuffs, and much too much non-stick spray all over.

7 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

Actually...I don't like any celebrity chefs! I get all my new recipes and cooking tips from people on Youtube 👍

   I think some celebrity chefs can be fun to watch, Marco Pierre White for one. But there's a lot of skilled and entertaining YouTube channels like Food Wishes, Tasting History, Chef Jean-Pierre, Townsends' cooking videos, etc which are great. 

   .. Also whatever programmes or channels James May ends up cooking in are worth a watch!

[Ted McGregor]

Peeve : The unmentioned secret of a real good chef.

"Don't ask for the salt without tasting !?!%$#@!"

[Rat Luv]

43 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I like Gordon Ramsay. He grew on me.

Because he PEEVES all the time!

I haven't ever tried his recipes...but there was one Hell's Kitchen episode where a diner goes up to the kitchen and tries to order him about, and Gordon just rips them apart 🤩 I think anyone who has worked in service and had to deal with extremely rude customers was cheering that ❤️

41 minutes ago, Marigold Devin said:

Buddy Bear (Maurice)

He will either die on the playground...or become an MMA champion 🤣

Edited August 26, 2023 by Rat Luv

[Love Zhaoying]

18 minutes ago, Ted McGregor said:

Peeve : The unmentioned secret of a real good chef.

"Don't ask for the salt without tasting !?!%$#@!"

Peeve: Years ago, I went to a "fancy" restaurant with friends (which was actually a "more casual sister restaurant" to the more famous one), and the dish I tasted was "too bland for me". 

I NEVER add salt..but I wanted to add some this time, and had to ask for it, since it was not on the table.

I was made to feel embarrassed for asking for salt, and all they had to bring was a little box with a spoon.  Evidently, it was forbidden to add salt, so they did not have "salt shakers". Of course, using the box & spoon, I ended up adding way too much salt.

Fast forward years later, and I add salt more often (at least when I cook my own food).  And, I've learned that my mother's cooking wasn't very good in part because she did not use enough salt (and I never learned to add salt if I thought something was bland).  

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Love Zhaoying

[Rat Luv]

6 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I was made to feel embarrassed for asking for salt

By the staff? 😮 If so...terrible place! 

If by the people you were with...maybe they had no tastebuds? 

[Ayashe Ninetails]

29 minutes ago, Orwar said:

   I'm kind of torn on them, I do like some of their series like What's Eating Dan? which is both informative and entertaining, but their other videos can be very hit or miss for me. Too many specialised gadgets and stuffs, and much too much non-stick spray all over.

I do agree with that. Dan's videos are really informative and interesting and I love the presentation. The others...kind of off/on. I do really enjoy Lan Lam, too.

As for celebrity chefs, I like Gordon Ramsay just because Gordon Ramsay. Not a fan of his food, though. Jet Tila is probably my favorite. He's got a fun personality AND his food looks great. I just want to travel around with him and eat everywhere. The most pretentious so-n-so I've ever seen though has GOT to be the owner of Alinea (Grant Achatz). Who the hell wants their dessert smeared across the entire TABLEEEEEEE???? 😒😩

Peeves, you say? This. All of this.

[Love Zhaoying]

38 minutes ago, Rat Luv said:

By the staff? 😮 If so...terrible place! 

If by the people you were with...maybe they had no tastebuds? 

By both. I don't recall anyone I was with having the same dish. Not sure if it may have been something really bland like quinoa (possibly my first time having it). Nope, I remember now - it was risotto. (Not something I had much before or since.)

[Silent Mistwalker]

1 hour ago, Ayashe Ninetails said:

The food looks great and they explain the science behind it all (especially baking).

That explains it. Baking (and cooking) is an art, not a science. I don't even need measuring cups or spoons for most of mine. 😉

Edit: One rule of thumb. Once you add it, you can't take any out. If you want salt, you'll have to add it because I don't use it in cooking. Most foods already have a salt content and rarely need any added.

Edited August 26, 2023 by Silent Mistwalker

[Ted McGregor]

56 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

... and had to ask for it, since it was not on the table.

I was made to feel embarrassed for asking for salt, ....

Honesty can be the gravest instant insult, lion.

I bet they could not take it you took their blandness with an extra grain of salt ...

[Orwar]

2 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said:

Baking (and cooking) is an art, not a science.

   Cooking is art, baking is science. 

   The amount of chemistry we had to learn in bakery school was .. Not what I'd expected when I signed up, lol. Quite interesting stuff though, the bits that stuck anyway.