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Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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Author:  Jenny [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
So if ultimate is better than the best why publish the best?
Author:  Amy [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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.

Amy
Author:  Paul Kierstead [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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.
Author:  Da Bull Man [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
KSyrahSyrah wrote:
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
Author:  phoenix [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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:
Nancy
Author:  TheFuzzy [ Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
It's time for the:

"Super-jumbo deluxe handy, pre-wrapped, in designer colors and available in all sizes, portable, lightweight, easy to use, collapsible, convenient and guaranteed recipe"
Author:  easy bake [ Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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.
Author:  BeckyH [ Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
Don't forget that it slices, it dices, it julienne fries!
Author:  javafiend [ Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
easy bake wrote:
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
Author:  Mortar and Pestle [ Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can CI stop using "ultimate", "insipid" & "cloying"?
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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