Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-10-17 6:30 PM, DavidW wrote:
>> Pico Rico wrote:
>>> it is not time consuming to BUY the puff pastry.
>>
>> I would be surprised, and disappointed as a diner, if a good
>> restaurant did that. Even on reality cooking shows contestants get
>> marked down and lashed by the judges for using store-bought pastry.
>
> Pshaw. First of all, there is no reality to those "reality" shows.

I'm sure there's plenty that we don't see, and I've heard some of it, but there
is enough reality. The contestants _are_ cooking those dishes.

> Other FN chefs suggest that you buy puff pastry. It is a lot of
> expense and a lot of work to make it yourself.


I bet they don't buy puff pastry at Noma or The Fat Duck.