Is she finally stepping out from the MR fog? Took a full day off Twitter to let the likes pile up, almost impressive
Jack Monroe #112 Is that it? IS THAT IT
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She’s made the tweet her pinned tweet. I was so sick of looking at those bloody pieces of toast.
Come to us, perceptive squiggle! Can some kind of Saint Squiggle pleeeeeaase add to this that Jack will have surely been paid quite a lot of money to write for GQ, and she can stop pleading poverty now.
I have to say, I don't recognise JM's characterisation of her grammar school at all. I went to one around the same time as her (different county) and it was a perfectly normal mix of rich people, poor people and in the middle people that was pretty reflective of the area I lived in. I think maybe things have changed with exam practice and insane parents but that's not when she was there... I suppose 'I was perfectly average in my broad cross section of a school' doesn't fit her narrative.
(In unrelated people who duck me off on Twitter, there's a posh 'journalist' who went to a £21 grand a year school who bores on about how grammar schools should be abolished but that private schools are fine. Dazzling lack of self-awareness.)
Aye a Tesco value lemon is hardly William Morris curtains
I make pizza dough, and a72 hour prove is quite normal but, and this is a big but, its a controlled temperature prove in the fridge, the warmer the place where you prove, the shorter the proving time needs to be.Ah, the infamous weighty wistful whirls of whimsy.
In this recipe, she encourages people to leave their dough in a warm place for 3 days. She has no concept of health and safety. Given that she is explicitly writing for inexperienced cooks - and given that the Facebook Pound a Day group (her target audience) often sees questions like What can I do with some pasta? - she should be extra vigilant. People who know nothing about cooking will follow each step as it is written, without the experience to say "hmm this looks dodgy." It's a wonder she hasn't been sued for food poisoning!
Plus, those will taste rank - even yeast doughs that prove a few hours too long can taste bad, let alone a whole weekend.
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I wouldn’t call it ‘school shopping’ as such in Scotland but there’s definitely a lot of placing requests for children to go to a school which isn’t in their catchment - maybe because we’re smaller geographically we have a better idea of the quality of nearby schools through speaking to parents at local swimming classes etc as opposed to reading inspection reports or carrying out visits to multiple schools.Maybe that’s the difference between England and Scotland then - a greater mix of social classes living within smaller areas. Although I stand by my comment that it’s unfair to accuse the English of “school shopping” to avoid their kids mixing with poorer people. Scottish people would do it if the need arose I’m sure.
That’s not to say that English schools are fully homogeneous* when it comes to class. I went to a rough-as-arseholes comp and there were kids who’d be considered “upper” working class, if that’s even a thing (definitely wouldn’t actually cross over into middle class) amongst kids from really quite deprived backgrounds.
*Look, I’m using “homogeneous” properly!
I also know someone in Edinburgh who rents out the house they’d bought previously to rent a family home within the catchment of a sought after state school. Not breaking the law and they chose to do this before the kids were school age, but still a bit murky in a moral sense if this is commonplace. Schools IMO need to reflect real life rather than a particular section of society.
Edited to add: as far as I am aware, said family do not shout “WE RENT”
i LOVE your name!Did anybody even ask?
I’m usually not a fan of the stupid literal renaming of things as it’s just cringe. But I have to admit that I saw a raccoon referred to as a “trash panda” and I love it. One of my cats looks like a fluffy (not floofy) raccoon so she gets called a little trash panda. Sleep Warren is just eurgh though.
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I'm on my eternal grunka; who is king, her son or the youtube guy? Please tell me it's her son.
Oh no
I love that even the nominations list is iconic! Seriously impressed by the forensic level of detail!
Please can I suggest that the Most entertainingly bizarre lie award is presented by Jimmy Nail & for some reason Novak Djokovic?
#The Sloppies
ETA - Sorry, that was a chaos of my own, @HotesTilaire has already secured Jay from The Inbetweeners to present that one! Therefore .: that cheeky little duo have kindly agreed to sponsor the award!
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I always have lemons in, so useful in cooking, salad dressings, drinks etc. the zest is so good in cakes, icing and savoury things when you need a good hit of lemon, vinegar or bottles lemon juice just isn't the same.Yes.
The lemons get me too.
Fresh lemon juice can add so much to many dishes - salad, soup, fish. But JM makes out that only snobby twats would waste money on fresh lemons
Because if you are poor you must survive on stewed yellow sticker slop and fresh, tasty, textured food is Not Allowed.
A lovely cheap dish is my take on a nigella recipe:
skin and bone in chicken thighs, fresh thyme sprigs (I grow my own, sorry), and a couple of lemons cut into wedges, salt, pepper and olive oil (couple of table spoons).
Put everything in an shallow oven proof dish that will fit the thighs in a single layer with salt and pepper, give it all a good massage, and arrange the thighs skin down down, cover tightly with foil and pop in the oven in about 140c ish. Leave for an hour or so, or up to 2. About 20 mins before serving take the dish out and turn the oven up quite high, 190ish, take the foil off, turn the thighs so they are skin side up and tuck the lemons under the thighs so they don't burn. Cook until the chicken thighs are golden, and the skin crispy, serve with whatever you have to hand (a nice salad and bread in summer, good with mash in winter)
Yes! This was it, the previous cats. Thank you so Matt much Matt
such lesbian much cliche
Just checked in with Jay from the Inbetweeners to confirm his availability later in the month and he said “award ceremony? already completed it, mate” so I guess we’d better get Novak Nail after all.
I lived in England as a teen, and went to a really tit comp. We shared a fence with a very posh private prep school, and occasionally little 9-year-old toffs would come and throw pennies through it at us during break time.
I'm sure they remember this a lot more fondly than we do...
(Honestly, I think England has an enormous problem with classism. Which is relevant, because this is what leads to Jack's success, such as it is)
Apparently fresh lemons are also great for nail whitening and hand cleaning
Why would you use the codename for your ladygarden as a password. Well I guess no one would even know.
It's mixed in terms of the ethnicity of the girls that go there. You know the fuss about Tony Blair sending one of his kids to the London Oratory? Just like that. Kids commute there from over 60 miles away. David Cameron sent his youngest there, the Goves sent theirs there. Lower than average with SEN, 14% on FSM (the average is 33%). 25% of the places are offered on the basis of academic ability (like a grammar school). Which is probably where they get their FSM students from - the smartest poor girls from an area of approximately 11,310 square miles. For 6th form, it's a massive success to be offered a place there, especially for those whose parents would otherwise have had to fork out for another two years at private school. The uniform is purchased from John Lewis (originally Peter Jones in Sloane Square) - I'll give you an idea of how inclusive it is by giving you the prices for the smallest and largest sizes
Blazer (wool, dry clean only) £87/£116
Box pleat Skirt (wool mix) £44/£61
Pleated Skirt (wool mix) £40/£59
2 Blouses £27/£35
Summer Dress £47/£56
Duffle Coat (wool mix dry clean only) £110/£116
It's a great school. However, it's also about as representative of the English Secondary education system as Oxford University (ie, they let a few smart poor people in, but the place is intrinsically elitist and always has been)
Why would you use the codename for your ladygarden as a password. Well I guess no one would even know.
But your favourite/first teacher is a known security question.
I watched him as well. He was on with THAT MAN who obviously won't be acknowledged!The Sloppies
I‘ve found what must be a prototype of one of the trophies in the mailroom of a certain publishing house.
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