Jack Monroe #137 NarcLife by Bootstrap Crook

[jenny2603]

Still hasn't mentioned kidney beans in the text either.

But how will I know if I need to fold them in or if I can just chuck them in. Do I boil them for three months to soften? So many questions.

 

[gashlycrumbtiny]

I want to compare Jack to Meera Sodha for a minute based on comments about the Linda Mc debacle. She isn't vegan or vegetarian, but she writes a vegan column in the Guardian and has written a couple of highly acclaimed books including East which I've been cooking my way through with fantastic results. Her insta is a delight; she's got a paid partnership with Ocado doing a vegan recipe which has over 39,600 views. I don't think I've ever seen anyone pick her apart or suggest to the Guardian or Ocado that they don't use her because she's not vegan (not saying they haven't) or complain about her. That's because she remains charming, professional, her recipes are delicious and they work and she's never published polemics saying that she's going vegan and that meat is full of violence. Her family were Ugandan Indians so I doubt she had an especially charmed early life. Anyway I highly recommend her body of work.

Just adding to the Meera fandom, East is an excellent cookbook for veggies (and anyone else). Personally I prefer her style of vegetarian cooking which is more focused on traditionally vegetarian cuisine that tastes really good rather than a bunch of disappointing meat substitutes

 

[KebabGirl]

She did that election chat with Toff. And obviously ended up basically capitulating to everything Toff had to say, because (in my opinion, MLud) Jack has no opinions of her own and spins in the wind agreeing with the last person she spoke to/the prevailing popular opinion.

Again, my family (and myself) would disown me for defending a Tory twice in 2 days. When I watched this when first broadcast I thought Toff was very interesting and open to discussion. It seemed very one sided as Jack just sucks up to her. Can't say I agree with either on this performance, but Toff wanted to listen.
Several years on, I still think Jack would benefit from listening. She really has created an echo chamber - not all criticism is trolling

 

[Fruitjack]

twas I, the original mentioner of relish that reacted with sick cos it's gross (I just don't really do condiments)

and there's more Sheffield fraus here? yay!

you will not me for my love of Henderson’s! You can buy it any branch of Home Bargains and veggies everywhere advocate it instead of Worcestershire sauce! (You can me for nearly typing Home and Bargains if you like)

 

[Dogmuck]

View attachment 390702She’s doubling down and has made up a new hashtag. I was also in the process of squiggling her for some reason and I realised I didn’t need to .

Fortunately it’s not her hashtag, it’s what the Labour Party are using. She’s right up Kiers arse!

 

[Lanie]

It is the ten days thing. The school emailed to say the food was for ten days so clearly something has gone wrong between the school and Chartwells, so she right in that Chartwells and/or the school need to explain where the 10 day thing came from and apologise.

Perhaps the school thought it was for ten days and wrote it in the school letter regarding it, perhaps there was talk of it being for ten days but then they changed it and forgot to inform the school, who knows?!

I love that this is her job now. No furlough for you @Silver Linings you’ve got hands!

A job she will largely be doing for free?! Seems appropriate.

 

[SoulRebel]

Grifty McGrift would be a good name!

Oh I was wondering, where does the "bird in traaaazers" thing come from?! I can't have been paying enough attention to Jack at the time!

You must have missed Ms. Monroe's stellar service to Sarfend's fire fighting force (she didn't, it's a lie).
Jack Monroe was once a call handler for the fire service.

 

[I’MBUSY!]

The whole episode is an embarrassment and a wasted opportunity. You cannot publicly call the MD a ****ing idiot for 'likes' and expect respect in return.


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Whatever happened to Camila Batmanghelidjh? Hope no-one is uncomfortable with the question, but some treated her like a Goddess in these issues.


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I think Camila is prob a bit persona non grata in respect of charitable endeavours.

 

[Charitas]

Did we know she was anorexic? Or more accurately a former grammar-school anorexic

Jack just casually dropping that in so you can't tell if she just was a bit competitive about about skipping lunch, but then had a pie 'cause the co op had no ski yoghurt or had to be sectioned into specialist care

 

[NP]

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Me too. Love her-she does a squash & sweetcorn curry that I’ve made (didn’t have squash so just did sweetcorn)-the flavour was insane. I see Linda McCartney’s also used avant garde vegan over on insta-there are so many brilliant young chefs around now-yet it’s the same old shit photographed on that sodding marble wrapping paper & dumped in one of her million bowls with Jack. Never looks good & I’ve never had a decent recipe for jack (I bought veganish back when I didn’t know what a grifter she is).

Thanks for recommending the curry. I’ve just Googled and it sounds delicious and easy. Going to make that next week for sure.

“What are the dumplings made of?” has had me laughing up a lung. The fact that the squiggles can’t even tell which bit is the LM product in that photo is hilarious. To be fair, those sausages look like they’ve been warmed through on a radiator and really do look like dumplings.

 

[SoulRebel]

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What was it she said about 'snarfing down' (or whatever) two tubs of ice cream a few months ago?

It's in that bastard 'recipe' -
(more disordered eating in my opinion)

 

[Emmapism]

A Cabal meet-up in Southend would result in JM herself turning up wearing one of those bloody wigs to hide her identity. Luckily we're more familiar with her body of work than the average bank clerk...one glimpse of those tats (and more importantly, THOSE NAILS) and she'd be rumbled. Then she'd give us all a sound shin-kicking.

So yeah, I don't fancy it, although I hear the puddles and charity shops round those parts are good for a spot of bargain hunting.

She'd been hiding in a hedge with binoculars the creepy shark-eyed cow

 

[appleskin]

Do we have to curtsy & everything now?

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I think Jack done this on purpose to get her nutty fans to keep tweeting how much she really should get one? surprised there isn't a tee-hee comment from her yet

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

Does southend run to a premier in perchance? If so, I'm up for it, I means obvs we could have stayed at her grandads place but I presume it's been sold

Probably for the best tbh, £10 a night and child labour cleaning the rooms would feel like

Spoiler: TW - gross bugs x

 

[TheDragonWithAFlagon]

Mrs Malaprop Jack is another favourite. An avaricious reader...doesn't she mean voracious?

"I read it greedily then humped it like a starved randy plagiarising Jack Russell, before gnawing the pages and gently, carefully cooking them low and slow then clawing and howling at the floor"

No, I think she reads completely avariciously.

 

[Terrible]

I’m still a bit confused about roadsidemum’s bag’o’crap - she says she’s got two children eligible, but doesn’t say if she got two identical bags. Her revelation is hella boring anyway.

 

[PoorPatrol]

What are the dumplings made of = thread title

It’s actually vegan crackling

Jack reading the Linda McCartney page.

Nah, she’s got out the Pinocchio’s cat gif again. Never knowingly original, is our dear heart Jack.

 

[LyraBalaqua]

Still keeping her nose in...

 

[waffle maker]

Bet she's pissed off right now -

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Haha she’ll probably get a couple more.

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

I would love for us all to meet at Dishoom or some other independent restaurant

Dishoom followed by the infamous chippy?