It is so ridiculous because spaghetti hoops are perfectly acceptable and delicious as they are. For the love of God put them on some bloody toast and be done with it.
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Totally bizarre.
No one, and I mean absolutely no one, would EVER make this.
Just had a thought (in my weird little brain) - if Louisa's really gone I bet Jack's lies are going to get even more outrageous with no one around to call her out.
That recipe 
Spaghetti hoops are already mushy straight out of the tin, and she recommends microwaving them for two solid minutes?
I... just can’t imagine what state they would be in after that. Are these recipes tested by anyone at all prior to publication?
Spaghetti hoops are already mushy straight out of the tin, and she recommends microwaving them for two solid minutes?I... just can’t imagine what state they would be in after that. Are these recipes tested by anyone at all prior to publication?
You'd think she was sponsored by Heinz or something, the amount of times she suggests rinsing spaghetti hoops instead of just, you know ... making pasta - except that what she does to their poor little hoops is such a travesty I'm sure they wouldn't touch her with a bargepole.
Wonderful, thank you. Where can I find your tip jar?
If I was Mr Bourdain, I’d be instructing my Solicitor to get her to remove that from her SM forthwith! Misrepresentation of the highest order!
Yesterday I saw a video ad on Facebook for Heinz spaghetti hoops. It was a ‘recipe’ idea for using spaghetti hoops to help use up old veggies (so they had raw grated carrot and I think cauliflower) all in a pot with the spaghetti hoops, heated up, then poured into unbuttered brown bread and shoved in the Breville. Result: dry af looking toasties containing hoops and uncooked (prior to them being mixed in) veg. It made me wonder if Jack attack had been commissioned by Heinz.
It looked seriously gross.
It looked seriously gross.
There is nothing better in this life than a slice of soft white bread (pref. Warburton's toastie) slathered with salted butter, folded in the middle and stuffed with Walker's cheese and onion crisps. Fold, squish, devour.
Sadly Bourdain died by his own hand a few years ago - which is what makes Jack's appropriation of his name to sell her 'depressipes' all the more disgusting.
As usual a dramatic back story, surely if you couldn’t be bothered to boil water you would just eat the spaghetti hoops as they are ?
Also Heinz would be too fancy for her
Number one - the blurb for that recipe says pasta e pepe is pasta and chickpeas (wrong) and then shows a recipe with no chickpeas.
Number 2 - it’s essentially spaghetti hoops with cheese. I have that on toast about once a week I love it. Why duck with what is already simple.
Number 3 - you can’t call something cacio e Pepe when the only ingredient the same is pepper.
Just because you say it is something, doesn’t make it so. A mushroom is not a sirloin stake just because you will it too. Just as a rinsed hoop is not spaghetti For other use. A hoop is a hoop, is a hoop.
Number 2 - it’s essentially spaghetti hoops with cheese. I have that on toast about once a week I love it. Why duck with what is already simple.
Number 3 - you can’t call something cacio e Pepe when the only ingredient the same is pepper.
Just because you say it is something, doesn’t make it so. A mushroom is not a sirloin stake just because you will it too. Just as a rinsed hoop is not spaghetti For other use. A hoop is a hoop, is a hoop.
Oh, yeah, it would have to be Asda's own brand spaghetti hoops, right enough!Also Heinz would be too fancy for her
That "recipe" is very similar to something me and my best pal used to make for lunch as teens.
We used to leave the sauce on, mind so that's probably why we aren't shaking up the cooking industry with our revolutionary approach
We used to leave the sauce on, mind so that's probably why we aren't shaking up the cooking industry with our revolutionary approach
It’s not even economical - even own brand spaghetti hoops are pennies less than a bag of pasta, factor in the hoops being 1 serving versus the bag of pasta making several meals and all of a sudden it’s looking quite fancy
Proper pasta is a cheap cupboard food so what does she have against it?
She does like to rinse food though, doesn't she?
dm me your bank details hun, and I will help myself x
I fancy alphagetti on toast for lunch 
. Not rinsing it though so there.
. Not rinsing it though so there.Pasta, butter and melted cheese is perfectly fine comfort food. I’ve ate it loooooads.
FYI easy stove top Mac and cheese (reminiscent of the deliciously bad for you box stuff)
Boil pasta, drain.
In the same pot add some cream and seasoning (I use the garlic salt with mixed herbs from morrisons and some sweet paprika)
Bring cream to the boil and roll it about 30 secs
Bring off heat
Add grated cheese.
season to taste
Stir in pasta.
Eat.
Full thing takes about 10 mins and is really comforting. Keeps well, maybe just add some milk if microwaving.
FYI easy stove top Mac and cheese (reminiscent of the deliciously bad for you box stuff)
Boil pasta, drain.
In the same pot add some cream and seasoning (I use the garlic salt with mixed herbs from morrisons and some sweet paprika)
Bring cream to the boil and roll it about 30 secs
Bring off heat
Add grated cheese.
season to taste
Stir in pasta.
Eat.
Full thing takes about 10 mins and is really comforting. Keeps well, maybe just add some milk if microwaving.
He was also all about food being a joyous thing, an adventure, something to be discovered. Jack is the complete opposite - it all has to be grim, something to be struggled through rather than enjoyed.Fellow Bourdain lovers. Parts unknown is coming to Netflix in June
All of them. Rejoice, rejoice.
I’m here for crisps on things. I’ve done Cheetos and Doritos as breadcrumbs in chicken. Spicy Cheetos on Mac and cheese. Mainly ‘dirty’ food. (Hate that expression but you know what I mean). And you cannot beat a roll and crisps. Yummmmmy. Don’t think I’d have them with eggs mind.
Back to the task at hand. Those potatoes are actually Joël Robochon’s. Anthony done a take of them for food and wine magazine.
This is the useless information I retain.
Anthony Bourdain's Mashed Potatoes, Kind of Robuchon-Style
These heavenly, rich mashed potatoes from Anthony Bourdain are made with lots — and lots — of butter as inspired by Joël Robuchon.www.foodandwine.com
Tony hated celebrity chefs. He hated the commercialism if the food industry and was quite scathing of people like Rachel Ray. Doubt he would have taken to someone with no kitchen experience and a bullshit persona championing themselves as cook of the people. He’d of seen through her in a min.
That’s not to say he was a twit to everyone. Tony was a real champion of chefs and spoke regularly of those he admired.
It’s like she’s plucked his name out because of his battles with addiction (he went from heroin to work. He was definitely addicted to work) and ultimately his death by suicide. It’s crass and insulting to his memory to tie him to her new book.
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