Excellent question, squig. I'm sure Jack will be along with an answer any .... minute .... now .....
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One of the top chefs...that might, might be potentially arguable if every other chef and food writer on the planet had been wiped out in a freak accident, with Jack and That Man being the only two left.
Besides, she's NOT A CHEF!
Besides, she's NOT A CHEF!
I thought they were encouraged not to peel veggies during the war? They used to feed swill to their community pigs, unlike Jack, who expects you to eat it.
Serious question though, has Jack ever addressed how the yes you can sufficiently and healthily feed your family for £20 a week stuff feeds into the ‘if you’re poor you’re just not trying hard enough’ narrative that is so prevalent in this country?
Yes, I believe the Bath conservatives pulled her up on it several years ago and she wrote a blog post saying HOW DARE YOU over and over again without addressing the actual point.
It's amazing, isn't it - that she has (just about) managed to hide her highly successful, wealthy family whilst maintaining that she isn't at all privileged, never becomes less shocking. With all the chances she's had, it can only be her monumental laziness (and ineptitude) that has stopped her from becoming as wealthy as the lady in the news. To say, she ain't doing too bad anyway - nice place, comfortable life with (too) many things, and doesn't even have to work - but she could theoretically be really, really loaded. And on a related note: she has bitten her tongue about this influencer person, what are the chances that she can't quite summon the adequate bile because she knows full well that she's being bank-rolled on easy street, as we speak? She hasn't worked for...how long is it now? The house isn't free, not even close, not to mention her lifestyle. So either she's smashing through savings, or she's receiving support from say, the Government, or she's being bank-rolled by someone. Would love to know what it is - my guess is the bank of Mum and Dad.
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It's not even that she maintains that she isn't at all privileged - she actively promotes the idea that she's actually ~underprivileged~.
On a grunk here and just wanted to say that I didn’t think I’d be Googling “Blippi poop” this morning but thank you for the education Tattle. One of my kids loves his videos and I know I’ll never feel right ever again.
They did, but then apologised for being thoughtless. What enrages me is that she played the outraged card knowing that she could have actually had help. The whole issue would have been better served if someone who truly was in poverty with no way out of it, (rich parents etc) had taken them to task. It’s just another example of her Pov Queen drama. Im not in any way defending those Tory tw*ts but she is so fake it makes me sick.
I'm convinced her landlady is a family member...how else would she afford the huge crappy bungalow?
Oh my god. I'm just looking at that Bath conservatives riposte https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2018/02/17/my-ready-meal-is-none-of-your-fucking-business/ and ....
She's talking about Louisa Compton here. She's equating a TV executive who doesn't have an oven to people who don't have cooking equipment because they're living in hostels.
She's talking about Louisa Compton here. She's equating a TV executive who doesn't have an oven to people who don't have cooking equipment because they're living in hostels.
I had to read the recipe several times to understand that what she means is you cook the very basic tomato sauce made out of these ingredients
1 small onion or a handful of diced frozen ones, 9p (90p/1.5kg, Sainsburys Basics)
6 cloves of garlic, 12p (35p/2 bulbs, avg 10 cloves each)
1 tbsp. oil (optional), 2p (£3/3l, Sainsburys sunflower or vegetable oil)
1 x 400g tin of tomatoes, 35p (35p/400g, Sainsburys Basics)
2 tbsp. tomato ketchup, 1p (45p/460g, Sainsburys Basics) WHYYYYYY? WHY, Monroe, why?
1/2 a vegetable stock cube, 2p (35p/10, Sainsburys Basics)
200ml water
... for 11.5 hours, then you add your drained tin of lentils for the last half hour. This isn't clear, because we are instructed to drain the lentils, but at no point told to add them to the dish. I guess it's implied. I believe most successful recipes imply some steps but include important details such as this
I'm sure it's what Delia, Nigella and Mary Berry do all the time.
How did the Bristol stool chart fair.
Have they discovered new content?
Who won the comp?
So many questions?
Have they discovered new content?
Who won the comp?
So many questions?
So helpful, Jack, for all those people who have bought your book which is aimed at people too depressed to put on a pot of pasta, only to find themselves trying to track down edible rose petals and lavender flowers 
Of course I totally disagree with MMH and the aspects of influencer and celebrity culture which equate success to hard work alone and totally disregard privilege. However I also think there is a kind of intellectual snobbery which makes it easy for JM and similar people on Twitter to bash MMH because she is young, not university educated, made her name from reality TV etc. Whereas they would never dream of challenging grifters or people who put out harmful commentary (I.e. on recovery!!) who are part of the media elite, I.e. fellow journalists, writers, established TV personalities.
I think it must be, as they seem pretty lax about stuff.
In this blog, Jack "exploded in cold fury" LOL
As Mary Poppins says, if wishes were horses
As my local nuclear reactor says, WHAT?
Erm...
I had a peep at the Bristol thing and only one entry?
Was that all they got?
I feel so bad for them. That's pretty bad!
Bless em!
What are these food grade edible flowers for in GFFBD may I ask?So helpful, Jack, for all those people who have bought your book which is aimed at people too depressed to put on a pot of pasta, only to find themselves trying to track down edible rose petals and lavender flowers
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I mean, we all have our own FFBD (good or otherwise- chocolate buttons (giant) are the best option in my humble opinion) but WHY THE F*** would you be pratting around with petals when you feel even slightly less than optimal?
You know when you just need to leave Earth, live on the space station and watch the carnage unfold from above for a while?
That.
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