Jack Monroe #310 Stay pressed, fools!

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Her books aren’t best selling. That’s part of the reason she can’t afford to buy a house outright. Her books are shite and people don’t want to read them.
You mean the people don't need recipes like this? May have posted it before, but I sincerely doubt JO is nicking any of Jack's recipes!
 
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Tbh I don't think it matters if she actually owns or rents. It's the way that she uses renting as 'proof' that she is working class, because obviously no WC people ever buy their home and no MC people ever rent.
 
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There was a double page feature of Miguel's recipes in this week's "Closer" magazine. They looked great, and came with budgeting tips

About a year ago the same mag had a tiny one off column featuring Jacki, with a del Monte slop recipe. Never asked back or featured again.
 
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You mean the people don't need recipes like this? May have posted it before, but I sincerely doubt JO is nicking any of Jack's recipes! View attachment 1282998
Is that real?! I’ve never seen the word ‘stench’ in a run up to a recipe that humans are supposed to eat. And spreadable spam?! Whhhhyyyyyy?!

Also, ‘it honked but I ate it anyway’.
 
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The OU doesn’t offer any nutrition or dietetics degrees
 
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I know it's difficult to imagine, but I feel JackaMel is over exaggerating her 'writings being studied'. One or two short pieces from her blog, then book, were used in an Eng Lang GSCE non fiction and transactional writing paper. Along with several other short pieces. The students had to answer 4 or so questions on it. That's it. It could have been any short non fiction piece. They weren't studying her work in depth for a thesis or anything.
 
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Yea, I love Ken Hom, my favourite bit was when they realised he was perched up on his seat looking like he was floating.
 
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You mean the people don't need recipes like this? May have posted it before, but I sincerely doubt JO is nicking any of Jack's recipes! View attachment 1282998
"It's not the greatest job in the world, but just get on with it."
I've never been near a JM recipe book (and I use the term recipe loosely) but that sentence has really offended me. How rude. I've never been offended by recipe instructions before. I don't want to be offended by a recipe. Cooking is meant to be a joyful experience. JM's recipes insult you before you've even tasted the finished result.
 
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Grate your f**king Spam???!!!

Jack WTF? If you must do this (and who would) surely you could go to local butchers for some offal or cheap cuts.

This is so ridiculous
Shame it’s too early for “First Grate Your Spam” as a you know what!
 
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It takes longer to cook a stuffed chicken, which doesn't seem good advice in terms of fuel costs. I use half a box of 29p stuffing mixture from Aldi and put it in at the same time as cooking my chicken.
 
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You mean the people don't need recipes like this? May have posted it before, but I sincerely doubt JO is nicking any of Jack's recipes! View attachment 1282998
Sweet mother of God . Seriously. Why would anyone do this? Particularly if you had children to feed. You'd fry slices of spam, serve it with beans/peas/tinned toms (like old school dinners) and a carb then have the pears for pudding. Not chuck the entire contents of your cupboard or food bank bag into one thing. You want food your kids will actually eat. Ffs. I've never got my head around this part of her 'niche' tbh.
 
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