Jack Monroe #399 Catastrophically embarrassing

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One bad thing Jack does is spread this myth that all food banks will do is give you 12 cans of spaghetti hoops and beans, prunes, sardines, spam, rice pudding. I’m sure a lot of people would be put off. The reality is many (at least the ones I’m involved with) will try to give you a lot of choice and more importantly act as a contact service for referrals to sort out the root cause which is usually debt and/or mistakes in benefits and/or substance abuse. Jack propagates a myth we shove them out the door with a box full of random duplicate tins.
I'm a regular food bank Frau and I've had so many surprises in my donated goods. Yep, there's beans and pasta but last week I got a box of Twinings teabags, a frozen chicken, choc biscuits and a giant box of pricey cereal.
As usual Jack is talking out of her bum.
 
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I’m still loitering for the new thread. I’ve no hat but will brush my hair
 
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Most reactions for a thread title nom nom was Mrs Peel's Good Lord. The utter narcissism of this obscure cook with a whopping 126 reactions.
Garcon! More prunes for @Mrs Peel!
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Really hoping Nige redeems herself. The weather is getting chilly and I fancy a double potato and halloumi bake, but I can’t in good conscience make a mom recipe right now. At least see the light before the holidays. Her tiramisu recipe is a good one to take to gatherings.
I need Nigella to redeem herself if only to make it right for her namesake (cat, not human daughter) that I so proudly named Nigella in 2013 (insert triangle emoji here)

edit: I keep referencing 2013 because i want to be clear it was done before Nigella's other, personal scandal ❄
 
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I wouldn't put a series of worrying Tweets past her hinting that something very dark is about to happen before she departs Twitter. She's the sort of egotist that wants to attend their own funeral so they can see who is upset. Then she'll pop back up like nothing has happened.
Wouldn't be the first time. I've said it before on these threads but she got me once, before my awakening - really worrying string of tweets and a plea for support (if I'm worth anything please tell me now, etc etc) I truly worried about her as I lay awake that night due to my own sleeplessness. Check back next day - was like nothing ever happened. She was distracted by some other random shiny tit.
 
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Depends on the employer and the position within the company I guess. When I worked for an American bank my contract stated that I could be disciplined for anything I wrote on my social media as I could be viewed as representing the company.
I think mine has something vague about 'bringing the school into disrepute' and they specified when I started that it included social media posts, but I'm pretty sure accusing someone of being a terrible public speaker on Twitter wouldn't count. Never tested it as I don't put my employer's name on any of my social media. American employers seem crazy though, I wouldn't put anything past them.
 
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I'm a regular food bank Frau and I've had so many surprises in my donated goods. Yep, there's beans and pasta but last week I got a box of Twinings teabags, a frozen chicken, choc biscuits and a giant box of pricey cereal.
As usual Jack is talking out of her bum.

Another foodbank frau here. Have always been given a sheet to ask what I will use and need, dread getting those shity basics tins cos unusuable but by and large they are great for making sure you can get the stuff you need to see you through. Also some nice surprises in there, like finding out Co-op tinned soup is absolutely lovely and knocks socks off heinz and discovering that you can buy beans in chilli sauce for for your chill. Foodbanks are running an awful gauntlet and Jack;s willingness to pretend she is offsetting harm they do in suggesting people rinse off those bleeping hoops was throwing them under a bus. How is her volunteering at the local foodbank going? Am sure they are delighted to find out she does...from the dead bird site.
 
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I tried to do the new thread yesterday and got cold feet once... tried again and got beat to it..

I can't try again. I've got crumbly fingerering bones that stop me.
 
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Depends how wealthy you are.

Are you Semi detached with a drive?
Terraced but a eucalyptus tree in the garden?
Terraced but no eucalyptus and a yard?

Semi and drive, I'm afraid we expect specialist hat from a posh shop.

With a eucalyptus tree, an off the rail hat from Bon Marche.

Terraced and no eucalyptus, bit of grass in a baseball cap will do ya.. you're not allowed in anyway so, lovingly and gently, duck off...
Two bed council flat? Though I do have a drive and my own garden so I'm not sure where that places me on the scale. 🤔
 
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I love sticky toffee pudding. I would rather never eat it ever again if this was the option. Prunes. Again. Why?
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This recipe may only have five ingredients, but it requires a lot of other stuff to make, i.e. multiple saucepans, a loaf pan or pudding moulds, an eggbeater and possibly a sifter. Not to suggest that the poors don't have kitchen equipment, but not everyone may have all that stuff hanging around their kitchen. Typical JM slop nonsense.
 
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