Jack Monroe #431 Close your begs, woman!

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jenny2603

hoopdedoo said:
Hang on, Jack was a food *columnist* for the Guardian? I thought she just wrote merail opinion pieces about life among the poors.
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Yeah, I think she got the boot from the food thing after making horrible comments about David Cameron's late son.
 
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hoopdedoo

jenny2603 said:
Yeah, I think she got the boot from the food thing after making horrible comments about David Cameron's late son.
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I'm appalled they would hire her to write about food in the first place. Next time one of their beggy "we're reader-funded, help us out" pop-ups appears on my screen: SHAN'T.
 
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SusieTCones

Hold my beans said:
Sorry if I've missed it but which Jack is this 'do'?
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I like to think of this as “Betty Crocker” Jack



Q: What’s the difference between Betty Crocker and Jack Monroe?

A: Betty Crocker’s food comes in a cardboard box, but Jack Monroe’s food tastes like a cardboard box.
 
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jenny2603

hoopdedoo said:
I'm appalled they would hire her to write about food in the first place. Next time one of their beggy "we're reader-funded, help us out" pop-ups appears on my screen: SHAN'T.
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A while back some staff memeber on the Guardian was chatting to Jack on Twitter and recalled an incident where some editor referring to Jack's column said "people aren't actually eating this stuff, are they?". They both seemed quite outraged by it, I thought it was hilarious. The receipts are on here somewhere.
 
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zetta buttons

hoopdedoo said:
Hang on, Jack was a food *columnist* for the Guardian? I thought she just wrote merail opinion pieces about life among the poors.
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You have no idea…

The comments on her column are golden .

(I was still under the Jack spell when she was writing those. Still under the Guardian spell tbh. Times have changed somewhat.)

ETA- 2 people discussing her giant crab ravioli recipe (it is giant ravioli not giant crab) from 2014. It uses fish paste and fresh crab btw . How is she still doing this 8 years later?
 
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Cookiecookie

Smoothie bowls have never appealed to me, but seeing Jack and her mate consume them like that has properly put me off forever
 
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zetta buttons

In fact, given she has pissed off and Instagram is boring AF, I might go back and look at her recipes and the hilarious comments for lols.

This one is particularly good. The commenters have actually worked the volumes she has used are bollocks and that’s on top of the fact that the recipe is disgusting.

Jack Monroe’s black pudding and carrot hash recipe

This is hangover food at its finest, especially when served with soft-boiled eggs and fried bread
www.theguardian.com
 
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TillyMiffin

If I remember rightly, Frauen strongly suspected this was an Asda cake which had been decorated by Jack. Complete with Babadook
 
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queenfeline

Why would your SO gift you £800 earrings when they know you haven't used a normal bottle of soap in years? If this was a story from anyone other than Jack, I'd say they were taking the piss.
 
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TillyMiffin

Fruitjack said:
Cleaning the kitchen? As if.
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Talking of Jack & lost things- I have remembered how she came to my attention on twitter, and it must’ve been around 2015-16, she did a post about losing a Pandora necklace (might have been a bracelet) that was packed with charms and she was asking people to hand it in as it had sentimental value etc. when I say it was FULL of charms it really was. It’s what made me want a Pandora necklace funny enough.
 
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Captainmouse

She’s as thick as one of her brick cakes if they are sold by weight it doesn’t matter how smol they are, x smol = y medium/large
hiyaaaacath said:
Forgive me as I haven’t done full grunks yet but I was absolutely outraged at this, which has to be the most blatant lie ever….
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Flivver

The BTL comments on that Guardian recipe are classic. Some people were on to her already - back in 2014. Example:
 
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zetta buttons

Flivver said:
The BTL comments on that Guardian recipe are classic. Some people were on to her already - back in 2014. Example: View attachment 1750700
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There are so many who realise that

a) recipes doesn’t work
b) the costings don’t work
c) the food looks shit
d) she is complaining about the comments on Twitter and not taking on advice and yet

The Guardian continued to publish her. It’s appalling that she was allowed to continue her cosplaying, fool people and take money for nothing.

Many of us were fooled. Probably because of the likes of the Guardian. If publications like them published people like Jack then surely we should trust her?

The blame for this lies in many, many places.
 
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Captainmouse

She also pretended he owned/ran a hat shop for what reason
 
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Amanda Lin

Certain she created a profile to sanctimoniously argue with all the negative comments.
 
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Nottonightbabe

This is a problem for her, everytime she flounces the canal get bored and start digging into old articles. She's best off hanging about and causing a mini chaos at least, lest we uncover more gems she'd rather stayed hidden...

Bonjour, mes chéries
 
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