I started reading and just gave up. It's the same absolute nonsense you see on her Twitter. QuarterHack?
QuarterFackingWasteofTime.
QuarterFackingWasteofTime.
Jack Monroe #444 Jack's constant inner conflict over wanting to be simultaneously envied and pitied
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Come on man, you can’t seriously write that in a book which is pretty much filled with recipes that involve canned food for duck sake.
So, too poor to have a can opener (60p at Tesco by the way) but assumes you have unwanted sharp knives and a hammer or mallet?
I don't think I even have a mallet
Clearly written pre energy cost of living. Nobody on a tight budget can justify preheating an oven an using it to make their own bread. Bread is near impossible to make yourself for the same as pre-made and is the preserve of the time rich middle classes, if you are working two min wage shift jobs you don’t have the time to faff with courgette soda bread that most kids ain’t gonna touch 🤷
Do we think Nigella and Jay actually read the book before they endorsed it? I would be mortified if I saw my name attached to that. I’ll be interested to see the reviews.
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Especially as it’s “not particularly hygienic and an awful lot of work for a reward of some coke beans for tea”.
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Also, if you can get one tin opener for £1, that’s just 5.56% of the RRP of this money saving book… OR you can buy 17 tin openers with 99p left over instead of buying this tripe, the only purpose of which is to line Jack’s pocket and for the Guardian to spunk all over her again.
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Don’t bash millennials for not having tin openers – donate one to a food bank instead
Yes, a basic opener costs just a pound or two. But that’s a fortune when you can’t even afford to feed yourselfwww.theguardian.com
Not being rude but ffs come on, this tit isn’t remotely based in reality. In fact I think Bear Grylls does something like this with a snake skin? Like I’m sorry but there is a welfare state and there are charities in position to help people who’ve got nothing at all, no it’s not perfect but I’m sorry no one in the UK in 2022/3 needs to do this and it’s appalling this has been published?
This is honestly something you’d see in ch4 news reporting on a humanitarian crisis like people surviving bombings or in huge refugee camps?
This is probably me being thick but why wouldn't you just use one of the pots with a lid she tells you you need and just hold it slightly open over the pot?
Bloody hell another illness She now has stocktake syndrome as well 
TERRIBLE’S TOP TIPS
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Cook your rice properly, and you won’t need to strain it through a glue smeared rag held up by key rings and caribeners.
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Cook your rice properly, and you won’t need to strain it through a glue smeared rag held up by key rings and caribeners.
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It is utter utter shite, plus once cooked rice does not need to be drained.
duck me. She needs reporting to the adult equivalent of the child accident prevention trust if there is such a thing. Shakes head in disbelief.
USE THE PAN LID TO DRAIN YA PANS IF YOU CBA TO MUCKY THE COLANDER FFS
USE THE PAN LID TO DRAIN YA PANS IF YOU CBA TO MUCKY THE COLANDER FFS
Apparently on kindle you can ask for a refund if it’s substandard? Don’t use it myself but for any fraus and ninnies who do could save a few £.
Can someone please, please, please get a doctor, nurse or paramedic who cover A&E to review this book because frankly based on what we've seen so so far Jack is trying to kill and injure people.
So far I’m seeing recommendations for how to give yourself third degree burns (the point of a colander is actual holes, cloth versions just won’t work) and stabbing your self with a knife trying to open a tin. What the actual duck is that shite. And it took how long?! LJC.
So basically the book is full of absolutely nothing you couldn't get Googling 'frugal/cheap recipes' or 'frugal hacks'. All the kitchen essentials are what people would already have surely or stuff you'd again, have a Google for things you need when setting up home?
If someone is that on the bones of their arse, which I presume this is the target market judging by the hacks to make cloths, then if they can't afford a £1-£5 can opener then it's doubtful they'll be parting with a tenner for a book, so WHO is this for exactly?
I have a student cookbook which clue in the name is for cheap and cheerful ways to make things from basic sauces and soda bread to full roast dinners and is incredibly useful in that it has a template shopping lists and meal plan and has things people want to eat. Who wants prune bread as a weekend treat when you could make pancakes or something that's an actual treat!?
If someone is that on the bones of their arse, which I presume this is the target market judging by the hacks to make cloths, then if they can't afford a £1-£5 can opener then it's doubtful they'll be parting with a tenner for a book, so WHO is this for exactly?
I have a student cookbook which clue in the name is for cheap and cheerful ways to make things from basic sauces and soda bread to full roast dinners and is incredibly useful in that it has a template shopping lists and meal plan and has things people want to eat. Who wants prune bread as a weekend treat when you could make pancakes or something that's an actual treat!?
Where's the bleeping Victorian Warming Pan Theory? I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO bleeping YEARS.
It's a bit Take-A-Break tip where you're told how to save some tiny amount of money by using something more expensive as a "hack." Where am I getting this fairly large clean square of cotton from? Am I supposed to use my clothes for this? And the tin opener thing is even worse. I've never not owned a tin-opener, but a hammer is for many people one of those "ask if your neighbour has one" things. Also someone's getting that knife in their eye, aren't they? Just buy a bleeping tin opener!
Edit: And am I just cutting off fraying edges from my pillowcase dishcloths (weird fabric choice) or am I hemming them with glue? Which is it, Jack? Tell me, my kids are starving!
Is that why she is spite recommending it to mean trolls and ninnies?
Picking them off one at a time.
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