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Jack Monroe #446 Egg rings in America WO-AH
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I see that Jack started the new year in fine style, with a blatant lie at 2.04am about having made the pastry for those sausage rolls. She'll never change, will she?
On the subject of the book cover, I don't think we've ever seen a physical copy of the book without the Jay Rayner quote, have we? The paperback sampler version, the hardback version on Jack's shelf, the squig from yesterday who has a copy that arrived early - they all have it.
I know there are some promo images that only have the recycled Nigella quote - but perhaps they were created before the Jay quote was ready? I guess we'll find out for sure in a few days...
On the subject of the book cover, I don't think we've ever seen a physical copy of the book without the Jay Rayner quote, have we? The paperback sampler version, the hardback version on Jack's shelf, the squig from yesterday who has a copy that arrived early - they all have it.
I know there are some promo images that only have the recycled Nigella quote - but perhaps they were created before the Jay quote was ready? I guess we'll find out for sure in a few days...
Even the best cooks I know just buy ready made for ease and because it’s always great and no mess!!
Yeah, that's standard behaviour for Jack. She lifts at least half her recipes from BBC Good Food then fucks about with them to make them a few pence cheaper per portion. The other trick she commonly uses is to combine multiple similarly-named recipes, which explains why her ingredient proportions are so often lop-sided.
And while the source recipes are generally tested and tend to work, her versions clearly aren't. Her publishers don't care, so I'd expect Grifty Kitchen to be similar.
We weren’t born yesterday the only solids Jack cooks herself are crusty, green, or crumbly.
With the release of Grifty Kitchen we are about to find out which publications are worth their salt, so to speak. An objective review should address the dangerous/ridiculous advice that Jack is giving (potential injury when opening a can ffs). It will be interesting to see who mentions this, and who doesn't touch it with a barge pole.
I joined in 2020 following a tik tok thread. I didn’t post til I read the JM threads and felt comfortable to do so. I don’t have anything to contribute but I enjoy the posts and banter.
I went from new to member after my 20th post and my old teacher said I’d never amount to anything!
Curious, doing a Google search with the term "a brilliant collection of enticing budget recipes" returns basically zero hits, except for Tattle. Almost as if Jay Rayner has pulled his quote (or never allowed it to be used for that book...) and demanded it be scrubbed...
Morning Ninnies!Happy New Year I nominate "She must think we all button up the back" for next thread title. Brilliantly sardonic 
I imagine there are going to be a curious lack of reviews of GK for this reason.
MM still seems afraid to call her out (likely because of her history of claiming SH and breakdowns) and I reckon they’ll be hesitant to say her advice is tit and dangerous.
If she had made that pastry (she didn't) we would have seen selfies of her cute as a button with flour on her nose and filth under her nails.
I think it’s pretty clear that a lot of people read here and then go and post what they’ve read elsewhere.
Yep - she won an internship at BBC Good Food in 2011 and has worked her way up. Just think, she's been grafting for as long as Jack's been grifting
- BBC Good Food
Cassie is Food Director for BBC Good Food. She trained as a chef at Leiths School of Food and Wine, where she won a place on an internship scheme run with BBC Good Food. In the ten years she has been working at Good Food she has created hundreds of recipes, including many of the recipes you see...
www.bbcgoodfood.com
Happy New Year, Pals!
it’s also fairly clear that Jack’s replying in that thread, MN’ers not as well versed at spotting it though
Yeah, there's no way she wouldn't have made a huge performance of it. And she'd have crowed about it when she showed the finished product, too.
It's these little lies that she tells so easily that shock me most, I think.
Ah, that’s the difference, you see. While at college, you worked on a deli counter of a supermarket.
Had you worked at a supermarket with a cheese and ham counter, you too could have learned ALL about “curing meats”.
And there’s no real benefit to them which is the bit that always shocks me. Nobody would have blinked at the idea of someone buying pastry to make some new year snacks, or even at her buying the entire rolls. All it does is make her look ridiculous when she then shows clearly pre-made products. The same when her lies actively make her look like a bad person and not just in a “send sympathos” way.
Mumma Jack's Best Ever Chilli. It's EXACTLY the same as Gordon Ramsay's recipe except with no meat, wine or spice of any kind.
Happy new year, Fraus and Herren!
You know how sometimes products get recalled for safety purposes? It would make my 2023 if copies of Grifty Kitchen had to be recalled. I can see it now:
Jack Monroe’s publisher apologises for “dangerous advice”
All copies sold are to be recalled and pulped. Unsold copies will be pulled from shelves.
You know how sometimes products get recalled for safety purposes? It would make my 2023 if copies of Grifty Kitchen had to be recalled. I can see it now:
Jack Monroe’s publisher apologises for “dangerous advice”
All copies sold are to be recalled and pulped. Unsold copies will be pulled from shelves.
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