Oh any will do babe, they're all the same xPouting with her pouting (what tatties do you make the fries with ?)
..probably cultivating a new, exclusive variety under those grubby nails.
Oh any will do babe, they're all the same xPouting with her pouting (what tatties do you make the fries with ?)
I tried to microwave tinned potatoes yesterday.. they exploded! I like to smash them up a bit and airfry them with olive oil and rosemary when I cant be bothered to cut a potato up!I thought somebody said they exploded? much like the garlic in the microwave. Maybe we should rename her tin hat cook as the kitchen turns into a war zone
SuperbThat would be my TV moment of the decade (I know we're only at the start, but I'm confident nothing in the next 9 years would top it).
Just imagine...
John and Gregg: "So what are you making for us today Jack?"
Jack: "Well I'm just kinda winging it, just chucking in a few things and seeing how it turns out, I'm confident it'll be perfect because I've learned to trust my maverick instincts. I'm so nervous and I've got loads to do, so I'd like to just crack on if that's OK with you, thankyou."
John and Gregg: "OK, but presentation has been a bit of an issue for you in the past. Can you make sure that your dish has restaurant-quality appearance for our panel of judges today?"
Jack: "Yes, absolutely x"
Later...
*frantic music*
John and Gregg: "Two minutes for your starter Jack."
Jack: "duck OFF, I'M BUSY"
Later still...
*India Fisher narration*
"Food blogger Jack Monroe has made a salad of wilted frozen spinach, hand-podded borlotti beans and tinned pineapple chunks, topped with grated Spam, malted milk biscuit dust and bottled lemon juice. For her main course, she has prepared a cassoulet of rinsed baked beans, tinned macaroni cheese and salmon paste, served with a fondant standard potato, a Biscoff spread reduction, a lime marmalade puree and a greengage foam, topped with crumbled sage & onion stuffing and plenty of black pepper."
Jack: *proceeds to launch into her poverty story after bringing her dishes to the judges*
Judges: Thank you Jack, if you could just leave us to taste the food...actually, on second thought, could you take it with you please."
Excellent post. I can't see how she can pursue a career cooking on tv or write more cookery books because her lack of basic knowledge and skill vis a vis food preparation will be glaringly obvious to the general public, rather than just Tattlers. She should look into further education/training opportunities, particularly now that her son is getting older.She said recently that all her relationships failed due to her PTSD. I assume from her being on benefits and how it affected her relationships.
I struggle to understand this to be honest. I’ve been skint more or less for the last decade. Both in and out of work. Yes it’s crap but you get on with it, what else can you do. I’m a bit better off now but jack made her name and her living out of being broke and cooking cheap meals.
On some level she is choosing to relive her moments that make her struggle mentally. Over and over again and again.
If she needs to let that all go or at least put it in its place then it’s time to do something new for a career. She really has dined out on hunger hurts for long enough.
As for her being a political activist don’t make me laugh. I’ve done more politically than she has in the last 6 years and there are far more people out there much more politically engaged than I am.
Also. I totally agree with the narrative of why should poor people eat slop? Why all the mad substitutes? Give over. I’d rather eat beans on toast 7 days a week than some of the idiotic stuff she cooks.
Tbf she might be less busy thankyou. If she wrote less stuff about her background and more about the food.Wasn’t her last book part memoir, part inedible slop? There is no need to include your back story in every book you write, just like there being no need to reel off your entire CV every time you introduce yourself. Accept that you aren’t poor any more, and that it’s ok to move on. Oh, and take a proper break! Maybe use the time to learn some fundamental cooking skills?
Omg, hooting. This is exactly what would (and needs) to happenThat would be my TV moment of the decade (I know we're only at the start, but I'm confident nothing in the next 9 years would top it).
Just imagine...
John and Gregg: "So what are you making for us today Jack?"
Jack: "Well I'm just kinda winging it, just chucking in a few things and seeing how it turns out, I'm confident it'll be perfect because I've learned to trust my maverick instincts. I'm so nervous and I've got loads to do, so I'd like to just crack on if that's OK with you, thankyou."
John and Gregg: "OK, but presentation has been a bit of an issue for you in the past. Can you make sure that your dish has restaurant-quality appearance for our panel of judges today?"
Jack: "Yes, absolutely x"
Later...
*frantic music*
John and Gregg: "Two minutes for your starter Jack."
Jack: "duck OFF, I'M BUSY"
Later still...
*India Fisher narration*
"Food blogger Jack Monroe has made a salad of wilted frozen spinach, hand-podded borlotti beans and tinned pineapple chunks, topped with grated Spam, malted milk biscuit dust and bottled lemon juice. For her main course, she has prepared a cassoulet of rinsed baked beans, tinned macaroni cheese and salmon paste, served with a fondant standard potato, a Biscoff spread reduction, a lime marmalade puree and a greengage foam, topped with crumbled sage & onion stuffing and plenty of black pepper."
Jack: *proceeds to launch into her poverty story after bringing her dishes to the judges*
Judges: Thank you Jack, if you could just leave us to taste the food...actually, on second thought, could you take it with you please."
She's so judgemental. Like, in her eyes, because you don't have much money, you don't deserve decent or well crafted, well put together food and should just use any old crap to make your slop.Because potatoes are renowned for being extremely expensive. Poor people are allowed to enjoy things, Jackie!
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She said recently that all her relationships failed due to her PTSD. I assume from her being on benefits and how it affected her relationships.
I struggle to understand this to be honest. I’ve been skint more or less for the last decade. Both in and out of work. Yes it’s crap but you get on with it, what else can you do. I’m a bit better off now but jack made her name and her living out of being broke and cooking cheap meals.
On some level she is choosing to relive her moments that make her struggle mentally. Over and over again and again.
If she needs to let that all go or at least put it in its place then it’s time to do something new for a career. She really has dined out on hunger hurts for long enough.
As for her being a political activist don’t make me laugh. I’ve done more politically than she has in the last 6 years and there are far more people out there much more politically engaged than I am.
Also. I totally agree with the narrative of why should poor people eat slop? Why all the mad substitutes? Give over. I’d rather eat beans on toast 7 days a week than some of the idiotic stuff she cooks.
Her writing is so subtle and understatedI've just remembered that we're still waiting for the dramatic reading of "Potatoes" we were threatened with weeks ago. I was particularly looking forward to the interpretive dance interlude to accompany the "curling into a ball, howling, roaring, sobbing, clawing at the floor" segment.
5 dishes LAST NIGHT. Not this second so they don't count.So it's OK for her to make 5 different dishes for herself for dinner last night? That's not a luxury, but buying waxy potatoes is?
But don't you understand, 5 is only 3 in restaurant parlance?5 dishes LAST NIGHT. Not this second so they don't count.
It's all in the subtext.Her writing is so subtle and understated
Shes such a dick. If she was really wanting to give decent advice she could suggest a Maris Piper. For many people this is a decent tattie to cover most "everyday dinner" bases. They're great boiled, mashed, roasted, chipped, baked. Much nicer and easier than trying to get a crispy roast tattie or a fluffy mash from a waxy potato. Yet again, shes talking shite.Because potatoes are renowned for being extremely expensive. Poor people are allowed to enjoy things, Jackie!
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Yes! Given that waxy potatoes are generally the more expensive ones, and won't work as well for this, why doesn't she just say 'get a floury potato'. It makes no sense to suggest that the dearer ones will work just as well.Shes such a dick. If she was really wanting to give decent advice she could suggest a Maris Piper. For many people this is a decent tattie to cover most "everyday dinner" bases. They're great boiled, mashed, roasted, chipped, baked. Much nicer and easier than trying to get a crispy roast tattie or a fluffy mash from a waxy potato. Yet again, shes talking shite.