Dear hearts, you are doing amazing work and I salute you.
As hilarious as the slopalong is, I too have become increasingly angry at the absurdity of these 'recipes'. I'm an ex publishing frau who has edited many cookery books (by people who can actually cook and write) and I'm beyond shocked at her publishers. I haven't worked in the industry for more than ten years, but I feel sure that things cannot have changed so much that they have let her get away with this. In my day, we never tested recipes (we didn't have the rescources and our authors were contractually obliged to test them themselves) BUT we sure as hell queried anything and everything that sounded even slightly off. The fact that such basic, obvious things like heating up the oil in the pan first have been missed is ridiculously incompetant.
Ninnies, may I softly, gently suggest that those of you who have attempted the slop consider contacting Bluebird with your results? Maybe minus the photos of the biro tats and lines of powder (as funny as they are, it would give them reason to dismiss our concerns) and with particular emphasis on the abysmal nutritional content, which is the worse thing about her grift. I have contemplated linking the threads in an email to them, but they wouldn't bother to grunk through them. It's too late, of course, for them to do anything about the already published nonsense, but it may help to sway them against commissioning another. It is worth a try, I feel, if any of you feel so inclined.
Bluebird is part of Pan Macmillan. Email is:
[email protected]
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However, what do I know - obviously the povs don't know how to use a box of cake mix. 
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