Slopalong: Cooking with Jack Monroe

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I’m actually tempted by the rhubarb and custard pancakes. But I might wait to see the slopalong result before I commit 😂
 
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I'm only delurking to ask why one of her "recipes" (😬) instructs the reader to "cook the onions and (tinned) carrots until soft"? Tinned carrots are already soft, why would you cook them with raw onions??? 🤮🤮🤮

I don't even know why I'm here. I don't really know JM, luckily I'm not poor enough to have to resort to using her handy budgeting tips. Who on earth rinses the sauce from baked beans, and then adds them to a tomato-based recipe? 🥴
 
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Oh God. This is amazing.
Is anyone else scared to make something in case they like it?
it did cross my mind. But as the only people who have ever liked a Jack Monroe recipe are Jack herself, and apparently SB (who declares it all ‘soo delicious, mamapapa) then on the balance of probabilities a reckon we’ll be ok.

I'm only delurking to ask why one of her "recipes" (😬) instructs the reader to "cook the onions and (tinned) carrots until soft"? Tinned carrots are already soft, why would you cook them with raw onions??? 🤮🤮🤮

I don't even know why I'm here. I don't really know JM, luckily I'm not poor enough to have to resort to using her handy budgeting tips. Who on earth rinses the sauce from baked beans, and then adds them to a tomato-based recipe? 🥴
The same person who rinses the sauce of beans, then makes their own version of ‘bean sauce’ to put the rinsed baked beans into, in order to have a ‘slightly superior’ baked bean.
 
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To polish the prior slops off could we please find the posts for these slingings? Thank(space)you
That is assuming they were on tattle?

@MancBee Tomato soup with stuffing
@Geetbo Three tin tender
@traumatised sideboard Porridge with fried banana skins and bacon
@OwlChampagne Stretchy hummus

Also we have these slopalong requests open
@Nottonightbabe Mandarin and yogurt pasta
@Notmycat Eggy cup

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Translation: “I am a grifter who spunks other people’s money on pricey equipment, but as you readers are all abnormal povvos who watch Jeremy Kyle, instant coffee will have to do.”
Stovetop Bialetti? She has TWO. This is my aneurysm

£45 Bialetti moka color blue 6 cup
£45 Bialetti moka express silver 6 cup
 
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The version in the photo has at least two different types of beans, I see some sweetcorn, cheese, and it looks a bit oily. None of that is in the ingredient list. She says in the intro that you can use any type of beans and she sometimes uses kidney beans but baked beans are best. I think it's misleading to show a photo that is not actually of the recipe as written. I followed the written instructions as closely as I could.
I suspect she originally used a tin of mixed bean salad, which would account for the sweetcorn and kidney beans in the photo. Maybe she thought mixed bean salad would be too middle class for the povs and subbed in a tin of baked beans instead :rolleyes:
 
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To polish the prior slops off could we please find the posts for these slingings? Thank(space)you
That is assuming they were on tattle?

@MancBee Tomato soup with stuffing
@Geetbo Three tin tender
@traumatised sideboard Porridge with fried banana skins and bacon
@OwlChampagne Stretchy hummus

Also we have these slopalong requests open
@Nottonightbabe Mandarin and yogurt pasta
@Notmycat Eggy cup


Stovetop Bialetti? She has TWO. This is my aneurysm

£45 Bialetti moka color blue 6 cup
£45 Bialetti moka express silver 6 cup
The beginning of the tomato soup is here but it's spread over the thread
 
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Is anyone doing the yoghurtine excrescence that is Spring piggy? I'm already signed up for something else but would be fascinated to see if it's as horrible as it looks https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2013/02/12/spring-piggy-posh-nosh-33p/

that piggy thing… nope. I read the recipe but I’m confused by her veg costing…
i see you have fallen into the same trap I did!
Bad, that’s bad cake can be. Very, very bad.

JAYSUS!!!! That weird stringy texture. Can’t wait to get my cook on now 😂😂😂
 
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@Notmycat dear heart
Do you have the recipe and accompanying saccharine anecdotes for "speedy bubble" from Tin Can Cook? I can see it comprises tinned potatoes, tinned carrots, tinned spinach, mustard and garlic paste. It's too tempting a prospect.
 
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@Smol Pixel Ultimate Moussaka
You can't just layer raw aubergine in a moussaka!!! You have to grill or roast it first!!! It's going to be so horrible. Christ, she really knows absolutely NOTHING about cooking, does she? And this is meant to be her Greek Cypriot heritage. TERRIBLE.
 
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I suspect she originally used a tin of mixed bean salad, which would account for the sweetcorn and kidney beans in the photo. Maybe she thought mixed bean salad would be too middle class for the povs and subbed in a tin of baked beans instead :rolleyes:
I wonder if she still rinsed it 🤔

To polish the prior slops off could we please find the posts for these slingings? Thank(space)you
That is assuming they were on tattle?

@MancBee Tomato soup with stuffing
@Geetbo Three tin tender
@traumatised sideboard Porridge with fried banana skins and bacon
@OwlChampagne Stretchy hummus
Not guilty I'm afraid. I've never made stretchy hummus. Sounds revolting.
 
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“Make a well - a sort of hole”
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The funniest thing is that I've never seen that recipe before, but I HAVE seen that instruction, so apparently it's Standard Jack to assume her idiot readers don't know what a well is, and to explain it every time.
 
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Any Irish fraus know where I could get tinned chicken in white sauce? Apparently the chicken was in Aldi 2 years ago but it wasn't in the one I went to this morning. Closest I can find so far are chicken meatballs or soup
 
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Forensic fraus - was there ever a recipe for this do we know? I can only find her tweets about it and our mitherings. 😂 If not I’m going to consult the lists and find another contender. I seem to remember it’s got a specialist ingredient but obviously I’ll be able to use anything at all as a substitute.View attachment 1702522
Forensic fraus - was there ever a recipe for this do we know? I can only find her tweets about it and our mitherings. 😂 If not I’m going to consult the lists and find another contender. I seem to remember it’s got a specialist ingredient but obviously I’ll be able to use anything at all as a substitute.View attachment 1702522
So, some kind friends shared their family recipe with her - and she did THAT with it??
Why?????
 
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