Jack Monroe #168 Darling, bit gauche

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She knows very little about food. For all her claims, she doesn't know how to properly research her subject and because she has so little interaction with the food world (because her feed is primarily self-orientated) she has even fewer opportunities to learn. When you look at the Twitter feeds of a lot of other food writers, they are curious. They ask questions, share links to other people's work and research, share their own learning, and acknowledge their mistakes. They champion others. She rarely does unless it benefits her status.
 
waffle maker said:
Swede/ Turnip Jack is the most boring thing I have ever read on Twitter. She really is Jack of all trades master of none.
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It's as boring as the 'how should the loo roll hang (including people bragging about adjusting them if they see them hanging the 'wrong' way)', or the cream on jam / jam on cream scone debate. We're not on Facebook in 2007 anymore and no one cares anyway.
 
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Rekyavikgirl said:
She knows very little about food. For all her claims, she doesn't know how to properly research her subject and because she has so little interaction with the food world (because her feed is primarily self-orientated) she has even fewer opportunities to learn.
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I've not seen much DKL, but I remember her saying how she was reading this classic cook book late at night (night before the show) and learned so many things, which was an inverse way of admitting to know duck all. Matt was not impressed
 
Rekyavikgirl said:
She knows very little about food. For all her claims, she doesn't know how to properly research her subject and because she has so little interaction with the food world (because her feed is primarily self-orientated) she has even fewer opportunities to learn. When you look at the Twitter feeds of a lot of other food writers, they are curious. They ask questions, share links to other people's work and research, share their own learning, and acknowledge their mistakes. They champion others. She rarely does unless it benefits her status.
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They see it as a community they are all part of, Jack wants to be the Queen and not just a member.
 
Now Smolbots has written a long thread asking people not to argue about turnips vs swedes and claiming that US English and British English are "two languages" (they're not). I agree with his general point - arguments about "if you pronounce scone differently from me, you're an idiot" are so very dull - but I also want him to STFU, and he is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is.

Also, Turnipbot is NOT A ROBOT.
 
colouredlines said:
Now Smolbots has written a long thread asking people not to argue about turnips vs swedes and claiming that US English and British English are "two languages" (they're not). I agree with his general point - arguments about "if you pronounce scone differently from me, you're an idiot" are so very dull - but I also want him to STFU, and he is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is.

Also, Turnipbot is NOT A ROBOT.
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A thousand times this.

Also,
Cue the fish people pointing out fish/swede pairings.
 
bladiesla said:
Yes, and you feel bad when you try her recipes and they don't work or don't taste good and you see so much praise for her in her feed. Het recipes are not good for building confidence in the kitchen AT ALL.
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They really aren't because there's little underpinning knowledge of how ingredients behave when you cook them! and where's the joy? she cosplays enthusiasm but the truth of it is she's dead inside
 
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