Jack Monroe #170 Outrageous grifting dirtbag

[emm]

The supermarkets that do the sad meal deals for couples who have given up* will often include Charlie Bingham meals, which works out an OK price if they include wine. They're quite nice. Of course, with her £20 a week budget, JM must be stretching that meal across several days.

*Including myself and Mx Krabs in that category

or singles who are now eating two portions I would say

 

[Billybellend]

OT I don’t know anything about John Wyndham, but I have been to the Wyndham Theatre...that makes me both an author AND a playwright, no?

 

[emm]

OT I don’t know anything about John Wyndham, but I have been to the Wyndham Theatre...that makes me both an author AND a playwright, no?

yes, absolutely

 

[Sideboard Bob]

From my “to-read” stack.

Spoiler: Book

On topic, how long until Jack next deactivates Twitter for the good of everyone’s mental health again?

 

[Orphan_Black]

From my “to-read” stack.

Spoiler: Book

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On topic, how long until Jack next deactivates Twitter for the good of everyone’s mental health again?

The nightly deactivations are quite amusing. SB sent to bed at 7pm, then LC deals with the grizzly smol pixie and has her in bed by 10

 

[SarcasticEllis]

Surely some of the squiggles will feel puzzled as to why Jack hasn’t retweeted MR’s good news about his book today, given how close they are??

 

[LavaFlake]

Imagine if someone served you this at a dinner party? I would simply have to get my partner to ring me with a fake emergency.

Dry looking squid ink pasta/noodles, chewy lemon, tinned sardines and tomato puree? Nah x

 

[bladiesla]

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Imagine if someone served you this at a dinner party? I would simply have to get my partner to ring me with a fake emergency.

Dry looking squid ink pasta/noodles, chewy lemon, tinned sardines and tomato puree? Nah x

That looks a bit like my drawer with charging cables...

Also: what dumbass food writer would admit they don't use their coolinairy muscles often. Make it make sense!!!

 

[Orphan_Black]

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Imagine if someone served you this at a dinner party? I would simply have to get my partner to ring me with a fake emergency.

Dry looking squid ink pasta/noodles, chewy lemon, tinned sardines and tomato puree? Nah x

That. Looks. Awful.

You couldn't even serve that as a hallowe'en novelty.

 

[LavaFlake]

That looks a bit like my drawer with charging cables...

Or plasticine when you put it through that stringy machine thing It doesn't even look like food, let alone unappetising!

 

[emm]

That looks a bit like my drawer with charging cables...

Also: what dumbass food writer would admit they don't use their coolinairy muscles often. Make it make sense!!!

it reminds me of something I might have made with those plastic food toys you have as a child. wtaf?!

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Imagine if someone served you this at a dinner party? I would simply have to get my partner to ring me with a fake emergency.

Dry looking squid ink pasta/noodles, chewy lemon, tinned sardines and tomato puree? Nah x

nothing about this makes sense.... lots of good ingredients...but SUCH a gross result... so are you supposed to eat the lemon skin?

 

[Orphan_Black]

I know ink noodles are a thing, but, that seriously looks like those worms you get in the ocean. Like honestly, that image has gone gif in my mind and those noodles be squirming

 

[TriviaNewtonJohn]

The eye of sauron, is that you?

 

[bladiesla]

It could also just be licorice laces. Fancy!

 

[AlexAC]

Squid ink was once described to me by a
cephalopod expert as “tactical escape jizz” and I’ve never looked at black pasta the same way since

 

[Kelpie]

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Imagine if someone served you this at a dinner party? I would simply have to get my partner to ring me with a fake emergency.

Dry looking squid ink pasta/noodles, chewy lemon, tinned sardines and tomato puree? Nah x

Wtaf? Imagine her serving that pot of horrors up to John and Greg on MasterChef . Can you imagine their responses

 

[traumatised sideboard]

Why is it so dryyyyyy It's barely recognisable as food. If I were attending her dinner party I'd fortunately get the vegan option, which is knackered lemon slices and reconstituted tomato purée over charcoal jackfruit with some undercooked Linda's meatballs slung on top

 

[Orphan_Black]

I'm low key obsessed by this dish. Why is it served in a big, dirty pot too? That pot looks dry AF, the worm noodles couldn't have been boiled up in it, so why dump them in the crappy pot, then dump the rest in on top?!

WHY, JACK, WHHHHHYYY?????

 

[Marj24]

Can you imagine opening a couple of tins of sardines for 'friends' when you have a freezer full of quality fish. She could treat them to an abundant fritto misto perhaps?

 

[emm]

Wtaf? Imagine her serving that pot of horrors up to John and Greg on MasterChef . Can you imagine their responses

I think I would love her to be invited onto a set of "celebrity" masterchef/bake off